Innovación: una perspectiva sociológica

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2020.55

Palabras clave:

Innovación, sociología, cultura, instituciones, estructura social, organizaciones

Resumen

Este artículo ofrece un marco de análisis de la perspectiva sociológica sobre la innovación. Presenta una serie de herramientas que son útiles para estudiar la relación de la innovación con dimensiones sociales fundamentales.  Realiza una contribución al campo interdisciplinar de los estudios sobre la innovación a través de una serie de conceptos y mecanismos explicativos expuestos de manera sistemática. El artículo discute algunas limitaciones en los estudios sobre innovación para tratar fenómenos de naturaleza social y especifica el significado de la innovación desde los principios del canon sociológico. Aborda las relaciones de la innovación con algunos aspectos de la cultura  (normas, valores, repertorios cognitivos e instituciones) y de la estructura social (clases sociales, ocupaciones, redes y organizaciones).

Biografía del autor/a

Manuel Fernández-Esquinas , Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados, CSIC

es científico titular del CSIC. Ha trabajado como sociólogo aplicado y consultor de políticas de innovación para varios gobiernos y organismos internacionales. Investiga sobre la organización de los sistemas de I+D y las estructuras sociales de la innovación. Ha publicado numerosos artículos en revistas como Higher Education, Science and Public Policy y Technological Forecasting and Social Change, entre otras, y en editoriales como Routledge, Edward Elgar y CIS. En la actualidad es presidente de la Federación Española de Sociología y coordinador de la red de investigación “Southern European Societies” de la European Sociological Association.

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Fernández-Esquinas, M. (2020). Innovación: una perspectiva sociológica. Revista Española De Sociología, 29(3 - Sup1), 5–37. https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2020.55

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