Innovation Concepts and Typology – An Evolutionary Discussion

49 Pages Posted: 21 Feb 2013 Last revised: 8 May 2013

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Maxim Kotsemir

National Research University - Higher School of Economics

Alexander Abroskin

Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy; Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Moscow Campus

Dirk Meissner

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Date Written: February 20, 2013

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the analysis of evolution of innovation concepts, aspect and types. First emergence and evolution of different aspects and concepts of innovation are analysed, then the development of innovation concepts from a historical perspective and finally an overview given of types of innovation classifications developed in the literature. Surrounding this different definitions of innovation are described and analyzed in detail. The main goal of the article is to define the trend of development of innovation conceptualization and understanding over time.

Keywords: innovation concepts, innovation types, aspects of innovation, innovation systems, innovation ecosystems, typology of innovation, product innovation, process innovation, service innovation, marketing innovation, organization innovation, business innovation

JEL Classification: B10, B20, O31, O32, O33, Q55

Suggested Citation

Kotsemir, Maxim and Abroskin, Alexander and Meissner, Dirk, Innovation Concepts and Typology – An Evolutionary Discussion (February 20, 2013). Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 05/STI/2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2221299 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2221299

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Alexander Abroskin

Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

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Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Moscow Campus ( email )

Moscow, 119571
Russia

Dirk Meissner

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) ( email )

Myasnitskaya street 20
Moscow, Moscow 119017
Russia

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