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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Managing Emerging Technologies for Socio-Economic
Book SynopsisManaging Emerging Technologies for Socio-Economic Impact is an important contribution to both the literature and practice of managing emerging technology. Importantly, this book not only considers the economic impact but also the wider societal impact and benefit. It is recommended reading for all those who aspire to steward emergent technologies into reality.'- Martin Curley, Vice President, Director, Intel Labs Europe, Intel Corporation'This book offers a series of fascinating studies about the emergence of new technologies in different eco-systems of university-industry-government relations.'- Loet Leydesdorff, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands'The chapters in this exciting new book explore the ways in which new technologies emerge, develop and are then commercialized. The chapters, many of which are by exciting young European scholars, are both theoretically and empirically sophisticated. If the reader is interested in how emerging technologies create socio-economic impact, this book will provide them with unique new insights. I recommend the book to all readers.'- Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis, USThe development of emerging technologies demands a rapidly expanding knowledge base and intensive collaboration across organizational, institutional and cultural borders. This book is the first of its kind to focus on the management of key emerging technologies and their social and economic impact in Europe.Split into four parts, across 17 chapters, the scholars offer multiple levels of analysis concerning the management of emerging technologies across various sectors ranging from nanotechnology, renewable energy and cloud computing to synthetic biology and particle therapy for cancer. They present their research findings in critical areas including:- organizational capabilities for technological innovation in key enabling technologies- collaboration and networking to shape their emergence and progression- strategic challenges for policy makers who influence the sustainable and responsible development of emerging technologies- how such technologies affect work and communication practices in a variety of organizational settings.This book is a must-read for innovation practitioners, academics and policy makers who take interest in the on going debate about how to shape innovation policy and manage emerging technologies.Contributors: A. Alexiou, D.G. Assimakopoulos, A. Carafa, D. Cotta, J.P. Damijan, E. Dolgova, R. Dombrovski, D. van Doren, M. Drenkovska, P. Durgam, A. Es-Sajjade, B. Gao, S. Khanagha, J.P. Madiedo, N. Maya, I. Oshri, D. Pacauskas, K. Pandza, A. Parker, M. Pero, T. Reiss, M. Rossi, F. Salvador, B. Schrempf, J. Sidhu, H.W. Volberda, T.A Wilkins, M. WolfTrade Review‘Throughout the world, technological innovation is often viewed as a magic wand that governments, university, industry, and nongovernmental organizations hope will lead to societal and economic impact. Yet understanding the process that will lead to optimal impact is a continuing challenge. In Managing Emerging Technologies for Socio-Economic Impact, the editors bring together scholars from several related fields in the hope of making sense of it all. . . . this book provides an interesting overview of the state of knowledge in the field and emphasizes the need for more interaction of industry, government, and business policy-makers with academics to both identify key questions they have and to test the utility of current analyses.’ -- Deborah D. Stine, Science and Public Policy‘Managing Emerging Technologies for Socio-Economic Impact is an important contribution to both the literature and practice of managing emerging technology. Importantly, this book not only considers the economic impact but also the wider societal impact and benefit. It is recommended reading for all those who aspire to steward emergent technologies into reality.’ -- Martin Curley, Vice President, Director, Intel Labs Europe, Intel Corporation‘This book offers a series of fascinating studies about the emergence of new technologies in different eco-systems of university-industry-government relations’ -- Loet Leydesdorff, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands‘The chapters in this exciting new book explore the ways in which new technologies emerge, develop and are then commercialized. The chapters, many of which are by exciting young European scholars, are both theoretically and empirically sophisticated. If the reader is interested in how emerging technologies create socio-economic impact, this book will provide them with unique new insights. I recommend the book to all readers’ -- Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Management of Emerging Technologies for Economic and Social Impact: An Introduction Dimitris G. Assimakopoulos, Ilan Oshri and Krsto Pandza PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION Jatinder Sidhu and Fabrizio Salvador 2. Routines and Technological Discontinuity: An Attention-based View on the Organizational Adaption Process Saeed Khanagha, Henk W. Volberda and Ilan Oshri 3. Will the Real Innovator Please Stand Up? Claiming Ownership of an Organizational Capability Abdelghani Es-Sajjade and Krsto Pandza 4. Emergence, Transactive Memory Systems and Efficiency: A Contingency Approach Diogo Cotta and Fabrizio Salvador 5. Tools to Support Technology Intelligence Processes in Integrated Technology Service Providers Natalia Maya PART II: COLLABORATION AND NETWORKING IN MANAGING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Dimitris G. Assimakopoulos 6 . Network Evolution at the Science-Technology Overlap in the Triple Helix of Particle Therapy of Cancer Andrea Carafa, Dimitris G. Assimakopoulos and Andrew Parker 7. Nanotechnology in Ireland: An Analysis of the Patent Co-Classification Network Benjamin Schrempf and Evgenia Dolgova 8. Research Clusters and Emerging Industrial Architecture of the Irish Renewable Energy Sector Bei Gao 9. The Position and Role of Research Infrastructures in the Material Science Network Mickael Pero PART III: STRATEGIC CHALLENGES FOR POLICY-MAKERS IN SHAPING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT Krsto Pandza, Thomas Reiss and Joze P. Damijan 10. Communicating Synthetic Biology: a Conceptual Framework to Position Developments in Biotechnology Davy Van Doren and Thomas Reiss 11. Methodological Challenges of Capturing Innovation in Developing Countries Marija Drenkovska 12 Renewable Energy Policies for Eco-Innovation Renata Dombrovski 13. Managing Structural Ambiguity in Collaborative R&D Policy Making Miriam Wolf and Terence A Wilkins PART IV: UTILIZING NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR INNOVATION AND LEARNING Ilan Oshri and Matti Rossi 14. Open Innovation in Family Firms: A Matter of Socio-Emotional Wealth Juan Pablo Madiedo M. 15. Engaging Users in Value Co-Creation Activities Darius Pacauskas 16. Taming the Waves of Adversity: Exploring the Multidimensional Construct of Organizational Resilience Andreas Alexiou 17. From Web 2.0 to Social CRM: The Place and Value Pradeep Durgam Index
£132.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Support of Innovation in Entrepreneurial
Book SynopsisThis is a fine collection of papers focusing on the role of public support in facilitating innovation. A key theme is the concentration on innovation by small firms, which is both timely and crucial. The collection should be of value to scholars, policymakers and students.'- Rajeev K. Goel, Illinois State University, USPublic support for innovation, chiefly through government programs such as the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, has had a significant impact on fostering economic growth in the US. This collection synthesizes a decade of scholarship from Albert N. Link on the subject, specifically on small, technology-based entrepreneurial firms. Based on data collected by the National Research Council of the National Academies of the United States on projects funded through the SBIR program, these papers form a comprehensive foundation that will serve as a critical guide to the topic for both academics and policymakers. Divided into four main subjects - commercialization of new technology, employment growth, spillover benefits and policy - the essays tackle a number of critical issues in the field and offer insightful suggestions for future research and policy approaches.Students and scholars of business and management, public policy, economics, entrepreneurship and innovation studies will find this a useful and comprehensive resource, as will policymakers, entrepreneurs and business leaders.Trade Review‘This is a fine collection of papers focusing on the role of public support in facilitating innovation. A key theme is the concentration on innovation by small firms, which is both timely and crucial. The collection should be of value to scholars, policymakers and students.’ -- Rajeev K. Goel, Illinois State University, USTable of ContentsIntroduction Albert N. Link PART I COMMERCIALISING NEW TECHNOLOGY 1. Albert N. Link and Christopher J. Ruhm (2009), ‘Bringing Science to Market: Commercializing from NIH SBIR Awards’ 2. Albert N. Link and John T. Scott (2010), ‘Government as Entrepreneur: Evaluating the Commercialization Success of SBIR Projects’ PART II EMPLOYMENT GROWTH FROM PUBLIC SUPPORT OF INNOVATION 3. Albert N. Link and John T. Scott (2012), ‘Employment Growth from Public Support of Innovation in Small Firms’ 4. Albert N. Link and John T. Scott (2012), ‘Employment Growth from the Small Business Innovation Research Program’ PART III SPILLOVER BENEFITS FROM PUBLIC SUPPORT OF INNOVATION 5. David B. Audretsch, Albert N. Link and John T. Scott (2002), ‘Public/Private Technology Partnerships: Evaluating SBIR-Supported Research’ 6. Stuart D. Allen, Stephen K. Layson and Albert N. Link (2012), ‘Public Gains from Entrepreneurial Research: Inferences about the Economic Value of Public Support of the Small Business Innovation Research Program’ 7. Albert N. Link and Christopher J. Ruhm (2011), ‘Public Knowledge, Private Knowledge: The Intellectual Capital of Entrepreneurs’ 8. Albert N. Link and John T. Scott (2012), ‘The Exploitation of Publicly Funded Technology’ 9. David B. Audretsch, Dennis P. Leyden and Albert N. Link (2013), ‘Regional Appropriation of University-Based Knowledge and Technology for Economic Development’ PART IV POLICIES TOWARD PUBLIC SUPPORT OF INNOVATION 10. Dora Gicheva and Albert N. Link (2013), ‘Leveraging Entrepreneurship through Private Investments: Does Gender Matter?’ 11. Albert N. Link and John T. Scott (2009), ‘Private Investor Participation and Commercialization Rates for Government-sponsored Research and Development: Would a Prediction Market Improve the Performance of the SBIR Programme?’ 12. David B. Audretsch, Dennis P. Leyden and Albert N. Link (2012), ‘Universities as Research Partners in Publicly Supported Entrepreneurial Firms’
£89.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Internationalisation of Business R&D
Book SynopsisIt has become clear that over the past few decades enterprises not only produce and sell abroad but increasingly also develop goods and services outside their home countries; a development now known as the internationalisation of business R&D. This book presents a comprehensive picture of the current state of internationalization of R&D in the business sector.The contributors explore key patterns of the internationalization of R&D across various countries and sectors using case studies to underpin empirical evidence. They examine the drivers of the process, revealing the impacts of R&D internationalisation on both home and host countries using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Topics discussed include:- Why firms locate R&D activities abroad- Data availability, quality and comparability- The role of the EU and the US in the internationalization of R&D- Country-level factors such as size, workforce and FDI as determinants of R&D internationalization- Impacts of R&D internationalization on home and host countries.This book will prove an insightful read for academics, researchers and students with an interest in economics - particularly the economics of innovation business and management, and science and technology. It will also prove a valuable resource for R&D policymakers and public administrators.Contributors include: B. Dachs, D. Hanzl-Weiss, F. Kampik, S. Leitner, T. Scherngell, R. Stehrer, R. Tiwari, W. Urban, G. ZahradnikTrade Review‘The Internationalization of Business R&D is a welcome addition to the volumes which deconstruct how R&D and innovative activities are driven by country-speci?c, ?rm-speci?c and region-speci?c ?ows of human resources, investment and collaborations. It is a vivid exhibition with country/region-speci?c data and references to regulations, along with abundant literature cited at the end of each chapter. . . I think this is the welcome step to start a new direction of understanding R&D internationalization.’ -- Rahul S. Mane, Science & Public PolicyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Bernhard Dachs, Robert Stehrer and Georg Zahradnik 2. Internationalisation of R&D: A Brief Survey of the Literature Bernhard Dachs 3. Issues in Collecting Data on the Internationalisation of R&D Georg Zahradnik and Waltraut Urban 4. R&D Internationalisation Across Countries and Over Time Georg Zahradnik 5. R&D Internationalisation in Belgium, the Czech Republic and Switzerland Franziska Kampik, Sandra Leitner and Georg Zahradnik 6. The Sectoral Perspective Georg Zahradnik 7. The Relationship between the European Union and United States of America Bernhard Dachs 8. The Structure of Cross-Country R&D Expenditure: A Social Network Analysis Perspective Thomas Scherngell 9. Host Country Determinants of R&D Internationalisation Sandra Leitner and Robert Stehrer 10. Drivers of R&D Internationalisation in the Automotive Industry and in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services Bernhard Dachs and Doris Hanzl-Weiss 11. Impacts of R&D Internationalisation on domestic R&D Activities Sandra Leitner and Robert Stehrer 12. R&D Internationalisation from and Indo-German Perspective Rajnish Tiwari 13. R&D Internationalisation and the Global Financial Crisis Bernhard Dachs
£95.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Innovation Governance for
Book SynopsisAlthough in recent years some emerging economies have improved their performance in terms of research and development (R&D) investment, outputs and innovative capacity, these countries are still blighted by extreme poverty, inequality and social exclusion. Hence, emerging countries are exposed to conditions which differ quite substantially from the dominant OECD model of innovation policy for development and welfare. This Research Handbook contributes to the debate by looking at how innovation theory, policy and practice interact, and explains different types of configurations in countries that are characterized by two contrasting but mutually reinforcing features: systemic failure and resourcefulness. Focusing on innovation governance and public policies, it aims to understand related governance failures and to explore options for alternative, more efficient approaches. This book brings to the fore new concepts, theories and questions about the Global South, across multiple disciplines. It discusses specific country cases, exploring overarching patterns and lessons that address development bottlenecks and policy designs aimed at improving quality of life and economic progress in emerging economies. Defining more adequate development strategies by balancing economic well-being with social inclusion, this book will be of great interest to scholars, students and policy makers of innovation, growth and development studies.Contributors include: B.A. Adebowale, R. Arocena, L. Becerra, P. Catalán, C. Chaminade, P. Delvenne, A. Djeflat, G. Dutrénit, M. Fressoli, S. Garrido, P. Juarez, S. Kuhlmann, A.M. Loconto, S. Mani, G.M. Marcelle, G. Ordóñez-Matamoros, J. Orozco, A.A. Oyewale, R.P. Pérez, M. Puchet Anyul, B. Rennkamp, E. Robles-Belmont, M. Salazar, M. Scerri, E.F. Simbua, W.O. Siyanbola, J. Sutz, H. Thomas, F. Thoreau, D. Vinck, J. VoetenTrade Review'This Research Handbook brings together critical and constructive voices from scholars from the Global South. They give examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America, illustrating barriers and opportunities when it comes to policy efforts to mobilize knowledge and innovation for inclusive development. The authors show that to turn barriers into opportunities requires a threefold effort: adaptation of theories to context, building policy capabilities and investing in social capital. This book represents a useful step toward defining more adequate development strategies balancing economic well-being with social inclusion.' --Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Aalborg University, Denmark'This Research Handbook addresses head-on one of the main challenges of the 21st century: how to realize the new Sustainable Development Goals in emerging economies and developing countries. The contributors not only offer first-rate and original research, but also daringly take normative stances on how to better use knowledge, science, technology and innovation for development. The volume critically reviews existing innovation policies and convincingly offers a comprehensive set of alternative models. The turn from a traditional growth-based innovation policy to a more socially inclusive policy transcends the divide between development studies and science, technology and innovation studies. This book therefore is also highly relevant for the emerging field of RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation).' --Wiebe E. Bijker, Maastricht