The academic firm is a type of firm (firm-based organization or institution) that is being driven by focusing on encouraging, supporting, and advancing knowledge production (research, research and experimental development, R&D) and knowledge application (innovation). The academic firm interprets...

From Development as Democracy to Innovation as Development: Current local, regional, and global economic and financial conditions and trends make the need to trigger, catalyze and accelerate high quantity and quality entrepreneurial initiatives that are based on high quality and quantity...

"This book highlights matters that relate to technology driven solutions toward the combination of social ecology and sustainable development, addressing the issues of development in advancing and transitioning economies through creating new ideas and solutions"--Provided by publisher.