Accounting, innovation and inter-organisational relationships: insights from the 13 empirical cases

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explores the interconnections between accounting, innovation and inter-organisational relationships. It examines how new calculations in support of a restructuring project resulted in dramatic changes of the company's maintenance, repair and operations. The book then uses the concept of minimal structures to provide an analysis on how individuals use accounting as a fixed point and something to rely on, to create some order in the otherwise chaotic every day of inter-organisational innovation processes. It also explores how capital market actors play an important role in inter-organisational innovation processes. The book discusses how the venture capital firms provide an infrastructure for rapid growth and scalable innovation. It then provides an interesting example of a corporation providing an infrastructure for internal start-ups. The book also described an innovation project within the telecom industry.