ISBN:
9780191509858
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 214 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.483
Keywords:
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects..
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Technology transfer -- Economic aspects
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Konferenzschrift 2012
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Innovation is increasingly recognized as a vitally important social and economic phenomenon worthy of serious research study. The book, written by leading contributors to the field, examines the state of the art and achievements in the relatively new field of Innovation Studies, as well as what future challenges lie ahead.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- 1. Innovation Studies: Towards a New Agenda -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Understanding Innovation: A Brief Historical Sketch -- 1.3. An Evolving Agenda -- 1.4. Achievements and Challenges -- 1.5. Towards a New Agenda? -- Part I: Evolution, Developments, and Key Issues -- 2. Innovation Studies: A Personal Interpretation of 'The State of the Art' -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Learning from Project Research -- 2.3. The Theoretical Core of Innovation Studies -- 2.4. Innovation Studies: Drawing the Boundaries to Adjacent Fields -- 2.5. Opening Up the Borders of Innovation Studies -- 2.6. The Future of Innovation Studies -- 3. Innovation, Work Organization, and Systems of Social Protection -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Work Organization and Organizational Design -- 3.3. National Systems of Innovation and Competence Building: What Are the Relevant Institutions? -- 3.4. Regions and Nations: The Need for a Multi-Level Governance Framework -- 3.5. Policies for Organizational Change and Innovation -- 4. Innovation Systems and Policy for Development in a Changing World -- 4.1. Looking at the Question -- 4.2. The Paradigm Shift and Its Effects on the Conditions of Innovation for and by the Poor (and the Weak) -- 4.3. The Big Moving Picture -- 4.4. Does (or Should) Evolutionary Economics also Evolve? -- 4.5. In Conclusion -- 5. Innovation, Evolution, and Economics: Where We Are and Where We Should Go -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Coordination and Change -- 5.3. Towards an Alternative Interpretation: The Economy as a Complex Evolving System -- 5.4. The Structure of Technological Knowledge and the Process of Technological Innovation -- 5.5. Micro-Foundations: Cognition, Behaviours, and Learning in Complex Evolving Environments.
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