The International Handbook on Innovation
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Table of contents
- Contentsv
- Dedicationxi
- About the Authorsxiii
- Prefacexxvii
- PART I: INTRODUCTION1
- Chapter 1. Understanding Innovation: Introduction to Some Important Issues3
- PART II: THE NATURE OF INNOVATION15
- Chapter 1. The Neurophysiological Basis of Innovation17
- Chapter 2. On the Nature of Individual Innovation31
- Chapter 3. Models of Innovation44
- Chapter 4. Evolutionary Models of Innovation and the Meno Problem54
- Chapter 5. The Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness: Its Implications for Understanding the Nature of79
- Chapter 6. Innovation and Strategic Reflexivity: An Evolutionary Approach Applied to Services97
- Chapter 7. The Nature and Dynamics of Discontinuous and Disruptive Innovations from a Learning and K115
- Chapter 8. Profitable Product Innovation: The Critical Success Factors139
- Chapter 9. Types of Innovations158
- Chapter 10. Problem Generation and Innovation170
- Chapter 11. The Role of Flexibility in Innovation180
- Chapter 12. The Effect of Mood On Creativity in the Innovative Process191
- Chapter 13. Case Studies of Innovation: Ordinary Thinking, Extraordinary Outcomes204
- Chapter 14. Innovation and Evolution: Managing Tensions Within and Between the Domains of Theory and248
- Chapter 15. E-Creativity and E-Innovation258
- PART III: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN INNOVATIVE ABILITY265
- Chapter 1. The Art of Innovation: Polymaths and Universality of the Creative Process267
- PART IV: DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATION ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN279
- Chapter 1. Young Inventors281
- Chapter 2. Exceptional Creativity Across the Life Span: The Emergence and Manifestation of Creative293
- Chapter 3. Innovations by the Frail Elderly309
- PART V: ASSESSMENT OF INNOVATION319
- Chapter 1. The Measurement of Innovativeness321
- PART VI: DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATION331
- Chapter 1. Developing High Potentials for Innovation in Young People Through the Schoolwide Enrichme333
- Chapter 2. Towards a Logic of Innovation347
- Chapter 3. The Development of Innovative Ideas Through Creativity Training366
- Chapter 4. Intuitive Tools for Innovative Thinking377
- Chapter 5. Stimulating Innovation388
- Chapter 6. Developing Innovative Ideas Through High Intellectual and Creative Educational Multimedia401
- PART VII: INNOVATIONS IN DIFFERENT DOMAINS419
- Chapter 1. Dimensions of Scientific Innovation421
- Chapter 2. Do Radical Discoveries Require Ontological Shifts?430
- Chapter 3. Understanding Scientific Innovation: The Case of Nobel Laureates445
- Chapter 4. Innovation in the Social Sciences: Herbert A. Simon and the Birth of a Research Tradition458
- Chapter 5. Poetic Innovation471
- Chapter 6. Directions for Innovation in Music Education: Integrating Conceptions of Musical Giftedne485
- Chapter 7. Determinants of Technological Innovation: Current Research Trends and Future Prospects513
- Chapter 8. Innovation in Financial Services Infrastructure529
- Chapter 9. Innovation in Integrated Electronics and Related Technologies: Experiences with Industria548
- PART VIII: BASIC APPROACHES TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF INNOVATION IN SOCIAL CONTEXT557
- Chapter 1. The Barriers Approach to Innovation559
- Chapter 2. Knowledge Management Processes and Work Group Innovation574
- Chapter 3. Creativity and Innovation = Competitiveness? When, How, and Why587
- Chapter 4. Innovation Tensions: Chaos, Structure, and Managed Chaos607
- Chapter 5. Involvement in Innovation: The Role of Identity619
- Chapter 6. Managers’ Recognition of Employees’ Creative Ideas: A Social-Cognitive Model631
- Chapter 7. Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation: Issues, Research and Stakeholder Interests641
- PART IX: INNOVATIONS IN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS665
- Chapter 1. Encouraging Innovation in Small Firms Through Externally Generated Knowledge667
- Chapter 2. Linking Knowledge, Networking and Innovation Processes: A Conceptual Model680
- Chapter 3. Managing Innovation in Multitechnology Firms695
- Chapter 4. Innovation Processes in Transnational Corporations702
- Chapter 5. An Analysis of Research and Innovative Activities of Universities in the United States715
- Chapter 6. Incubating and Networking Technology Commercialization Centers among Emerging, Developing739
- Chapter 7. Science Parks: A Triumph of Hype over Experience?750
- PART X: INNOVATION MANAGEMENT759
- Chapter 1. Challenges in Innovation Management761
- Chapter 2. Managing Technological Innovation in Business Organizations775
- Chapter 3. Towards a Constructivist Approach of Technological Innovation Management790
- Chapter 4. Promotors and Champions in Innovations: Development of a Research Paradigm804
