This book explores the dynamics of innovation, entrepreneurship, and new business creation, with an emphasis on prototyping, experimentation, and intelligence feedback. It features case studies of product, service, and process innovation.
This book explores the dynamics of innovation, entrepreneurship, and new business creation, with an emphasis on prototyping, experimentation, and inte...
This book examines education in entrepreneurship through an action-learning environment that uses educational innovation tools. It explores various education tools, technology tools and pedagogical methods being implemented into university curriculums around the world.
Entrepreneurship in society is rapidly gaining popularity as entrepreneurial activities aimed to create social value are fundamental in the development of an innovative, sustainable economy. This notion has been encouraging universities to incorporate entrepreneurship-related competencies into the curriculums of...
This book examines education in entrepreneurship through an action-learning environment that uses educational innovation tools. It explores various...
The aim of this volume is to further develop the relationship between culture and manifold phenomena of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in order to promote further and better understanding how, why, and when these phenomena are manifested themselves across different cultures.
Currently, cross-cultural research is one of the most dynamically and rapidly growing areas. At the same time, creativity, inventiveness, innovation, and entrepreneurship are championed in the literature as the critical element that is vital not just for companies, but also for the development of...
The aim of this volume is to further develop the relationship between culture and manifold phenomena of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship...
This book discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends involving the interactions between academia, industry, government and society. Specifically, it aims to explore how these interactions enhance the ways in which companies deliver products and services in order to achieve sustainable competitiveness in the marketplace.
Sustainable competitiveness has been widely discussed by academics and practitioners, considering the importance of protecting the environment while sustaining the economic goals of organizations. The Quintuple Helix innovation model is a...
This book discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends involving the interactions between academia, industry, government and so...
This book aims to address how nanotechnology risks are being addressed by scientists, particularly in the areas of human health and the environment and how these risks can be measured in financial terms for insurers and regulators. It provides a comprehensive overview of nanotechnology risk measurement and risk transfer methods, including a chapter outlining how Bayesian methods can be used. It also examines nanotechnology from a legal perspective, both current and potential future outcomes.
The global market for nanotechnology products was valued at $22.9 billion in 2013 and...
This book aims to address how nanotechnology risks are being addressed by scientists, particularly in the areas of human health and the environment...
This volume provides the most current research on smart cities. Specifically, it focuses on the economic development and sustainability of smart cities and examines how to transform older industrial cities into sustainable smart cities. It aims to identify the role of the following elements in the creation and management of smart cities: Citizen participation and empowerment Value creation mechanisms Public administration Quality of life and sustainability Democracy ICT Private initiatives and entrepreneurship Regardless of their size, all cities are ultimately agglomerations of people and...
This volume provides the most current research on smart cities. Specifically, it focuses on the economic development and sustainability of smart citie...
The book aims to collect the most recent research and best practices in the cooperative and networking small business field identifying new theoretical models and describing the relationship between cooperation and networks in the small business strategy context. It examines different concepts and analytical techniques better understand the links between cooperative strategies and networks in small business. It also studies the existing economic conditions of network and strategic implications to small business from the point of view of their internal and external consistency. Cooperation...
The book aims to collect the most recent research and best practices in the cooperative and networking small business field identifying new theoretica...
Developing new products, services, systems and processes has become an imperative for any firm expecting to thrive in today's fast-paced and hyper-competitive environment. This volume integrates academic and practical insights to present fresh perspectives on new product development and innovation, showcasing lessons learned on the technological frontier. The first part emphasizes decision making. The second part focuses on technology evaluation, including cost-benefit analysis, material selection and scenarios. The third part features in-depth case studies to present innovation management...
Developing new products, services, systems and processes has become an imperative for any firm expecting to thrive in today's fast-paced and hyper-com...
In an era of globalization, technological innovation, and social transformations, universities face the challenge of training students with the competencies needed to meet the demands of the market and to successfully integrate into today's workforce. This book looks at the university as a dynamic source of essential competencies and explores various skill management models, methodologies and innovations applied by educational institutions around the world.
The demands of today's society represent a major challenge for universities and their teaching staffs. Professors need to...
In an era of globalization, technological innovation, and social transformations, universities face the challenge of training students with the com...
