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Paradoxes of innovation: prospects for social science innovation research

Author : Dieter Sauer
Publisher : Campus Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783593363141
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book Paradoxes of innovation: prospects for social science innovation research written by Dieter Sauer and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 1999 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Traditionelle Wege der Erzeugung, Implementation und Vermarktung neuer Technologien erweisen sich als zunehmend ungeeignet zur Lösung von Zukunftsproblemen. Sozialwissenschaftliche Innovationsforschung, die sich mit gescheiterten Innovationen, risikoreichen Projekten und der Wirkung staatlicher Technologiepolitik befaßt, liefert dafür zahlreiche Hinweise. Auf einer Tagung des Verbundes Sozialwissenschaftliche Technikforschung wurden Ansätze eines gesellschaftlichen Innovationsmanagements diskutiert, das sozialen und institutionellen Faktoren hohe Bedeutung für den Erfolg von Innovationen beimißt. Inhaltsverzeichnis: Dieter Sauer: Perspektiven sozialwissenschaftlicher Innovationsforschung - eine Einleitung (9-22); Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen, Volker Wittke: Soziale Konstitution und Internationalisierung von Innovationsprozessen (25-49); Pierre Veltz: Innovation im Spannungsfeld von Globalisierung und Regionalisierung (51-56); Rob van Tulder: Meso Institutions and Innovation Paradoxes (5

Challenge Social Innovation

Author : Hans-Werner Franz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642328792
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Challenge Social Innovation written by Hans-Werner Franz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, social innovation has experienced a steep career. Numerous national governments and large organisations like the OECD, the European Commission and UNESCO have adopted the term. Social innovation basically means that people adopt new social practices in order to meet social needs in a different or more effective way. Prominent examples of the past are the Red Cross and the social welfare state or, at present, the internet 2.0 transforming our communication and cooperation schemes, requiring new management concepts, even empowering social revolutions. The traditional concept of innovation as successful new technological products needs fundamental rethinking in a society marked by knowledge and services, leading to a new and enriched paradigm of innovation. There is multiple evidence that social innovation will become of growing importance not only concerning social integration, equal opportunities and dealing with the greenhouse effects but also with regard to preserving and expanding the innovative capacity of companies and societies. While political authorities stress the social facets of social innovation, this book also encompasses its societal and systemic dimensions, collecting the scientific expertise of renowned experts and scholars from all over the world. Based on the contributions of the first world-wide science convention on social innovation from September 2011 in Vienna, the book provides an overview of scientific approaches to this still relatively new field. Forewords by Agnès HUBERT (Member of the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA) of the European Commission) and Antonella Noya (Senior Policy Analyst at OECD, manager of the OECD LEED Forum on Social Innovations)

Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins

Author : Richard Farson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743254422
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins written by Richard Farson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-03-11 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Success in today's business economy demands nonstop innovation. But fancy buzzwords, facile lip service, and simplistic formulas are not the answer. Only an entirely new mindset -- a new attitude toward success and failure -- can transform managers' thinking, according to Richard Farson, author of the bestseller Management of the Absurd, and Ralph Keyes, author of the pathbreaking Chancing It: Why We Take Risks, in this provocative new work. According to Farson and Keyes, the key to this new attitude lies in taking risks. In a rapidly changing economy, managers will confront at least as much failure as success. Does that mean they'll have failed? Only by their grandfathers' definition of failure. Both success and failure are steps toward achievement, say the authors. After all, Coca-Cola's renaissance grew directly out of its New Coke debacle, and severe financial distress forced IBM to completely reinvent itself. Wise leaders accept their setbacks as necessary footsteps on the path toward success. They also know that the best way to fall behind in a shifting economy is to rely on what's worked in the past -- as when once-innovative companies like Xerox and Polaroid relied too heavily on formulas that had grown obsolete. By contrast, companies such as GE and 3M have remained vibrant by encouraging innovators, even when they suffered setbacks. In their stunning new book, Farson and Keyes call this enlightened approach "productive mistake-making." Rather than reward success and penalize failure, they propose that managers focus on what can be learned from both. Paradoxically, the authors argue, the less we chase success and flee from failure, the more likely we are to genuinely succeed. Best of all, they have written a little jewel of a book, packed with fresh insights, blessedly brief, and to the point.

