Innovative in business and enterprise technologies and frameworks /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Al-Hakim, Latif, 1946-, Jin, Chen, 1968-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.
• Subjects: 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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"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.

Table of Contents:

• 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 Pérez-Luño, Ramón 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 Natário, João Couto, Maria Borges Tiago, Ascensão 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 Norström
• 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 / Ülle Übius, 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.