history of business operations from these four countries. Firstly, the book examines innovation practices of long … organizational and technological factors for long-term innovation success. Further, the book provides recommendations based on …

of industrial policies towards innovation. In line with this trend, the European Union significantly increased its … economic growth. Regional innovation policies display divergent returns according to different institutional conditions and … results show that better performing innovation strategies require the following factors: clear choices of locally congruent …

The Geography of Small Firm Innovation offers a unique look at the importance of geographic proximity to the innovative … activity of high-tech small firms. The book explores the concentration of innovation across metropolitan areas in the United … States during the 1990s, by introducing a novel measure of small-firm innovation based on the U.S. Small Business Innovation …

presented here compare the European and U.S. patterns in this regard. Moreover, Schumpeterian innovation dynamics as well as … energy policy issues receive attention. Considerable differences in innovation dynamics are reported across countries. The … book charts the role of different innovation systems and knowledge societies and highlights different policy approaches …

Factors and Effects -- 5 Local Utilities Under the EU Emission Trading Scheme: Innovation Impacts on Electricity Generation … EU Emissions Trading Schemes -- 7 Microgeneration in the UK and Germany from a Technological Innovation Systems … Perspective -- 8 Innovation and Diffusion of Renewables and CHP in the UK: Regulation and Liberalisation -- 9 The Context of …

to organizational stakeholders. This integrated focus on sustainable social innovation differentiates the book from … on Social Innovation (ROSI) through four pillars of social change: Open Circles, Focused Purpose Sharing, Mutuality of …Part I INTRODUCTION -- Managing for Return on Social Innovation (ROSI): Pillars for Sustainable Social Impact -- Part …