Technology, Knowledge and the Firm: Implications for Strategy and Industrial Change - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843768771 ISBN 13: 9781843768777

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

There is a long-standing tradition of research that highlights the importance of differences in the organizational and technological capabilities of firms and their effect on economic performance. This book expands on this theme by exploring the role of knowledge and innovation in firm strategy and industrial change. Underlying the volume is the belief that firms have distinctive methods of operation and that these processes have a strong element of continuity.

The authors examine the role played by firms in developing, linking and utilizing the knowledge produced in many different social institutions in order to advance their organizational and technological skills. They demonstrate how understanding the manner in which firms enhance their capabilities is essential for recognizing how the economy operates and changes as a whole. To help illuminate the crucial role of knowledge and innovation, the authors use international data and insightful case studies of firms from throughout the world. These include biotechnology in Portugal, oil in Scotland, telephone/internet banking in France and Sweden, and fuel cell development in the US and Europe.

This broad-ranging book will be of immense worth to scholars and students in the fields of innovation, R&D management, technology management, organization studies and industrial innovation.

About this title

About the Author

Edited by the late Ken Green, formerly Professor of Environmental Innovation Management, Marcela Miozzo, Professor in Innovation Studies and Paul Dewick, Lecturer in Technology Management, Institute of Innovation Research, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843768771
• ISBN 13: 9781843768777
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Green Ken, Miozzo Marcela, Dewick Paul