"The focus of the book is on managing innovation through bridging gaps created from theories, relative advantages or … competitiveness, social differences, and innovation capability and performance"--Provided by publisher. …1. Cumulative causation as explanatory theory for innovation / Geoff Bamberry -- 2. Lowering the center of gravity …

1. Innovation through virtual technologies / N. Raghavendra Rao -- 2. Soft-touch Haptics modeling of dynamic surfaces …

"This book outlines different tools and technologies that can be applied depending on the type of innovation an … organization desires, providing concrete advice on the different types of innovation, situations in which innovation may be useful …1. Readiness for knowledge management, methods and environments for innovation / Ileana Hamburg, Timothy Hall -- 2 …

Gaspar, Arlindo Silva -- 14. Customer involved open innovation / Marcel Weber, Simone Geerts -- 15. Stimulating creativity … and innovation in and around organizations / Kirsten Sr̜ensen -- 16. Research project future of the present / Sandra Rech …

1. Have you taken your guys on the journey? / Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic, Fouad Nagm -- 2. Service innovation using … centric operations / Nimini Wickramasinghe, Rajeev Bali -- 4. Innovation translation, innovation diffusion and the technology …

"This book provides empirical research findings and best practices on creativity and innovation in business … participation / Natalya Sergeeva, Milan Radosavljevic -- 5. Cultivating innovation through social relationships / Ruth Bridgstock … and innovation / Fernando Sousa, Ileana Monteiro, René Pellissier -- 8. An interdisciplinary workshop for business …

. Collaborative and distributed innovation and research in business activity / Rob Allan, Rob Crouchley, and Ali Robertson -- 16. E …