Bücher der Reihe Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology

This book offers an in-depth look at entrepreneurship in ten diverse international universities ¿ from the northernmost university in Tromsø, Norway to one of Americäs largest universities in Austin, Texas, and examines how these universities commercialize scientific research, develop entrepreneurial degree programs, establish industry partnerships, and build cultures and ecosystems of innovation.

This book provides a multi-faceted approach to platforms and their profound impact on markets and ecosystems. Economic, managerial, social and political aspects are analysed, and the differentiation of platforms and their disruptive potential is reviewed.

Leadership is vital to creativity and successful innovation in groups and organizations; leadership is however seldom studied in the academic literature as a creativity driver. A number of specialist authors in this volume offer original theoretical, empirical, and applied chapters that elucidate how to better organize and lead creative efforts in science, technology, and innovation. A number of important research questions are raised and answered, including: What kinds of leaderships are needed at different levels of S&T organizations for a creative output? What social and cognitive abilities and skills are needed for leadership in creative environments? How does leadership vary with different phases of the creative process? This book offers concrete analysis of how leaders and managers can facilitate, promote, and organize for creative performance in science, technology, and in innovating organizations, making it required reading for academic and industrial research leaders, scientists, and engineers.

Given the financial investment in IT required by organizations to remain competitive, IT has become a resource that needs to be managed. Management and Information Technology evaluates organizations¿ utilization of IT including knowledge management and e-learning, accounting, and business relationships. Presenting theories to help the reader understand the varying roles IT can occupy in different organizations, this volume illustrates the ways in which IT has become a key strategic tool.

The aim of this book is to improve our understanding of creativity and the management of creativity, as discussed in the fields of management (including strategic management, organization science, organizational behaviour, and entrepreneurship), economics, sociology, regional studies, and political science.

The book investigates the definition of the theoretical basis and the operationalisation of the triple helix system of innovation in the context of developing countries. It considers the triple helix approach as a policy position that is capable of providing a sustainable basis for innovation and technological progress.

In many modern economies, creativity, the essential prerequisite for innovation, tends to be assumed or neglected while the catchphrase "innovation" dominates the field of business as the key to national performance and competitiveness. Creativity and Innovation in Business and Beyond illustrates the ways in which creativity spurs innovation and innovation enables creativity not only in the realms of business and management, where the innovation is regularly acknowledged and discussed, but throughout the social sciences. With contributions from experts in fields as far-flung as policy, history, economics, economic geography, sociology, law, psychology, social psychology and education, in addition to business and management, this volume explores the manifold avenues for creativity and innovation at many levels including nation, region, city, institution, organisation, and team across a multitude of sectors and settings.

Offers insights into the organization of free/open source (F/OS) software communities by examining the links between learning, division of labor and commercialization, demonstrating the need for a synthesis of work on both community organization and cooperation to understand F/OS community dynamics.

How do development and use of new technology relate? How can users contribute to innovation? This title studies these questions by following particular technologies over several product launches. It examines the emergence of inventive ideas about technology and uses, and how these are developed into products and embedded in health care practices.

Since the mid-1980s, the development of competitive strategies based on intensive innovation has deeply transformed the design of new products and services. The purpose of this book is to put forward a number of keys for understanding the ongoing dynamics for working professionals in the field of innovation.

Promotes our understanding of the implications of environmental issues in new product development. Through an empirical study in the human-powered vehicle sector, this book examines how and to what extent the environmental ambition of product developers and managers influences the way new products and services are developed.

Focuses on customer-related proactive behaviour in the study of radical innovation development, combining a thorough theoretical discussion with detailed international case studies, considering the role of proactivity in five firms.

Aims at clarifying the concept of organizational capital and determining its analytical and operational implications. This book shows how organizations integrate the organizational capital perspective in the definition and implementation of their strategies for resources' allocation.

Gathers together a collection of case studies of innovation in various industries in modern Japan, challenging accepted notions of Japanese innovation and emphasizing diverse trends and practices.

The US service sector accounts for a significant share of Gross Domestic Product (78.9 percent of GDP in 2002). Historically, the service sector was viewed as having little or no productivity growth and an inability to innovate. This book aims to provide a model for innovation in the service sector.

Draws together a diverse range of scholars to discuss the changes facilitated by the evolution of a range of technologies, such as wi-fi networks and mobile technologies.

This book provides valuable insights into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) though a thorough examination of Saudi Vision 2030, a 15-year economic plan by the KSA to diversify its economy from a heavy dependence on hydrocarbon to knowledge-based resources.

The EU has fewer young leading innovators, especially in high R&D intensity sectors, a key weakness in an increasingly knowledge-based economy. This volume explores the creation, origins and processes of innovation systems and institutions that can address this. Vital reading for academics, researchers and policy makers in entrepreneurship and innovation management.

This book offers an in-depth look at entrepreneurship in ten diverse international universities ¿ from the northernmost university in Tromsø, Norway to one of Americäs largest universities in Austin, Texas, and examines how these universities commercialize scientific research, develop entrepreneurial degree programs, establish industry partnerships, and build cultures and ecosystems of innovation.

This exciting new book addresses how governments are now seeking to drive innovation through new forms of R&D policies, through public procurement, skills development, entrepreneurship and innovation culture to name but a few of the approaches. The volume debates and presents scattered and anonymous material in a coherent way, with a particular focus is on `hot topics¿ in the field of innovation studies that have been previously under-researched. The book is divided into four key themes: government as a key actor in the innovation process, entrepreneurs as innovators, skills and competences required to maintain and improve innovation performance in Europe and finally, the wider context in which innovation policy develops.

This book provides insights into how new ventures in emerging economies and developing countries generate social innovation. It showcases new forms of business and how they are different from traditional business models.

Business and Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives provides a comprehensive collection of cutting edge theoretical and empirical contributions to the emerging field of business and development studies.

The book uses data from a range of European countries as well as comparisons with Asia and the USA in examining the 'consequences', or more accurately the inter-relationships between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and society at the microsocial (individual, household) level.

The book uses data from a range of European countries as well as comparisons with Asia and the USA in examining the 'consequences', or more accurately the inter-relationships between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and society at the microsocial (individual, household) level.

Identifies the important barriers to user-innovation. This book evaluates the democratization of innovation argument by assessing the main legal, economic, technological and societal barriers to user-innovation and proposing alternative possibilities. It offers strategies for minimizing factors that inhibit and stifle the spread of the phenomenon.

This book addresses frugal innovations that have never been accessible to the public. The book's main themes and objectives are global food security, consumer and industrial products, ethics and sustainability. affordable, essential services and organizational design.

Over the last decade governments in Europe and North America have attempted to improve efficiency of public services through Information and Communication Technology, commonly branded as electronic government (e-government). Public Sector Transformation through E-Government explores the influence that e-government has on public sector organizations, the organizational complexities that result, and its impact on citizens and democratic society.

Provides an understanding of key variables that play a significant role at the various stages of the innovation process, leading to successful commercialisation of products and services. This book consists of contributions focusing on theory, research and practise in the field of innovation, management and entrepreneurship.

Encompassing the politicized process of learning between companies and universities of differing culture and status responding to policy incentives, this book compares the implementation of 'knowledge transfer' policies in three modern industrial contexts, using case studies in the UK, USA and Japan.