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There is something of what Pitrim Sorokin, the esteemed Russian émigré social theorist, has called the “Columbus complex” in many contemporary discussions of innovation. It is the rediscovery of something well known, only new to those who have never before seen it. That this may apply to innovation gives potential power as well as a delusionary cast to any ostensibly new analytical examination of innovation.
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McDaniel, S.A., FRSC. (2002). Toward the Capture of Innovation Potentiality in Social Environments. In: de la Mothe, J., Link, A.N. (eds) Networks, Alliances and Partnerships in the Innovation Process. Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, vol 28. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1151-9_13
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