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 …

Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry traces the discovery and development of drugs in Japan and the UK both …-asthmatic drugs -- 5. Histamine H2 antagonists -- 6. LHRH analogues -- 7. Three case studies of pharmaceutical innovation in Japan …

Managing New Product Development and Innovation provides a new approach to the microeconomics of innovation by … measuring the technical quality of new products and guiding the managers of innovation and technology in the central … new product development and innovation. By quantifying product features and evaluating the costs and market value of …

innovation producing appropriate technologies, addressing the needs of low-income populations, and providing alternative … solutions for sustainable development. The Handbook of Innovation & Appropriate Technologies for International Development … international communication technologies, open access, digital tools as well as entrepreneurship and innovation from within emerging …

viewpoint. The Handbook brings eminent scholars in economics, innovation and development studies together with promising young …pt. I. Innovation and development -- pt. II. Scales in innovation systems : theoretical progress and empirical overview … -- pt. III. Building blocks in innovation systems in developing countries : challenges under globalization -- pt. IV. IS …

diffusion of technology, and provides fresh evidence on the effects that these differences have on productivity and innovation …pt. 1. The changing role of multinational firms in innovation -- pt. 2. How firms differ in innovation, productivity … and internationalism -- pt. 3. Firm heterogeneity, multinationals and spillovers …

Kafouros theoretically and empirically examines the impacts of innovation and scientific knowledge on the productivity …'s productivity, and how multinationals build on external inventions, ideas and knowledge. The results confirm that not all firms can … benefit from innovation, and indicate that whilst some companies can turn technological advances into a powerful competitive …

, Marco Pironti and Alison Rieple -- 4. Designing for disruption: strategic business model innovation / Julian Jenkins and Tim … Andrawes, Anitha Moorthy and Adela Mcmurray -- 6. The customer journey as a tool for business innovation and transformation …. Researching the design innovation process in a multinational: an empathic approach to the application of delphi technique / Mersha …

, organising and coordinating R&D and innovation on a global scale. In addition to papers on the fundamental principles, trends and … concepts such as knowledge networks, open innovation and virtual innovation. It is a key reference collection for professors … technology and innovation officers keen to develop their corporate R&D more systematically …

relationship affects the dynamics of the global economy. In particular, the authors deal with the nexus between multinationals …, emerging economies and innovation from a variety of different perspectives. Innovation is regarded as a core driving force in …1. Multinationals are multicultural units : some indications from a cross-cultural study / Nantawan Noi Kwanjai and J …