Technologies and Innovations in Regional Development: The European Union and its Strategies

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2022
• Subjects: Computing and Information Technology; International economics; Political science and theory; Social and political philosophy; Social research and statistics; Social theory; Society and culture: general; Sociology: work and labour; Borut; Cepoi; Development; European; Innovation; Innovations; Regional; Roncevic; Strategies; Technologies; Union; Victor; Winkelkötter
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• ISBN: 9783631838068; 9783631838907; 9783631838914; 9783631838921; b17733
• Access: Open Access

The subsequent volume revolves around the Social-Fields-Approach (SOFIA) as an approach to conceptualization and operationalisation for the purpose of empirical research. It contributes a new perspective and approach in research on innovation. We believe that SOFIA can have implications for both academic research and practical applications in reshaping the existing instruments and governance arrangements in innovation policy. Whilst applying SOFIA, we urge researchers to leverage the plurality of different qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method approaches in innovation studies, including less conventional methods, such as QCA (Ragin, 2008). Diligent application of SOFIA can also subsequently lead to the development of high-level theoretical contributions.