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Innovation Management and the Law

An Institutional Approach

by Alexander Styhre ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
In economic theory and in management studies, innovation is widely regarded as the motor of economic activities and as being the primary source of renewal in the economic system. This view emphasizes how innovation work is organized in specialized teams inside the firm, or, alternatively, located to start-ups and similar small ventures that are strongly incentivized to innovate to survive. Rather ... Read more

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In economic theory and in management studies, innovation is widely regarded as the motor of economic activities and as being the primary source of renewal in the economic system. This view emphasizes how innovation work is organized in specialized teams inside the firm, or, alternatively, located to start-ups and similar small ventures that are strongly incentivized to innovate to survive. Rather
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A Pragmatist Theory of Economic Reason

Justifying Theories Being Taught in Business Schools

by Alexander Styhre ...

This book critically examines the concept of rationality, a central theme in economics and management theory, through the lens of an analytical philosophy framework. Alexander Styhre advocates for rationality to be grounded in practical reason, emphasizing the shared capacity to use language as a means of expressing ideas, beliefs and propositional attitudes.Styhre explores the key theories used ... Read more

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This book critically examines the concept of rationality, a central theme in economics and management theory, through the lens of an analytical philosophy framework. Alexander Styhre advocates for rationality to be grounded in practical reason, emphasizing the shared capacity to use language as a means of expressing ideas, beliefs and propositional attitudes.Styhre explores the key theories used
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Organizations, Institutions, and Intellectual Norms

An Analytical Philosophy View of Institutional Change

by Alexander Styhre ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
Organizations, Institutions, and Intellectual Norms: An Analytical Philosophy View of Institutional Change provides a new perspective on institutional theory by incorporating an analytical philosophy framework. This volume critiques the traditional assumptions that institutional logics or work inherently shape societal structures, arguing instead that intellectual norms and everyday language play ... Read more

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Organizations, Institutions, and Intellectual Norms: An Analytical Philosophy View of Institutional Change provides a new perspective on institutional theory by incorporating an analytical philosophy framework. This volume critiques the traditional assumptions that institutional logics or work inherently shape societal structures, arguing instead that intellectual norms and everyday language play
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The Business of Affordable Housing

Case Studies of the Commercial Supply of Affordable Homes

by Alexander Styhre ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
Despite the conventional wisdom that affordable housing, either in the form of homeownership or through access to rental units, has beneficial effects for households, society, and the economy more broadly, there is a noteworthy lack of empirical studies of housing development and construction companies or building societies that actively work to supply this asset class in the economy. There are ... Read more

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Despite the conventional wisdom that affordable housing, either in the form of homeownership or through access to rental units, has beneficial effects for households, society, and the economy more broadly, there is a noteworthy lack of empirical studies of housing development and construction companies or building societies that actively work to supply this asset class in the economy. There are
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Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy

A Sociomaterial Perspective

by Alexander Styhre ...

In Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy, Alexander Styhre and Rebecka Arman illuminate issues that have given rise to terms such as 'the bioeconomy' and 'the baby business'. The life sciences play an increasing role in providing services and commodities consumed by businesses and the public. Based on an in-depth study of clinics offering assisted fertilization in ... Read more

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In Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy, Alexander Styhre and Rebecka Arman illuminate issues that have given rise to terms such as 'the bioeconomy' and 'the baby business'. The life sciences play an increasing role in providing services and commodities consumed by businesses and the public. Based on an in-depth study of clinics offering assisted fertilization in
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The Financialization of the Firm

Managerial and Social Implications

by Alexander Styhre ...

The term 'financialization' denotes the general tendency in the advanced Western economies to allow a substantial proportion of taxable profits to accumulate in the finance industry. Alexander Styhre discusses the financialization of the firm in the period after 1980 and stresses how key managerial activities have been redefined on the basis of finance theory and free-market ideologies. This book ... Read more

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The term 'financialization' denotes the general tendency in the advanced Western economies to allow a substantial proportion of taxable profits to accumulate in the finance industry. Alexander Styhre discusses the financialization of the firm in the period after 1980 and stresses how key managerial activities have been redefined on the basis of finance theory and free-market ideologies. This book
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The Financialized Economy

Theoretical Views and Empirical Cases

by Alexander Styhre ...

