Introduction / Gerald I. Susman -- Exploring the reach. of innovation-related cooperation in small firms / Mark Freel … -- Innovation, productivity, and growth : an analysis of Irish data / James H. Love, Stephen Roper -- Innovation strategies and … conceptual framework to describe network effectiveness / Irene J. Petrick, Carleen Maitland -- Sourcing of innovation as …

Manuel Castells--one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists--has drawn together a stellar group of contributors … analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the world in terms of the critical … role of electronic communication networks in business, everyday life, public services, social interaction and politics. The …

This book focuses on the development of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) and the associated market … evolution of a range of Knowledge Intensive Business Services. Through an examination of KIBS sectors such as computer services …, management consultancy and R&D services, the contributions in this book argue that the evolution of KIBS is strongly associated …

(including the internet) and mobile telecommunications (including the mobile internet). A sectoral systems of innovation approach … innovation is evolving and how previously independent systems are now converging. In particular, they address the question of … production of both goods and services, they highlight the critical interdependence of service innovations and manufacturing …

relationships between services, production and innovation. The authors discuss the limitations of current theories to explain …pt. 1. Productivity and performances in services -- pt. 2. Innovation in services and through services … service productivity and innovation, and call for a conceptual re-working of the ways in which these are measured. They also …

world marked by major transitions … Labor Force, 1990-2000 / Frédéric Delmar, Karin Hellerstedt and Karl Wennberg -- 5. Innovation and the characteristics of …