Mission-oriented innovation policy has gained a lot of traction among politicians and government officials, not least in Europe. In the book Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism (2021), researcher Mariana Mazzucato argues that traditional market solutions cannot be relied on to solve major societal challenges. However, there are critical voices in the scientific […]

In the book Rethinking Entrepreneurship and Regional Development , the authors – among them Rhiannon Pugh at Lund University – address how entrepreneurship and regional development can be understood in a time of climate crisis, inequality and global change. Moving between theory, practice and policy, the book explores how research in entrepreneurship, innovation and economic […]

How do businesses grow fast – and sustainably? This handbook provides an in-depth look at scaling up and high growth, two phenomena that have long been central to economic development and innovation but are still poorly understood. Bringing together researchers and practitioners, the book offers an up-to-date overview of the state of knowledge and new […]

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 […]

What role do patents play in a digital world? How does a pandemic affect patent strategies and collaborations? In the anthology A Modern Guide to Patents: Challenges of Patenting in the 21st Century, researchers and experts from the business community share their experiences and insights on the functioning and evolution of patents in the 21st […]

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 – […]