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Summer reading suggestion: Empty Innovation

– Published 13 June 2023

Portrait of a man and a book cover for Empty Innovation by Olof Hallonsten.

New book by Olof Hallonsten: Empty Innovation – Causes and Consequences of Society's Obsession with Entrepreneurship and Growth

What is the book about?

Innovation as a popular buzzword has become detrimental to innovation itself. The book describes this situation, how it came to be and gives way to a more realistic view of what innovation really is, and how it can be accomplished.

Who should read it?

Anyone interested in really making a change through innovation – policy makers, change makers in trade and industry as well as the public sector, researchers.

... and why? 

You get a comprehensive and concise analysis of why innovation has become empty rhetoric among decision-makers and learn what can be done to counter this.

Find the book here!

The book is an open access publication which you find via the link: Empty Innovation – Causes and Consequences of Society's Obsession with Entrepreneurship and Growth

Olof Hallonsten

Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor at the Lund University School of Economics and Management and CIRCLE member.

Contact Olof Hallonsten via e-mail: olof.hallonsten@fek.lu.se