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From the 1970s onwards, changes in economic theory began to draw attention to the relationship between economic growth and technological innovation. Technological innovation has come to be considered fundamental to boosting international trade, increasing productivity and generating more and better jobs, among other benefits. However, more recent academic narratives began to change through considering the importance of technological innovation for social purposes such as social inclusion and sustainable development. This recovered the concept of social innovation and alongside the development of a plethora of alternative innovation concepts - such as sustainable innovation, open innovation, responsible innovation, green innovation, among other "x-innovation" concepts (Gaglio et al. 2017). Nevertheless, little is known about the extent to which these counterhegemonic concepts emerge and feature in Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) policy discourses. In this sense, this article aims to understand the use of "x-innovation" concepts and the role attributed to innovation for (allegedly) counterhegemonic purposes in the STI national policies of Iberoamerican countries within the framework of disclosing the specificity of this discourse.

UID/HIS/04209/2019 DL 57/2016/CP1453/CT0003 ; From the 1970s onwards, changes in economic theory began to draw attention to the relationship between economic growth and technological innovation. Technological innovation has come to be considered fundamental to boosting international trade, increasing productivity and generating more and better jobs, among other benefits. However, more recent academic narratives began to change through considering the importance of technological innovation for social purposes such as social inclusion and sustainable development. This recovered the concept of social innovation and alongside the development of a plethora of alternative innovation concepts – such as sustainable innovation, open innovation, responsible innovation, green innovation, among other "x-innovation" concepts (Gaglio et al. 2017). Nevertheless, little is known about the extent to which these counterhegemonic concepts emerge and feature in Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) policy discourses. In this sense, this article aims to understand the use of "x-innovation" concepts and the role attributed to innovation for (allegedly) counterhegemonic purposes in the STI national policies of Iberoamerican countries within the framework of disclosing the specificity of this discourse. ; publishersversion ; published

This paper focuses on entrepreneurial groups as a narrative construct within organizations, i.e., intrapreneurial groups. It analyzes the narrative construction of intrapreneurial groups within different institutional logics using the example of a company in the automotive industry. As part of the institutional logic of the market, a logic of innovation exists in this company. This logic establishes narratives, which determine how sense-making and the narrative construction of intrapreneurial groups occur. The paper analyzes these narratives and the way in which intrapreneurial groups are socially constructed within them. However, the analysis shows that while the logic of innovation is diffused throughout the entire organization, it comes into conflict with other logics when members of the organization apply it to discussions on upcoming changes. Referring to the research on institutional logics and institutional complexity, the paper analyzes such conflicts between logics. Within these conflicts, the narrative construction of intrapreneurial groups changes. The paper further contributes to research on intrapreneurial groups by analyzing how the narrative construction of intrapreneurial groups changes according to other logics, which are taken up in order to restrict the logic of innovation and confront the logic of innovation in conflicts.

