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Actor-Network Theory and Informal Sector Innovations: Findings From Value-Added Products of Rice in the Food Processing Industry, Manipur

Actor-Network Theory and Informal Sector Innovations: Findings From Value-Added Products of Rice in the Food Processing Industry, Manipur
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Author(s): Wairokpam Premi Devi (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), India)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 25
Source title: Analytical Frameworks, Applications, and Impacts of ICT and Actor-Network Theory
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Markus Spöhrer (University of Konstanz, Germany)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7027-1.ch009

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Abstract

Innovations from informal sectors are often left out of both policymakers' and academic discourse, and hence deprived of the attention they deserve. Almost all the innovation actions in the informal sector are derived from indigenous knowledge, which unfortunately is not explicit in innovation system framework. The process of diffusion of knowledge from one generation to another is embodied in the form of social norms and cultural practices in informal sector. Thereby, key innovations get embedded into the system without noticing. Innovations in the informal sector are complex processes and need to be understood in their context. Thus, the research work will aim to understand the informal sector innovation processes. The authors attempt to see the local ways of solving problems through studying the case of value-added products of rice in the food processing industry in Manipur through the lens of actor network theory (ANT).

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