Acclaimed entrepreneurship and innovation scholar Piero Formica, along with a strong and diverse cast of international contributors, explore the world of Open Innovation in this volume. Tackling new developments in the field, the authors examine altruism and the role of openness to unorthodox...

Introduction -- University Ecosystems Design Creative Spaces for Start-up Experimentation -- Capitalizing on Open Innovation 2.0 -- Laboratory Experiments as a Tool in the Empirical Economic Analysis of High-Expectation Entrepreneurship -- Accelerating Venture Creation and Building on Mutual...

In the knowledge economy, greater togetherness is the prerequisite for innovating and having more: selflessness extends scope while selfishness increases limitations. But human beings are not automatically attracted to innovation: between the two lies culture and cultural values vary widely,...

"The current economic era, characterized by the rapid and global dissemination of information and capital, has been called the ""knowledge age,"" the ""entrepreneurial society,"" and the ""intangibles economy,"" among other labels. Technological and productivity improvements continue to shift...

Knowledge -- Scenario Setting -- Foundation Laws of Knowledge Dynamics -- The Knowledge Value Chain -- Industry and Knowledge Clusters -- Embracing Business Ecosystems to Enable Sustainable and Accelerated Innovation -- Corporate Management of Knowledge -- Knowledge-Relevant Economic Policy:...