Background: The concept of innovation is increasingly employed in policy papers in Norway and internationally. While the meaning of the concept is scarcely reflected on in those documents, its use mostly implies positive connotations with regard to possible benefits for healthcare and other welfare areas. Aim: The aim of this article is to investigate the use and possible consequences of the concept of innovation in relation to older people's care in recent policy papers, with special attention to one particular paper. Methods: A qualitative document analysis inspired by narrative theory is employed, exploring how the concept of innovation is used and contextualised in a recent influential academic narrative by Kåre Hagen and co-workers, highlighting prominent traits of the narrative by contrasting it with an older and different academic narrative by Michel Foucault. Findings: The Hagen narrative, which became part and parcel of a dominant Norwegian political narrative and also echoes prominent messages of recent European Union documents, features terms that signal positive aspects and promises of innovation in general, and technology in health and care in particular. To the extent that possible negative outcomes are dealt with, they appear as result of unfortunate contextual factors such as a lack of planning, insufficient organisational frames and fragmented systems of financing. Foucault's narrative, by contrast, more than hints at possible darker sides of processes and products of innovation. While the first narrative mainly offers answers, the latter to a larger extent pose questions. Conclusion: The intended and potential audiences of the two narratives are very different: academics and students for the older one, and politicians, decision makers and the general public for the recent one. However, both narratives are as much about what they omit as what they select, and about words and concepts chosen or not chosen. In both, a constructed past and future imbues the present with meaning and an invitation to act. While Hagen mainly appears to invite people to act now, Foucault seems to invite the audience to pause and to reflect – a different type of action. Implications for practice: Decision makers and practitioners in older people's care should: Pay attention to dominant academic and policy narratives dealing with their own practice Reflect on the prevailing concept of innovation and on justifications for processes of innovation Reflect on predominant ideas of innovation in health and care, including technological innovation, and its possible implications for care workInernational Practice Reflect on how present narratives of innovation may influence their ideas of what is important in care work Hasten slowly or pause when invited to engage in processes where the explicit aim is innovation Realise that facilitation skills must include the ability to value team experiences, recognise learning needs, provide feedback and participate in finding solutions in the moment View flexibility as important in terms of how new knowledge can be used in person-centred ways, notably in attempts to reduce the use of restraint in dementia care Utgiver ; publishedVersion

Sustaining innovation is a vital yet difficult task. Innovation requires the coordinated efforts of many actors to facilitate (1) the recombination of ideas to generate novelty, (2) real-time problem solving, and (3) linkages between present innovation efforts with past experiences and future aspirations. We propose that innovation narratives are cultural mechanisms that address these coordination requirements by enabling translation. Specifically, innovation narratives are powerful mechanisms for translating ideas across the organization so that they are comprehensible and appear legitimate to others. Narratives also enable people to translate emergent situations that are ambiguous or equivocal so as to promote real-time problem solving. With their accumulation, innovation narratives provide a generative memory for organizations that enable people to translate ideas accumulated from particular instances of past innovation to inform current and future efforts.

Versión completa disponible en: http://www.transitsocialinnovation.eu/resource-hub/wp-4-case-study-report-timebanking ; [Abstract] This report provides a very short summary of a full case-study report that includes indepth case-studies of Timebanking. Both, the full case reports and this summary, were guided by four empirical research questions based upon a preliminary conceptual framework of the TRANSIT-project. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 613169 ; http://hdl.handle.net/2183/30060

The aim of this case study is to demonstrate how an innovative group counseling method, the narrative mediation path, promotes reflective mirroring in a group of underachieving university students. We used an adaptation of the innovative moments coding system, a reliable method for studying change by tracking narrative innovations throughout the intervention. The transcripts of the seven sessions of a single narrative mediation path counseling group were analyzed, and three types of innovative moments were identified: self-directed innovative moments (those directed at the participants themselves), other-directed innovative moments (those directed at another group member), and group-directed innovative moments (those directed at the group as a whole). To study the narrative sequences containing both other-directed or group-directed innovative moments and self-directed innovative moments, a microgenetic approach was adopted. Results suggested that across the narrative mediation path counseling sessions, different types of reflecting mirroring emerged, based on supporting, interpreting, and connecting members' experiences.

This article reviews claims for methodological innovation in qualitative research. It comprises a review of 57 papers published between 2000–9 in which claims to innovation in qualitative methods have been made. These papers encompass creative methods, narrative methods, mixed methods, online/e-research methods, focus groups and software tools. The majority of claims of innovation are made for new methods or designs, with the remainder claiming adaptations or adoption of existing methodological innovations. However, the evidence provided of wholly new methodologies or designs was limited, and in several papers such claims turned out to relate either to adaptations to existing methods, or to the transfer and adaptation of methods from other disciplines, primarily from arts and humanities. We argue that over-claiming innovation in the sense of the development of a wholly new methodology or design has a number of important implications that are potentially detrimental to qualitative social science.