Innovative in business and enterprise [electronic resource] : technologies and frameworks / Latif Al-Hakim and Chen Jin, editors.
Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.Description: electronic texts (xx, 351 p. : ill.) : digital filesISBN:- 9781615206445 (PDF)
- Business enterprises -- Technological innovations
- Corporate social responsibility
- Diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory
- Entrepreneurship competences and management capabilities needed for innovation
- Factors and dimensions of national innovation capacity
- Impact of market and entrepreneurial orientations on the innovation decision
- Innovation in cumulative causation theory
- Performance evaluation framework for innovation
- Role of intellectual (IC) capital in innovation processes
- Social aspects of innovation
- User involvement in new product development
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- HD2351 .I556 2010e
- Also available in print.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Cumulative causation as explanatory theory for innovation / Geoff Bamberry -- 2. Lowering the center of gravity around enterprise IT / Amy Hutchins, Brian Goodman, John Rooney -- 3. Are the pre-diffusion phases shortening? / J. Ortt -- 4. Links between innovation, change and learning in Chinese companies / Wei Sun, Ruth Alas -- 5. What makes companies to be more innovative and profitable? / Ana P�erez-Lu�no, Ram�on Valle-Cabrera, Johan Wiklund -- 6. Usage of ICT tools in new product development / Kristina Jespersen, Nuka Buck -- 7. Factors and dimensions of national innovative capacity / Maria Nat�ario, Jo�ao Couto, Maria Borges Tiago, Ascens�ao Braga -- 8. Entrepreneurship competencies and management capabilities for innovation and sustainable growth / Maktoba Omar, Michael Lewrick -- 9. Building a radical innovation mechanism at large firms / Chintan Shah, J. Ortt, Victor Scholten -- 10. A performance evaluation framework for innovation / Stefan Cedergren, Anders Wall, Christer Norstr�om -- 11. The impact of labour flexibility and HRM on innovation / Haibo Zhou, Ronald Dekker, Alfred Kleinknecht -- 12. Harnessing knowledge for innovation in social enterprises / Eric Kong -- 13. Factors Predicting the Innovation Climate / �Ulle �Ubius, Ruth Alas -- 14. Advancing the potential of diversity for innovation / Nancy Erbe -- 15. Managing corporate social responsibility as an innovation in China / Maria Lam -- 16. Study of SME innovation in two Queensland industries / David Thorpe, Steven Goh -- 17. Innovation system linkages in Indian hydrocarbon sector / Prashant Dhodapkar, Anup Gogoi, Medhi Agadh -- 18. Nanotechnology innovation systems / Nazrul Islam.
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"The focus of the book is on managing innovation through bridging gaps created from theories, relative advantages or competitiveness, social differences, and innovation capability and performance"--Provided by publisher.
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