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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
Introduction
About the Authors
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Understanding Innovation Innovations in Some Important Issues
The Neurophysiological Basis of Innovation
On the Nature of Individual Innovation
Models of Innovation
Evolutionary Models of Innovation and the Memo Problem
The Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness Its Implications for Understanding the Nature of Innovation
Innovation and Strategic Reflexivity An Evolutionary Approach Applied to Services
The Nature and Dynamics of Discontinuous and Disruptive Innovations from a Learning and Knowledge Management Perspective
Profitable Product Innovation The Critical Success Factors
Types of Innovations
Problem Generation and Innovation
The Role of Flexibility in Innovation
The Effect of Mood On Creativity in the Innovative Process
Case Studies of Innovation Ordinary Thinking, Extraordinary Outcomes
Innovation and Evolution Managing Tensions Within and Between the Domains of Theory and Practice
E-Creativity and E-Innovation
The Art of Innovation Polymaths and Universality of the Creative Process
Young Inventors
Exceptional Creativity Across the Life Span The Emergence and Manifestation of Creative Genius
Innovations by the Frail Elderly
The Measurement of Innovativeness
Developing High Potentials for Innovation in Young People Through the Schoolwide Enrichment Model
Towards a Logic of Innovation
The Development of Innovative Ideas Through Creativity Training
Intuitive Tools for Innovative Thinking
Stimulating Innovation
Developing Innovative Ideas Through High Intellectual and Creative Educational Multimedia Technologies
Dimensions of Scientific Innovation
Do Radical Discoveries Require Ontological Shifts
Understanding Scientific Innovation The Case of Nobel L
Innovation in the Social Sciences Herbert A. Simon and the Birth of a Research Tradition
Poetic Innovation
Directions for Innovation in Music Education Integrating Conceptions of Musical Giftedness into General Educational Practice and Enhancing Innovation on the Part of Musically Gifted Students
Determinants of Technological Innovation Current Research Trends and Future Prospects
Innovation in Financial Services Infrastructure
Innovation in Integrated Electronics and Related Technologies Experiences with Industrial-Sponsored Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Programs and Single Investigator Programs in a Research University
The Barriers Approach to Innovation
Knowledge Management Processes and Work Group Innovation
Creativity and Innovation = Competitiveness When, How, and Why
Innovation Tensions Chaos, Structure, and Managed Chaos
Involvement in Innovation The Role of Identity
Managers' Recognition of Employees' Creative Ideas A Social-Cognitive Model
Venture Capital's Role in Innovation Issues, Research and Stakeholder Interests
Encouraging Innovation in Small Firms Through Externally Generated Knowledge
Linking Knowledge, Networking and Innovation Processes A Conceptual Model
Managing Innovation in Multitechnology Firms
Innovation Processes in Transnational Corporations
An Analysis of Research and Innovative Activities of Universities in the United States
Incubating and Networking Technology Commercialization Centers among Emerging,Developing, and Mature Technopoleis Worldwide
Science Parks. A Triumph of Hype over Experience
Challenges in Innovation Management
Managing Technological Innovation in Business Organizations
Towards a Constructivist Approach of Technological Innovation Management
Promotors and Champions in Innovations Development of a Research Paradigm
Innovation and Leadership
Innovation and Market Research
Marketing and the Development of Innovative New Products
Innovation Process in Hungary
Innovation under Constraints The Case of Singapore
Continuous Innovation in Japan The Power of Tacit Knowledge
Innovation in Korea
Regional Innovations and the Economic Competitiveness in India
Innovation Process in Switzerland
Systems of Innovation and Competence Building Across Diversity Learning from the Portuguese Path in the European Context
The Taiwan Innovation System
Innovation in the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector A Strategic Sector of Canada's Economy
The National German Innovation System Its Development in Different Governmental and Territorial Structures
Frankenstein Futures German and British Biotechnology Compared
Future Innovations in Science and Technology
The Future of Innovation Research
Research on Innovation at the Beginning of the 21st Century What Do We Know About It
Author index
Subject Index