Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- How to Use This Book -- Part I: Entrepreneurial Goals and Context -- Chapter 1: The Innovation Imperative -- Innovation Matters -- Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- Innovation Isn't Easy! -- Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- Dimensions of Innovation: What Can We Change? -- From Incremental to Radical Innovation… -- …to Components and Systems -- A Process Model for Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- Recognizing the Opportunity -- Finding the Resources -- Developing the Idea -- Capture Value -- The Context of Success -- How Can We Make Change Happen? -- Configuring the Innovation Process: Building Capability -- What, Why and When: The Challenge of Innovation Strategy -- Creating an Innovation Strategy -- Beyond the Steady State: The Challenge of Discontinuous Change and the Need for Dynamic Capability -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 2: Social Innovation -- What Is 'Social Innovation'? -- Different Players -- Individual Start-ups… -- Not Just Passionate Individuals -- Public Sector Innovation -- Innovation in the 'Third Sector' -- Supporting and Enabling Social Innovation -- Motivation: Why Do It? -- Why Organizations Do It -- Enabling Social Innovation -- The Challenges of Social Entrepreneurship -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 3: Innovation, Globalization and Development -- Globalization of Innovation -- Learning from Foreign Systems of Innovation -- National Systems of Innovation -- Incentives and Pressures: National Demand and Competitive Rivalry -- Building Capabilities and Creating Value -- Building BRICs: The Rise of New Players on the Innovation Stage -- Innovation for Development