Mundane innovation in the periphery: the foundational economy in a less developed region
研究了基础经济参与者在边缘地区创新中的作用，提出“平凡创新”概念，并通过威尔士卡马森郡的案例表明边缘地区可能成为创新领导者而非落后者。
This article explores the role that foundational economy (FE) actors can play in innovation in peripheral regions. We argue that research which casts peripheral regions as backwaters of innovation may inadvertently underplay the potential for innovation in such places. Drawing on the peripheral innovation literature, and emerging research on the FE, we develop the concept of mundane innovation and explore its potential for peripheral regions. We address this question through a short case-study of Carmarthenshire (Wales) and find that it may offer potential for such regions to become leaders rather than the laggards they appear in the conventional innovation literature.