Knjiga 32.INNOVATION CULTURE IN CRONY CAPITALISM: Does Hofstede’s Model Matter?
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: What is the book about?
- I. Theoretical background
- 1. Innovation
- 1.1. Innovation in the European context
- 1.2. The changing nature of innovation
- 1.3. Innovation in the service economy
- 1.4. From managed to entrepreneurial economy
- 2. Social determinants of innovation
- 2.1. Escape from technological determinism
- 2.2. Contribution from economics of innovation
- 2.3. Contribution from the social capital theory
- 3. Innovation culture
- 3.1. The general framework for studying innovation culture
- 3.2. The concept of organizational innovation culture
- 4. The concepts of the national culture
- 4.1. A brief overview of Inglehart’s theory with a reference to Croatia
- 4.2. A brief overview of Schwartz’s theory with a reference to Croatia
- 4.3. A brief overview of Trompenaars’ and Hampden-Turner’s theory with a reference to Croatia
- 4.4. A brief overview of the GLOBE project
- 4.5. A brief overview of Hofstede’s model
- 4.5.1. Apologists and critics
- 4.5.2. Hofstede’s dimensions in brief
- 4.5.3. Characteristics of Croatia according to Hofstede’s
- cultural dimensions
- 4.6. National culture and the ability to innovate
- 5. Regional innovation culture
- 5.1. The role of regions in the European Union
- 5.2. The concept of the regional innovation system
- 5.3. The concept of regional innovation culture
- 5.4. Region as a unit of cross-cultural analyses
- 5.5. A note on the regions and regional cultural differences in Croatia
- II. Empirical research
- 6. Introduction
- 6.1. Purpose and aim of research
- 6.2. Conceptual model
- 6.3. Methodology, data collection and sample
- 6.4. Results
- 6.4.1. Description of the regions by Hofstede’s dimensions of national culture
- 6.4.2. Description of the regions by pro-innovation and innovation-adverse cultural dimensions
- 6.4.3. Exploration of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and innovation and entrepreneurship capacities of the regions
- 6.4.4. Dimensions of national culture by socio-demographic characteristics
- 6.5. Discussion and conclusions
- III. An alternative approach to studying innovation culture
- 7. And now what? Let’s move beyond Hofstede’s model and see what Croatian scholars have to say
- 7.1. Path dependence theories
- 7.1.1 Egalitarian syndrome and imprinting theory
- 7.2. Croatian type of capitalism
- 7.3. A note about corruption
- 8. Epilogue: Is there a pilot in the plane?
- Annex: Questions from the VSM 2013
- References
- Index
