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Institutional Entrepreneurship, Power, and Knowledge in Innovation Systems: Institutionalization of Regenerative Medicine in Tampere, Finland
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In this paper we ask what is the place of institutional entrepreneurship in a (regional) innovation system. The main research questions addressed are (a) how does a new science-based concentration of innovation become institutionalized in an innovation system; (b) who are the institutional entrepreneurs and what do they actually do in their efforts to institutionalize new beliefs, practices, and activities within a system; and (c) what knowledge do institutional entrepreneurs need and what kind of power do they exercise in the institutionalization process. We add new knowledge to studies focusing on innovation systems by revealing how new elements are attached into it. We also add power and knowledge to the study of institutional entrepreneurship and institutional change. The empirical analysis identifies the main phases of institutionalization, key actors in different phases, and their strategies of influence. This paper is based on the analysis of secondary data and twenty-eight interviews with key actors.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sotarauta, M., & Mustikkamäki, N.
- Affiliations
- Tampere University (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Sotarauta, Markku
- Mustikkamäki, Nina
- ORCID
- Sotarauta, Markku
- Venue
- Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-01-01
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 342-357
- ISSN
- 0263-774X (ISSN-L)
- 1472-3425
- OpenAlex
- W2044094119
- Cited by
- 100
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 5
- FWCI
- 14.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- trepo.tuni.fi
- Locations
- Environment and Planning C Government and Policy (publishedVersion)
- Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University) (acceptedVersion)
- Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Keywords
- institutional entrepreneurship, institutionalization, innovation systems, regenerative medicine, regional innovation systems, power and knowledge, institutional change, Tampere
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