Diversity is about a variety of ideas, skills, education, ethnicity, occupations, gender, language, culture, technologies and industry structures. In the anthology The Oxford Handbook of Spatial Diversity and Business Economics, several Nordic and international scholars explore how diversity affects economics, innovation and growth – from the firm level to cities, regions and nations. The book […]

We live in a paradox society. This is the opinion of Björn Wikhamn, School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, who has just published a new book on how companies and leaders can navigate in a time of conflicting demands. – We have been shaped by the logic of industrial society […]

Entrepreneurship is often described as chaotic, uncertain and hard to predict. In his book The Principles of Entrepreneurial Progress , entrepreneurship professor Greg Fisher shows that there are still ways to navigate. He boils down decades of research and practical experience into 12 basic principles that can be applied to everything from fast-growing tech companies […]

In the anthology Handbook of Grand Challenges in Global Production and Innovation Networks, researchers shine a spotlight on the major societal challenges of our time – from climate change, deforestation and desertification to technological development and social inequality. The book looks at how global production and innovation networks are affected by these issues and how […]

Public funding of small business research and development has played an important role in the United States since the 1940s. In the book Small Business Innovation in the Public Interest: A Study of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the authors examine how small businesses receiving public funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) […]

Digitalization, climate challenges and tighter regulations have long put pressure on the accounting and auditing industry. And for smaller businesses, adapting has been particularly difficult. So how can SMEs in the industry meet the new demands of a rapidly changing world? This issue is discussed in the book Accounting and Auditing Small and Medium-Sized Practices […]

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Innovation Management provides a broad and up-to-date overview of innovation management. Over 100 experts contribute articles highlighting both established and emerging issues – from business models and ecosystems to impact investing, radical creativity and dark innovation. The focus is on illuminating innovation processes from a holistic, inclusive and ethical perspective – […]

Innovation is often seen as the key to economic growth and social development. But what does it take to make new ideas actually work? And how can policies support innovation in a smart, inclusive and sustainable way? The interdisciplinary anthology Innovations in Innovation Policy brings together experts in science, technology, innovation and policy to explore […]