Governance of Innovation: Firms, Clusters and Institutions in a Changing Setting - Hardcover

 
9781847207388: Governance of Innovation: Firms, Clusters and Institutions in a Changing Setting
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1847207383 ISBN 13: 9781847207388
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Published in Association with the Belgian-Dutch Association for Institutional and Political Economy

This book takes the multidimensional nature of innovation as its point of departure, bringing together leading scholars from a variety of backgrounds to provide an authoritative and comprehensive overview of contemporary innovation challenges.

Each chapter adopts its own disciplinary perspective, but all share a common focus on the dynamics that are present in the governance of innovation. The concept of governance is central to describing the social dynamics of innovation and the `nuts and bolts' of innovation processes. The authors demonstrate how influencing the process of invention, the kind of invention, and simultaneously benefiting from it, lies intuitively behind the meaning of innovation governance. In particular, two perspectives on innovation are expounded; the first being agency perspective, especially the innovating firm in the economic process, and the second is the wider social context in which innovation occurs.

Extensive and comprehensive, this book illustrates that innovation is a complex and rich phenomenon with many dimensions and aspects. With a truly multidisciplinary perspective on the various dynamics affecting the governance of innovation, it will strongly appeal to a wide-ranging audience spanning scholars of innovation management, innovation politics, business administration, economics and political science.

Contributors: M.J. Arentsen, M. Callon, G.C. Geerdink, P.-B. Joly, Y. Krozer, A. Midttun, N.-O. Orjasæter, A. Rip, D. Schiliro, P.J. Stauvermann, A.E. Steenge, W. van Rossum, J.-P. Voss

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About the Author

Edited by Maarten J. Arentsen, University of Twente, Wouter van Rossum, formerly of the Netherlands Defence Academy and Albert E. Steenge, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1847207383
ISBN 13 
9781847207388
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
168
Editor
Arentsen Maarten J., Van Rossum Wouter, Steenge Albert E.