INNOVATION TYPES: CONFIGURATIONS OF ATTRIBUTES AS A BASIS FOR INNOVATION CLASSIFICATION

In spite of the continued importance of an innovation’s attributes to research methodologies, and the increasing tendency toward multidimensional conceptualizations, the lack of a theoretically derived and empirically developed classification of innovations, conceived in terms of these perceived characteristics, continues to deter substantive research in the area. Innovations are frequently under-dimensionalized, with little consistency in the labeling or definition of their dimensions. The absence of a stable descriptive framework has constrained researchers’ facility to develop cross-case and cumulative research. In this paper, in which innovations are conceptualized as complex and...