This book presents the first multidimensional investigation of KIE in the context of low-tech industries and gives insights in paradox conditions and specific mechanisms, using the example of the German textile industry. Therefore, the author solves conceptual inconsistencies and develops an alternative framework referring to systemic concepts of sectoral innovation systems and KIE as well as to the concept of institutional entrepreneurs. As a result, the deviation of willful actors from a restricting institutional environment and sources of entrepreneurial opportunities can be investigated more comprehensively.

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TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

Isabel Schwinge

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During her PhD, Isabel Schwinge researched and lectured at the Chair of Economic and Industrial Sociology, TU Dortmund University.

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Book Title: The Paradox of Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship in Low-Tech Industries
Book Subtitle: Evidence from Case Studies of the German Textile Industry
Authors: Isabel Schwinge
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10937-0
Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-10936-3Published: 30 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-10937-0Published: 22 July 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 296
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations
Topics: Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, International Political Economy, Knowledge - Discourse

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction – matching two strands of research

Conceptual frame of reference

Methodological approach

The sectoral innovation system of the German textile industry

Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in the German textile industry

Discussion

Conclusions

Back Matter

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