Research Handbook on Gender and Innovation

Edited by Gry Agnete Alsos, Professor, Nord University Business School, Norway, Ulla Hytti, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Turku, Finland and Elisabet Ljunggren, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nord University, Norway

'The collection of papers in this book make a unique contribution to our knowledge on gender and innovation. It reviews and critiques extant research and fruitfully questions essentialist assumptions of gender and the male gendering of concepts and practices. The papers provide ample empirical evidence from many countries over the world which clearly demonstrate that neither gender nor innovation can be fully understood without putting it into its institutional context - which varies across places.'--Helene Ahl, Jonkoping University, Sweden'This is very welcome text which addresses a gap in current research regarding the influence of gender upon women's entrepreneurship and innovation. The impressive collection of expert authors have addressed a wide range of issues illustrating the diversity of this field, challenging prevailing assumptions regarding masculinity and innovation whilst revealing pathways for a future research agenda. I fully endorse and recommend this text as an important addition to the contemporary innovation literature.'--Susan Marlow, University of Nottingham, UK'Gender and innovation are seldom discussed together because innovation is considered a neutral construct. This book examines aspects of gender in innovation across multiple contexts, entrepreneurial businesses, organizations, policy and design, that for the first time highlights where gender matters in innovation. This book will stimulate important research going forward.'--Candida Brush, Babson College

• Contents:PART I INTRODUCTION1. Gender and Innovation – An IntroductionGry Agnete Alsos, Ulla Hytti and Elisabet Ljunggren2. Doing Gender in Innovation: A Thematic Review and Critique of the LiteratureLene Foss and Colette HenryPART II GENDER AND INNOVATION IN NEW AND SMALL BUSINESSES3. Women’s Innovation in Germany – Empirical Facts and Conceptual ExplanationsTeita Bijedić, Siegrun Brink, Kerstin Ettl, Silke Kriwoluzky and Friederike Welter4. Three Faces of Innovation: Institutions, Gender and Entrepreneurship in Latin AmericaRuta Aidis5. Self-employed Women’s Everyday Innovations in East AfricaMalin Tillmar6. Gendered Understandings of Innovation in Nursing and Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Study in the Portuguese ContextSelma Martins, Emilia Fernandes and Regina LeitePART III GENDER AND INNOVATION IN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT7. Eyes Wide Shut: Differential Influences of Gender on Innovation in OrganisationsShruti R. Sardesmukh and Ronda R. Smith8. Innovation in Public CareNina Amble, Paula Axelsen and Liv Karen Snerthammer9. Organisational Innovation for Gender Equality in Forestry and MiningMalin Lindberg, Eira Andersson, Lisa Andersson and Maria JohanssonPART IV GENDER IN INNOVATION POLICY10. Governing Gendered Understandings of Innovation: A Discourse Analysis of a National Innovation Policy ProgrammeTrine Kvidal-Røvik and Birgitte Ljunggren11. ‘Gendered Social Innovation’: A New Research Stream for Gender-inclusive Innovation Policy, Research and PracticeMalin Lindberg and Knut-Erland BerglundPART V GENDER IN DESIGN AND MATERIALITY12. Innovating is not of the Spirit World – Depicting a Female Inventor’s Unique Path with Materiality-friendly Gender ConceptsSeppo Poutanen and Anne Kovalainen 13. Visualising Gender – Norm-critical Design and InnovationEmma Börjesson, Anna Isaksson, Sara Ilstedt and Karin EhrnbergerIndex