Discourses and praxis of innovation in entities of the Basque Country: An applied analysis

Authors

  • Auxkin Galarraga Ezponda Departamento de Sociología II. Universidad del País Vasco
  • Álvaro Luna García Departamento de Sociología II. Universidad del País Vasco
  • Sandra González Durán Departamento de Sociología II. Universidad del País Vasco
  • Marcelino Massa Carrasquello Departamento de Sociología II. Universidad del País Vasco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2011.752n6004

Keywords:

Innovation, discourse, practices, knowledge, research

Abstract


This article is based on a project done by the research group “Change, Complexity and Innovation” that is part of the Association Society of Knowledge, Development and Innovation (ASCIDE), in an attempt to analyse the discourses and practices that surround the concept of innovation in different cultural, social, economic and institutional entities of the Basque Country. The main objective of this study is knowing how the concept of innovation is build and managed in the different entities. We work with the hypothesis that this concept is also used and understood outside its’ entrepreneurial, scientific and technologic connotations, and therefore it is also important to know how the concept works in the cultural, institutional, social and educational spheres.

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Published

2011-12-30

How to Cite

Galarraga Ezponda, A., Luna García, Álvaro, González Durán, S., & Massa Carrasquello, M. (2011). Discourses and praxis of innovation in entities of the Basque Country: An applied analysis. Arbor, 187(752), 1065–1076. https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2011.752n6004

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