Innovation Economics, Engineering and Management Handbook 1

Innovation Economics, Engineering and Management Handbook 1

Author: Dimitri Uzunidis

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2021-06-08

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1119832489

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Innovation, in economic activity, in managerial concepts and in engineering design, results from creative activities, entrepreneurial strategies and the business climate. Innovation leads to technological, organizational and commercial changes, due to the relationships between enterprises, public institutions and civil society organizations. These innovation networks create new knowledge and contribute to the dissemination of new socio-economic and technological models, through new production and marketing methods. Innovation Economics, Engineering and Management Handbook 1 is the first of the two volumes that comprise this book. The main objectives across both volumes are to study the innovation processes in todays information and knowledge society; to analyze how links between research and business have intensified; and to discuss the methods by which innovation emerges and is managed by firms, not only from a local perspective but also a global one. The studies presented in these two volumes contribute toward an understanding of the systemic nature of innovations and enable reflection on their potential applications, in order to think about the meaning of growth and prosperity.


Determinants of Innovative Behaviour

Determinants of Innovative Behaviour

Author: Cees van Beers

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-09-10

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0230285732

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A rich overview of current research on determinants of innovative behaviour. It is a unique work as it illuminates these from different perspectives such as, economics, management and psychology. Using several methods of analysis, it shows what specific determinants are predominant in explaining firm performance on innovation.


Innovation and Sustainability in Governments and Companies: A Perspective to the New Realities

Innovation and Sustainability in Governments and Companies: A Perspective to the New Realities

Author: Ernesto Leon-Castro

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2023-12-14

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1003807496

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Innovation and sustainability are issues that have become very relevant in recent years. This book presents a compilation of investigations on these topics, divided into those applied in government or enterprises. The objective is to demonstrate to the audience how these issues have been worked around the world and in different scenarios. Among the papers, there are works related to economic variables, imports, exports, and analysis in different sectors such as tourism, agriculture, education, and even in countries in general.


A Study of Innovative Behavior

A Study of Innovative Behavior

Author: Mark Anthony Robben

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-09-17

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 131794433X

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First published in 1999. This study integrated several streams of research on the antecedents of innovation to test a model of individual innovative behavior in a high technology product development organization. The world we live in today is a globally competitive environment of rapidly changing technologies. Organizations must harness the innovative potential of their employees to create better and novel ways to solve old and new problems or risk becoming extinct. Innovative organizations can gain a competitive advantage over their less innovative competition through better products, faster product development times, and lower priced products. The research sample used in this study contained Product Engineers, Application Engineers, Lab Technicians, and Product Designers in an Engineering Department responsible for the development of high technology products. Various survey instruments were used to measure individual problem solving style, leader-member exchange, role expectation, and work climate. The Kirton Adaption-Innovation (KAI) inventory, which is used in many countries, was used to evaluate problem solving style. The KAI score is the summation of the three sub-factors, sufficiency versus proliferation of originality, preference for efficiency, and rule/group conformity. In previous use of the KAI in the general population respondents scored consistently high or low in each of the three KAI sub-groups. In this study, innovative people in the high technology product development organization did not follow this general population trend. Unlike previous KAI studies the innovative people indicated a preference for efficiency. This makes intuitive sense in that to be innovative in a complex high technology environment an individual must have a preference toward efficiency to keep the complex information organized. As the complexity of information required in a high technology product development organization increases so must the complexity of innovative people increase. (D.B.A. dissertation, 1998; revised with new preface and index)


Global Innovation Index 2016

Global Innovation Index 2016

Author: Cornell University

Publisher: WIPO

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13:

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The Global Innovation Index ranks the innovation performance of 128 countries and economies around the world, based on 82 indicators. This edition explores the impact of innovation-oriented policies on economic growth and development. High-income and developing countries alike are seeking innovation-driven growth through different strategies. Some countries are successfully improving their innovation capacity, while others still struggle.


The American Economic Review

The American Economic Review

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 1224

ISBN-13:

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Includes annual List of doctoral dissertations in political economy in progress in American universities and colleges; and the Hand book of the American Economic Association.


Innovation, Science, and Institutional Change

Innovation, Science, and Institutional Change

Author: Jerald Hage

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2006-10-26

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 0199299196

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Innovation is a key factor not just in the research & design process, but in policy, institutions, & society. This handbook is unique in examining research findings & new theoretical models relating to innovation at a number of analytic levels: projects, organizations, industrial sectors, & society.


Organizational Innovation

Organizational Innovation

Author: Fariborz Damanpour

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781788117432

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This comprehensive book synthesizes research from the past 50 years of innovation studies, addressing the main elements and providing a connected perspective on innovation within organizations. It explores the generation and adoption of both technological and nontechnological innovations, offering a coherent and systematic view of the process. Fariborz Damanpour examines innovation activity and internal mechanisms and processes in both business and nonbusiness organizations, providing an overview of key concepts, terms, and theory. Insights from behavioral, economic, and structure-based perspectives are used to explain existing findings and help the reader navigate current research on the management of innovation, as well as offering ideas and frameworks to guide new studies. Organizational Innovationwill be an invaluable resource for researchers and graduate-level students of management and organization studies, particularly those working on the management of innovation and technology. It will also prove useful to educators in the field as a reference work for students.