Institutions And Innovation

Author : Steven Casper,Frans van Waarden
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 184542672X

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Innovation and Institutions by Steven Casper,Frans van Waarden Pdf

The idea behind this book is that institutions are important when it comes to explaining the specialisation and performance of national innovation systems. The idea is not new. But largely the institution-concept has remained somewhat vague and unspecified in the literature. This book is valuable since it succeeds in opening up the black box of institutions and organisations. The distinction between institutions at different levels and how they link up and form a systemic whole is especially original and fruitful. The interdisciplinary team behind the book has also produced a welcome antidote to the current tendency to benchmark innovation systems exclusively on the basis of quantitative indicators. The analysis demonstrates that some national systems do better in some specific areas because of being supported by institutions that are sometimes deeply rooted in history and culture. This is why imitating best-practice across countries is not a straight forward thing to do. Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Aalborg University, Denmark Innovation and Institutions is an extensive elaboration on the make up of systems of innovation. It examines why some countries are more innovative than others, why national styles of innovation differ, and goes on to explore why some countries make radical innovations but fail to successfully market them, whilst others making incremental innovations have more commercial success. The book draws on a variety of different literatures and perspectives to illustrate the organizational and institutional dimensions of national innovation systems. Literatures discussed include the economics of innovation, organizational sociology, administrative science, institutional economics, organizational learning, network analysis, business systems, economic governance and regulation. This truly interdisciplinary book will be invaluable to academics and researchers focussing on innovation in a wide range of fields. It will also strongly appeal to practitioners and policymakers concerned with innovation.

Author : M.P. Feldman,Nadine Massard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0792376145

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Institutions and Systems in the Geography of Innovation by M.P. Feldman,Nadine Massard Pdf

This volume provides a collection of theoretical articles and empirical studies on innovation and location by focusing on the institutions and systems that mediate knowledge spillovers. The objective is to provide an international comparison using a variety of approaches. The volume is organized around the three themes. The first focuses on theoretical work that attempts to advance our understanding of knowledge externalities and systems on innovation. The second section provides empirical studies that attempt to measure these impacts. The final section considers future challenges to regional economic development policy in the face of economic integration and globalization.

Author : Avner Greif,Lynne Kiesling,John V. C. Nye
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691202730

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Institutions, Innovation, and Industrialization by Avner Greif,Lynne Kiesling,John V. C. Nye Pdf

This book brings together a group of leading economic historians to examine how institutions, innovation, and industrialization have determined the development of nations. Presented in honor of Joel Mokyr—arguably the preeminent economic historian of his generation—these wide-ranging essays address a host of core economic questions. What are the origins of markets? How do governments shape our economic fortunes? What role has entrepreneurship played in the rise and success of capitalism? Tackling these and other issues, the book looks at coercion and exchange in the markets of twelfth-century China, sovereign debt in the age of Philip II of Spain, the regulation of child labor in nineteenth-century Europe, meat provisioning in pre–Civil War New York, aircraft manufacturing before World War I, and more. The book also features an essay that surveys Mokyr's important contributions to the field of economic history, and an essay by Mokyr himself on the origins of the Industrial Revolution. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Gergely Baics, Hoyt Bleakley, Fabio Braggion, Joyce Burnette, Louis Cain, Mauricio Drelichman, Narly Dwarkasing, Joseph Ferrie, Noel Johnson, Eric Jones, Mark Koyama, Ralf Meisenzahl, Peter Meyer, Joel Mokyr, Lyndon Moore, Cormac Ó Gráda, Rick Szostak, Carolyn Tuttle, Karine van der Beek, Hans-Joachim Voth, and Simone Wegge.

