This volume highlights the importance of interactive, practice-based learning as a means to promote more thorough innovation dynamics in regional and national economies. Successful experiences in Scandanavia and southern European countries are examined, with insightful policy lessons extracted...

Begriffliche und konzeptionelle Grundlagen der Untersuchung -- Forschungsmethodik und theoretischer Bezugsrahmen -- Bestimmung des Forschungsmodells -- Design der empirischen Untersuchung -- Analyse der erhobenen Daten -- Diskussion der Ergebnisse und Ableitung von Implikationen.

This book illustrates the impact that a focus on environmental and social issues has on both de-risking assets and fostering innovation. Including impact as a new cornerstone of the investment triangle requires investors and clients to align interests and values and understand needs. This...

This book places knowledge, learning and innovation at the heart of cross-sector collaborations. Collaboration for innovation is a topic that has attracted widespread interest from academics, business strategists and government officials. To date the collaborations have focused on the...

This book collects and reports on the results of a study conducted on the Chinese Software and Services Outsourcing (SSO) industry, focusing on one of its main players as a key case study. Two sets of research findings are presented: first, the knowledge management and communication processes...

Die wettbewerbsstrategische Bedeutung der Standardisierung technologischer Innovationen im Business-to-Business-Bereich -- Rahmenbedingungen der Standardisierung technologischer Innovationen -- Standardisierung technologscher Innovationen in der ökonomischen analyse — Ein Überblick --...

Kreativität im Arbeitsleben.- Selbstregulation kreativer Leistungen -- Kreativitätsbarrieren in Gruppen und ihre Überwindung -- Innovationen in Organisationen -- Teams und Innovation -- Diversity, heterogene Teams und Innovation -- Grundlagen des Entrepreneurship.