Routledge Handbook of Genomics, Health and Society

Author : Sahra Gibbon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315451670
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Genomics, Health and Society written by Sahra Gibbon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook provides an essential resource at the interface of Genomics, Health and Society, and forms a crucial research tool for both new students and established scholars across biomedicine and social sciences. Building from and extending the first Routledge Handbook of Genetics and Society, the book offers a comprehensive introduction to pivotal themes within the field, an overview of the current state of the art knowledge on genomics, science and society, and an outline of emerging areas of research. Key themes addressed include the way genomic based DNA technologies have become incorporated into diverse arenas of clinical practice and research whilst also extending beyond the clinic; the role of genomics in contemporary ‘bioeconomies’; how challenges in the governance of medical genomics can both reconfigure and stabilise regulatory processes and jurisdictional boundaries; how questions of diversity and justice are situated across different national and transnational terrains of genomic research; and how genomics informs – and is shaped by – developments in fields such as epigenetics, synthetic biology, stem cell, microbial and animal model research. Presenting cutting edge research from leading social science scholars, the Handbook provides a unique and important contribution to the field. It brings a rich and varied cross disciplinary social science perspective that engages with both the history and contemporary context of genomics and ‘post-genomics’, and considers the now global and transnational terrain in which these developments are unfolding.

New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research

Author : Alex Nicholls
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137506806
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research written by Alex Nicholls and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY license. Interest in social innovation continues to rise, from governments setting up social innovation 'labs' to large corporations developing social innovation strategies. Yet theory lags behind practice, and this hampers our ability to understand social innovation and make the most of its potential. This collection brings together work by leading social innovation researchers globally, exploring the practice and process of researching social innovation, its nature and effects. Combining theoretical chapters and empirical studies, it shows how social innovation is blurring traditional boundaries between the market, the state and civil society, thereby developing new forms of services, relationships and collaborations. It takes a critical perspective, analyzing potential downsides of social innovation that often remain unexplored or are glossed over, yet concludes with a powerful vision of the potential for social innovation to transform society. It aims to be a valuable resource for students and researchers, as well as policymakers and others supporting and leading social innovation.

Handbook of Sustainable Innovation

Author : Frank Boons
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788112571
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Sustainable Innovation written by Frank Boons and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Sustainable Innovation maps the multiple lineages of research and understanding that constitute academic work on how technological change relates to sustainable practices of production and consumption. Leading academics contribute by mapping the general evolution of this academic field, our understanding of sustainable innovation at the firm, user, and systems level, the governance of sustainable innovation, and the methodological approaches used. The Handbook explores the distinctiveness of sustainable innovation and concludes with suggestions for generating future research avenues that exploit the current diversity of work while seeking increased systemic insight.

Innovation in Qualitative Research Methods

Author : Chris Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904815846
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book Innovation in Qualitative Research Methods written by Chris Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Technological Innovation in Legacy Sectors

Author : William B. Bonvillian
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199374538
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Book Synopsis Technological Innovation in Legacy Sectors by : William B. Bonvillian

Download or read book Technological Innovation in Legacy Sectors written by William B. Bonvillian and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American economy faces two deep problems: expanding innovation and raising the rate of quality job creation. Both have roots in a neglected problem: the resistance of Legacy economic sectors to innovation. While the U.S. has focused its policies on breakthrough innovations to create new economic frontiers like information technology and biotechnology, most of its economy is locked into Legacy sectors defended by technological/ economic/ political/ social paradigms that block competition from disruptive innovations that could challenge their models. Americans like to build technology "covered wagons" and take them "out west" to open new innovation frontiers; we don't head our wagons "back east" to bring innovation to our Legacy sectors. By failing to do so, the economy misses a major opportunity for innovation, which is the bedrock of U.S. competitiveness and its standard of living. Technological Innovation in Legacy Sectors uses a new, unifying conceptual framework to identify the shared features underlying structural obstacles to innovation in major Legacy sectors: energy, air and auto transport, the electric power grid, buildings, manufacturing, agriculture, health care delivery and higher education, and develops approaches to understand and transform them. It finds both strengths and obstacles to innovation in the national innovation environments - a new concept that combines the innovation system and the broader innovation context - for a group of Asian and European economies. Manufacturing is a major Legacy sector that presents a particular challenge because it is a critical stage in the innovation process. By increasingly offshoring production, the U.S. is losing important parts of its innovation capacity. "Innovate here, produce here," where the U.S. took all the gains of its strong innovation system at every stage, is being replaced by "innovate here, produce there," which threatens to lead to "produce there, innovate there." To bring innovation to Legacy sectors, authors William Bonvillian and Charles Weiss recommend that policymakers focus on all stages of innovation from research through implementation. They should fill institutional gaps in the innovation system and take measures to address structural obstacles to needed disruptive innovations. In the specific case of advanced manufacturing, the production ecosystem can be recreated to reverse "jobless innovation" and add manufacturing-led innovation to the U.S.'s still-strong, research-oriented innovation system.