University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Governance of Innovation in Emerging Countries: Understanding Failures and Exploring Options Stefan Kuhlmann and Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros PART I THEORETICAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 1. Dancing Without Listening to the Music: Learning From Some Failures of the ‘National Innovation Systems’ in Latin America Pierre Delvenne and François Thoreau 2. Science, Technology and Innovation Policy that is Responsive to Innovation Performers Gillian M. Marcelle 3. Out Of Sync: Innovation Policy and Theory in Unequal Societies Britta Rennkamp 4. Modes of Innovation and the Prospects for Economic Development in South Africa and Tanzania Mario Scerri 5. Emerging Innovation Systems (EIS) and Take-off Issues in North African Economies: Evidence From Algeria Abdelkader Djeflat PART II GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 6. The Challenge of Alignment and Barriers for the Design and Implementation of Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Innovation Systems in Developing Countries Cristina Chaminade and Ramón Padilla-Pérez 7. Tensions of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in Mexico: Analytical Models, Institutional Evolution, National Capabilities and Governance Gabriela Dutrénit and Martín Puchet 8. The Colombian System of Science, Technology and Innovation in Transition: How Governance is Being Affected Mónica Salazar 9. ‘Tinkering’ With Tea: Science, Technology and Innovation Policies in Tanzania’s Agricultural Research System Allison Loconto and Emmanuel Simbua 10. Innovation and Inclusive Growth in the Small-Scale Fishing Sector of the Fonseca Gulf, Central America Jeffrey Orozco 11. Policy Spree or Policy Paralysis: an Evaluation of India’s Efforts at Encouraging Firm-Level Innovative Activities Sunil Mani 12. Nigeria's STI Policy and the Dilemma of Implementation A.A. Oyewale, B.A. Adebowale and W.O. Siyanbola PART III INNOVATION PRACTICE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 13. Science, Technology and Innovation for What? Exploring the Democratization of Knowledge as an Answer Rodrigo Arocena and Judith Sutz 14. Inclusive Innovation in Small Producers’ Clusters in Vietnam: Policy Implications From Grounded Theory Jaap Voeten 15. The Dynamics of Communitarian Innovation: The Case of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) Systems in Costa Rica Pablo Catalán 16. Foundations and Philanthropic Organizations in the Development of New Science and Technology: The Case of Micro and Nanotechnology in Mexico Eduardo Robles-Belmont and Dominique Vinck 17. Theoretical and Policy Failures in Technologies and Innovation for Social Inclusion: The Cases of Social Housing, Renewal Energy and Food Production in Argentina Hernán Thomas, Lucas Becerra, Mariano Fressoli, Santiago Garrido and Paula Juarez Index
£198.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Finance
Book SynopsisDrawing upon current cutting-edge theories, knowledge and research findings, this Handbook provides an analysis of the interaction between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurs and financial institutions globally.The contributors consider regional and international perspectives within and between Europe, North America, New Zealand, the Middle East, as well as South, Central and East Asia on a chapter-by-chapter basis. In so doing, they provide a contextualized, up-to-date snapshot of research into entrepreneurial finance across the world.This book is aimed at both established and emergent researchers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students looking for avenues of future research into entrepreneurial finance. It will also be of use to policymakers and practitioners seeking a global perspective in their work.Contributors: M. Akoorie, H. Al-Dajani, R. Baldock, Z. Bika, T. Botelho, C.G. Brush, D. Deakins, D. Demirba , S. Demirba , L.F. Edelman, R.T. Harrison, S. Heilbrunn, J.G. Hussain, N. Kushnirovich, J. Li, C. Mac an Bhaird, S. Mahmood, T.S. Manolova, C. Mason, H. Matlay, M. Nitani, D. North, I. Peiris, A. Riding, N. Sandhu, J.M. Scott, P. Sinha, M. Subalova, S. Talbot, G. WhittamTrade Review'Across a range of country contexts, this Handbook highlights a number of important issues associated with the provision of funding to establish and grow new ventures, as well as enabling businesses to survive difficult economic times, such as the period following the GFC. This scholarly collection of both quantitative and qualitative studies covers a variety of topics, including access to microfinancing in Kazakhstan and the role of VC investors in promoting the internationalization of Canadian businesses.' --John Watson, The University of Western Australia'This book of readings provides a fresh perspective on a problem that has challenged researchers and policymakers for nearly a century. It is well-established that SMEs face problems in raising finance that differ from those faced by large firms. What this book does is to investigate how the nature and scale of these problems vary between diverse countries, and against the backdrop of the Global Economic Crisis. I commend both the individual articles and the Editors' research and policy recommendations.' --David Storey, University of Sussex, UK'A central problem for many new and small firms is the availability of financial resources. Entrepreneurial finance has been a significant research field for decades, and Hussain and Scott's edited collection is an important and novel contribution to the literature on entrepreneurial finance. Prior titles on entrepreneurial finance mainly provide knowledge on venture capital and focus primarily on financial markets in Western economies. This volume opens up new research avenues by taking a global outlook and introduces new issues in entrepreneurial finance.' --Hans Landstrom, Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Entrepreneurial Finance in Context in the Twenty-first Century Jonathan M. Scott and Javed G. Hussain 2. SME Lending: A New Role for Credit Unions? Steve Talbot, Ciarán Mac an Bhaird and Geoff Whittam 3. Entrepreneurial Finance in New Zealand David Deakins 4. Venture Capital Investment and Internationalization: A Case to Consider Miwako Nitani and Allan Riding 5. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and their Capital Structure Decisions in Turkey: A Literature Review Dilek Demirbas and Safa Demirbaş 6. Resourcing Indigenous Export Ventures through Networks: Insights from the Sri Lankan Tea Industry Indu Peiris, Michèle Akoorie and Paresha Sinha 7. Business Angel Exits: Strategies and Processes Colin Mason, Richard T. Harrison and Tiago Botelho 8. The Role of UK Government Hybrid Venture Capital Funds in Addressing the Finance Gap Facing Innovative SMEs in the Post 2007 Financial Crisis Era Rob Baldock and David North 9. Readiness for Funding: The Influence of Entrepreneurial Team Diversity Candida G. Brush, Linda F. Edelman and Tatiana S. Manolova 10. Entrepreneurial Finance of Minority and Migrant Groups in Israel Sybille Heilbrunn and Nonna Kushnirovich 11. Bridging the Equity Funding Gap in Technological Entrepreneurship: The Case of Government-backed Venture Capital in China Jun Li 12. Informal Lenders and Small/Marginal Farmers in India: An Unregulated Sociological Symbiotic Relationship? Navjot Sandhu, Javed G. Hussain and Harry Matlay 13. Unilateral Microfinance? The Commercial Roots of Entrepreneurial Diversity Madina Subalova, Haya Al-Dajani and Zografia Bika 14. Entrepreneurial Finance, Poverty Reduction and Gender: The Case of Women Entrepreneurs’ Microloans in Pakistan Javed G. Hussain, Samia Mahmood and Jonathan M. Scott Index
£142.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Finance
Book SynopsisDrawing upon current cutting-edge theories, knowledge and research findings, this Handbook provides an analysis of the interaction between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurs and financial institutions globally.The contributors consider regional and international perspectives within and between Europe, North America, New Zealand, the Middle East, as well as South, Central and East Asia on a chapter-by-chapter basis. In so doing, they provide a contextualized, up-to-date snapshot of research into entrepreneurial finance across the world.This book is aimed at both established and emergent researchers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students looking for avenues of future research into entrepreneurial finance. It will also be of use to policymakers and practitioners seeking a global perspective in their work.Contributors: M. Akoorie, H. Al-Dajani, R. Baldock, Z. Bika, T. Botelho, C.G. Brush, D. Deakins, D. Demirba , S. Demirba , L.F. Edelman, R.T. Harrison, S. Heilbrunn, J.G. Hussain, N. Kushnirovich, J. Li, C. Mac an Bhaird, S. Mahmood, T.S. Manolova, C. Mason, H. Matlay, M. Nitani, D. North, I. Peiris, A. Riding, N. Sandhu, J.M. Scott, P. Sinha, M. Subalova, S. Talbot, G. WhittamTrade Review'Across a range of country contexts, this Handbook highlights a number of important issues associated with the provision of funding to establish and grow new ventures, as well as enabling businesses to survive difficult economic times, such as the period following the GFC. This scholarly collection of both quantitative and qualitative studies covers a variety of topics, including access to microfinancing in Kazakhstan and the role of VC investors in promoting the internationalization of Canadian businesses.' --John Watson, The University of Western Australia'This book of readings provides a fresh perspective on a problem that has challenged researchers and policymakers for nearly a century. It is well-established that SMEs face problems in raising finance that differ from those faced by large firms. What this book does is to investigate how the nature and scale of these problems vary between diverse countries, and against the backdrop of the Global Economic Crisis. I commend both the individual articles and the Editors' research and policy recommendations.' --David Storey, University of Sussex, UK'A central problem for many new and small firms is the availability of financial resources. Entrepreneurial finance has been a significant research field for decades, and Hussain and Scott's edited collection is an important and novel contribution to the literature on entrepreneurial finance. Prior titles on entrepreneurial finance mainly provide knowledge on venture capital and focus primarily on financial markets in Western economies. This volume opens up new research avenues by taking a global outlook and introduces new issues in entrepreneurial finance.' --Hans Landstrom, Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Entrepreneurial Finance in Context in the Twenty-first Century Jonathan M. Scott and Javed G. Hussain 2. SME Lending: A New Role for Credit Unions? Steve Talbot, Ciarán Mac an Bhaird and Geoff Whittam 3. Entrepreneurial Finance in New Zealand David Deakins 4. Venture Capital Investment and Internationalization: A Case to Consider Miwako Nitani and Allan Riding 5. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and their Capital Structure Decisions in Turkey: A Literature Review Dilek Demirbas and Safa Demirbaş 6. Resourcing Indigenous Export Ventures through Networks: Insights from the Sri Lankan Tea Industry Indu Peiris, Michèle Akoorie and Paresha Sinha 7. Business Angel Exits: Strategies and Processes Colin Mason, Richard T. Harrison and Tiago Botelho 8. The Role of UK Government Hybrid Venture Capital Funds in Addressing the Finance Gap Facing Innovative SMEs in the Post 2007 Financial Crisis Era Rob Baldock and David North 9. Readiness for Funding: The Influence of Entrepreneurial Team Diversity Candida G. Brush, Linda F. Edelman and Tatiana S. Manolova 10. Entrepreneurial Finance of Minority and Migrant Groups in Israel Sybille Heilbrunn and Nonna Kushnirovich 11. Bridging the Equity Funding Gap in Technological Entrepreneurship: The Case of Government-backed Venture Capital in China Jun Li 12. Informal Lenders and Small/Marginal Farmers in India: An Unregulated Sociological Symbiotic Relationship? Navjot Sandhu, Javed G. Hussain and Harry Matlay 13. Unilateral Microfinance? The Commercial Roots of Entrepreneurial Diversity Madina Subalova, Haya Al-Dajani and Zografia Bika 14. Entrepreneurial Finance, Poverty Reduction and Gender: The Case of Women Entrepreneurs’ Microloans in Pakistan Javed G. Hussain, Samia Mahmood and Jonathan M. Scott Index
£40.80
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Joint Research and Development under US Antitrust
Book SynopsisDue to disagreement between policymakers and innovation economists, antitrust agencies have been rather confused over when and how to use competition law in reference to research and development (R&D) joint ventures and collaborations. This important book dissects the antitrust treatment, in the USA and under EU law, of joint R&D ventures from the 1970s to the present day. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the modifications and amendments made to legal acts and guidelines. It also looks at the slow shift in the scant case law detected both under the antitrust laws of the USA and the competition rules of the EU.Björn Lundqvist demonstrates that the prevailing antitrust policies towards R&D collaborations are very similar in the USA and the EU, and that they both mirror a lenient attitude towards collaboration between competitors. Nonetheless, ultimately, the book shows that a more stringent attitude from the antitrust establishment can be discerned, and that the concept of the innovation market could possibly soon have a revival.This fascinating book caters to both researchers and practitioners in competition law and economics. The easy-to-follow chart and boxes will be particularly useful for practitioners when setting up R&D joint ventures.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Innovation Economics 3. Research and Development Agreements under US Antitrust Law and EC Competition Rules 4. Innovation Policy to be Implemented Index
£105.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to National Innovation
Book SynopsisInnovation studies is an evolving interdisciplinary field that has moved away from the weaknesses of neoclassical thinking and embraced evolutionary theory. In this timely book, the authors offer a precise introduction to the nature of national innovation systems (NIS), examining the history of the concept and its use in today's world.This book uses language appropriate for both social science and engineering scholars to offer an accurate synopsis of the emergence of the concept, its theoretical core and its evolution. It analyses both developed and developing countries in terms of their NIS and its application to current societal challenges, such as economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability, in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world. Key features include:• three authors from three different generations and countries offer an overview of NIS from around the world extensive use of examples from the Global North and Global South recommended in-depth reading after each topical chapter overview of future research challenges up-to-date review of the literature and engagement in current debates. Erudite and accessible, this unique book on NIS can easily be used for undergraduate and graduate teaching. It is a valuable, and much-needed resource for teachers, students and researchers at all levels.Trade Review'In the quarter century since it emerged, the innovation system concept has come to play a major role in efforts to shape public policies so as to better support innovation and economic growth, as well as being an important focuser of scholarly research on these topics. It has had a profound influence on policy makers as well as academic researchers. This book provides a lucid and broad introduction to the national innovation system concept, describing its beginnings and development, and the wide range of topics where it has come to play an important role.' --Richard R. Nelson, Columbia University, US'This book represents a remarkable up-dating on the National Systems of Innovation perspective and offers to the academic and policy worlds in-depth and wide ranging analyses on the way it has evolved in the last 30 years and on possible ways ahead. It authoritatively covers world wide contributions on different aspects of the NSI literature, particularly those themes that gained importance during this period. Although aimed at introducing students and policy makers to the concept of national innovation systems, it is certainly a much needed companion to all those that want to better understand innovation in the present phase of human evolution.' --Jose E Cassiolato, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Origin and the Early Evolution of the National Innovation Systems Concept 3. The Theoretical Core of the National Innovation Systems Concept 4. How to Analyse National Innovation Systems – The Qualitative Approach 5. How to Analyse National Innovation Systems – The Quantitative Approach 6. National Innovation Systems and Economic Development 7. National Innovation Systems and Inclusive Development 8. National Innovation Systems and Environmentally Sustainable Development 9. Innovation Policy and National Innovation Systems 10. Globalization of Innovation and National Innovation Systems 11. Challenges for The Research on National Innovation Systems References Index
£98.67
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to National Innovation
