TY - CHAP AB - Few words in modern society have become as positively charged as the word innovation. Of course, premodern societies were also innovative in their way. Still, technology, ideas, and organizational forms have changed over time, and it is only in modern society that innovation has become almost mandatory; that is to say, ranked uppermost in society's value system. “Be innovative!” has become an imperative in modern society. VL - 6 SN - 978-1-84855-833-5, 978-1-84855-832-8/1877-6361 DO - 10.1108/S1877-6361(2009)0000006005 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1877-6361(2009)0000006005 AU - Bakken Tore AU - Hernes Tor AU - Wiik Eric ED - Rodrigo Magalhães ED - Ron Sanchez PY - 2010 Y1 - 2010/01/01 TI - Chapter 4 Innovation and Organization: An Overview from the Perspective of Luhmann's Autopoiesis T2 - Advanced Series in Management T3 - Advanced Series in Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 69 EP - 88 Y2 - 2024/04/20 ER -