Author : Patrick Vermeulen,Jorg Raab
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134167470

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Innovations and Institutions by Patrick Vermeulen,Jorg Raab Pdf

Using institutional theory to explain innovation and merging academic and critical analysis with practical recommendations, this book provides a full and rich account of how new products are brought to market; considering both the successes and failures in equal measure.This book takes the meeting point of two seemingly incongruous schools of theor

Author : Marcus Kreuzer
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0472111868

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Institutions and Innovation by Marcus Kreuzer Pdf

Voters, Parties, and Interest Groups in the Consolidation of Democracy - France and Germany, 1870-1939

Author : Charles Edquist
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136600586

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Systems of Innovation by Charles Edquist Pdf

The systems of innovation approach is considered by many to be a useful analytical approach for better understanding innovation processes as well as the production and distribution of knowledge in the economy. It is an appropriate framework for the empirical study of innovations in their contexts and is relevant for policy makers. This text is the result of the work within an international inter-disciplinary network or "working seminar" with the task of building a more solid and sophisticated conceptual and theoretical foundation for the continued study of innovations in a systemic context. The book has three parts. The first presents an overview and tries to work out some conceptual problems. In the second, the systems of innovation approach is related to innovation theory. Part three is devoted to increasing understanding of the functioning and dynamics of systems of innovation. There is also an introduction where the genesis and anatomy of different systems of innovation approaches are discussed and where the systems of innovation approach is characterized in nine dimensions.

Author : Yūichi Shionoya,Mark Perlman
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0472105345

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Innovation in Technology, Industries, and Institutions by Yūichi Shionoya,Mark Perlman Pdf

In this volume a group of distinguished scholars take up the familiar Schumpeterian theme of innovation. They cast it in a new light by emphasizing not technology and innovation in particular industries but rather innovation in institutions and organizational structures. They thus cumulatively argue that innovation promotes not only industry but the evolution of society as a whole.

Author : M.P. Feldman,Nadine Massard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461508458

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Institutions and Systems in the Geography of Innovation by M.P. Feldman,Nadine Massard Pdf

This volume provides a collection of theoretical articles and empirical studies on innovation and location by focusing on the institutions and systems that mediate knowledge spillovers. The objective is to provide an international comparison using a variety of approaches. The volume is organized around the three themes. The first focuses on theoretical work that attempts to advance our understanding of knowledge externalities and systems on innovation. The second section provides empirical studies that attempt to measure these impacts. The final section considers future challenges to regional economic development policy in the face of economic integration and globalization.

Author : Babi?, Verica,Nedelko, Zlatko
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799827092

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Handbook of Research on Enhancing Innovation in Higher Education Institutions by Babi?, Verica,Nedelko, Zlatko Pdf

Innovation in higher education is a process of institutional adaptation to changes in the environment that enables higher education institutions to improve their existing practice and to be innovative at different levels and in different forms. Moreover, innovativeness is also related to internal characteristics of higher education institutions. Innovation in higher education can be observed as a result of the changing contexts in which higher education institutions function. Adjacently, a comprehensive approach to considering innovativeness is needed in order to enable the examination of different elements of innovativeness in higher education, that is, to identify the key factors that (de)stimulate innovations and affect their interactions with other relevant stakeholders at the national level and beyond. The Handbook of Research on Enhancing Innovation in Higher Education Institutions is a critical scholarly book that examines innovativeness in higher education and its complications and diversity. Starting from the view that higher education is currently confronted by global forces that require new research ideas, the publication suggests that comprehensive understanding of innovativeness is imperative for higher education’s institutions in the 21st century. Analyzing the recognized trends within the publication and concluding which aspects should be taken to improve innovativeness in higher education, this reference book outlines quality and innovation in teaching, innovative university-business cooperation, institutional framework and governance of higher education institutions, knowledge management, and leadership and organizational culture. It is ideal for curriculum designers, administrators, researchers, policymakers, academicians, professionals, and students.

Author : Shuanping Dai,Markus Taube
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351019729

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China's Quest for Innovation by Shuanping Dai,Markus Taube Pdf

The transition from a catching-up style economy to an innovation-driven economy poses a major challenge for China. This book examines the major issues at stake, outlines developments in crucial business fields and industries, and discusses the roles of top-down politics and bottom-up entrepreneurship. It focuses in particular on the institutional foundations of innovation, arguing that successful innovation relies on the favourable interplay of business, politics, and society, and that comprehensive institutional and organizational changes will be required in China in order for innovation to succeed. Overall, the book assesses how far China will be able to depart from the Western paradigm of successful innovation regimes and create its own innovation system with Chinese characteristics.