Book SynopsisInnovation studies is an evolving interdisciplinary field that has moved away from the weaknesses of neoclassical thinking and embraced evolutionary theory. In this timely book, the authors offer a precise introduction to the nature of national innovation systems (NIS), examining the history of the concept and its use in today's world.This book uses language appropriate for both social science and engineering scholars to offer an accurate synopsis of the emergence of the concept, its theoretical core and its evolution. It analyses both developed and developing countries in terms of their NIS and its application to current societal challenges, such as economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability, in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world. Key features include:• three authors from three different generations and countries offer an overview of NIS from around the world extensive use of examples from the Global North and Global South recommended in-depth reading after each topical chapter overview of future research challenges up-to-date review of the literature and engagement in current debates. Erudite and accessible, this unique book on NIS can easily be used for undergraduate and graduate teaching. It is a valuable, and much-needed resource for teachers, students and researchers at all levels.Trade Review'In the quarter century since it emerged, the innovation system concept has come to play a major role in efforts to shape public policies so as to better support innovation and economic growth, as well as being an important focuser of scholarly research on these topics. It has had a profound influence on policy makers as well as academic researchers. This book provides a lucid and broad introduction to the national innovation system concept, describing its beginnings and development, and the wide range of topics where it has come to play an important role.' --Richard R. Nelson, Columbia University, US'This book represents a remarkable up-dating on the National Systems of Innovation perspective and offers to the academic and policy worlds in-depth and wide ranging analyses on the way it has evolved in the last 30 years and on possible ways ahead. It authoritatively covers world wide contributions on different aspects of the NSI literature, particularly those themes that gained importance during this period. Although aimed at introducing students and policy makers to the concept of national innovation systems, it is certainly a much needed companion to all those that want to better understand innovation in the present phase of human evolution.' --Jose E Cassiolato, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Origin and the Early Evolution of the National Innovation Systems Concept 3. The Theoretical Core of the National Innovation Systems Concept 4. How to Analyse National Innovation Systems – The Qualitative Approach 5. How to Analyse National Innovation Systems – The Quantitative Approach 6. National Innovation Systems and Economic Development 7. National Innovation Systems and Inclusive Development 8. National Innovation Systems and Environmentally Sustainable Development 9. Innovation Policy and National Innovation Systems 10. Globalization of Innovation and National Innovation Systems 11. Challenges for The Research on National Innovation Systems References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Research on the Learning
Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook establishes the 'contextualization' of the learning organization idea as a research field.In contrast to much of the previous literature, which has approached the learning organization as a panacea that every organization could and should adopt, this major new Handbook puts the learning organization into context. It examines the relevance of the learning organization idea to organizations in various specific contexts, employing examples from a wide variety of cultures including China and Islamic nations, and from industries as diverse as the police force, care services for the elderly and family firms.Scholars and students with an interest in organizational learning will find this important Handbook enriching. Human resource practitioners will also find plenty of invaluable information in this resource.Contributors: C. Abrahamson Löfström, A. Ahmad, M. Babur, Y. Baruch, N. Birdthistle, D.A. Blackman, C. Blantern, P. Bogolyubov, T. Boydell, H.T.M. Bui, J. Burgoyne, X. Cong, D.J. Delgado-Hernández, M. Drobnjak, M. Easterby-Smith, Z. Fan, C. Filstad, T.N. Garavan, P. Gottschalk, J.F.L. Hong, S.-w. Hsu, D. Jamali, B. Li, Z. Li, M. Lin, C. Lloyd, D. McDowall, A. Örtenblad, C. Peng, Y. Sidani, R.S. Snell, C. Stothard, S. Talbot, M. Torokoff-Engelbrecht, K.E. Watkins, D. Weir, J. ZhouTrade ReviewÖrtenblad offers a contingency framework differentiating the idea of the learning organization as portrayed in research and practice to shed light on context as key to the idea's relevance. The contingency framework anchors chapter authors' interrogation into adaptation of enduring, underlying principles by divergent context - in industry, sector, national culture, religious orientation, and philosophical underpinnings. Readers will value analysis and synthesis of what is known from research as well as informed probing of what could be learned through the lens of provocative viewpoints. Scholars will appreciate Örtenblad's assessment of extant research and arguments made for ''researcher-assisted adaptation'' to balance rigid prescriptions with informed guidance in navigating contextual differences when deciding to enact the learning organization. --Victoria J. Marsick, Columbia UniversityThe handbook is a very well researched and excellent tool for anyone interested in the concept of learning, and particularly in the global organizational context. I highly recommend this book to managers of companies both large and small wanting to compete in the global landscape by highlighting the important learning that occurs in their organizations. --Vanessa Ratten, Thunderbird International Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface Anders Örtenblad PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 1. Introduction: Putting the Learning Organization into Context: An Emerging Research Field Anders Örtenblad 2. What do we Mean by ‘Learning Organization’? Anders Örtenblad 3. Putting the Learning Organization into Context: Contributions from Previous Works Anders Örtenblad, Ziyun Fan, Chenghao Peng, Boying Li, Ziyan Li, Xiaoying Cong and Jie Zhou 4. Contextualizing the Learning Organization: Approaches to Research Design Anders Örtenblad 5. Obstacles to the Learning Organization David Weir and Anders Örtenblad PART II: THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION IN CONTEXT Section A. Culture and Religion 6. National Culture and the Learning Organization: An Integrative Framework Pavel Bogolyubov and Mark Easterby-Smith 7. Developing Learning Organizations in China Jacky F.L. Hong, Robin Stanley Snell and Mian Lin 8. Learning Organization Practices in Mexico: An Empirical Study David Joaquín Delgado-Hernández and Made Torokoff-Engelbrecht 9. Islamic Perspective of the Learning Organization Aini Ahmad Section B. Industries and Sectors 10. Learning, Trust and Change within the Australian Army: The Development of the Army Learning Organization Questionnaire (ALOQ) Maya Drobnjak, Christina Stothard, Steven Talbot, Karen E. Watkins and Denise McDowall 11. The Police Force: To be or not to be a Learning Organization? Cathrine Filstad and Petter Gottschalk 12. The Learning Organization in Elderly Care – Can it Fit? Carina Abrahamson Löfström 13. Family Firms as Learning Organizations Naomi Birdthistle and Thomas N. Garavan 14. Universities as Learning Organizations: Internationalization and Innovation Hong T.M. Bui and Yehuda Baruch Section C. Mixed Contexts 15. Public Sector Organizations as Learning Organizations: Insights from the Education System in Pakistan Muhammad Babur 16. The Learning Organization: Opportunities and Challenges for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Developing Countries Dima Jamali, Yusuf Sidani and Charissa Lloyd PART III: REFLECTIONS ON THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION 17. The Universality of Learning Company Principles: A Critical Realist Approach John Burgoyne 18. Who is the Learning Organization For? A Stakeholder Contingency Approach to Contextualizing Managerial Panaceas Anders Örtenblad 19. ‘The Learning Organization’ – Drop the Dead Metaphor! Performing Organizing and Learning in Networks (So to Speak) Chris Blantern, Tom Boydell and John Burgoyne 20. Alternative Learning Organization Shih-wei Hsu 21. Contextualising the Learning Organization: How will it Help us Learn in the Future? Deborah Ann Blackman 22. Towards a Contingency Model: Recommendations for Further Research Anders Örtenblad Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Intellectual Capital and
Book SynopsisThis essential Research Handbook examines the state-of-the-art methodologies being applied to the expanding field of intellectual capital (IC) research. It offers an overview of the contemporary issues and methods in the field, providing insight and inspiration for emerging and established academics in their own research.Featuring contributions from a variety of renowned international scholars in the area, the Research Handbook is divided into four parts, outlining the four main methodological routes taken by current IC research. First, chapters discuss content analysis and offer future perspectives for advancing such studies. The book then examines fruitful avenues for IC visualization studies, before critiquing and furthering IC value added and IC efficiency measurement studies. Finally, it analyses and offers novel approaches for studying and intervening with IC and value creation.This Research Handbook will be a vital resource for scholars and students of business and management entering the field of intellectual capital, whether they are established academics with a renewed interest in the subject or just starting their research careers.Trade Review‘This is an invaluable resource for both new and seasoned scholars interested in the field of intellectual capital (IC). The impressive range of topics arranged under the four themes – content analysis, visual methodologies, Value Added Intellectual Capital (VAIC) and novel approaches – does not only highlight some of the critical issues in measuring IC but also offer some fresh approach that can be adopted when researching IC.’ -- Roszaini Haniffa, Heriot-Watt University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Leif Edvinsson xi Introduction: welcome to the world of intellectual capital 1 John Dumay, Christian Nielsen and Morten Lund PART I CONTENT ANALYSIS 1 Investigating intellectual capital disclosure through content analysis: reflections and suggestions for future research 6 Laura Bini and Francesco Giunta 2 Has content analysis on intellectual capital reporting reached an impasse? 30 Viktoria Goebel 3 Validity in content analysis-based intellectual capital disclosure research: a critical review 49 Subhash Abhayawansa, Zihan Liu and James Guthrie 4 Intellectual capital research: European versus North American approaches 71 Henri Hussinki, Tatiana Garanina and John Dumay 5 Exploring the impact of intellectual capital narratives on corporate accountability 87 Alessandro Lai, Giulia Leoni and Riccardo Stacchezzini 6 Deductive versus inductive content analysis: a methodological research note to disclosures studies in intellectual capital research 109 Gunnar Rimmel and Michela Cordazzo 7 Assessing the value relevance of intellectual capital disclosure: are price-level models effective? 125 Lorenzo Simoni and Francesco Giunta PART II VISUAL METHODOLOGIES 8 Research methodologies for intellectual capital visual representations 154 Jan Michalak 9 Building causal maps in the intellectual capital domain: a methodological perspective 176 Marco Giuliani 10 Intellectual capital and pictorial disclosures analysis: an MIA (missing in action) interpretative paradigm 195 Paul Davis, Mary Low, Jackie Allen and Umesh Sharma PART III VALUE ADDED INTELLECTUAL COEFFICIENT (VAIC) 11 Knowledge-based organizations: an accounting point of view 220 Gianpaolo Iazzolino and Domenico Laise 12 Re-examination of the value added intellectual coefficient (VAICTM): a test of value relevance 236 Oren Mooneeapen, Subhash Abhayawansa and Dinesh Ramdhony 13 Measuring intellectual capital efficiency: going beyond the VAIC model 255 Muhammad Nadeem and Rashid Zaman PART IV NOVEL APPROACHES 14 An introduction to network analysis in intellectual capital research 274 Rosa Lombardi and Federico Schimperna 15 The usefulness of exercises for identifying critical IC in organizations 290 Susanne Durst 16 Interventionist research into value creation mechanisms 304 Christian Nielsen and Morten Lund 17 Combining the measurement and management approaches: the fuzzy logic methodology 329 Stefania Veltri 18 Operationalising the resource-based view of the firm 353 Göran Roos Index 386
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Sustainable Growth Through Strategic Innovation:
Book SynopsisStrategic innovation dynamically brings about strategic positioning through new products, services and business models. Through detailed reviews of existing dynamic capabilities and in-depth case studies, this book presents a theoretical model of a strategic innovation system to enable a large company to maintain its competitiveness and establish sustainable growth. Companies studied include Apple, Sony, Cisco, SoftBank and Fujifilm. Large corporations have to be innovators that can reinforce their positions through incremental innovation, while constantly renewing or destroying existing business through radical innovation. To achieve this, Mitsuru Kodama presents the concept of 'Capabilities Congruence' - a business factor in large corporations that brings about sustainable growth over the long term by achieving strategic innovation as the corporation enacts dynamic capabilities and strategic innovation capabilities. Sustainable Growth Through Strategic Innovation offers fresh insights to academics, researchers and students in business and management. It is also intended to provide practical guidance to leaders and managers in the broader business environment.Trade Review`This book examines dynamic capabilities from both theoretical and empirical perspectives and elaborates the practical application of the theory while retaining academic rigor at the same time. Professor Mitsuru Kodama does not just reside in business academia but practices business himself in the high-tech field. His original approach to the theorization of strategic innovation is highlighted in his new, thought-provoking framework. This book is full of practical and theoretical insights not only for students of management theory and practitioners but also researchers and scholars.' --Ikujiro Nonaka, Hitotsubashi University, JapanTable of ContentsContents: 1. Strategic Innovation for Sustainable Growth: Reviews of existing capabilities theories, and new propositions 2. Dynamic Capabilities, Ordinary Capabilities and Strategic Innovation Capabilities: A Dynamic View of Capabilities Theory 3. The Concept of Capabilities Congruence: Theoretical Framework from Three Insights 4. Apple versus Sony: Strategy Transformation by Capabilities Congruence through Asset Orchestration 5. Capabilities congruence through collaboration management at Cisco 6. New Product Innovation through Dynamic Capabilities: The case of Fujifilm versus Kodak 7. Successful and Unsuccessful Strategic Innovation in the Mobile Telephone Industry: The cases of NTT DOCOMO and SoftBank 8. Strategic Innovation Capabilities through Capabilities Integration: The cases of Qualcomm and TSMC versus Japanese semiconductor manufacturers 9. Strategic Innovation through Sustainable Capabilities Congruence 10. Implications and Future Research Issues: Schumpeter's view of innovation Index
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Innovation, Research and Development Management
