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Author: Eduardo Albuquerque
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2015-01-30
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 1784711101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInteractions between firms and universities are key building blocks of innovation systems. This book focuses on those interactions in developing countries, presenting studies based on fresh empirical material prepared by research teams in 12 countries
Author: Gabriela Dutrénit
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2014-08-29
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 1782548688
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique book brings together new perspectives on inclusive development and the kinds of science, technology and innovation that can foster this form of development.
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study defines the aims and tools of a new innovation policy and identifies examples of good policy practice recently implemented in OECD countries.
Author: Ludovit Garzik
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-11-26
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 3030806391
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book places a central question: why are some regions in the world more successful in innovation than others? It aims to increase readers ́ understanding of how innovation processes are accelerated or hindered by regional characteristics. A deep dive into differences of innovation ecosystems across global regions will provide a detailed mosaic of strengths and weaknesses. The audience will also learn to assess the resources and elements of regional innovation systems and to compare and contrast structures and processes in innovation management in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The speciality of the book lies in its focus on the patterns that are behind the development of many successful innovation regions and it defines the ingredients for right planning and policy development.
Author: Bengt-Åke Lundvall
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 1849803420
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe innovation systems (IS) approach emerged as a theoretical framework in the industrialized world in the mid-1990s to explain innovation and growth in the developed world. This Handbook is the first attempt to adapt the IS approach to developing countries from a theoretical and empirical viewpoint. The Handbook brings eminent scholars in economics, innovation and development studies together with promising young researchers to review the literature and push theoretical boundaries. They critically review the IS approach and its adequacy for developing countries, discuss the relationship between IS and development, and address the question of how it should be adapted to the realities of developing nations. Spanning national, sectoral and regional innovation systems across Asia, Latin America and Africa, and written by the world s leading scholars within the field, this comprehensive Handbook will strongly appeal to academics, researchers and students with an interest in innovation and technology in developing countries.
Author: Willem van Winden
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-04-11
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1317917456
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy are some regions and cities so good at attracting talented people, creating high-level knowledge, and producing exciting new ideas and innovations? What are the ingredients of success? Can innovative cities be created and stimulated, or do they just flourish by mere chance? This book analyses the development and management of innovation systems in cities, in order to provide a better understanding of what makes such systems perform. The book opens by developing a conceptual model that combines insights from urban economics with economic geography, urban governance and place marketing. This highlights the relevance of path dependence, different types of proximity (and the role of clusters, networks and platforms), institutional conditions, place attractiveness and place identity in the evolution of local innovation systems. The authors then draw on this conceptual framework to structure empirical case studies in three cities with a relatively high innovation performance: Eindhoven (the Netherlands), Stockholm (Sweden) and Suzhou (China). Through these case studies they provide a detailed analysis of how successful innovation systems evolve and what makes them tick. Unique to this book is the linking of analysis to concrete policy and management responses. The book ends with a discussion on six themes in the development of successful urban innovation systems: firm-capabilities and leader firms, higher education and research, attractive environment, place branding, institutional environment and entrepreneurship. Each theme is examined fully, drawing lessons from the case studies, and from recent insights and other cases discussed in the literature. This title will be of interest to students, researchers and policymakers involved in regional innovation systems, knowledge locations and cluster development.
Author: H. James Harrington
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2019-09-26
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1000693228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCurrently, the prime focus for US business plans should not be on the manufacturing process design and delivery processes, but on greatly improving innovation leadership, design engineering capability, and sales and marketing innovation. These three areas have been sadly lacking significant performance improvement during the past 20 years. The magic word for US business is "simplification." Most of the books written to date focus on the solution development aspect of the Innovation System Cycle, which is less than 15% of the total innovative system. Focusing on solution development is only the start -- the rest of the innovation system cycle is what turns an idea into a profitable business. The techniques in this book are directed at key tasks across the innovative process, such as maximizing quality, productivity, maintainability, usability, and reliability, while focusing on reducing the product cycle time and costs within the innovative process. This book uses more than 50 different approaches/concepts, which leads the reader in a very simple method for understanding, establishing, and effectively using an innovative system to provide a significant marketing advantage. Previous books have focused on what to do; however, this book focuses on how to do it. It transforms a complicated complex system into easy-to-use and understand methodology.
Author: Bengt-Åke Lundvall
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 1843318822
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'National Systems of Innovation' presents a new perspective on the dynamics of the national and the global economy. Its starting point is that the international competitiveness of nations is founded on innovation. Which role do different parts of the national system play in determining the long-term dynamics of the economy? What is happening to the coherence of national systems of innovation in an era characterised by far-reaching internationalisation and globalisation? These and other issues are addressed in this volume. Available for the first time in paperback, the book is an invaluable resource for scholars and policy-makers.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2001-06-11
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9264193383
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolicies to stimulate innovation at national and local levels must both build on and contribute to the dynamics of innovative clusters. This book presents a series of papers written by policy makers and academic experts in the field, that demonstrate why and how this can be done.
Author: Jorge Niosi
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781849802543
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'The book by Jorge Niosi, Building National and Regional Innovation Systems is a welcome and timely contribution to the literature. The book is about how to promote science, technology and innovation for development and catching up in developing countries. Niosi presents a clear opinion of how countries should stimulate catching up. . . This book is highly recommendable to students, researchers and policy-makers. It is commendable more for its clearly stated and thought-provoking messages than for its empirical examples. I found that the examples are used more to demonstrate the correctness of Niosi's arguments than to critically investigate their relevance.' - Arne Isaksen, Papers in Regional Science
