The role of universities in the system of innovation changed dramatically in the last fifty years. This observation is … in the GDR but did not guarantee the success of the system of innovation. This study examines the process of discipline … innovation. Employing the method of collective biography this study demonstrates that the scientific elites in east and west …

Although the label innovation is applied to almost everything, with even the diffusion of innovations to society being … called innovation, innovation research remains focused on bringing technology to the economic market. This dissonance … provoked the central questions discussed at the 2nd International Conference on Indicators and Concepts of Innovation (ICICI …

In the semantic architecture of the society of the knowledge the innovation concept is the fundamental brick. It is an … technological innovation, in the European Union research laboratory, and in the Andalusian government organ dedicated to the … innovation, science and business. In the university, and the public research institutes area the main point is research. Three …

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 in Latin America, Cultures of Innovation largely accrue from the informal …