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Processes of Learning and Processes of Innovation

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Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Innovation; Innovation processes; Learning; Learning organization; Learning processes

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The aim of this exploratory analysis is (1) to identify current discourses on knowledge production, innovation and learning, the models they assume, and the tendencies that they suggest; (2) to briefly survey the circulating concepts of learning; (3) to propose new interactive definitions where learning and innovation are being seen as intertwined processes; as well as (4) to finally conceptualize a learning organization with such an interactive understanding and approach. Innovation and learning are being described as forms of knowledge production and knowledge application, seen as mutually complementing and cross-linked processes, jointly leading to the creation of new knowledge.

Conceptual Definition of Processes of Learning and of Processes of Innovation

It has been stated that research (knowledge production) and innovation in the knowledge economy, knowledge society, and...

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Campbell, D.F.J., Pantelić, I. (2020). Processes of Learning and Processes of Innovation. In: Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6616-1_200098-1

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