The International Handbook on Innovation

Cover\r......Page 1
Introduction\r......Page 2
About the Authors......Page 5
\rPreview......Page 18
01\r Understanding Innovation; Innovations in Some Important Issues......Page 20
02\r The Neurophysiological Basis of Innovation......Page 32
03\r On the Nature of Individual Innovation......Page 46
04\r Models of Innovation......Page 59
05\r Evolutionary Models of Innovation and the Memo Problem......Page 69
06 T\rhe Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness Its Implications for Understanding the Nature of Innovation......Page 94
07\r Innovation and Strategic Reflexivity An Evolutionary Approach Applied to Services......Page 112
08\r The Nature and Dynamics of Discontinuous and Disruptive Innovations from a Learning and Knowledge Management Perspective......Page 130
09\r Profitable Product Innovation The Critical Success Factors......Page 154
10 Types of Innovations......Page 173
11 Problem Generation and Innovation......Page 185
12 The Role of Flexibility in Innovation......Page 195
13 The Effect of Mood On Creativity in the Innovative Process......Page 206
14 Case Studies of Innovation Ordinary Thinking, Extraordinary Outcomes......Page 219
15 Innovation and Evolution Managing Tensions Within and Between the Domains of Theory and Practice......Page 263
16 E-Creativity and E-Innovation......Page 273
17 The Art of Innovation Polymaths and Universality of the Creative Process......Page 280
18 Young Inventors......Page 292
19 Exceptional Creativity Across the Life Span The Emergence and Manifestation of Creative Genius......Page 304
20 Innovations by the Frail Elderly......Page 320
21 The Measurement of Innovativeness......Page 330
22 Developing High Potentials for Innovation in Young People Through the Schoolwide Enrichment Model......Page 340
23 Towards a Logic of Innovation......Page 354
24 The Development of Innovative Ideas Through Creativity Training......Page 373
25 Intuitive Tools for Innovative Thinking......Page 384
26 Stimulating Innovation......Page 395
27 Developing Innovative Ideas Through High Intellectual and Creative Educational Multimedia Technologies......Page 408
28 Dimensions of Scientific Innovation......Page 426
29 Do Radical Discoveries Require Ontological Shifts......Page 435
30 Understanding Scientific Innovation The Case of Nobel L......Page 450
31 Innovation in the Social Sciences Herbert A. Simon and the Birth of a Research Tradition......Page 463
32 Poetic Innovation......Page 476
33 Directions for Innovation in Music Education Integrating Conceptions of Musical Giftedness into General Educational Practice and Enhancing Innovation on the Part of Musically Gifted Students......Page 490
34 Determinants of Technological Innovation Current Research Trends and Future Prospects......Page 518
35 Innovation in Financial Services Infrastructure......Page 534
36 Innovation in Integrated Electronics and Related Technologies Experiences with Industrial-Sponsored Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Programs and Single Investigator Programs in a Research University......Page 553
37 The Barriers Approach to Innovation......Page 561
38 Knowledge Management Processes and Work Group Innovation......Page 576
39 Creativity and Innovation = Competitiveness When, How, and Why......Page 589
40 Innovation Tensions Chaos, Structure, and Managed Chaos......Page 609
41 Involvement in Innovation The Role of Identity......Page 621
42 Managers\' Recognition of Employees\' Creative Ideas A Social-Cognitive Model......Page 633
43 Venture Capital\'s Role in Innovation Issues, Research and Stakeholder Interests......Page 643
44\r Encouraging Innovation in Small Firms Through Externally Generated Knowledge......Page 666
45\r Linking Knowledge, Networking and Innovation Processes A Conceptual Model......Page 679
46\r Managing Innovation in Multitechnology Firms......Page 694
47\r Innovation Processes in Transnational Corporations......Page 701
48\r An Analysis of Research and Innovative Activities of Universities in the United States......Page 714
49\r Incubating and Networking Technology Commercialization Centers among Emerging, Developing, and Mature Technopoleis Worldwide......Page 738
50\r Science Parks A Triumph of Hype over Experience......Page 749
51\r Challenges in Innovation Management......Page 757
52\r Managing Technological Innovation in Business Organizations......Page 771
53\rTowards a Constructivist Approach of Technological Innovation Management......Page 786
54\r Promotors and Champions in Innovations Development of a Research Paradigm......Page 800
55\r Innovation and Leadership......Page 808
56\r Innovation and Market Research......Page 825
57\r Marketing and the Development of Innovative New Products......Page 835
58\r Innovation Process in Hungary......Page 846
59\r Innovation under Constraints The Case of Singapore......Page 860
60\r Continuous Innovation in Japan The Power of Tacit Knowledge......Page 869
61\r Innovation in Korea......Page 877
62\r Regional Innovations and the Economic Competitiveness in India......Page 891
63\r Innovation Process in Switzerland......Page 902
64\r Systems of Innovation and Competence Building Across Diversity Learning from the Portuguese Path in the European Context......Page 932
65\r The Taiwan Innovation System......Page 963
66\r Innovation in the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector A Strategic Sector of Canada\'s Economy......Page 987
67\r The National German Innovation System Its Development in Different Governmental and Territorial Structures......Page 1005
68\r Frankenstein Futures German and British Biotechnology Compared......Page 1031
69\r Future Innovations in Science and Technology......Page 1057
70\r The Future of Innovation Research......Page 1078
71\r Research on Innovation at the Beginning of the 21st Century What Do We Know About It......Page 1085
72\r Author index......Page 1095
73\r Subject Index......Page 1130