How does culture contribute to innovation? Evidence from European countries

Kaasa, Anneli; Vadi, Maaja

doi:10.1080/10438590902987222

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“…Due to the negative consequences (real or perceived) of uncertainty, people typically prefer to avoid it. Hofstede (1980Hofstede ( , 2001, for example, has argued that uncertainty avoidance is one of the basic dimensions of national culture (see also Kalliny & Hausman 2007;Kaasa & Vadi 2010). Uncertainty avoidance, together with another cultural variable termed 'power distance', is seen to explain the different approaches to risk involving projects, such as corporate venturing in different countries (Venkataraman et al 1993).…”

Section: The Nature Of 'Uncertainty' In Innovation Processmentioning

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The uncertainty of innovation: a systematic review of the literature

Jalonen

2011

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Innovation is defined as a process that is fraught with uncertainty. This article's aim is to diminish lack of knowledge of the factors that create uncertainty in innovation processes. The basic thrust of the present argument is that the potential value integral to innovation may or may not be materialized in the future. Given that the future entails uncertainty, it is reasonable to expect that uncertainty is inherent in every innovation process. Uncertainty results from the fact that, on the one hand, events in the future do not follow the course of past events, and, on the other, knowledge of the future is always incomplete. Using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature, eight factors which create uncertainty in processes of innovation were identified, namely: technological uncertainty, market uncertainty, regulatory/institutional uncertainty, social/political uncertainty, acceptance/legitimacy uncertainty, managerial uncertainty, timing uncertainty, and consequence uncertainty.

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Section: The Nature Of 'Uncertainty' In Innovation Processmentioning

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The uncertainty of innovation: a systematic review of the literature

Jalonen

2011

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“…The positive role of networks on entrepreneurship has been increasingly emphasized in current study. Welter (2012), Baumol et al and Kaasa and Vadi (2010) and several other scholars have also stressed the critical role of "network" and "synergy" on venture creation and growth. Williams et al (2005) explains the rationale for such interrelationship as: "[y] membership in the groups and bi/multilateral ties with different actors decreases the uncertainty avoidance of each actor which, in turn, fosters the entrepreneurial activities.…”

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“…social capital and innovation) is the prominent role of culture on both "innovation initiation" and "innovation implementation" (Westwood et al 2003). Kaasa and Vadi (2010), addressed the question "How does culture contribute to innovation?" in detail and concluded that: "Culture is deemed to be a crucial basis for innovation in various respects".…”

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Social capital and national innovation system: a cross-country analysis

Ghazinoory

Bitaab

Lohrasbi

2014

Cross Cultural Management

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -In the last two decades, researchers have paid much attention to the role of cultural values on economic and social development. In particular, the crucial role of different aspects of culture on the development of innovation has been stressed in the literature. Consequently, it is vital to understand how social capital, as a core cultural value, affects the innovation process and the innovative performance at the national level. However, to date, the impact of different dimensions of social capital and innovation has not been properly portrayed or explained. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of four different dimensions of social capital (institutional and interpersonal, associational life and norms) on two of the main functions of national innovation system (NIS) (entrepreneurship and knowledge creation) based on over 50,000 observations in 34 countries. Design/methodology/approach -In this regard, national-level data from the World Values Survey database was employed to quantify social capital. Entrepreneurship is, in turn, assumed to consist of three sub-indexes and 14 indicators based on the Global Entrepreneurship Index. Knowledge creation is also measured through US Patent Office applications. Also, exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling approach were used to build the measurement model and investigate the impact that each factor of social capital had on entrepreneurship and knowledge application, respectively. Measurement and structural models were built and their reliability and validity were tested using various fit indices. Research findings suggest the strong positive effect of institutional trust and networking on entrepreneurship. Also, interpersonal trust and networks were shown to have high influence on knowledge development at the national level. Norms appear to have naïve to medium negative effects on both functions. Findings -Research findings suggest the strong positive effect of institutional trust and networking on entrepreneurship. Also, interpersonal trust and networks were shown to have high influence on knowledge development at the national level. Norms appear to have naïve to medium negative...

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“…Relatively weak control is called indulgence and relatively strong control is called restraint. In some studies (Rao B.J., Sermet A., Mijatovic D., 2003) and Kaasa A., Vadi M., 2008) it is concluded that there is a negative relationship between innovation and power distance, individualism, masculinity and uncertainty avoidance. A country needs to have lower than average of these dimensions in order to get more innovative results.…”

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Socio-Cultural Dimension of Innovation

Tekin¹,

Tekdoğan²

2015

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Determined by many factors such as existing cultural conditions, education, and aesthetics innovation capacity is one of the critical dimensions for economic development. Therefore, by analyzing the factors that promote or constrain the innovation capacity of a society could benefit the economic and social welfare. For the very reason, in this paper, we tried to assess the role of culture in determining innovation capacity of a society, since it is believed that the culture is matter in terms of improving the innovation capacity of a society. For this purpose, we employed Hofstede Index, which is used to measure cultural differences across countries to explore the relationships between culture and innovation. Moreover, inasmuch as innovation capacity is crucial for economic development, we need to consider these questions: could we improve the innovational capacity of a society?If yes, what are the strategies or methods to do it? Although formation of a culture supporting creativity or learning to be creative is tough issue, many scholars claim that it could be learned by following some strategies. Therefore, one may conclude that creativity is a skill that can be developed and a process that can be managed.

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How does culture contribute to innovation? Evidence from European countries

Cited by 147 publications

References 29 publications

The uncertainty of innovation: a systematic review of the literature

The uncertainty of innovation: a systematic review of the literature

Social capital and national innovation system: a cross-country analysis

Socio-Cultural Dimension of Innovation

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