ISBN:
9780080524849
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 1171 Seiten)
Edition:
First edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The international handbook on innovation
DDC:
306.42
Keywords:
Electronic books
;
Creative ability ; Social aspects
;
Creative ability in business
;
Creative ability
;
Creative thinking
;
Technological innovations
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Innovationsprozess
Abstract:
The International Handbook on Innovation is the most comprehensive and authoritative account available of what innovation is, how it is measured, how it is developed, how it is managed, and how it affects individuals, companies, societies, and the world as a whole. Leading specialists from around the world, responsible for much of the current research in the field, analyze the multidisciplinary and multifaceted nature of innovation, its types and levels, its criteria, its development, its management, its specificity in various domains and contexts, and societal demands on it. They consider innovation from the viewpoints of psychology, management science, business, technology, sociology, philosophy, economics, history, education, art, and public policy. With contributions from over 90 distinguished authors covering 17 nations, readers will obtain expert insight into the latest research and future developments in the field of innovation. The Handbook will present many facets of innovation including its nature, its development, its measurement, its management, and its social, cultural, and historical context. The breadth of this work will allow the reader to acquire a comprehensive and panoramic picture of the nature of innovation within a single handbook. The reader will develop an accurate sense of what spurs potentially creative and innovative people and companies toward their extraordinary achievements and exceptional performances. The handbook can be used as a reference source for those who would like information about a particular topic, or from cover to cover either as a sourcebook or as a textbook in a course dealing with innovation. Anyone interested in knowing the wide range of issues regarding innovation will want to read this handbook. Contributions from over 90 distinguished authors covering 17 nations International in scope, reflecting global perspectives Essential reading for researchers and practitioners in the fields of psychology, management science, business, technology, sociology, philosophy, economics, history, education art, and public policy.
Abstract:
Front Cover -- The International Handbook on Innovation -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Dedication -- About the Authors -- Preface -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1. Understanding Innovation: Introduction to Some Important Issues -- PART II: THE NATURE OF INNOVATION -- Chapter 1. The Neurophysiological Basis of Innovation -- Chapter 2. On the Nature of Individual Innovation -- Chapter 3. Models of Innovation -- Chapter 4. Evolutionary Models of Innovation and the Meno Problem -- Chapter 5. The Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness: Its Implications for Understanding the Nature of Innovation -- Chapter 6. Innovation and Strategic Reflexivity: An Evolutionary Approach Applied to Services -- Chapter 7. The Nature and Dynamics of Discontinuous and Disruptive Innovations from a Learning and Knowledge Management Perspective -- Chapter 8. Profitable Product Innovation: The Critical Success Factors -- Chapter 9. Types of Innovations -- Chapter 10. Problem Generation and Innovation -- Chapter 11. The Role of Flexibility in Innovation -- Chapter 12. The Effect of Mood On Creativity in the Innovative Process -- Chapter 13. Case Studies of Innovation: Ordinary Thinking, Extraordinary Outcomes -- Chapter 14. Innovation and Evolution: Managing Tensions Within and Between the Domains of Theory and Practice -- Chapter 15. E-Creativity and E-Innovation -- PART III: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN INNOVATIVE ABILITY -- Chapter 1. The Art of Innovation: Polymaths and Universality of the Creative Process -- PART IV: DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATION ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN -- Chapter 1. Young Inventors -- Chapter 2. Exceptional Creativity Across the Life Span: The Emergence and Manifestation of Creative Genius -- Chapter 3. Innovations by the Frail Elderly -- PART V: ASSESSMENT OF INNOVATION -- Chapter 1. The Measurement of Innovativeness -- PART VI: DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATION.
