The purpose of this chapter is to provide a systematic overview of existing studies of socil capital within the framework of national and regional innovation and knowledge systems. The main focus is on the question whether there have been any related new insights or methodological shifts in the last decade.
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The purpose of this contribution is to determine whether the participation of individuals is key to the success of innovation. Such cooperation is evident in the transfer of knowledge, especially when talking about the process of integration of existing knowledge with new one.
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The paper is based on a qualitative analysis of 22 in-depth interviews and a focus group, and mainly deals with the importance of social capital for independent inventors to overcome the barriers stemming from their marginalized position and the absence of any organizational resources, which are for example available for innovators in companies. The authors have tackled these issues in terms of gender differences. The key finding is that independent inventors have difficult access to civil-society structures and professional associations, which are a major source of structural and individual social capital.
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The article deals with an analysis of the concept of creativity in relation to the gender perspective, and focuses on the relationship between creativity and innovation by drawing attention to the women who work in Slovenia as independent innovators. The first part of the text, introduces the theory of the anthropologist Liepa, which establishes a parallel between creativity and inventorship, that illuminates the concept of "improvisational creativity" presented by Hallam and Ingold. In the second part of the text, an analysis of the interviews made with the female innovators is introduced and point out why the definition of creativity, which is connected to the relationship between innovation/technology, is unsuitable for conceptualising the position of women. The article addresses the concept of "improvisation" as an epistemological model through which we can reinterpret gender roles and relations in a positive and creative way.
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