Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: innovation beyond national systems fragility: institutional bricolage for SMEs growth / D. Lauto G. Pittino and F. Visintin -- Part I the context -- 2. Entrepreneurship and technological clusters. the influence of contextual factors on the birth...

Analysing the USA and Japan from the late 19th century to the present day, the book provides an accessible synthesis of economics, management and econometrics to calculate the impact of various organizational innovations on economic growth. The author concludes that organizational innovations...

Grundlagen: Gemeinsam stärker sein -- Referenzmodell des Business-Ökosystems -- Archetypen der Ökosysteme -- Strategische Partnerschaften -- Phasenmodelle von Partnerschaften -- Ökosystem-Governance -- Portfolio Management -- Exit-Transaktionen -- Künftige Entwicklung von Ökosystemen

The innovation imperative : why innovate? -- The innovation portfolio : what to innovate -- The innovation voices : how to innovate -- The innovative mind : who innovates -- Price, cost, value -- Hidden costs, hidden benefits -- Tradeoffs : optimizing and eliminating them -- Cost functions :...