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To analyze extant definitions of innovation across various academic disciplines in order to develop an integrative, comprehensive definition of organizational innovation.

September 4, 2009Management Decision

Towards a multidisciplinary definition of innovation

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ABAnahita BareghehNipissing University JRJennifer RowleyBoston University SSSally SambrookBangor University

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Content analysis reveals six core attributes across multidisciplinary definitions of organizational innovation, highlighting an integrative framework that bridges disparate business fields.

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To analyze extant definitions of innovation across various academic disciplines in order to develop an integrative, comprehensive definition of organizational innovation.
Conducted a multidisciplinary literature review spanning economics, innovation and entrepreneurship, business and management, and technology, science, and engineering.
Performed qualitative content analysis on the retrieved definitions to surface recurring core attributes and profile associated descriptive terms.
Identified six central attributes characterizing innovation: nature, type, stages, social context, means, and aim.
Synthesized these dimensions to formulate both a diagrammatic conceptual framework and a unified textual definition of organizational innovation.

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Baregheh et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d77597f44a16d01ef31257 https://doi.org/10.1108/00251740910984578

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Content analysis reveals six core attributes across multidisciplinary definitions of organizational innovation, highlighting an integrative framework that bridges disparate business fields.

Towards a multidisciplinary definition of innovation

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