Diversities of Innovation

ISBN-13: 9781138189072 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 348 str.

Ulrich Hilpert

Opis

Innovation is often understood exclusively in terms of the economy, but, it is definitely a result of human labour and ingenuity, and of the relationship among individuals and social groups. Some societies and governmental structures are clearly more successful than others: they act in divergent ways, fostering innovation and employment, and they utilize varied opportunities from different fields of research, from new products and from their educational systems. Thus, innovation varies fundamentally between countries - and public policies can be determined according to different societies' needs (e.g. energy technology, environmental technologies, facing climate change, advancing conditions of life, life sciences). This comparison between countries and continents featuring a range of world experts helps develop a fuller picture of innovations and their social basis.

Spis treści

Introduction: Socio-Economic Development, Technology and Government Policies: Diversities of Innovation (Ulrich Hilpert)  Part One; General Perspectives on Divergent Innovation  1. Changing Innovative Opportunities during the Life Cycle of Technologies (Walter Scherrer)  2. Geopolitics of Research and Innovation (Alain-Marc Rieu)  Part Two: Labour and Innovation  3. Skilled Labour and Continuing Education (Michael Vassialidis)  4. Innovative Societies and Contributions to Socio-Economic Development (Connie McNeely)  5. Skilled Blue Collar Labour and Innovation by Manufacturing (Paul Baker)  Part Three: Divergent Strategies and Problems of New Technological Powers in a Changing Global Situation  6. Emergence of New Spaces of Innovation within the Bottom of the Pyramid in India (Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen, Thorsten Schunder and Evangelos Bourelos)  7. New Players in Global Innovation (Sunyang Chung)  8. Divergent Participation in Global Innovative Networks (Xiangdong Chen)  Part Four: Science-Based and Technology-Based Opportunities 9. New Manufacturing Trends in Developed Regions (Alberto Bramanti)  10. Traditions, Structures and Cultures (Desmond Hickie and Ulrich Hilpert)  11. Divergent Metropolitan Concentration of Innovative Development (Ulrich Hilpert)  12. Phoenix Industries and Open Innovation? (David Bailey)

O autorze

Ulrich Hilpert is Professor and Chair of Comparative Government in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.