Thinking inside the box? Intellectual structure of the knowledge base of innovation research (1988-2008)

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Shafique, Muhammad
• 署名单位: Maastricht University
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.2002
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 62-93
• 关键词: innovation; multidisciplinarity; knowledge convergence; absorptive capacity; creative capacity

摘要

Innovation is becoming increasingly popular as a concept as well as a field of research. As a field, it has accumulated a significant amount of scientific knowledge. Based on bibliometric data from four major social science disciplineseconomics, sociology, psychology, and managementthis study presents a global view of the field by combining longitudinal and structural perspectives. It identifies major research traditions in the field, determines the content and disciplinary composition of each tradition, and maps the changes in the intellectual structure of the field over time. The study suggests that innovation research is becoming increasingly compartmentalized between economics and management disciplines and each segment is becoming increasingly self-contained. A strategy along with a framework is suggested for making research contribution to the field. Copyright (c) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.