The purpose of this ground-breaking book is to inspire the principle of innovation as a permeating program for Europe’s societies. After demonstrating early success from the realization of a single market and single currency, the European cooperation process is falling short of delivering much...

Ein professionelles Human Resource Management leistet einen unverzichtbaren Beitrag, damit in Unternehmen Innovationen erstellt und umgesetzt werden können. Dieses Lehrbuch stellt kritisch den aktuellen Wissensstand zu kreativitäts- und innovationsförderlichen Aspekte des Human Resource...

The Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (CI2E) is a three-volume electronic and print reference that uniquely covers the broad spectrum of topics relating to the process of creativity and innovation, from a wide variety of perspectives (e.g., economics,...

Jan Buchmann focuses on the valuation of a firm’s innovation potential based on that firm’s position in its lifecycle. Compared to existing research, the author does not center his research exclusively on mathematical valuation methodologies. Instead, the author compares collected valuation...

In der globalen Wissensgesellschaft rückt die Innovationspolitik immer stärker in den Mittelpunkt der Aufmerksamkeit von Politik, Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft. Zwischen der wachsenden Bedeutung und dem Wissen über Innovationspolitik besteht allerdings bisher noch eine deutliche Lücke....

Research and development (R and D) leads to innovation, and innovation leads to technological change. Technological change, in turn, is the primary driver of economic growth. Public/private partnerships -- cooperative relationships among industry, government, and/or universities -- leverage the...

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...

Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change brings together papers from leading international scholars in the field of regional development and policy. The contributors examine the interactions between path-dependent developments, institutions, and governance structures that influence regional...

The main underlining conviction, throughout the book, is the importance of dynamical and systemic approaches to innovation policies. The first part of the book provides the theoretical background for the subsequent more empirical contributions. In the second part, a series of three papers...