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Economic innovation: trajectory of and contributions from a sociological research agenda

Abstract

This review explores the main aspects of Sociologia dell'Innovazione Economica by the Italian sociologist Francesco Ramella. Divided into 7 chapters, focused on particular dimensions of innovation, the book presents the main contributions of sociology to the innovation studies. To this end, the work brings the sociological contributions from the classics of the discipline to current research on the subject, in order to define the concept of innovation and justify the relevance of the sociological approach this particular field, but also to the social theory in general.

Keywords
Economic Innovation; Economic Sociology; Francesco Ramella

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