Innovation ist zu einem Schlüsselbegriff der gegenwärtigen wissenschaftlichen und politischen Diskussion geworden. Unbestritten sind technologische Innovationen zentral für die ökonomische Dynamik. Gibt es nicht jedoch auch soziale Innovationen, die nicht nur gesellschaftlich und politisch,...

Chapter 1. Development Institutions as a Tool for Implementing Transformation Processes in the Economy -- Chapter 2. Managing for future crisis management under post-industrial modernization -- Chapter 3. High Technologies for Smart Cities Development -- Chapter 4. Digital State: Creation...

This book offers a critical and comparative understanding of post-industrial development, highlighting the driving forces and limitations, strategies, sources of funding, tools and technologies for its implementation. It presents the results of research on the formation and functioning of...

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Emergence of the Creative Society -- Chapter 2: The Creative Individual -- Chapter 3: The Entrepreneurial Individual -- Chapter 4: Cultural Individualism -- Chapter 5: Political Individualism -- Chapter 6: The Future of the Creative Society.

The globalized Western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas...