Challenging the Innovation Paradigm

Karl-Erik Sveiby is professor in Knowledge Management at Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki. His book The New Organizational Wealth (1997) is regarded as one of the seminal works in the field. His latest works are inspired by indigenous knowledge: Aboriginal Principles for a Sustainable Society (Sustainable Development 2009) and Collective Leadership with Power Symmetry (Journal of Leadership, forthcoming 2011). His current research interests are innovation and non-hierarchical leadership. Pernilla Gripenberg, PhD is researcher at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki. Her research interest is in human-ICT relationships and the socio-cultural effects of information and communication technology (ICT) use on everyday life in and across various contexts. She has published her work in books and journals, like The Information Society and Information Technology and People.Beata Segercrantz, PhD is researcher at Hanken School of Economics. Her main research interests are in new product development, innovation, organizational change and restructurings, identity, subjectivity, gender and discourse analysis. She has published a Ph.D. thesis, a working paper, an article (Ephemera theory & politics in organization) and numerous conference papers on these topics.

• 1. Challenging the Innovation Paradigm: The Prevailing Pro-Innovation Bias Pernilla Gripenberg, Karl-Erik Sveiby and Beata Segercrantz Part 1: Problematizing Innovation 2. On the Limits of What Can Be Said About ‘Innovation’: Interplay and Contrasts Between Academic and Policy Discourses Martin Fougère and Nancy Harding 3. καινοτομία: An Old Word for a New World, or the De-Contestation of a Political and Contested Concept Benoît Godin 4. The Unintended and Undesirable Consequences: Neglected by Innovation Research Karl-Erik Sveiby, Pernilla Gripenberg and Beata Segercrantz Part 2: Understanding the Systemic Nature of Innovation 5. Accelerating the Innovation Race: Do We Need Reflexive Brakes? Mervi Hasu, Karl-Heinz Leitner, Nikodemus Solitander and Urmas Varblane 6. Innovation and the Global Financial Crisis: Systemic Consequences of Incompetence Karl-Erik Sveiby 7. Weak Signals for Opting Out of the Innovation Race Karl-Heinz Leitner Part 3: Exploring Unintended Consequences of Innovation 8. Do Major Innovation Models Consider Unintended Consequences? A Review and Revised Framework Martin Lindell 9. From Autonomous Craftsmen to Compliant Resources: Implications for Undesirable Consequences of Innovation Beata Segercrantz 10. Organizational Innovations: An Exploratory Study of Negative Effects Almudena Cañibano, Oihana Basilio and M. Paloma Sánchez 11. Information and Communication Technology as an Exporter of CO2 Emissions Mitsutaka Matsumoto and Kotaro Kawajiri 12. Challenging the Innovation Paradigm: Conclusions, Practical Implications and Future Research Karl-Erik Sveiby, Pernilla Gripenberg and Beata Segercrantz. List of Contributors. Index