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What is Actor-Network-Theory

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Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurial Success and its Impact on Regional Development
An approach that emerged in Science and Technology Studies, stimulated by the contributions of Michel Callon, John Law and Bruno Latour, but that today is used to understand all types of processes where actors develop collective decision, creating new associations. ANT provides a reference framework to understand change and collective engagement from initial problem delimitation to the consolidation of a network. ANT is applied through qualitative methods, such as interviews, and ethnographic research, by following the actors in their quotidian context and activities.
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Academic Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Transfer Networks: Translation Process and Boundary Organizations
Hugo Pinto (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Ana Rita Cruz (University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal), and Helena de Almeida (University of Algarve, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 30
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9567-2.ch015
Abstract
This chapter underlines contributions that Science and Technology Studies (STS) can give to the analysis of the knowledge transfer process and academic entrepreneurship. The central objective of the chapter is to understand the challenges that an academic entrepreneur has to face to implement an innovative idea. To achieve this goal, the chapter presents two spin-off case studies from the Algarve region (Portugal). The case studies pay attention to academic entrepreneurship in the medical field (F1) and in eco-tourism (E1). It is given attention to the translation phases and to the network creation.
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