Book SynopsisIn today’s business environment, as organizations constantly seek to growth and develop through the optimization of their innovative and creative potential, understanding the critical issues and management practices in R & D is essential. This book provides a critical revaluation of the state of the art issues and concepts in R&D management. The views expressed are those of leading French researchers and professionals in this field, fed by empirical studies in national and international firms.Table of ContentsForeword ix Acknowledgments xi General Introduction xiii Chapter 1. R&D and New Competitive Challenges: Between Intensive Innovation Strategy and Internationalization 1 1.1. Strategy and R&D 1 1.1.1. R&D’s place in business strategies 2 1.1.2. Different generations of R&D 4 1.2. Environmental factors influencing business strategies in R&D and their consequences 9 1.2.1. The major role of innovation in competition strategies 9 1.2.2. The emergence of the consumer in R&D 11 1.2.3. The effects of market globalization 15 1.3. R&D strategies tested overseas: the example of China 21 1.3.1. Western companies’ choice to locate their R&D in China 21 1.4. Conclusion 26 Chapter 2. Work in R&D and its Transformations 29 2.1. Specifics of R&D work and its heterogeneity 29 2.1.1. Non-routine and knowledge intensive work 30 2.1.2. The work in R&D: between interactions and engagements with the surrounding environment 35 2.1.3. A job characterized by a certain degree of autonomy and occupational regulations38 2.2. The main transformations of R&D work since 1990 43 2.2.1. The advent of project management and of the concurrent engineering model 43 2.2.2. A job which is more interactive and more dependent on the downstream 48 2.2.3. Managerialization, bureaucratization and remoteness of technical work 52 2.3. Current tensions and open questions as to the future of work in R&D 56 2.3.1. Increasing pressure and strong focus in the short term: how sustainable is this in individual and collective terms? 56 2.3.2. Relocation, internationalization, outsourcing and open innovation: what is the future of R&D work? 61 2.3.3. The digital revolution: what is the impact on work in R&D? 64 2.4. Conclusion 67 Chapter 3. Rationalization and Creativity: R&D under Pressure 69 3.1. Permanent rationalizations and reduction of available resources in R&D 70 3.1.1. The rationalization concept 70 3.1.2. R&D struggling with permanent rationalization 71 3.1.3. Rationalization as a slack reduction strategy 72 3.2. Creativity: between individual attribute and social process 77 3.2.1. Individual creativity 78 3.2.2. Creativity as an idea production process 81 3.2.3. Creativity as a social process 83 3.3. Ingredients and negative effects of slack reductions on creativity 84 3.3.1. Slack reduction components 85 3.3.2. Human slack reduction effects 85 3.3.3. “Financial slack” reduction effects 91 3.3.4. Temporal slack reduction effects 92 3.3.5. Spatial slack reduction effects 94 3.4. Mechanisms linking slack reduction and creativity 98 3.4.1. Focus of attention 98 3.4.2. Ability to “travel through time” 99 3.4.3. Support provided by the leader 100 3.5. Conclusion 101 Chapter 4. Managing R&D Professionals: HRM Practices and Current Challenges 103 4.1. HRM and R&D: complex relationships 103 4.1.1. R&D: a world that has long remained foreign to HRM regulations 104 4.1.2. Recurrent tension between standardization and differentiation 108 4.1.3. Project organization: a necessary source of adaptation of HRM in R&D 110 4.2. HRM development in R&D today 111 4.2.1. Strategic HR planning 111 4.2.2. Recruitment and integration 113 4.2.3. Assignments and mobility 118 4.2.4. Individual assessment 121 4.2.5. Remuneration 124 4.2.6. Careers 127 4.2.7. Competence management and training 131 4.3. The new challenges of HRM in R&D 133 4.3.1. Moving beyond an instrumental approach and adapting to the diversity of contexts 134 4.3.2. Renewing (or reinventing) HRM in open innovation models 135 4.3.3. Going beyond individualized HRM by integrating the collective dimension 137 4.4. Conclusion 138 Chapter 5. Collective Expertise: Forms and Methods of Management 139 5.1. Collective expertise in R&D 140 5.1.1. The dual facet of expertise: individual attribute and collective process 140 5.1.2. Collective expertise and its current status 141 5.2. Two forms of structuring: “horizontal” and “vertical” 142 5.2.1. Horizontal structuring: interdisciplinary communities of expertise 142 5.2.2. Vertical structuring: monodisciplinary communities of expertise 5.3. Conclusion 157 Chapter 6. Performance Management in R&D 159 6.1. Performance in R&D 159 6.1.1. A hard to define concept 159 6.1.2. Management difficulties specific to R&D 162 6.1.3. Performance challenges 163 6.1.4. The delicate issue of measure 164 6.2. Budgetary control of R&D departments 169 6.3. Innovation project management control 171 6.3.1. Economic assessment of projects: the two approaches 171 6.3.2. Project management methods and tools 175 6.4. Conclusion 181 Bibliography 183 Index 197
£125.06
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Innovations in Corporate Governance: Global
Book SynopsisThe world is changing. After old certainties were swept away by the Financial Crisis of 2008-09, states are grappling with the implications of new thinking about the role and nature of corporations and how they should be regulated. This timely book brings together the contributions of leading scholars from around the world to highlight and provide critical analysis of developments and trends in corporate governance in a range of jurisdictions, both mature and developing.The diverse subjects covered in the book include shareholder protection in Delaware, trends in the governance of state-owned enterprises in China, say on pay in the Netherlands, board committees in the UK, and stakeholder governance in Germany. The book also includes theoretical perspectives, including one chapter arguing against the notions of shareholder primacy that underpin Anglo-American corporate law. The final section presents two chapters on the governance of banks, reflecting the contemporary importance of financial institutions.Innovations in Corporate Governance offers an essential global perspective on corporate governance that will be of interest to students and academics in the field, as well as professionals, policy makers and those working in regulatory agencies around the world. Contributors include: F.A. Gevurtz, B. Haar, B. Hanningan, G.E. Henderson, L.-W. Lin, M. Marin, C. Van der Elst, S. WatsonTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Susan Watson and P.M. Vasudev PART I PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 2. Globalizing up corporate law Franklin A. Gevurtz 3. China’s national champions: governance change through globalization? Li-Wen Lin 4. The taxonomy of the modern company Susan Watson PART II REGULATORY TECHNIQUES 5. Corporate governance codes as regulatory tools to advance stakeholder concerns in the corporation Brigitte Haar 6. Empire-building: the rise of the audit committee Brenda Hannigan 7. Answering the say for no pay Christoph Van der Elst PART III GOVERNANCE IN BANKS 8. Banks, corporate governance and the public interest: the potential role of public interest directors Gail E. Henderson 9. Organisational form and financial stability: lessons from cooperative banks in the US and UK Michael Marin Index
£100.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Innovation, Economic Development and Policy:
Book SynopsisThis authoritative and enlightening book focuses on fundamental questions such as what is innovation, who is it relevant for, what are the effects, and what is the role of (innovation) policy in supporting innovation-diffusion? The first two sections present a comprehensive overview of our current knowledge on the phenomenon and analyse how this knowledge (and the scholarly community underpinning it) has evolved towards its present stance. The third part explores the role of innovation for growth and development, while section four is concerned with the national innovation system and the role of (innovation) policy in influencing its dynamics and responding to the important challenges facing contemporary societies.This comprehensive book is ideal for researchers and advanced students studying innovation theory, innovation policy and development issues. It encompasses the important advances of innovation research over the last two decades, providing a thorough insight into the evolution of the topic. Policymakers at the national or international level dealing with innovation would also greatly benefit from reading this book.Trade Review'Jan Fagerberg is a prominent contributor to the field of innovation studies, and this is an invaluable and essential collection.' --James M. Utterback, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Jan Fagerberg PART I ESSENTIALS 1. Jan Fagerberg (2004), ‘Innovation: A Guide to the Literature’, in Jan Fagerberg, David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson (eds), Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Chapter 1, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1–26 2. Jan Fagerberg (2003), ‘Schumpeter and the Revival of Evolutionary Economics: An Appraisal of the Literature’, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 13 (2), April, 125–59 3. Jan Fagerberg, Martin Srholec and Bart Verspagen (2010), ‘The Role of Innovation in Development’, Review of Economics and Institutions, 1 (2), Fall, 1–29 4. Jan Fagerberg (2017), ‘Innovation Policy: Rationales, Lessons and Challenges’, Journal of Economic Surveys, 31 (2), April, 497–512 PART II THE EMERGENCE OF INNOVATION STUDIES AS A SCIENTIFIC FIELD 5. Jan Fagerberg and Bart Verspagen (2009), ‘Innovation Studies – the Emerging Structure of a New Scientific Field’, Research Policy, 38 (2), March, 218–33 6. Jan Fagerberg, Morten Fosaas, Martin Bell and Ben R. Martin (2011), ‘Christopher Freeman: Social Science Entrepreneur’, Research Policy, 40 (7), September, 897–916 7. Tommy Clausen, Jan Fagerberg and Magnus Gulbrandson (2012), ‘Mobilizing for Change: A Study of Research Units in Emerging Scientific Fields’, Research Policy, 41 (7), September, 1249–61 8. Jan Fagerberg, Morten Fosaas and Koson Sapprasert (2010), ‘Innovation: Exploring the Knowledge Base’, Research Policy, 41 (7), September, 1132–53 PART III INNOVATION, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 9. Jan Fagerberg and Manuel M. Godinho (2004), ‘Innovation and Catching-Up’, in Jan Fagerberg, David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson (eds), Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Chapter 19, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 514–42 10. Jan Fagerberg (2000), ‘Technological Progress, Structural Change and Productivity Growth: A Comparative Study’, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 11 (4), December, 393–411 11. Jan Fagerberg, Martin Srholec and Mark Knell (2007), ‘The Competitiveness of Nations: Why Some Countries Prosper While Others Fall Behind’, World Development, 35 (10), October, 1595–620 12. Jan Fagerberg and Martin Srholec (2008), ‘National Innovation Systems, Capabilities and Economic Development’, Research Policy, 37 (9), October, 1417–35 13. Jan Fagerberg, Maryann P. Feldman and Martin Srholec (2014), ‘Technological Dynamics and Social Capability: US States and European Nations’, Journal of Economic Geography, 14 (2), March, 313–37 PART IV INNOVATION-SYSTEMS, (GRAND) CHALLENGES AND POLICY 14. Jan Fagerberg and Koson Sapprasert (2011), ‘National Innovation Systems: the Emergence of a New Approach’, Science and Public Policy, 38 (9), September, 669–79 15. Jan Fagerberg, David C. Mowery and Bart Verspagen (2009), ‘The Evolution of Norway’s National Innovation System’, Science and Public Policy, 36 (6), July, 431–44 16. Jan Fagerberg (2016), ‘Innovation Systems and Policy: A Tale of Three Counties’, Stato e mercato, 36 (1), April, 13–39 17. Jan Fagerberg and Bart Verspagen (2015), ‘One Europe or Several? Causes and Consequences of the European Stagnation’, in Jan Fagerberg, Staffan Laestadius and Ben R. Martin (eds), The Triple Challenge for Europe: Economic Development, Climate Change and Governance, Chapter 2, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 33–59 18. Jan Fagerberg, Staffan Laestadius and Ben R. Martin (2016), ‘The Triple Challenge for Europe: The Economy, Climate Change, and Governance’, Challenge, 59 (3), 178–204 Index
£139.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Firms, Finance and Sustainable Transitions: The
Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book introduces a financial economics perspective to the topic of eco-innovations and, more generally, sociotechnical transitions. It develops a model that illustrates how financial constraints can prevent the development of eco-innovations within companies and hinder the transition process towards a more sustainable regime. Edgardo Sica presents a review of the state of the art, as well as new data from original surveys aimed at testing the impact of financial constraints on eco-innovative decisions at radical and niche levels. He proposes a definitive conceptualisation of eco-innovations while stressing the relevance of the environmental performance of innovations, rather than the environmental motivation of the innovators. Through the use of a unique multilevel perspective model, the book critically analyses the extent to which financial constraints can hinder eco-innovative decisions, thereby crucially filling a gap in the current literature on eco-innovations.Firms, Finance and Sustainable Transitions will prove a stimulating read for academics, researchers and experts within the fields of eco-innovations, sustainable development, financial and environmental economics, and green finance.Trade Review'This is a timely book covering a much debated topic from a rather novel perspective. By analysing the role of the financial sector in promoting/hindering eco-innovations through the lens of the Multilevel Perspective, it adds to three contiguous strands of research in the finance, green technology and sustainability transitions literature. Researchers dealing with any of these areas should read this book!' --Piergiuseppe Morone, Unitelma Sapienza, Rome, Italy'Few imperatives are more pressing than achieving sustainability. Innovation of many forms is central to this challenge. Yet too much research in this field is divided by disciplinary boundaries. Combining insights from innovation studies, finance, ecological economics and transition studies, Edgardo Sica's book offers a refreshing remedy - with important practical implications.' --Andrew Stirling, University of Sussex, UK'This book is a marvellous contribution to the eco-innovation literature through its strong application of socio-technical sustainability transitions theory. It is highly recommended for students and researchers of sustainability and innovation.' --Pelin Demirel, University of Southampton, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Defining Eco-Innovations: Characteristics, Typologies, and Socio-Economic Approaches 2. The Drivers of Eco-Innovations 3. Eco-Innovations and Finance Theory 4. Eco-Innovations and Companies’ Financial Constraints: A Multi-level Perspective Model 5. Financial Constraints and Incremental Eco-Innovations: Insights From Manufacturing Companies 6. Financial Constraints and Radical Eco-Innovations: The Case of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Niche Conclusions Index
£86.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Social Value of New Technology
Book SynopsisNew technologies, with their practical contributions, provide social value. The chapters in this volume view this social value from a program evaluation perspective, and the focus of the evaluations is the generation of new technology funded by public sector agencies. Through keen and approachable analysis, the authors provide important background on both methodology and application. Link and Scott have assembled a collection of their seminal works on the social value of new technology. The first paper provides a general, hands-on overview of the theory and practice of program evaluation, while remaining chapters go on to focus on a number of public sector programs ranging from the U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research program to Canada's programs to support the development of medical imaging technology. The authors demonstrate that this area of research is relevant not only to established scholars and practitioners, but also to students. This book will serve as a valuable resource to academic researchers and graduate students in public administration, public policy, and economics, as well as practitioners in the evaluation field.Contributors include: S.D. Allen, D.B. Audretsch, B.M. Downs, L.M. Hillier, D.P. Leech, S.K. Layson, A.N. Link, A.C. O'Connor, J.T. ScottTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I Counterfactual Evaluation Method 2. The Theory and Practice of Public-Sector R&D Economic Impact Analysis 3. An Economic Evaluation of the Baldrige National Quality Program 4. On the Social Value of Quality: An Economic Evaluation of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program 5. The Impact of Public Investment in Medical Imaging Technology: An Interagency Collaboration in Evaluation PART II Spillover Evaluation Method 6. Public/Private Partnerships: Stimulating Competition in a Dynamic Market 7. Financing and Leveraging Public/Private Partnerships: The Hurdle-Lowering Auction 8. An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program in New England: Fast Track Compared with Non-Fast Track Projects 9. An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Fast Track Program in Southeastern States PART III Other Evaluation Methods 10. Cost-Benefit Analysis for Global Public-Private Partnerships: An Evaluation of the Desirability of Intergovernmental Organizations Entering into Public-Private Partnerships 11. Evaluating Public Sector R&D Programs: The Advanced Technology Program’s Investment in Wavelength References for Optical Fiber Communications 12. Intelligent Machine Technology and Productivity Growth 13. Public Gains from Entrepreneurial Research: Inferences about the Economic Value of Public Support of the Small Business Innovation Research Program 14. Public/Private Technology Partnerships: Evaluating SBIR-Supported Research Index
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CABI Publishing Managing the Smart Revolution in Tourism Firms:
Book SynopsisSmart technologies are revolutionizing tourism, as they are having a profound impact on the way tourists behave and on how firms interact with them and create value. The increasing availability of real-time Big Data and the advances made in data analytics techniques, artificial intelligence, and IoT, has begun to transform tourism organizations in ways not previously considered, and in a lasting manner. The degree of sophistication achieved and the speed with which this so-called Smart Revolution is taking place means that tourism practitioners lacking a relevant digital and data-focused background are at risk of being left behind and unable to take advantage of the opportunities offered to create sustainable competitive advantages. This book delivers the latest and most relevant advances in the field of smart transformation and the management practices that can be put into practice to continue creating value in the years to come. Divided into four main parts and 23 chapters, it highlights the challenges that the Smart Revolution brings to tourism firms by providing updated knowledge on the literature, research, and experiences of the author. The book will also provide a guide for action to business leaders and those approaching the fundamentals of the Smart Revolution for the first time. It will also serve as a valuable text for undergraduate and graduate students on specialized courses in tourism, technology, and business transformation.
