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A multilevel approach to research ‘Obscure’ innovation processes and practices

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posted on 2016-09-08, 10:29 authored by Emmanouil Chatzakis, Neil Smith, Erik Bohemia
The paper’s aim is to discuss a need for a multilevel research approach to investigate innovation practices in organisations. We argue that this approach overcomes some of the limitations of the single level research methods commonly used investigating innovation performance and success. Specifically, the multilevel research approach allows researchers and subsequently organisations to take into consideration ‘obscured’ practices within innovation processes. First, we put forward a motion that innovation processes permeate the formalised organisational structures and practices. Then, we outline a case where many of the practices associated with innovation are ‘obscured’. This is followed with discussion on how the commonly used single level research methods fail to take into consideration these obscured factors. We then introduce Activity Theory and propose a multilevel framework which aims to overcome the shortfalls of the previous analytical methods.

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  • Loughborough University London

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DRS2016: Design + Research + Society - Future-Focused Thinking

Volume

4

Pages

1883 - 1903

Citation

CHATZAKIS, E., SMITH, N. and BOHEMIA, E., 2016. A multilevel approach to research ‘Obscure’ innovation processes and practices. IN: Lloyd, P. and Bohemia, E. (eds). Proceedings of DRS2016: Design + Research + Society, Future-Focused Thinking. 50th Anniversary Conference of the Design Research Society, 27th-30th June 2016, Brighton, 4, pp. 1883 - 1903, DOI 10.21606/drs.2016.371

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Design Research Society

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Acceptance date

2016-04-06

Publication date

2016

Notes

This conference paper was presented at DRS2016.

ISSN

2398-3132

Language

  • en

Location

Brighton

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