Author : Patrick T. Harker,Stavros A. Zenios
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000-05-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521777674

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Performance of Financial Institutions by Patrick T. Harker,Stavros A. Zenios Pdf

The efficient operation of financial intermediaries--banks, insurance and pension fund firms, government agencies and so on--is instrumental for the efficient functioning of the financial system and the fueling of the economies of the twenty-first century. But what drives the performance of these institutions in today's global environment? In this volume, world-renowned scholars bring their expertise to bear on the issues. Primary among them are the definition and measurement of efficiency of a financial institution, benchmarks of efficiency, identification of the drivers of performance and measurement of their effects on efficiency, the impact of financial innovation and information technologies on performance, the effects of process design, human resource management policies, as well as others.

Author : Carmen Păunescu,Katri-Liis Lepik,Nicholas Spencer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030840440

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Social Innovation in Higher Education by Carmen Păunescu,Katri-Liis Lepik,Nicholas Spencer Pdf

This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry leaders present new developments, research evidence, and practice expertise on social innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs), across academic and professional disciplines. The book includes a selected set of peer-reviewed chapters presenting different perspectives against which relevant actors can identify and analyse social innovation in HEIs. The volume demonstrates how HEIs can respond to societal challenges, support positive social change, and contribute to the development of international public policy discourse. It answers the question ‘how does the present higher education system, in different countries, promote social innovation and create social change and impact’. In answering this question, the book identifies factors driving success as well as obstacles. Furthermore, it examines how higher education innovation assists societal challenges and investigates the benefits of effective social innovation engagement by HEIs. The interdisciplinary approach of the volume makes it a must-read for scholars, students, policy-makers, and practitioners of economics, education, business and management, political science, and sociology interested in a better understanding of social innovation.

Author : M. Gertler,D. Wolfe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403907301

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Innovation and Social Learning by M. Gertler,D. Wolfe Pdf

How well suited are the institutions of a region, nation or international regime to the task of coping with the dramatic changes currently underway in the global economy? This volume examines this issue.

Author : John Howells
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 076197024X

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The Management of Innovation and Technology by John Howells Pdf

`The book provides a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers... In particular, it provides a good introduction to broader aspects of the field of innovation for researchers based within the engineering and science traditions′ - Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management `Howells has synthesised a broad range of sources with considerable insight to provide the first sophisticated single volume on innovation that draws on economics, sociology, law and from the history of science and technology. By setting innovation in social and institutional context, he convincingly shows how firms and markets shape and can be shaped by the decisions of managers and entrepreneurs. I will certainly be using this book as a central text for my Masters degree teaching on innovation management, management of technology and related topics′ - Jonathan Liebenau, London School of Economics and Columbia University `A great strength of the book is the extensive and detailed integration of rich case study analyses into the main flow of the argument. Many apparently well known cases are revisited and critically assessed to draw clear and often contrary to popular belief lessons. This is a highly original and commendable feature of this text. It provides an unusually strong integration between theory and examples. And there is no doubt of the relevance of the examples: they are not inserted as an afterthought, but are intrinsically part of the development of the thinking′ - Professor James Fleck, Head of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, University of Edinburgh Management School This book analyses a range of social contexts in which human decisions shape technology in the market economy. It comprises a critical review of both a select research literature and in-depth historical studies. Material is drawn from many social science disciplines to inform the reader of the reality of taking decisions on innovation. The chapters cover: - The social context for individual acts of creative insight - The development of the technology-market relationship - The management of R&D and technological standards - Technological competition - The role of institutions of finance in innovation - The reciprocal relationship between intellectual property law and technological innovation. - The role of technological skills and regimes of technological education in innovation. - An introduction to the role of the state in maintaining the innovative capacity of the private sector.

Author : John Hagel,John Seely Brown,Duleesha Kulasooriya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Organizational effectiveness
ISBN : 099057671X

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Institutional Innovation by John Hagel,John Seely Brown,Duleesha Kulasooriya Pdf