An unresolved issue in innovation studies is to what extent and how innovation is affected by changes in the economic environment of firms. This study elaborates on a theoretical framework that unites theories of innovation as creative response and the economics of complexity. In the empirical section, results from a new micro-based database on Swedish product innovations, 1970-2007, are introduced. Applying the theoretical framework, both quantitative evidence and collected innovation biographies inform of the historical impulses that have shaped innovation activity in the Swedish economy in two broad surges during the 1970s and 1990s. The study shows that, rather than being the result of continuous efforts, most innovations were developed as a response to discrete events, history-specific problems and new technological opportunities. It is also suggested that patterns of creative response are industry-specific and associated with the radicalness and complexity of innovation processes.
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Ton Duc Thang Univ, Fac Finance & Banking, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamTon Duc Thang Univ, Fac Finance & Banking, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Le, Danh Vinh
Le, Huong Thi Thu
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NE Illinois Univ, Coll Business & Management, Chicago, IL USATon Duc Thang Univ, Fac Finance & Banking, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Le, Huong Thi Thu
Pham, Thanh Tien
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Ton Duc Thang Univ, Fac Business Adm, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamTon Duc Thang Univ, Fac Finance & Banking, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Pham, Thanh Tien
Vo, Lai Van
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Western Connecticut State Univ, Ancell Sch Business, Dept Finance, Danbury, CT 06810 USATon Duc Thang Univ, Fac Finance & Banking, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam