How innovation programs fail and innovation networks deviate from legal paths is a problem not yet fully understood. The complex interdependence between blockages of innovation and organizational corruption is a novel field of research in innovation studies. Equally, traditional approaches to...

The framework for developing a methodology and set ofguidelines to better understand innovation systems is provided in this specialissue of Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. Two blockagesto innovation are identified: an insufficient number of trained persons ininnovation management and...