£85.50
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Resolving the Crisis in Research by Changing the
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book arrives at a time of growing concern for the future of true scholarship. Morten Huse calls upon the scholarly community to reflect on the recent dramatic changes to academia, calling for coordinated efforts to reorganise the scholarly ecosystem. Offering a holistic view of academia, Huse outlines the institutions, audiences, messages, channels and communities that interact in this ecosystem, introducing a 'sharing philosophy' as the foundation of change. Reflecting on the past and looking to the future, this exciting book demands a communal approach to scholarship that comprises an open, innovative and impact-driven attitude to research that can change the academic game. Incisive and optimistic for the future, this book is crucial reading for PhD students and junior faculty members hoping to find new avenues for impactful and innovative research. Established scholars, as well as leaders of academic institutions, academies and associations concerned with recent structural changes to scholarship will also benefit from Huse's strong critique and alternative pathways.Trade Review'Huse makes an original, convincing contribution that not only gets to the heart of the problem with the current publish or perish culture driving academic research but he also proposes a bold, innovative ecosystem that can free us to engage in research that matters. It is a must read for all of us who want to move beyond complaining about the problem to being part of the solution.' --Stella M. Nkomo, University of Pretoria, South Africa'A very personal and engaging book, from an engaged scholar who speaks and writes from the bottom of his heart. A beautiful metaphor starring boats, lighthouses, tugboats and good wine. This is about academic communities, institutions, individuals, stakeholders, rules of the game, and even more so about sharing, openness, training, mentoring, contributing, having an impact, doing good. A very special and valuable contribution to rethink and redesign the ecosystems and practices of conducting research. A well-documented, well-articulated piece. A wealth of experiences so warmly put together.' --Thomas Durand, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, France and President, European Academy of Management'What a wonderful, timely and profound book. And what a thoughtful and eye-opening perspective on contemporary movements in scholarly research internationally it provides. And what inspiration the book gives for how research can provide much wider and truer scholarship than it does now. This book provides a wonderful capstone on Morten Huse's career, one that truly embodies the sharing philosophy he introduces, explains, and invites scholars to join.' --Jean M. Bartunek, Boston College, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Introspection and ‘Ritorno al Passato’ Introduction: Resolving the crisis in research 1. Is scholarship in crisis? Part one: Our scholarly ecosystem 2. Where is academia going? - Living with a POP culture 3. AOM Presidential speeches 1993-2018 4. What about EURAM? 5. Initiatives for changing the ecosystem equilibrium Part two: A sharing philosophy 6. A communal approach – the clan 7. An open innovation approach – head, heart and hands 8. An impact driven approach – making a change 9. A new ecosystem equilibrium – true scholarship 10. A sharing philosophy – changing the game References Index
£75.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Resolving the Crisis in Research by Changing the
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book arrives at a time of growing concern for the future of true scholarship. Morten Huse calls upon the scholarly community to reflect on the recent dramatic changes to academia, calling for coordinated efforts to reorganise the scholarly ecosystem. Offering a holistic view of academia, Huse outlines the institutions, audiences, messages, channels and communities that interact in this ecosystem, introducing a 'sharing philosophy' as the foundation of change. Reflecting on the past and looking to the future, this exciting book demands a communal approach to scholarship that comprises an open, innovative and impact-driven attitude to research that can change the academic game. Incisive and optimistic for the future, this book is crucial reading for PhD students and junior faculty members hoping to find new avenues for impactful and innovative research. Established scholars, as well as leaders of academic institutions, academies and associations concerned with recent structural changes to scholarship will also benefit from Huse's strong critique and alternative pathways.Trade Review'Huse makes an original, convincing contribution that not only gets to the heart of the problem with the current publish or perish culture driving academic research but he also proposes a bold, innovative ecosystem that can free us to engage in research that matters. It is a must read for all of us who want to move beyond complaining about the problem to being part of the solution.' --Stella M. Nkomo, University of Pretoria, South Africa'A very personal and engaging book, from an engaged scholar who speaks and writes from the bottom of his heart. A beautiful metaphor starring boats, lighthouses, tugboats and good wine. This is about academic communities, institutions, individuals, stakeholders, rules of the game, and even more so about sharing, openness, training, mentoring, contributing, having an impact, doing good. A very special and valuable contribution to rethink and redesign the ecosystems and practices of conducting research. A well-documented, well-articulated piece. A wealth of experiences so warmly put together.' --Thomas Durand, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, France and President, European Academy of Management'What a wonderful, timely and profound book. And what a thoughtful and eye-opening perspective on contemporary movements in scholarly research internationally it provides. And what inspiration the book gives for how research can provide much wider and truer scholarship than it does now. This book provides a wonderful capstone on Morten Huse's career, one that truly embodies the sharing philosophy he introduces, explains, and invites scholars to join.' --Jean M. Bartunek, Boston College, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Introspection and ‘Ritorno al Passato’ Introduction: Resolving the crisis in research 1. Is scholarship in crisis? Part one: Our scholarly ecosystem 2. Where is academia going? - Living with a POP culture 3. AOM Presidential speeches 1993-2018 4. What about EURAM? 5. Initiatives for changing the ecosystem equilibrium Part two: A sharing philosophy 6. A communal approach – the clan 7. An open innovation approach – head, heart and hands 8. An impact driven approach – making a change 9. A new ecosystem equilibrium – true scholarship 10. A sharing philosophy – changing the game References Index
£21.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Design Thinking
Book SynopsisThis Research Handbook includes carefully chosen contributions to provide a well-rounded perspective on design thinking. Encouraging debate and development for future research in design conceptualisation, this forward-thinking Handbook raises crucial questions about what design thinking is and what it could be. With thirty-six expert contributors representing a wide range of disciplines, this Research Handbook contains seventeen chapters structured into three thematic parts to explore the people, processes, and practices of design thinking. Method case studies demonstrate how design thinking has been implemented across different disciplines and contexts. Challenging current design methodologies, chapters move beyond outcome-focused perspectives to examine the diverse range of processes employed for design research. While each chapter provides a novel perspective on design practice, read as an entire work, it continuously challenges the reader to reposition their perspectives. The Handbook unpacks the creative process by isolating each stage and examining them in detail, tracing success through empirical evidence back to design origins.The Research Handbook on Design Thinking provides an overview of the field’s history, theoretical approaches, key concepts, perspectives, and methods. It is well-suited to academics and practitioners interested in the development of design thinking theory and the different perspectives traversing theory through to practice globally.Trade Review‘The Research Handbook on Design Thinking is a helpful and intriguing read for those who want to further their knowledge of design thinking. The experts who are included in this book provide a wide variety of content, and overall, a holistic examination of design thinking, that allows the reader to gain insights with every chapter.’ -- Lorraine Justice, Rochester Institute of Technology, US'In the Research Handbook on Design Thinking, Karla Straker and Cara Wrigley reaffirm their already proven expertise in design thinking by assembling seventeen pertinent essays from thirty-six authors. From how-to applications and case studies to experiments in neuroscience, topics range from current practices to future forecasts. All convincingly highlight the importance of harnessing the power of creative thought. Even if you believe you’re familiar with design thinking, this book will be mind-opening.’ -- Dan Formosa, ThinkActHumanTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Research Handbook on Design Thinking 1 Karla Straker and Cara Wrigley PART I PERSPECTIVES ON DESIGNERS 1 A design thinker’s mind: insights on the neurocognitive processes of ideation 7 John Gero and Julie Milovanovic 2 Design facilitation practice: an integrated framework 25 Genevieve Mosely and Lina Markauskaite 3 Who gets to wear the black turtleneck? Questioning the profession of design thinking 46 Sally Cloke, Mark Roxburgh and Benjamin Matthews 4 Method case study – Making design thinking tactile: unlocking meaning and experiences with tactile tools and generative prototypes 71 Rowan Page and Leah Heiss PART II PERSPECTIVES ON DESIGN THINKING AS A PROCESS 5 The agile landscape of design thinking 81 Katja Thoring and Roland M. Mueller 6 Bridging the academia–industry gap through design thinking: research innovation sprints 103 Ivano Bongiovanni, Peter Townson and Marek Kowalkiewicz 7 Design4Health: developing design thinking bootcamps in the Middle East 128 Carlos Montana and Thomas Boillat 8 Design thinking to improve student mental well-being 143 Jane E. Machin 9 From gas to green: designing a social contagion strategy for the energy transition in Rotterdam, the Netherlands 165 Jesal Shah, Rebecca Anne Price and Jotte de Koning 10 Method case study – A design thinking toolkit for framing market conditions 191 Ilya Fridman, Robbie Napper, Amrik S. Sohal and Sairah Hussain PART III PERSPECTIVES ON DESIGN THINKING AS A PRACTICE 11 The fragility of design thinking: applying symbolic interactionism to promote shared meaning 202 Jan Jervis and Jeffrey E. Brand 12 Dealing with the difficulties of policy formulation in policy design: the merits and demerits of the application of design thinking to the policy realm 221 Michael Howlett 13 The weakest link: the importance of problem framing in design thinking 233 Martin Meinel, Tobias T. Eismann, Sebastian K. Fixson and Kai-Ingo Voigt 14 Factor structure, validity, and reliability of an instrument for assessing design thinking 247 Elena Novak and Ilker Soyturk 15 Using action research to facilitate and teach design thinking in graduate management education 266 Judy Matthews 16 Method case study – The transmedia journalism design thinking toolkit 282 Dilek Gürsoy 17 Conclusion – Beyond normal design thinking: reflections on the evolution of a paradigm and ideas for the new incommensurable 295 Philip Ely Index
£180.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Radical Innovation
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Focussing on radical and breakthrough innovation, Joe Tidd provides a crucial insight into over 50 years of research and experience, and illustrates how the pioneering work on innovation dynamics can offer a deeper understanding of radical innovation to inform future research, policy and practice. The book also identifies the distinct sources, organization, processes and outcomes of radical innovation, in contrast to conventional incremental business and management approaches. Key Features: draws upon a distinct interdisciplinary body of knowledge on radical innovation illustrates conceptual models and practical methods to better understand and manage radical innovation goes beyond business school incremental approaches to innovation, such as marketing and design-thinking provides an argument for an iterative coupling process, between knowledge-push and demand-pull challenges and opportunities The practical approach in this Advanced Introduction will provide an excellent resource for scholars and researchers in innovation management and policy, as well as managers responsible for creating, resourcing and managing radical innovations.Trade Review‘Professor Tidd does it again! The innovation guru of decades gifts us another timeless volume exploring radical innovation. A must read for professionals and academicians. The key to unlocking radical innovation is presented to us in such a meticulous way that the book will be a guide for many dealing with radical innovations during these most challenging times.’ -- Tugrul U. Daim, Portland State University, US‘Many talk about radical innovation without knowing what exactly is. This book sheds new light on the topic, supporting an in-depth understanding of sources, opportunities, and practices underpinning radical innovation within organizations, as a critical factor for both scholars and practitioners to lead the change in the contemporary landscape. In doing so, major future challenges and opportunities can be addressed, such as climate change, technology transitions, servicification, and emerging standards. A must read.’ -- Stefano Denicolai, University of Pavia, Italy‘In this very engaging book, Joe Tidd tackles the exciting theme of radical innovation management. His approach provides a deep dive drawing on more than fifty years of experience in the field. With his eclectic range of viewpoints, Tidd provides a methodology for promoting and managing radical innovation . I’m convinced that no author has done more to advance our understanding about the intellectual progression in this context than Joe Tidd has with this book. A must-read for R&D managers and academics.’ -- Peter Augsdörfer, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany‘This is a highly relevant read on the way radical innovation projects need to be resourced, organized, and managed. The author is a distinguished expert on innovation management and provides many useful insights for driving radical innovation success, such as the effectiveness of tools used for product development and of the benefits and challenges of open innovation.’ -- Fiona Schweitzer, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France‘Delivering radical innovation remains a challenge and Professor Tidd’s insights can dramatically improve the effectiveness of innovation management practices to deliver breakthroughs.’ -- Ben Thuriaux-Alemán, Partner, Global Innovation Excellence Lead, Technology Management Practice, Arthur D. Little, London, UK
£98.67
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Radical Innovation
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Focussing on radical and breakthrough innovation, Joe Tidd provides a crucial insight into over 50 years of research and experience, and illustrates how the pioneering work on innovation dynamics can offer a deeper understanding of radical innovation to inform future research, policy and practice. The book also identifies the distinct sources, organization, processes and outcomes of radical innovation, in contrast to conventional incremental business and management approaches. Key Features: draws upon a distinct interdisciplinary body of knowledge on radical innovation illustrates conceptual models and practical methods to better understand and manage radical innovation goes beyond business school incremental approaches to innovation, such as marketing and design-thinking provides an argument for an iterative coupling process, between knowledge-push and demand-pull challenges and opportunities The practical approach in this Advanced Introduction will provide an excellent resource for scholars and researchers in innovation management and policy, as well as managers responsible for creating, resourcing and managing radical innovations.Trade Review‘Professor Tidd does it again! The innovation guru of decades gifts us another timeless volume exploring radical innovation. A must read for professionals and academicians. The key to unlocking radical innovation is presented to us in such a meticulous way that the book will be a guide for many dealing with radical innovations during these most challenging times.’ -- Tugrul U. Daim, Portland State University, US‘Many talk about radical innovation without knowing what exactly is. This book sheds new light on the topic, supporting an in-depth understanding of sources, opportunities, and practices underpinning radical innovation within organizations, as a critical factor for both scholars and practitioners to lead the change in the contemporary landscape. In doing so, major future challenges and opportunities can be addressed, such as climate change, technology transitions, servicification, and emerging standards. A must read.’ -- Stefano Denicolai, University of Pavia, Italy‘In this very engaging book, Joe Tidd tackles the exciting theme of radical innovation management. His approach provides a deep dive drawing on more than fifty years of experience in the field. With his eclectic range of viewpoints, Tidd provides a methodology for promoting and managing radical innovation . I’m convinced that no author has done more to advance our understanding about the intellectual progression in this context than Joe Tidd has with this book. A must-read for R&D managers and academics.’ -- Peter Augsdörfer, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany‘This is a highly relevant read on the way radical innovation projects need to be resourced, organized, and managed. The author is a distinguished expert on innovation management and provides many useful insights for driving radical innovation success, such as the effectiveness of tools used for product development and of the benefits and challenges of open innovation.’ -- Fiona Schweitzer, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France‘Delivering radical innovation remains a challenge and Professor Tidd’s insights can dramatically improve the effectiveness of innovation management practices to deliver breakthroughs.’ -- Ben Thuriaux-Alemán, Partner, Global Innovation Excellence Lead, Technology Management Practice, Arthur D. Little, London, UK