Series series Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking
Social science theorists from various scholarly disciplines have contributed to a recent literature that examines how the finance industry has expanded and now wields increasing influence across a variety of economic fields and industries. In some cases, this tendency towards a more sizeable and influential finance industry has been referred to as "the financialization" of the economy. This book ... Read more

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Social science theorists from various scholarly disciplines have contributed to a recent literature that examines how the finance industry has expanded and now wields increasing influence across a variety of economic fields and industries. In some cases, this tendency towards a more sizeable and influential finance industry has been referred to as "the financialization" of the economy. This book
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Status and Organizations

Theories and Cases

by Alexander Styhre ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
This book examines social status as a social mechanism and a social fact that strongly shapes how markets and organizations are regulated, managed, and preserved over time.The first part of this book identifies a number of organizational issues and managerial concerns that can be framed as being a matter of the cognitive perspectives of social actors, and better explained on the basis of such ... Read more

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This book examines social status as a social mechanism and a social fact that strongly shapes how markets and organizations are regulated, managed, and preserved over time.The first part of this book identifies a number of organizational issues and managerial concerns that can be framed as being a matter of the cognitive perspectives of social actors, and better explained on the basis of such
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Biomaterials Innovation

Bundling Technologies and Life

by Alexander Styhre ...

Rapid advances in the life sciences means that there is now a far more detailed understanding of biological systems on the cellular, molecular and genetic levels. Sited at the intersection between the life sciences, the engineering sciences and the design sciences, innovations in the biomaterials industry are expected to garner increasing attention and play a key role in future development. This ... Read more

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Rapid advances in the life sciences means that there is now a far more detailed understanding of biological systems on the cellular, molecular and genetic levels. Sited at the intersection between the life sciences, the engineering sciences and the design sciences, innovations in the biomaterials industry are expected to garner increasing attention and play a key role in future development. This
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Corporate Governance, The Firm and Investor Capitalism

Legal-Political and Economic Views

by Alexander Styhre ...

Series series New Perspectives on the Modern Corporation series
The shift from managerial capitalism to investor capitalism, dominated by the finance industry and finance capital accumulation, is jointly caused by a variety of institutional, legal, political, and ideological changes, beginning with the 1970s' down-turn of the global economy. This book traces how the incorporation of businesses within the realm of the state leads to both certain benefits, ... Read more

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The shift from managerial capitalism to investor capitalism, dominated by the finance industry and finance capital accumulation, is jointly caused by a variety of institutional, legal, political, and ideological changes, beginning with the 1970s' down-turn of the global economy. This book traces how the incorporation of businesses within the realm of the state leads to both certain benefits,
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Organizations and the Bioeconomy

The Management and Commodification of the Life Sciences

by Alexander Styhre ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
The advancement of the life sciences and the technosciences has enhanced the longevity of citizens in the Western world, and half of the generation born in the first decade of the new millennium is now expected to live to the age of one hundred years. In a society with such longevity and affluence, consumption of health-related goods and services such as pharmaceuticals and scanning procedures may ... Read more

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The advancement of the life sciences and the technosciences has enhanced the longevity of citizens in the Western world, and half of the generation born in the first decade of the new millennium is now expected to live to the age of one hundred years. In a society with such longevity and affluence, consumption of health-related goods and services such as pharmaceuticals and scanning procedures may
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Precarious Professional Work

Entrepreneurialism, Risk and Economic Compensation in the Knowledge Economy

by Alexander Styhre ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
This book examines the new conditions under which professional work, often referred to as “knowledge-intensive work,” is organised and how professional groups who have traditionally been granted jurisdictional discretion now have their work routines renegotiated. In the new economic regime of what has been called “investor capitalism*”* and under the influence of shareholder primacy governance, ... Read more

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This book examines the new conditions under which professional work, often referred to as “knowledge-intensive work,” is organised and how professional groups who have traditionally been granted jurisdictional discretion now have their work routines renegotiated. In the new economic regime of what has been called “investor capitalism*”* and under the influence of shareholder primacy governance,
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