This collection investigates the phenomenon of ""Open Innovation,"", in which firms draw on research and development … that may lie outside their own boundaries. The book's contributors link the practice of innovation to the established body … of innovation rsearch, showing what's new and what's familiar in the process. Looking in depth at a process recently …

Many warn that the next stage of globalization--the offshoring of research and development to China and India …--prosperity at home, and why trying to maintain the U.S. lead by subsidizing more research or training more scientists will do more … harm than good. When breakthrough ideas have no borders, a nation's capacity to exploit cutting-edge research regardless of …