The Innovation Paradox

Author : Xavier Cirera
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464811849
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book The Innovation Paradox written by Xavier Cirera and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Schumpeter, economists have argued that vast productivity gains can be achieved by investing in innovation and technological catch-up. Yet, as this volume documents, developing country firms and governments invest little to realize this potential, which dwarfs international aid flows. Using new data and original analytics, the authors uncover the key to this innovation paradox in the lack of complementary physical and human capital factors, particularly firm managerial capabilities, that are needed to reap the returns to innovation investments. Hence, countries need to rebalance policy away from R and D-centered initiatives †“ which are likely to fail in the absence of sophisticated private sector partners †“ toward building firm capabilities, and embrace an expanded concept of the National Innovation System that incorporates a broader range of market and systemic failures. The authors offer guidance on how to navigate the resulting innovation policy dilemma: as the need to redress these additional failures increases with distance from the frontier, government capabilities to formulate and implement the policy mix become weaker. This book is the first volume of the World Bank Productivity Project, which seeks to bring frontier thinking on the measurement and determinants of productivity to global policy makers.

International Handbook on Responsible Innovation

Author : René von Schomberg
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784718866
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book International Handbook on Responsible Innovation written by René von Schomberg and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook constitutes a global resource for the fast growing interdisciplinary research and policy communities addressing the challenge of driving innovation towards socially desirable outcomes. This book brings together well-known authors from the US, Europe and Asia who develop conceptual and regional perspectives on responsible innovation as well as exploring the prospects for further implementation of responsible innovation in emerging technological practices ranging from agriculture and medicine, to nanotechnology and robotics. The emphasis is on the socio-economic and normative dimensions of innovation including issues of social risk and sustainability.

Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change

Author : David Lane
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402096631
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change written by David Lane and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-02-13 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation is nowadays a question of life and death for many of the economies of the western world. Yet, due to our generally reductionist scientific paradigm, invention and innovation are rarely studied scientifically. Most work prefers to study its context and its consequences. As a result, we are as a society, lacking the scientific tools to understand, improve or otherwise impact on the processes of invention and innovation. This book delves deeply into that topic, taking the position that the complex systems approach, with its emphasis on ‘emergence’, is better suited than our traditional approach to the phenomenon. In a collection of very coherent papers, which are the result of an EU-funded four year international research team’s effort, it addresses various aspect of the topic from different disciplinary angles. One of the main emphases is the need, in the social sciences, to move away from neo-darwinist ‘population thinking’ to ‘organization thinking’ if we want to understand social evolution. Another main emphasis is on developing a generative approach to invention and innovation, looking in detail at the contexts within which invention and innovation occur, and how these contexts impact on the chances for success or failure. Throughout, the book is infused with interesting new insights, but also presents several well-elaborated case studies that connect the ideas with a substantive body of ‘real world’ information.

The Routledge Companion to the Future of Management Research

Author : David Crowther
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000919552
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to the Future of Management Research written by David Crowther and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-14 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The management of organisations continues to evolve as new priorities emerge and new approaches are developed. Thus, it is clear that research into business and management will also continue to evolve. This will be in terms of both what is researched and in terms of the techniques and methods used to conduct research. Such development will continue into the future and this book highlights evolving areas. It also suggests new topics which are emerging and new techniques to conduct such research – topics and techniques that will be of benefit to researchers. The unique focus on the future of research methods in management, the emergence of topics in contemporary management and sustainability research and practices, such as sustainability and circular economy, will set this volume apart. With coverage of new and emerging subjects in management studies such as sustainability, zero carbon, green market, and circular economy, and the international collaboration with contributors from all around the globe, this major interdisciplinary reference volume will be of interest and great value to researchers, academics, and advanced students in the fields of business and management research and appropriate methodologies.