£21.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Leading within Digital Worlds: Strategic
Book SynopsisWith rapidly evolving emerging technologies, the business world is entering a phase of reform. Within times of change, transformative and disruptive environments as well as uncertain futures have created a difficult landscape for leaders within business.Exploring the landscape and providing valuable insight into the leadership among these challenging times, mean that business leaders can rely on Leading within Digital Worlds to provide them with a robust analysis of leadership practices and process to take them forward in the digital age.Pete Grindrod presents Leading within Digital Worlds in a way that will ensure this is an important text for business leaders in remaining at the forefront of the business world in these times of technological and digital evolution.The results of an in-depth study are presented in this title drawing on much of Pete’s expertise in leading in the digital world.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Way We Live NowChapter 2. Traits of LeadershipChapter 3. Nuts and BoltsChapter 4.Things to Think AboutChapter 5. In the End
£45.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Innovation and Research Policies: An
Book SynopsisInnovation is critically important for countries seeking to maintain or improve their competitive advantage in the global economy. This book addresses the major current policy debates in science, technology and innovation focusing mainly on Europe but also including comparisons with other countries around the world.The R&D policies of five European countries - the UK, The Netherlands, France, Finland and Germany - are examined to understand national innovation systems and public policies, the determination of R&D spending priorities, research responsibilities and the allocation of funds. The authors combine interviews with senior civil servants, analyses of government publications and various government statistics on R&D performance. They consider national debates on science, technology and innovation policies within the wider context of the overarching political and administrative culture, and relate actual innovation and research policies to structural and institutional features of national economies.This book will be warmly welcomed by scholars and all those in decision making positions in government and non-governmental institutions on research, innovation and technology.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The United Kingdom 3. The Netherlands 4. France 5. Finland 6. Germany 7. Five Non-European Countries 8. Conclusions Appendix Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Technology, Knowledge and the Firm: Implications
Book SynopsisThere is a long-standing tradition of research that highlights the importance of differences in the organizational and technological capabilities of firms and their effect on economic performance. This book expands on this theme by exploring the role of knowledge and innovation in firm strategy and industrial change. Underlying the volume is the belief that firms have distinctive methods of operation and that these processes have a strong element of continuity. The authors examine the role played by firms in developing, linking and utilizing the knowledge produced in many different social institutions in order to advance their organizational and technological skills. They demonstrate how understanding the manner in which firms enhance their capabilities is essential for recognizing how the economy operates and changes as a whole. To help illuminate the crucial role of knowledge and innovation, the authors use international data and insightful case studies of firms from throughout the world. These include biotechnology in Portugal, oil in Scotland, telephone/internet banking in France and Sweden, and fuel cell development in the US and Europe.This broad-ranging book will be of immense worth to scholars and students in the fields of innovation, R&D management, technology management, organization studies and industrial innovation.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Knowledge and the Firm 1. Craft and Code: Intensification of Innovation and Management of Knowledge 2. The Economics of Governance: The Role of Localized Knowledge in the Interdependence Among Transaction, Coordination and Production 3. Innovation, Consumption and Knowledge: Services and Encapsulation Part II: Innovation and Firm Strategy 4. Paths to Deepwater in the International Upstream Petroleum Industry 5. Consumers and Suppliers as Co-Producers of Technology and Innovation in Electronically Mediated Banking: The Cases of Internet Banking in Nordbanken and Société Générale 6. Technological Shifts and Industry Reaction: Shifts in Fuel Preference for the Fuel Cell Vehicle in the Automotive Industry 7. Distant Networking? The Out-Cluster Strategies of New Biotechnology Firms 8. New Science and Old Industries: Adoption of Biotechnology in European Food Companies 9. Commercialization of Corporate Science and the Production of Research Articles Part III: Long-Term Technological Change and the Economy 10. Making (Kondratiev) Waves: Simulating Long-Run Technical Change for an Integrated Assessment System 11. Nonlinear Dynamism of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Competitiveness in Research and Development:
Book SynopsisThis book builds on the premise that the effectiveness of national efforts to increase spending on R&D can be approximated by the competitiveness of that economy in international markets. Building on a number of existing 'benchmarking' studies that have to date only ranked countries according either to their R&D indicators, or their performances in innovation, this is the first book to offer a synthesized assessment of the R&D competitiveness of national economies based on both input and output related indicators. Several quantitative methods are used to combine these lists with a wide variety of R&D indicators. The book confirms one of the major premises of the Lisbon Strategy - that Europe is significantly lagging behind its overseas competitors in R&D.Competitiveness in Research and Development includes a unique comparative analysis of R&D and innovation systems of transition and developing economies. It also features a comprehensive and critical survey of international literature on the measurement of R&D and innovation performance.Academics and researchers of innovation and science and industrial economics will find much to interest them in this book as will international organisations, think tanks, and government agencies dealing with R&D and innovation. The book will also appeal to strategists and managers of R&D intensive companies.Trade Review'. . . stimulating reading for macroeconomists interested in technological innovation.' -- Georges Haour, R&D Management'The book is based on the recognition that effective R&D is a fundamental component of sustainable competitive advantage of nations. Professor Torok and his co-authors not only spell out the thesis but also prove it with rich analytical evidences. I wish many politicians and economic policymakers could read the book and adapt this conclusion in practice! This would help achieve the Lisbon goals of the European Union and the "catch-up" of the transition economies.' -- Attila Chikan, Corvinus University, Budapest, HungaryTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Approaches to Competitiveness 2. Indicators for Measuring Competitiveness 3. R&D Competitiveness Measured 4. Policy Conclusions for the Transition Countries and the Developing World 5. The Big Picture References Index
£100.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Management of Research and
Book SynopsisInternational Management of Research and Development brings together the most influential contributions to managing, organising and coordinating R&D and innovation on a global scale. In addition to papers on the fundamental principles, trends and drivers of international R&D, it covers strategies and operations of global R&D. It also provides an introduction to modern concepts such as knowledge networks, open innovation and virtual innovation. It is a key reference collection for professors and researchers wishing to understand the practical implications of industrial R&D and a valuable resource for chief technology and innovation officers keen to develop their corporate R&D more systematically.Trade ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Maximilian von Zedtwitz, Julian Birkinshaw and Oliver Gassmann PART I PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL R&D 1. Vern Terpstra (1977), ‘International Product Policy: The Role of Foreign R&D’ 2. Robert C. Ronstadt (1978), ‘International R&D: The Establishment and Evolution of Research and Development Abroad by Seven U.S. Multinationals’ 3. John Cantwell (1995), ‘The Globalisation of Technology: What Remains of the Product Cycle Model?’ 4. Daniele Archibugi and Jonathan Michie (1995), ‘The Globalisation of Technology: A New Taxonomy’ 5. Pari Patel (1996), ‘Are Large Firms Internationalizing the Generation of Technology? Some New Evidence’ 6. John W. Medcof (1997), ‘A Taxonomy of Internationally Dispersed Technology Units and its Application to Management Issues’ PART II TRENDS AND DRIVERS OF INTERNATIONAL R&D 7. Arnoud De Meyer and Atsuo Mizushima (1989), ‘Global R&D Management’ 8. Albert C. Perrino and James W. Tipping (1989), ‘Global Management of Technology’ 9. Jeremy Howells (1990), ‘The Location and Organisation of Research and Development: New Horizons’ 10. M. Casson and S. Singh (1993), ‘Corporate Research and Development Strategies: The Influence of Firm, Industry and Country Factors on the Decentralization of R&D’ 11. Walter Kuemmerle (1999), ‘The Drivers of Foreign Direct Investment into Research and Development: An Empirical Investigation’ 12. Tony S. Frost (2001), ‘The Geographic Sources of Foreign Subsidiaries’ Innovations’ PART III ORGANIZATION AND COORDINATION IN INTERNATIONAL R&D 13. William A. Fischer and Jack N. Behrman (1979), ‘The Coordination of Foreign R&D Activities by Transnational Corporations’ 14. Guido Reger (1997), ‘Benchmarking the Internationalisation and Co-ordination of R&D of Western European and Japanese Multi-National Companies’ 15. Walter Kuemmerle (1997), ‘Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad’ 16. Oliver Gassmann and Maximilian von Zedtwitz (1999), ‘New Concepts and Trends in International R&D Organization’ 17. Kazuhiro Asakawa (2001), ‘Organizational Tension in International R&D Management: The Case of Japanese Firms’ 18. Maximilian von Zedtwitz and Oliver Gassmann (2002), ‘Market versus Technology Drive in R&D Internationalization: Four Different Patterns of Managing Research and Development’ 19. René Belderbos (2003), ‘Entry Mode, Organizational Learning, and R&D in Foreign Affiliates: Evidence from Japanese Firms’ PART IV TRANSNATIONAL R&D PROJECT MANAGEMENT 20. Arnoud De Meyer (1991), ‘Tech Talk: How Managers Are Stimulating Global R&D Communication’ 21. Gunnar Hedlund and Jonas Ridderstråle (1995), ‘International Development Projects: Key to Competitiveness, Impossible or Mismanaged?’ 22. Roman Boutellier, Oliver Gassmann, Holger Macho and Manfred Roux (1998), ‘Management of Dispersed Product Development Teams: The Role of Information Technologies’ 23. Vittorio Chiesa (2000), ‘Global R&D Project Management and Organization: A Taxonomy’ 24. Edward F. McDonough III, Kenneth B. Kahn and Gloria Barczak (2001), ‘An Investigation of the Use of Global, Virtual and Colocated New Product Development Teams’ 25. Oliver Gassmann and Maximilian von Zedtwitz (2003), ‘Trends and Determinants of Managing Virtual R&D Teams’ PART V KNOWLEDGE AND NETWORKS IN INTERNATIONAL R&D 26. Ralph Katz and Thomas J. Allen (1982), ‘Investigating the Not Invented Here (NIH) Syndrome: A Look at the Performance, Tenure, and Communication Patterns of 50 R&D Project Groups’ 27. A. De Meyer (1993), ‘Management of an International Network of Industrial R&D Laboratories’ 28. J. Howells (1995), ‘Going Global: The Use of ICT Networks in Research and Development’ 29. Sumantra Ghosal and Christopher A. Bartlett (1988), ‘Creation, Adoption and Diffusion of Innovations by the Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations’ 30. Robert Nobel and Julian Birkinshaw (1998), ‘Innovation in Multinational Corporations: Control and Communication Patterns in International R&D Operations’ 31. Julian Birkinshaw, Robert Nobel and Jonas Ridderstråle (2002), ‘Knowledge as a Contingency Variable: Do the Characteristics of Knowledge Predict Organization Structure?’ 32. D. Eleanor Westney (2001), ‘Multinational Enterprises and Cross-border Knowledge Creation’ Name Index
£266.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Collaborating with Customers to Innovate:
Book SynopsisCollaborating with Customers to Innovate explores the collaborative potential offered by customers in digital environments to enhance the effectiveness of new product development. The internet has created the problem of an increasing need for innovation in a context where information is transparent, competitors are just one click away, and product lifecycles are shrinking. However, as the book demonstrates, the internet also provides the solution - enabling new forms of value creation with customers and an efficient way to harness distributed competences. Specifically, the authors highlight the role that digital environments play in allowing firms to engage customers in product design and testing. They develop a major review of web-based tools for marketing interaction and then explore the opportunities for sustaining innovation through collaboration beyond the customer-firm relationship. The book enriches an important debate in management and in academia on the new product development process. It encompasses marketing approaches and is sharply focused on the opportunities that digital technologies have created for involving customers in collaborative innovation, and actionable recommendations for putting collaborative innovation to work. The book will appeal to academics as well as practitioners in marketing and new product development as well as MBA students on marketing and new product development courses.Trade Review‘Collaborating with Customers to Innovate is an excellent book for scholars. . . thanks to its robust framework and its precise links to the existing literature, I would recommend it as a required reading for all those (numerous) academics who want to get acquainted with this crucial subject.' -- Roberto Verganti, R&D Management'Customers have become a critical innovation partner for companies in many industries. At the same time, new information technologies have made such collaborative innovation with customers more feasible and cost-effective. Prandelli, Sawhney, and Verona's book resonates this important theme and contributes to our understanding of the associated management concepts and practices. Definitely a valuable book - for both academic researchers as well as practitioners!' -- Satish Nambisan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US'The profound research effort and the farsightedness of the theories elaborated make this book an essential guide to innovation through collaboration. As a matter of fact, many of the techniques described here are being leveraged by IBM today to improve the relationship with its customers.' -- Guido Gerlotti, Vice President, ibm.com Global Web Sales'Prandelli, Sawhney and Verona fuse real world illustrations of customer driven innovation with rigorous academic analysis. As a virtual knowledge broker in the automotive marketplace, Edmunds has experienced firsthand what Prandelli, Sawhney and Verona have so insightfully described. I applaud them for sharing these insights with managers the world over in such an actionable and perceptive manner.' -- Avi Steinlauf, President of Edmunds.comTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. An Increasing Need for Innovation 2. The Promise of Collaborative Innovation 3. Tools for Collaborative Innovation 4. Managing an Integrated Portfolio of Tools for Collaborative Innovation 5. From Collaborative to Distributed Innovation 6. Virtual Communities 7. Virtual Knowledge Brokers 8. Open-Source Systems 9. Conclusions References Index
