Gender, diversity and innovation concepts, policies and practice

"This edited collection presents fascinating new insights on gender and innovation with a central focus on the experiences of women innovators, exploring different geographic and institutional contexts through a series of in-depth case studies. It investigates how intersecting characteristics s...

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Other Authors: Owalla, Beldina (Editor), Vorley, Tim (Editor), Lawton Smith, Helen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton Edward Elgar Publishing 2022, 2022
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBooks Collection Business & Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 13. Informal institutional structures and legitimacy perceptions of female innovation in sub-saharan Africa: A conceptual framework / Priscilla Otuo, Cynthia Forson, Afua Owusu-Kwarteng and Anthony N-Yelkabong
  • 14. Women's entrepreneurship in the inclusive innovation ecosystem in Canada / Wendy Cukier, Guang Ying Mo and Jodi-Ann Francis
  • Part III: Conclusion
  • 15. Afterword / Beldina Owalla, Tim Vorley and Helen Lawton Smith
  • Index
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • 7. From gendered social innovation to gendering social innovation and co-production in healthcare settings / Silvia Cervia
  • 8 underrepresented innovators: An assessment of innovation activities in women-led businesses in the uk / Beldina Owalla, Tim Vorley and Elvis Nyanzu
  • Part II: Innovation policies, initiatives and ecosystems
  • 9. Beyond siri and alexa: Gender and AI policy / Vidhula Venugopal and Vishal Rituraj
  • 10. Targeting in targeted funds: How inclusion policies and programs can exclude intended beneficiaries / Katindi Sivi
  • 11. Making gendered science: A feminist perspective on the epistemology of innovation based on science and technology studies / Ilenia Picardi
  • 12. The impact of institutional voids on female innovation in emerging countries / Allan Villegas-Mateos and Rosa Morales
  • Contents: Foreword by dr emily nott
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction: Promoting inclusive innovation / Tim Vorley, Helen Lawton Smith and Beldina Owalla
  • Part I: Diversity and innovation in different contexts
  • 2. Gender and innovation strategy in crowdfunding / James Bort and Azzurra Meoli
  • 3. A gendered multi-level model of stem entrepreneurship / Cecelia Dotzler and M. Gloria González-Morales
  • 4. Increasing women's representation as founders of university spinout companies: A case for action / Heather Griffiths, Simonetta Manfredi, Alexis Still and Charikleia Tzanakou
  • 5. Women entrepreneurs in new technology-based businesses in Sweden: Experiences as inventors, innovators, and entrepreneurs / Besrat Tesfaye and Christina Wainikka
  • 6. Is gender an inhibitor to innovation and entrepreneurial activity in the democratic republic of congo? / Victoria Tonks and Helen Lawton Smith