Exploring new combinations in innovation and entrepreneurship: social networks, Schumpeter, and the case of Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795)
通过分析乔赛亚·韦奇伍德的案例，展示了社会网络如何促进多种创新，并说明熊彼特理论能丰富社会网络研究对创新形式和长期影响的理解。
Innovation and entrepreneurship are based on new combinations, constructed within social networks. The literature on social networks refers to Schumpeter's analysis of new combinations, but is limited in its use of his understanding of the range of innovations and long-term aspects of entrepreneurship. Using the case of Josiah Wedgwood, a quintessential Schumpeterian entrepreneur, this article analyses how social networks contribute to a broad range of innovations over an extended period, involving both strong and weak ties. It shows how social network research in innovation and entrepreneurship benefits from Schumpeterian insights on the wide forms of innovation and longer term influences on network structures. Copyright 2011 The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Associazione ICC. All rights reserved., Oxford University Press.