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Institutional Entrepreneurship, Innovation Systems, and Innovation Policy

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Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Synonyms

Entrepreneur – change agent, promoter, broker; Innovation – deviation, alteration, implemented novelty; Institution – establishment; Policy – line, program; System – arrangement

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Institutional Entrepreneurship

Institutional entrepreneurs are actors who initiate changes that contribute to transformation of existing institutions and/or creating new ones (Battilana et al. 2009). Institutional entrepreneurs can be organizations or groups of organizations or individuals or groups of individuals who act as change agents. They are actors who initiate divergent changes and actively participate in the implementation of them (Battilana et al. 2009, p. 67).

The concept of institutional entrepreneurship was first introduced by Paul DiMaggio in 1988, and it is based on his observation that organized actors do not only comply with institutions but consciously aim to create institutions or to transform existing ones, and for this purpose, they mobilize resources,...

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  1. School of Management, University of Tampere, Kanslerinrinne 1, Tampere, Finland

    Prof. Dr. Markku Sotarauta

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    Elias G. Carayannis

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Sotarauta, M. (2013). Institutional Entrepreneurship, Innovation Systems, and Innovation Policy. In: Carayannis, E.G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3858-8_492

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