- PART XI: INNOVATION LEADERSHIP813
- Chapter 1. Innovation and Leadership815
- PART XII: INNOVATION AND MARKETING833
- Chapter 1. Innovation and Market Research835
- Chapter 2. Marketing and the Development of Innovative New Products845
- PART XIII: INNOVATION AROUND THE WORLD: EXAMPLES OF COUNTRY EFFORTS, POLICIES, PRACTICES AND ISSUES857
- Chapter 1. Innovation Process in Hungary859
- Chapter 2. Innovation under Constraints: The Case of Singapore873
- Chapter 3. Continuous Innovation in Japan: The Power of Tacit Knowledge882
- Chapter 4. Innovation in Korea890
- Chapter 5. Regional Innovations and the Economic Competitiveness in India904
- Chapter 6. Innovation Process in Switzerland915
- Chapter 7. Systems of Innovation and Competence Building Across Diversity: Learning from the Portugu945
- Chapter 8. The Taiwan Innovation System976
- Chapter 9. Innovation in the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector: A Strategic Sector of Canada’s Economy1000
- Chapter 10. The National German Innovation System: Its Development in Different Governmental and Ter1018
- Chapter 11. Frankenstein Futures? German and British Biotechnology Compared1044
- PART XIV: INNOVATIONS OF THE FUTURE1071
- Chapter 1. Future Innovations in Science and Technology1073
- Chapter 2. The Future of Innovation Research1094
- PART XV: CONCLUSION1101
- Chapter 1. Research on Innovation at the Beginning of the 21st Century: What Do We Know About It?1103
- Author Index1113
- Subject Index1149
The International Handbook on Innovation is the most comprehensive and authoritative account available of what innovation is, how it is measured, how it is developed, how it is managed, and how it affects individuals, companies, societies, and the world as a whole. Leading specialists from around the world, responsible for much of the current research in the field, analyze the multidisciplinary and multifaceted nature of innovation, its types and levels, its criteria, its development, its management, its specificity in various domains and contexts, and societal demands on it. They consider innovation from the viewpoints of psychology, management science, business, technology, sociology, philosophy, economics, history, education, art, and public policy.
With contributions from over 90 distinguished authors covering 17 nations, readers will obtain expert insight into the latest research and future developments in the field of innovation. The Handbook will present many facets of innovation including its nature, its development, its measurement, its management, and its social, cultural, and historical context. The breadth of this work will allow the reader to acquire a comprehensive and panoramic picture of the nature of innovation within a single handbook. The reader will develop an accurate sense of what spurs potentially creative and innovative people and companies toward their extraordinary achievements and exceptional performances.
The handbook can be used as a reference source for those who would like information about a particular topic, or from cover to cover either as a sourcebook or as a textbook in a course dealing with innovation. Anyone interested in knowing the wide range of issues regarding innovation will want to read this handbook.
Contributions from over 90 distinguished authors covering 17 nations
International in scope, reflecting global perspectives
Essential reading for researchers and practitioners in the fields of psychology, management science, business, technology, sociology, philosophy, economics, history, education art, and public policy
With contributions from over 90 distinguished authors covering 17 nations, readers will obtain expert insight into the latest research and future developments in the field of innovation. The Handbook will present many facets of innovation including its nature, its development, its measurement, its management, and its social, cultural, and historical context. The breadth of this work will allow the reader to acquire a comprehensive and panoramic picture of the nature of innovation within a single handbook. The reader will develop an accurate sense of what spurs potentially creative and innovative people and companies toward their extraordinary achievements and exceptional performances.
The handbook can be used as a reference source for those who would like information about a particular topic, or from cover to cover either as a sourcebook or as a textbook in a course dealing with innovation. Anyone interested in knowing the wide range of issues regarding innovation will want to read this handbook.
Contributions from over 90 distinguished authors covering 17 nations
International in scope, reflecting global perspectives
Essential reading for researchers and practitioners in the fields of psychology, management science, business, technology, sociology, philosophy, economics, history, education art, and public policy