Gender and Innovation in the New Economy Women, Identity, and Creati
This book provides a thorough and novel examination of the gendered nature of innovations in the new economy. It tracks the contemporary shift from heavy industry to game industry and how this has altered relationships between gender, identity, corporate
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Seppo Poutanen • Anne Kovalainen
Gender and Innovation in the New Economy Women, Identity, and Creative Work
Seppo Poutanen Turku School of Economics University of Turku Turku, Finland
Anne Kovalainen Turku School of Economics University of Turku Turku, Finland
ISBN 978-1-137-52700-4 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-52702-8
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The idea for this book was born during our stay as visiting fellows at Stanford University, at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research and School of Humanities and Sciences. We are grateful for the invitation to join those stimulating and lively surroundings and for the continued support of our many colleagues there, Director of the Clayman Institute, Professor Shelley Correll, Executive Director Lori Nishiura Mackenzie, Professor Helen E. Longino and Professor Valerie Miner. Warm thanks to you all! We thank our colleagues at Turku School of Economics for a stimulating and friendly atmosphere. Entrepreneurship Unit is a good and inspiring place to work. Invaluable assistance in the completion of this book has been provided by our research assistant Matti W. Karinen. Our thanks also go to those who commissioned and assisted in the production of this work at Palgrave Macmillan, particularly Marcus Ballenger and his superb team. Thank you to Jazmine Robles who most efficiently took care of practicalities in the publication process. To end, the authors wish to thank the Ac
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