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Collaborating with Customers to Innovate:
Book SynopsisCollaborating with Customers to Innovate explores the collaborative potential offered by customers in digital environments to enhance the effectiveness of new product development. The internet has created the problem of an increasing need for innovation in a context where information is transparent, competitors are just one click away, and product lifecycles are shrinking. However, as the book demonstrates, the internet also provides the solution - enabling new forms of value creation with customers and an efficient way to harness distributed competences. Specifically, the authors highlight the role that digital environments play in allowing firms to engage customers in product design and testing. They develop a major review of web-based tools for marketing interaction and then explore the opportunities for sustaining innovation through collaboration beyond the customer-firm relationship. The book enriches an important debate in management and in academia on the new product development process. It encompasses marketing approaches and is sharply focused on the opportunities that digital technologies have created for involving customers in collaborative innovation, and actionable recommendations for putting collaborative innovation to work. The book will appeal to academics as well as practitioners in marketing and new product development as well as MBA students on marketing and new product development courses.Trade Review‘Collaborating with Customers to Innovate is an excellent book for scholars. . . thanks to its robust framework and its precise links to the existing literature, I would recommend it as a required reading for all those (numerous) academics who want to get acquainted with this crucial subject.' -- Roberto Verganti, R&D Management'Customers have become a critical innovation partner for companies in many industries. At the same time, new information technologies have made such collaborative innovation with customers more feasible and cost-effective. Prandelli, Sawhney, and Verona's book resonates this important theme and contributes to our understanding of the associated management concepts and practices. Definitely a valuable book - for both academic researchers as well as practitioners!' -- Satish Nambisan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US'The profound research effort and the farsightedness of the theories elaborated make this book an essential guide to innovation through collaboration. As a matter of fact, many of the techniques described here are being leveraged by IBM today to improve the relationship with its customers.' -- Guido Gerlotti, Vice President, ibm.com Global Web Sales'Prandelli, Sawhney and Verona fuse real world illustrations of customer driven innovation with rigorous academic analysis. As a virtual knowledge broker in the automotive marketplace, Edmunds has experienced firsthand what Prandelli, Sawhney and Verona have so insightfully described. I applaud them for sharing these insights with managers the world over in such an actionable and perceptive manner.' -- Avi Steinlauf, President of Edmunds.comTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. An Increasing Need for Innovation 2. The Promise of Collaborative Innovation 3. Tools for Collaborative Innovation 4. Managing an Integrated Portfolio of Tools for Collaborative Innovation 5. From Collaborative to Distributed Innovation 6. Virtual Communities 7. Virtual Knowledge Brokers 8. Open-Source Systems 9. Conclusions References Index
£29.40
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd TECHNOLOGICAL COLLABORATION: The Dynamics of
Book SynopsisThis major new book provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary analysis of the nature and significance of collaboration between firms and other actors involved in industrial innovation.The motivations and mechanisms for technological collaboration, the fields in which it is likely to occur, and the consequences of collaboration for the parties involved and the economy as a whole are all addressed by a distinguished group of scholars drawn from economics, sociology, management theory and political economy. Areas and issues covered include growth theory and the theory of the firm, managerial objectives across different cultures, interfirm technological linkages, networks and innovation, strategic collaboration, collaborative agreements, state intervention, strategic alliances and informal networks.Technological Collaboration emphasizes the importance of interfirm collaboration and the establishment of networks in innovation and economic growth. The issues and themes raised in this volume will be of interest to scholars from a variety of different perspectives, interested in technical change, innovation and industrial organization.Trade Review'I would recommend the book to those interested in the links between innovation and industrial networks. I am sure that a number of the contributions would be interesting to many readers of Management Learning; at least those not deterred by the word "technological" in the title.' -- Ossie Jones, Management Learning'It is a timely book dealing with the important issues and complexity associated with collaborations and the resulting network formation. The book will provide important insights to the students and researchers of industrial economics, innovation management, and organization studies.' -- N. Mrinalini, Journal of Scientific and Industrial ResearchTable of ContentsTechnological collaboration and networks of alliances in the innovation process, Rod Coombs, Albert Richards, Paolo Saviotti and Vivien Welsh; technological agreements and the networks and economic theory - interfaces and issues in the areas of growth theory and the theory of the firm, Francois Chesnais; managerial objectives and technological collaboration - the role of national variations in cultures and structures, Andrew Tylecote; learning, trust and interfirm technological linkages - some theoretical associations, Mark Dodgson; networks, tacit knowledge and innovation, Jacqueline Senker and Wendy Faulkner; strategic technological collaboration in Canadian industry - towards a theory of flexible or collective innovation, Jorge Niosi; the simultaneous shaping of organization and technology within co-operative agreements, Vincent Mangematin; the techno-economic network - a socio-economic approach to state intervention in innovation, Phillippe Laredo and Phillippe Mustar; understanding "strategic alliances" - the limits of transaction cost economics, Mo Yamin; dynamics of co-operation and industrial research and development - first insights into the Black Box II, Francois Leveque, C. Bonazzi and C. Quental; informal networks in thr origination of successful innovations, Fred Steward and Steve Conway.
£118.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Industrial Research and Innovation in Business
Book SynopsisIn this new path-breaking volume, David Edgerton brings to the forefront research on the role of business and its influence on industrial research and innovation. It is commonplace to acknowledge the role of science and technology, and research and innovation specifically, in transforming the twentieth century world. Other studies, however, focuses on scientific and engineering research in general, or technological systems and paradigms, or on government-funded initiatives. Industrial Research and Innovation in Business concentrates on business and its contribution to innovation and its role in producing and using new technologies.Trade Review’It will be useful to those who already know something about the topic and want to expand their knowledge.’ -- Kenneth Lipartito, University of Houston, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Theoretical Perspectives Part II: From Coal Tar Dyes to IG Farbenindustrie Part III: The Research Laboratory and the US Corporate Economy Part IV: International and Comparative Studies Part V: The Not-So-Peculiar British Case Part IV: The Case of Japanese Industrial Research Index
£290.00
Business Expert Press Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Book SynopsisBoth success and failure start in the mind. From Tamiko’s years of practical experience in coaching entrepreneurs, she has uncovered the #1 reason that some of her clients succeeded while others failed: mindset. This book will help business/MBA students, aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs, executives, and leaders to think like entrepreneurs in 12 critical focus areas.Readers will uncover hidden thoughts that sabotage success as an entrepreneur. The author will cause you to experience a paradigm shift from an employee mindset to an entrepreneurial mindset. The text provides takeaways and practical action items to cultivate entrepreneurial thinking that will revolutionize the approach to business.
£21.80
Business Expert Press The Economics of Online Gaming: A Player’s Introduction to Economic Thinking
Book SynopsisThis book is made from the connections that the author saw when he compared his experience inside a video game with what he learned through a formal study of economic theory.Set in the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) of Eternal Lands, it follows the true story of Mr. Mind, a gamer who builds a business inside the game world that he calls RICH. This business grows from a small start-up to an unregulated natural monopoly that abuses its market power by intentionally losing money to drive competitors out of business.RICH becomes so influential that it breaks the market process with a unique case of regulatory capture. Through this story, the book demonstrates how economic thinking is absorbed by experimenting inside an online video game.The Economics of Online Gaming covers basic economic concepts, unique economic issues, and general economic themes. Each of these topics begins with the context of a story and continues with an explanation of the economic theory behind it, finishing with a relevant real-world connection. It supports economic theory in an emotional way that cannot be shared through math or charts or graphs.Appendix B provides a comprehensive outline of ideas for teaching and discussion in each chapter.
£26.96
Business Expert Press An Introduction to Survey Research, Volume II: Carrying Out the Survey
Book SynopsisSurvey research is a powerful tool to help understand how and why individuals behave the way they do. Properly conducted, surveys can provide accurate insights into areas such as attitudes, opinions, motivations, and values, which serve as the drivers of individual behavior.This two-volume book is intended to introduce fundamentals of good survey research to students and practitioners of the survey process as well as end-users of survey information. This second volume focuses on carrying out a survey— including how to formulate survey questions, steps that researchers must use when conducting the survey, and impacts of rapidly changing technology on survey design and execution. The authors conclude with an important, but often neglected aspect of surveys—the presentation of results in different formats appropriate to different audiences.
£21.80
Business Expert Press The People Project Triangle: Balancing Delivery, Business-as-Usual, and People's Welfare
Book SynopsisDriven by rapid external change, the modern corporation is lean and cost conscious. A consequence is an increasingly common project management situation of a medium important, medium complex business change project that cannot justify a full-time team. Consequently, it is resourced by in-house staff working on the project as homework, meaning in addition to their normal responsibilities. The authors term this a composite project.This book postulates that composite projects are increasingly used to meet the demands of rapid business change. However, they are largely unrecognized as a separate organizational category of project, with particular characteristics, management needs, and risks.The People Project Triangle refers to the trade-off between the project, the ongoing business, and the people working in them. When pressure mounts it is often the people who bear the brunt, risking stress and burnout. The authors assert that with better recognition, clearer understanding and appropriate measures, many of the common problems with composite projects can be foreseen and avoided or mitigated.
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Business Expert Press Creating A Business and Personal Legacy
Book SynopsisWorldwide, there is a growing interest on how to uncover one’s true purpose in life and legacy. It is a subject that crosses the minds of everyone regardless of geographic location, gender, age, or occupation. Using fictional, but highly plausible stories, this short book crystalizes key ideas on how to create a lasting business and personal legacy. With rising cases of depression resulting from personal and career challenges, this book provides refreshing perspectives on how to find new meaning and happiness in one’s life while making a relevant and lasting impact.
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Springer International Publishing AG Design Thinking Research: Innovation – Insight –
Book SynopsisExtensive research conducted at the Hasso Plattner Design Thinking Research Program at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA, and at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, has yielded valuable insights on why and how design thinking works. The participating researchers have identified metrics, developed models, and conducted studies, which are featured in this book and in the previous volumes of this series. This volume provides readers with tools to bridge the gap between research and practice in design thinking, together with a range of real-world examples. Several different approaches to design thinking are presented, while acquired frameworks are employed to understand team dynamics in design thinking. The contributing authors introduce readers to new approaches and fields of application and show how design thinking can tap the potential of digital technologies in a human-centered way. The book also presents new ideas on neuro-design from Stanford University and the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, inviting readers to consider newly developed methods and how these insights can be applied to different domains. Design thinking can be learned. It has a methodology that can be observed across multiple settings. Accordingly, readers can adopt new frameworks to modify and update their current practices. The research outcomes gathered here are intended to inform and provide inspiration for all those seeking to drive innovation – be they experienced design thinkers or newcomers. It is the last in a series of 14 volumes published over the past 14 years, reflecting the successes of the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program. Many thanks to the Hasso Plattner Foundation for its valued support.Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Decades of Alumni – Perspectives on the Impact of Project-Based Learning on Career Pathways and Implications for Design Education.- Part 1: Application of Design Thinking to Governance and Social Causes.- Chapter 3. Predicting Creativity and Innovation in Society: The Importance of Places, the Importance of Governance.- Chapter 4. An Exploration of Agile Governance in Rwandan Public Service Delivery.- Chapter 5. Voices from the Field: How Designers and Educators Use Design Thinking to Address Sustainability Issues.- Part 2: Prototyping.- Chapter 6. User Perceptions of Privacy Interfaces in the Workplace.- Chapter 7. Assisting Learning and Insight in Design Using Embodied Conversational Agents.- Chapter 8. How to Tame an Unpredictable Emergence? Design Strategies for a Live-Programming System.- Part 3: Enhancement through Design Thinking.- Chapter 9. What is Design Thinking.- Chapter 10. NeuroDesign: Greater than the Sum of its Parts.- Chapter 11. A Neuroscience Approach to Women Entrepreneurs’ Pitch Performance: Impact of Inter-brain Synchrony on Investment Decisions.- Chapter 12. Priming Activity to Increase Interpersonal Closeness, Inter-brain Coherence, and Team Creativity Outcome.- Chapter 13. Design the Future with Emotion: Crucial Cultural Perspectives.- Part 4: Design Thinking Best Practices and Strategy.- Chapter 14. Opportunities and Limitations of Design Thinking as Strategic Approach for Navigating Digital Transformation in Organizations.- Chapter 15. Designing Innovation in the Digital Age: How to Maneuver Around Digital Transformation Traps.- Chapter 16. Facets of Hybrid Education.- Chapter 17. Design Thinking Transfer Gap: Differences between Knowledge and Application of Design Thinking in the Organizational Environment.- Chapter 18. A Genealogy of Designing as Performance.
