-of-the-art overview of current research on innovation and entrepreneurship in functional regions. There are numerous questions regarding … entrepreneurship and innovation in functional regions that have not yet been answered - until now. Some of the issues that the expert … are entrepreneurial actions and innovation? How important are firm size, firm maturity and corporate structure for …

-tech achievements. The authors argue that since commercialization has become the ultimate objective of innovation activity, the … innovation capability of the corporate sector. They go on to explore regions with the greatest scale and depth of high …

economy and business environments, covering topics as diverse as industrial innovation, trade, FDI, productivity, value chain … of Chinese firms. Eminent global scholars provide contributions on a variety of topics, including: industrial innovation …, technological innovation and learning, the performance of Chinese international joint ventures, the global consumer, foreign direct …

Contents: Preface -- 1. State-owned enterprise, government, and the innovation ecosystem -- 2. Formation of the dual … innovation systems in China -- 3. State Grid and user-driven innovation: the case of ultra-high voltage power transmission -- 4 …. TD-SCDMA, LTE-TDD, and China Mobile: catch-up and innovation in the Chinese telecommunications industry -- 5. China …

1. Introduction / David Smallbone, Markku Virtanen and Arnis Sauka -- Part I innovation -- 2. Innovation processes in …Entrepreneurship and innovation are arguably the main drivers of economic development today. This book explores the two … established EU member states. Split into three parts, the book focuses on: innovation, entrepreneurial activity and regional …

1. Innovation, entrepreneurship and culture, a matter of interaction between technology, progress and economic growth …? : an introduction -- 2. Conceptualizing innovation management and culture in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region … of hope? -- 7. Entrepreneurship and the design process : the paradox of innovation in a routine design process -- 8 …

Contents: Preface and Introduction / Mitsuru Kodama -- 1. Innovation through boundaries vision and dynamic capabilities … creation perspective / Mitsuru Kodama -- 3. Knowledge convergence and design-driven innovation through boundaries knowledge … - new knowledge from the knowledge convergence and design-driven innovation perspectives / Mitsuru Kodama and Masashi Kimura …