The contrary forces of innovation
Subtitle: an ethnography of innovation in the food industry
By: Thomas Hoholm
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230283664
Subjects: Organizational change; Fermented fish; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management; Ethnic food industry; Technological innovations; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Operations Research; Fishery processing
Description: "The complexity and tensions of industrial innovation processes are fleshed out through the analysis of an intriguing case study from the food industry. Drawing together insights from multiple disciplines, this book shows the controversial nature of innovation processes."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: PART I; title: Understanding Innovation as Process; title: Constructing Ethnography; title: PART II; title: Introducing the Case StudyFermenting Fish: Innovation In Practice; title: PART III; title: An Analytic Scheme Of Innovation ProcessesThe Contrary Forces Of Innovation; title: Conclusion.