Bücher der Reihe Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management

Presenting industrial case studies from semiconductors, software development and toy safety, and drawing on knowledge management, sociology, and organizational behavior, this book highlights critical success and failure factors in new product development.

Continued creativity in innovation relies on collaboration between distinct groups who must overcome frequently competing agendas. With contributions from academics, business leaders, and policymakers this volume explores differing collaborative combinations.

This volume examines the crucial role of societies to educate and support entrepreneurs and establish the right environment for new business development and rapid conversion of ideas into enterprises that contribute to economic growth and prosperity.

This book provides a richly illustrated study of sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. Specifically, it examines the ways in which governmental policies and practices modify the social conditions necessary to promote innovation in businesses and by so doing impact economic development. Exploring topics such as green innovation, green customer capital, smart cities, green entrepreneurship and environmental responsibility, this book presents some of the most current research and best practices in the field.In today's global economy, strategies, policies and practices that address the negative effects of human activity on the environment need to be incorporated into the business framework in order for companies to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. Around the world, such changes have already resulted in a broad range of products, production methods and technical features that ensure environmental protection. At the same time, the mass media's communication of a deteriorating earth have motivated a growing number of citizens in both developed and developing nations to modify their consumption habits towards more ecological products. Consequently, an increasing number of companies are reacting to these changes in business and legal frameworks and consumer preferences by investing in new forms of green innovation or "eco-innovation" designed to promote both environmental and corporate sustainability. For example, Hewlett-Packard eliminated lead from its welding process; Wal-Mart reduced the emissions of their suppliers; and Cisco, Dell and IBM are investing in smart grids. This volume showcases pioneering efforts among companies, citizens, and government agencies that are moving from theory to practice by placing sustainability at the core of their development strategies.

This book presents emerging technology management approaches and applied cases from leading infrastructure sectors such as energy, healthcare, transportation and education. Featuring timely topics such as fracking technology, electric cars, Google¿s eco-friendly mobile technology and Amazon Prime Air, the volume¿s contributions explore the current management challenges that have resulted from the development of new technologies, and present tools, applications and frameworks that can be utilized to overcome these challenges.Emerging technologies make us rethink how our infrastructure will look in the future. Solar and wind generation, for example, have already changed the dynamics of the power sector. While they have helped to reduce the use of fossil fuels, they have created management complications due to their intermittent natures. Meanwhile, information technologies have changed how we manage healthcare, making it safer and more accessible, but not without implications for cost and administration. Autonomous cars are around the corner. On-line education is no longer a myth but still a largely unfulfilled opportunity. Digitization of car ownership is achievable thanks to emerging business models leveraging new communication technologies. The major challenge is how to evaluate the relative costs and benefits of these technologies. This book offers insights from both researchers and industry practitioners to address this challenge and anticipate the impact of new technologies on infrastructure now and in the future.

This book explores European security and defense R&D policy, unveiling the strategic, industrial, institutional and ideational sources of the European Commission¿s military research initiative. Starting from a well-defined empirical epicentre¿the rise of non-civilian R&D priorities in the European Union¿this book covers interrelated themes and topics such as approaches to arms production and R&D collaboration relationships between European R&D-related institutions technology and research foundations of European security policy past and present European armament collaborations transatlantic R&D collaboration the militarization of border security. Divided into 5 sections, the enclosed chapters explore the EU technology and innovation policy in regards to security, industrial competitiveness and military capabilities. The terrorist attacks in the US on September 11, 2001 provided a window of opportunity for the introduction of security as a distinct European R&D priority. In fact, since 2002, the Preparatory Action for Security Research (PASR) has funded 45 million euros to 39 research consortia to conduct security R&D. While the idea of pooling defense research efforts and programmes in Europe is not new, the establishment of institutions like the European Defense Agency (EDA) are a major step into institutionalizing European agencies involvement in supporting defense technology research. It is against this backdrop of policy developments that this book is positioned, in addition to addressing some of the political, economic, industrial and philosophical questions that arise. Featuring contributions from a variety of academic fields and industries, this book will be of interest to scholars, researchers, students and policy makers in the fields of security policy, international relations, innovation, European studies and military studies.

This book analyses the relationships among product safety strategy and culture, concurrent engineering, new product development (NPD) processes and product safety performance.

This volume presents a state-of-the-art overview of the rapidly evolving field of agribusiness, highlighting the most current issues, concepts, trends and themes in research, practice and policy.  With a particular emphasis on technology, product and process innovation, the authors cover a wide array of topics relating to such issues as research and development, technology transfer and patents and licensing, with particular respect to the roles of academic institutions, private organizations and public agencies in generating and disseminating knowledge. Featuring case studies of innovative initiatives across the industry, this book will appeal to researchers, business leaders, university administrators and policymakers concerned with the multi-faceted implications of this dynamic and controversial sector.

This book presents the emerging paradigm and methodology, Open Innovation 2.0 (OI2), which aims to help drive significant structural changes and benefits through digital innovation to society and industry.

