This book examines healthcare innovation processes, shedding light on the controversies endemic to innovation, which make such processes notoriously challenging. While, in the heat of action, controversies may be seen as barriers to innovation, observations reported in this volume point to...

One theme of this volume is whether the complementarity between technology and human capital is a recent phenomenon, or whether it can be traced through history. Different approaches to human capital as well as technology are applied, and besides historical surveys are total factor productivity...

The central aim of The Industrial Experience of Tanzania is to explain why the Tanzanian manufacturing sector experienced a long period of stagnation after an initial phase of rapid industrial growth. Tanzania has been an extreme case with a high level of state intervention, but the contributors...

The Korean government believes it can turn the country into one of the top 10 competitive economies by 2010. This volume offers an in-depth analysis of the Korean innovation system and shows how its science and technology policies actually work. As Korea's economy is now reaching the status of a...

On Line Citizenship discusses the evolutionary trends of cities in terms of e-government in the present and future technological scenario. The focus is on the transformation of the relationships between city administrations and citizens due to Information and Communication Technology. On a broad...

With the ongoing restructuring in Sudan, structural issues such as the need for skill development and interaction with technological change need an in-depth analysis that this book offers. The central themes of this book are- required skill formation, upskilling of the workers, and their...

Der Autor stellt ein Konzept der Früherkennung konvergierender Technologiebereiche vor, das die Einschätzung der Konvergenzfähigkeit von Technologien aus unterschiedlichen und sich ergänzenden Industrien ermöglicht. Dieses Konzept erlaubt die Identifizierung attraktiver Innovationsfelder,...

How Polish Firms Use the EU Funds for Innovative Projects? -- Competitive Intelligence Among SMEs -- Workplace Bullying in Malaysia -- Team Context and Team Performance -- Discussion Frames in Motherhood Blogs -- Strategic Partnerships in the Construction Industry in Latvia -- A Proposed...

Technologieorientierte Unternehmen entwickeln und vermarkten innovative Produkte und Leistungen und spielen eine wichtige Rolle im volkswirtschaftlichen Strukturwandel. Ihre Gründung und ihr Aufbau sind mit einem hohen Kapitalbedarf verbunden, und die Frage der Finanzierung ist bereits im...

Technologieorientierten Unternehmen wird ein Hang zum Overengineering und zu einer Vernachlässigung marktorientierter Aspekte bei der Leistungserstellung ihrer Produkte nachgesagt. Bei der Auswahl von strategischen Managementkonzeptionen werden diejenigen präferiert, deren...