£142.49
De Gruyter Inner Development Goals
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£26.55
De Gruyter Innovation Management
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Springer International Publishing AG Co-Creation: Reshaping Business and Society in
Book SynopsisAcross several industries, we are observing a paradigm shift from traditional, firm-centric and top-down value creation to more open and collaborative approaches, also referred to as bottom-up economics. The boundaries of firms dissolve and external actors (customers, user, suppliers etc.) enter the domain of value creation by means of advanced information and communication technologies. These new and evolving patterns require a renewed and interdisciplinary understanding of how co-creation enables organizations to reshape business and society. With contributions from industrial and academic experts, this book provides deep insights into the theory and practice of bottom-up economics, and addresses the major opportunities and challenges that have emerged in the era of co-creation. A must read for decision-makers looking to innovate their companies' business models—from ideation to marketing. Dr.-Ing. Michaela Colla, K-GXI Leader – Industry 4.0 at Volkswagen Simply put, co-creation is the future of work. With technology morphing the way we work and young people wanting to tackle problems that matter, co-creation is the sandbox where the world can come together to solve big challenges. Plus, co-creation rapidly delivers products with built-in market fit. Megan Brewster, Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing at Launch Forth Successful leaders will co-create the future. This book is an excellent starting point.Jürgen Bilo, Managing Director co-pace GmbH, The Startup Organisation of Continental AGTable of ContentsCo-creation in the Era of Bottom-up Economics.- Collaborative Value Creation: How to Co-create Value with Users. A Case Study on Local Motors' Contest Community.- Using Open Production Sites for Supporting New Ways of Corporate Innovation.- Distributed Manufacturing: Make Things Where You Need Them.- Co-Creation of Value Proposition - Stakeholders Co-creating Value Propositions of Goods and Services.- Blockchain-enabled Open Business Models: New Means to Shared Value Capturing?.- How to Take Advantage of Online Platforms like the Sharing Economy Does.- The F.A.I.R. Model of Cooperation - How Managers Can Co-create Value Within Innovation Networks.- Open Source Ecosystems: Coordination, Loyalty and Competitive Advantage: What We Can Learn from Open Source.- Understanding Open Source Software Communities.- Harnessing the Synergy Potential of Open Source Hardware Communities.- Open Source Medical Devices for Innovation, Education and Global Health: Case Study of Open Source Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Legal Challenges of Co-creation: Patent Law in the Era of 3D Printing - The Practitioner's Perspective.- Navigating Patents in an Open Hardware Environment.- Managing Content in a Platform Economy: Copyright-based Approaches to User-Generated-Content.- Overcoming Concerns in Collaborative Transactions.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Technologie, Wachstum und Beschäftigung: Festschrift für Lothar Späth
Book SynopsisI. Grundsatzfragen in Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur.- II. Forschungs- und Wissenschaftspolitik.- III. Neue Technologien.- IV. Technologietransfer und Innovation.- V. Finanzinnovationen.- VI. Mathematik und technologischer Fortschritt.- VII. Technologie und Strukturpolitik.- VIII. Wachstum.- IX. Wirtschaftspolitik.- X. Umweltpolitik.- XI. Beschäftigung.- Autorenverzeichnis.- Förderer der Drucklegung.Table of ContentsI. Grundsatzfragen in Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur.- Die moderne Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie und die Kultur des Politischen.- „Phantasie — Pflicht der Mächtigen“.- Abschied von der Fiskalpolitik?.- Fortschritt ohne Angst — Wissenschaft und Technik im Dienst des Menschen.- Gibt es ein Finanzkapital? Wem nützt es? Über die Macht der Banken in Deutschland.- Kultur und Technologie — Zur Kulturkonzeption des Landes Baden-Württemberg.- Die Zukunft gestalten durch Soziale Marktwirtschaft.- Wirtschaftliche Macht und dynamischer Wettbewerb unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen (GWB).- Der Weg in die Informationsgesellschaft: Analyse einer politischen Herausforderung.- Gedanken zur ökonomischen Analyse des Rechts.- Im Strom der Zeit bleiben. Ohne technischen Fortschritt keine Zukunft.- Zur ökonomischen Analyse internationaler Institutionen.- II. Forschungs- und Wissenschaftspolitik.- Über die optimale Größe einer Forschungsgruppe.- Forschungspolitik in Baden-Württemberg.- Der wissenschaftliche Verlag und seine Mittlerrolle.- Technologiepolitik in einer offenen Gesellschaft.- Die 600jährige Heidelberger Universität als Beispiel für Tradition und Fortschritt.- Tonbach — Ein Symbol für die Forschungspolitik des Landes Baden-Württemberg.- Hochschulökonomie — Anmerkungen zum Weg der deutschen Hochschulen in die 90er Jahre.- III. Neue Technologien.- Künstliche Intelligenz: Was sie ist und was nicht.- Technologie als Voraussetzung für Dienstleistungsqualität.- Programmverifikation und Künstliche Intelligenz.- Operations-Research-Expertensysteme — Wissenstransfer für die klein- und mittelständische Industrie.- Operationale Programmierung mit einem Experten-System für interactive Methodenkonstruktion.- Expertensysteme und konventionelle Programme — Unterschiede und Kopplungsprobleme.- Zur Versorgung der politischen Entscheidungsträger mit aussagefähigeren Informationen für veränderte Entscheidungssituationen.- Elemente und Strukturen betrieblicher Informationssysteme.- Ein Verfahren zur automatischen Erkennung chinesischer Schriftzeichen.- Fortschritte mit neuen Werkstoffen: Keramik für den Maschinenbau.- IV. Technologietransfer und Innovation.- Auswirkungen der Informationstechnologie im Dienstleistungsbetrieb.- Die Bedeutung von Produkt-Innovationen für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit eines Industrieunternehmens.- Betriebswirtschaftlicher Human-, Wissens- und Technologietransfer aus universitärer Sicht.- Möglichkeiten und Grenzen mittelstandsspezifischer Innovationsförderung — Ein kritisches Resümee bisheriger Erfahrungen.- Auswirkungen moderner Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien auf die Entwicklung und die Struktur der Beschäftigung im deutschen Bankgewerbe.- Finanzierungsaspekte von Innovation und technischem Fortschritt.- Export und Innovation — Eine Kausalitätsuntersuchung für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland.- Empirische Untersuchung zur Exportabhängigkeit des Landes Baden-Württemberg.- Informatik und Technologietransfer.- Nichttechnischer Technologietransfer.- Der Mittelstand in der technologischen Herausforderung.- V. Finanzinnovationen.- Welche Einkommensteuer-Reformen begünstigen die Bildung von Risikokapital?.- Verbesserung der Risikokapitalausstattung und „Zweiter Börsenmarkt“ für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen.- Versicherung schafft Freiraum für unternehmerisches Handeln.- Finanzinnovationen — Entstehungsgründe, Charakteristika und Auswirkungen auf die monetären Märkte.- Die Banken im Wachstumsprozeß der Wirtschaft.- Zur Quantifizierung von Gewinnzielen bei Kompositversicherern.- VI. Mathematik und technologischer Fortschritt.- Sind die Mathematiker — ist die Mathematik zu etwas nütze?.- Mathematische Modelle ökonomischer Prozesse als Grundlage optimaler Steuerungen.- Zur Bedeutung der diskreten Mathematik für die Konstruktion hochintegrierter Schaltkreise.- VII. Technologie und Strukturpolitik.- Innovationsförderung durch Technologieparks.- Mittelständische Unternehmen und globale Herausforderung.- Vermögensbildung der Arbeitnehmer in Baden-Württemberg.- Strukturwandel durch neue Technologien.- Zur sektoralen und regionalen Strukturpolitik als industriepolitische Aufgabe.- Die Technologiefabrik Karlsruhe — Ein Beispiel angewandter Mittelstands-, Wirtschafts- und Technologiepolitik.- Neue Technologien, Wirtschaftsförderung und soziale Marktwirtschaft.- Technologieparks als Instrument der Wirtschaftspolitik.- Methoden und Ergebnisse finanzieller Wirtschaftsförderung.- Informationstechnologie — Grundlage für internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und stabile Beschäftigung.- Produktionstechnologien als Wettbewerbsfaktor.- VIII. Wachstum.- Innovation und Wachstum in der Automobilindustrie.- Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland in und nach der weltweiten Stagflationsperiode.- Wirtschaftswachstum bei Erhaltung der Umweltqualität.- Technischer Fortschritt, Wachstum und Beschäftigung: Ein einfaches Modell.- IX. Wirtschaftspolitik.- Chancen des Bausparens — Gedanken zum Wohnen in einer sich wandelnden Gesellschaft.- Staatliche Risikozuweisung und Unternehmenspolitik.- Treibhauseffekt und Anstieg des Meeresspiegels: Wirtschaftliche Wirkungen und soziale Bewertung von Strategie-Szenarien.- Internationale Märkte und Zukunft der Industrieländer.- Neomerkantilismus in Baden-Württemberg? Zur Regionalisierung der Wirtschaftspolitik.- Plädoyer für eine konsumorientierte Steuerreform.- Der Kapitalstock der deutschen Volkswirtschaft — Anforderungen und Bestimmungsgründe Ende der 80er Jahre.- Sind die Renten sicher?.- Drei-Generationen-Solidarität und Familie —Zerbricht der „Generationenvertrag“ an der demographischen Entwicklung?.- Die Entwicklung des Realkredits in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Wandel des Marktes — Leistungen und Probleme.- X. Umweltpolitik.- Umweltschutz im Verständnis eines Energie Versorgungsunternehmens.- Umweltschutz und Technologiewandel.- Nutzung der Natur und zukünftige Generationen.- Umweltschutz in Baden-Württemberg — Voraussetzung für die technologische und humane Weiterentwicklung eines modernen Industriestaates.- XI. Beschäftigung.- Wachstum, technischer Fortschritt und Allokationsprobleme des Arbeitsmarktes.- Inflation, Beschäftigung und Staatsnachfrage.- Beschäftigungswirkungen und gesamtwirtschaftliches Wachstum durch technologiepolitische Fördermaßnahmen bei Mengenrationierung in einem multisektoralen Modell.- Beschäftigungswirkungen nicht-tarifärer Handelshemmnisse.- Innovationsaktivität und Beschäftigung: Einige empirische Ergebnisse.- Lohnniveau, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Beschäftigung: Einige ökonomische Überlegungen zur wirtschaftspolitischen Argumentation mit den Kosten des Faktors Arbeit.- Autorenverzeichnis.- Förderer der Drucklegung.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Geschäftsmodell-Innovation: Grundlagen,
Book SynopsisIn den letzten Jahren hat die Innovation von Geschäftsmodellen in Theorie und Praxis eine hohe Aufmerksamkeit erlangt. Geschäftsmodelle orientieren sich an Kundenbedürfnissen, kombinieren unterschiedliche Elemente eines Unternehmens miteinander und stiften somit einen Kundennutzen. Geschäftsmodelle sind häufig schwerer imitierbar als Produkte, Dienstleistungen oder Prozesse und ermöglichen Unternehmen eine bessere Differenzierung gegenüber Wettbewerbern. Im Rahmen dieser Dissertation erfolgt die Entwicklung einer Methode für Geschäftsmodell-Innovation. Daneben findet die Entwicklung generischer Geschäftsmodelle für den Business-to-Business-Bereich statt.Table of ContentsTheoretische Grundlagen zur Geschäftsmodell-Innovation.- Bestehende Ansätze der Geschäftsmodell-Entwicklung.- Methode der Geschäftsmodell-Innovation.- Geschäftsmodelle in Business-to-Business-Märkten.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Akzeptanz von Elektromobilität: Entwicklung und
Book SynopsisIn der Automobilindustrie werden der Elektromobilität große Chancen zugeschrieben, mittelfristig eine ökonomisch umsetzbare Alternative zu Verbrennungsmotoren darzustellen. Ludwig Fazel untersucht in seiner Arbeit die Akzeptanzfaktoren von Elektromobilität im Rahmen eines ganzheitlichen Modellansatzes und ermöglicht ein umfassendes Verständnis für das technologiespezifische Adoptionsverhalten von Individuen. Neben der kontextspezifischen Anpassung des Technology Acceptance Models (TAM) findet im Rahmen der Modellentwicklung und -validierung der Vergleich zwischen der Nutzungsformdes Kaufs und der Nutzungsform des Carsharing statt, was eine inhaltliche und methodische Erweiterung des klassischen TAM darstellt. Darüber hinaus wird im Rahmen einer Wirtschaftlichkeitsrechnung die finanzielle Attraktivität des Geschäftsmodells E-Carsharing bewertet.Table of ContentsBedeutung des Akzeptanzverhaltens für die Diffusion von Innovationen.- Technology Acceptance Model als Basis des entwickelten Forschungsmodells.- Strukturgleichungsmodellierung zur empirischen Untersuchung der Forschungshypothesen.- Handlungsempfehlungen für die Unternehmenspraxis.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Innovation in erfolgreichen Familienunternehmen:
Book SynopsisInnovationen sind für Unternehmen überlebensnotwenig – sie sind jedoch gleichzeitig mit hohen Risiken verbunden. Erfolgskritisch ist insbesondere die Informationsnutzung zu Beginn des Innovationsprozesses. Der Autor untersucht die Informationsnutzung in Familienunternehmen (FU) und Nicht-Familienunternehmen (Nicht-FU) in der frühen Phase des Innovationsprozesses. Hier zeigen sich eine stärkere Risikoaversion von FU bei gleichzeitiger Langfrist-Orientierung sowie auch deutliche Unterschiede in der Relevanz von strukturierten Prozessen. Ebenso kommt der Strategie eine unterschiedliche Rolle zu: In FU dient sie als Orientierungshilfe, in Nicht-FU ist sie die einzig zu verfolgende Richtung. Aus den gewonnenen Erkenntnissen ergeben sich sowohl für FU als auch für Nicht-FU konkrete Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten ihrer Wettbewerbsfähigkeit.Table of ContentsFrühe Phase von Innovation (FEI).- Entwicklung eines Modells der Informationsnutzung in der frühen Phase.- Empirischer Vergleich von FU und Nicht-FU.- Handlungsempfehlungen für Familienunternehmen, Nicht-Familienunternehmen, Großunternehmen und kleinere Unternehmen.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Das 3D-Druck-Kompendium: Leitfaden für
Book SynopsisDieser anregende Leitfaden bietet dem Leser einen spannenden Überblick über die 3D-Drucklandschaft. Er richtet sich an alle, die durch die Kenntnis und Nutzung additiver Fertigungsverfahren einen Innovationsvorsprung erzielen möchten. Der Leser lernt die verschiedenen Begrifflichkeiten rund um 3D-Druck kennen und verstehen. Er erfährt von spannenden und teilweise überraschenden Anwendungsbeispielen, kann eigene Ideen sammeln und weiß anschließend, welche Unternehmen und Dienstleister welche 3D-Druckverfahren anbieten und beherrschen. Eine sprudelnde Inspirationsquelle, nicht nur für Entscheider, Geschäftsführer und Berater.Table of ContentsÜberblick über die 3D-Drucktechnologie und ihre Möglichkeiten.- Ausgewählte Fallbeispiele und über 50 Abbildungen und Grafiken.- Vorstellung relevanter 3D-Druckunternehmen mit Fokus auf Deutschland.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Methodeneinsatz in der Produktentwicklung:
Book SynopsisMarc Graner untersucht den Methodeneinsatz in der Produktentwicklung. Auf Basis einer umfassenden empirischen Studie mit 410 Projekten zeigt er, dass und wie sich der Methodeneinsatz in der Produktentwicklung positiv auf den Produkterfolg auswirken kann. Zudem werden konkrete Empfehlungen zum Einsatz bestimmter Methoden abgeleitet. Einzelne besonders wirksame Methoden werden vorgestellt und es wird gezeigt, welche Kombination verschiedener Methoden erfolgversprechend ist. So können bereits in der Produktentwicklung entscheidende Weichen gestellt werden, um die Erfolgsquote neuer Produkte systematisch zu erhöhen.Table of ContentsAuswirkung des Methodeneinsatzes in der Produktentwicklung auf den Produkterfolg.- Detaillierte Untersuchung einzelner, besonders effektiver Methoden.- Handlungsempfehlungen für den Einsatz von Methoden in der Produktentwicklung.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Entscheidungen beim Übergang in die
Book SynopsisDie Beitragsautoren des Tagungsbandes zum 6. Wissenschaftsforums Mobilität, abgehalten im Mai 2014 an der Universität Duisburg-Essen, diskutieren, welche Entscheidungen im Rahmen des Automobilmanagements, der Automobiltechnik, der Wertschöpfungskette und neuen Technologien sowie urbanen Mobilitätskonzepten notwendig sind, um den Übergang in die Elektromobilität zu bewältigen. Die Beiträge zeigen, dass der Übergang in die Elektromobilität Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft vor große Herausforderungen stellt. Es bedarf konsequenter und koordinierter Anstrengungen an den Schnittstellen der betriebswirtschaftlichen und ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Forschung.Table of ContentsManagemententscheidungen und Innovationsstrategien im Übergang in die Elektromobilität.- Technische Herausforderungen in der Fahrzeugentwicklung und -sicherheit.- Entwicklung und Anwendung alternativer Antriebe.- Praktische Erfahrungen mit urbanen Mobilitätskonzepten.
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