Here, Frederick Betz builds a new framework, applying social science perspective to explain societal history and social theory. He develops a general topological theory of societal dynamics which can be used to establish grounded principles of societal wisdom.

The ability to harness information and communication technology (ICT) is central to national competitiveness and sustainable development. This essential publication shows how specific governments are creatively weaving ICT into their development strategies.

The ability to harness Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) is at the heart of national competitiveness and sustainable development. This book provides a framework for assessing the opportunities, challenges, and prospects for "e-transformation."

This volume examines the challenges and prospects for economic integration throughout Europe and in other regions, including Asia. It addresses the empirical and theoretical aspects of such topics as monetary union, social policy reform and public finance.

This multi-faceted analysis of the economic, political, and social forces at work in a restive Middle East has commentaries from the region's academics as well as European and American scholars, granting new insights into the area's developmental prospects.

They discuss operational issues, such as strategic management, IT governance, leadership development, and entrepreneurial culture, and broader concerns, such as the roles and responsibilities of universities in promoting technology transfer and economic and social development.

This is the first comprehensive view of innovation system development in small catching-up economies. The authors describe the limitations as well as the advantages, and outline a set of normative guidelines for enhancing innovation system development.

This volume explores the notion of cross-cultural knowledge management, which looms ever larger in multicultural organizations in the era of globalization. It draws on a variety of disciplines to show how we can make knowledge dissemination more efficient.

The ability to harness information and communication technology (ICT) is central to national competitiveness and sustainable development. This essential publication shows how specific governments are creatively weaving ICT into their development strategies.

Using the University of Klagenfurt as an in-depth case study, this book assesses new information and communication technology. Explores the effects of digital media on research, the preservation and dissemination of knowledge and education delivery.

This book analyzes ways that vital institutional knowledge generated at the international organization level is codified into global standards, and disseminated. The focus is on the developing world, where legal and regulatory infrastructure is often lacking.

This book provides a richly illustrated study of sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. Specifically, it examines the ways in which governmental policies and practices modify the social conditions necessary to promote innovation in businesses and by so doing impact economic development. Exploring topics such as green innovation, green customer capital, smart cities, green entrepreneurship and environmental responsibility, this book presents some of the most current research and best practices in the field.In today¿s global economy, strategies, policies and practices that address the negative effects of human activity on the environment need to be incorporated into the business framework in order for companies to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. Around the world, such changes have already resulted in a broad range of products, production methods and technical features that ensure environmental protection. At the same time, the mass mediäs communication of a deteriorating earth have motivated a growing number of citizens in both developed and developing nations to modify their consumption habits towards more ecological products. Consequently, an increasing number of companies are reacting to these changes in business and legal frameworks and consumer preferences by investing in new forms of green innovation or ¿eco-innovation¿ designed to promote both environmental and corporate sustainability. For example, Hewlett-Packard eliminated lead from its welding process; Wal-Mart reduced the emissions of their suppliers; and Cisco, Dell and IBM are investing in smart grids. This volume showcases pioneering efforts among companies, citizens, and government agencies that are moving from theory to practice by placing sustainability at the core of their development strategies.

This book explores the transition of trade in ideas from an exchange mainly within firms and nations to one between firms and nations and investigates the licensing contract and mechanisms of trade as this exchange moves towards organized markets with prices.

This is the first book to explore the dynamics of family business from a knowledge management perspective. It integrates the literature from family business, entrepreneurship, industrial psychology, and knowledge management.

In this book, Frederick Betz offers a holistic approach to science, incorporating philosophical and practical elements in a framework that integrates scientific method, content, administration and application. All key concepts are supported with case studies.

Synthesizing the literature from related fields including macroeconomics, technology transfer, and innovation, the author's rigorous methodology shows that Total Factor Productivity is positively related to GDP and is mediated by research and development.

This book explores the network enterprise and its evolution from Medieval guilds to the innovation clusters of Silicon Valley. It examines organizations that operate as networks and interact with firms along the supply chain and in complementary industries.

This book identifies the key ingredients for the strategic integration of information and communication technology (ICT) into national development, with examples from around the world. It demonstrates how ICT can be implemented to support economic development.

This text draws on current research and best practices from around the world to provide practical tools for promoting economic and social transformation through information and communication technology. It includes many illustrative international examples.

This book examines the dynamics of the Chinese economy, including ownership structure, management design, labor-management relations, business infrastructure, and capitalization in both the public and private sectors.

This volume presents a state-of-the-art overview of the rapidly evolving field of agribusiness, highlighting the most current issues, concepts, trends and themes in research, practice and policy.  With a particular emphasis on technology, product and process innovation, the authors cover a wide array of topics relating to such issues as research and development, technology transfer and patents and licensing, with particular respect to the roles of academic institutions, private organizations and public agencies in generating and disseminating knowledge. Featuring case studies of innovative initiatives across the industry, this book will appeal to researchers, business leaders, university administrators and policymakers concerned with the multi-faceted implications of this dynamic and controversial sector.