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2012

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264170391
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2012 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the latest information and indicators in science and innovation, the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2012 reviews key trends in STI policies and performance in OECD countries and major emerging economies, and across a number of thematic areas.

Business Model Innovation

Author : Allan Afuah
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136656421
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Business Model Innovation written by Allan Afuah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in strategic management research, Business Model Innovation explores the concepts, tools, and techniques that enable organizations to gain and/or maintain a competitive advantage in the face of technological innovation, globalization, and an increasingly knowledge-intensive economy. The book investigates how organizations can use innovations in business models to take advantage of entrepreneurial opportunities from: • Crowdsourcing and open innovation • Long Tails • Social media • Disruptive technologies • Less-is-more innovations • Network effects • Scarcity of complementary capabilities The book also looks at the ways firms can use innovations in business models to exploit or defend against threats. With twelve supplementary cases to help readers apply the concepts and techniques, this book is a must-have for anyone looking to understand the fundamentals of business model innovation.

New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research

Author : Alex Nicholls
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781013285653
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research written by Alex Nicholls and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY license. Interest in social innovation continues to rise, from governments setting up social innovation 'labs' to large corporations developing social innovation strategies. Yet theory lags behind practice, and this hampers our ability to understand social innovation and make the most of its potential. This collection brings together work by leading social innovation researchers globally, exploring the practice and process of researching social innovation, its nature and effects. Combining theoretical chapters and empirical studies, it shows how social innovation is blurring traditional boundaries between the market, the state and civil society, thereby developing new forms of services, relationships and collaborations. It takes a critical perspective, analyzing potential downsides of social innovation that often remain unexplored or are glossed over, yet concludes with a powerful vision of the potential for social innovation to transform society. It aims to be a valuable resource for students and researchers, as well as policymakers and others supporting and leading social innovation. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Reimagining the Recipe for Research & Innovation

Author : Campaign for Social Science,
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
ISBN 13 : 1529681944
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Reimagining the Recipe for Research & Innovation written by Campaign for Social Science, and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a critical yet under-explored role for the social sciences within the UK’s research, development and innovation system. This report argues that the social sciences can elevate this country’s research output to a world-leading level. There is, however, a danger of the social sciences being seen as an add-on or afterthought to STEM research whereby social scientists’ contributions are limited to identifying or ameliorating potentially negative ethical, legal or societal implications of scientific or technological advances. Our argument in this report is that social scientists have an essential role to play across the entire recipe - catalysing the development of new flavours - rather than simply being a garnish to a dish created by STEM. Ideas from social science need to be incorporated into STEM research right from the beginning, thereby enriching our perspectives and understanding of global challenges. Case studies include how social science can help us to develop effective climate change policies, combat AIDS rates amongst young people in South Africa, and assess the impact of AI technology on human rights. The report provides a systematic overview of the ways in which social science can benefit STEM research: 1. Social sciences enable whole systems thinking. 2. Social sciences are critical for good policy development. 3. Social sciences underpin smart & responsible innovation. 4. Social sciences are essential to international collaboration and tackling shared global challenges.

Social Science and Policy Challenges

Author : Georgios Papanagnou
Publisher : UNESCO
ISBN 13 : 9231042262
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Social Science and Policy Challenges written by Georgios Papanagnou and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Producing scientific knowledge that can inform solutions and guide policy-making is one of the most important functions of social science. Nonetheless, if social science is to become more relevant and influential so as to impact on the drawing and execution of policy, certain measures need to be taken to narrow its distance from the policy sphere. This decision is less obvious than it seems. Both research and experience have proved that policy-making is a complex, often sub-rational, interactive process that involves a wide range of actors such as decision makers, bureaucrats, researchers, organized interests, citizen and civil society representatives and research brokers. In addition, social science often needs to defend both its relevance to policy and its own scientific status. Moving away from instrumental visions of the link between social research and policy, this collective volume aims to highlight the more constructed nature of the use of social knowledge.