Contemporary Management of Innovation Are We Asking the Right Questions [Hardcover]

Both society and markets have changed, and the art of innovation has changed with them, becoming increasingly complex. The book comprises the chapters of twenty-two European innovation researchers. The authors challenge existing innovation theory and management dogma and present new theoretical perspectives. Beginning with theoretical analyses of the innovation management field, the book turns to the institutional and geographic factors underlying innovation, and the potential posed by a 'soft' or organizational view of innovation management, before concluding with a section on the management of knowledge, information and appropriability.List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Contributors PART 1: MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION - ARE WE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT THINGS? Introduction: New Tendencies in Society; J.Sundbo The Rise and Fall of the Management of Innovation; S.Laestadius From R&D Management to Management of Innovation; M.Meeus PART 2: THE DYNAMICS OF INNOVATION AND THE ROLE OF COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS AND TERRITORIES Introduction: Diffusion Processes in the Firms and in the Territory; A.Gallina & G.Serin Co-Publishing and Innovation; P.Cooke Agglomeration or Cross-Border ICT Cluster?; P.Hansen & G.Serin Innovation and Firm Consumption; J.Howells Innovation and Diffusion of Site-Specific Crop Management; S.M.Pedersen & J.L.Pedersen PART 3: ORGANIZATION OF INNOVATION Introduction: The Organizational or 'Soft' Aspects of Innovation; J.Sundbo Do Network Structures follow Innovation Strategy?; M.Meeus, J.Faber & L.A.G.Oerlemans Strategic Reflexivity as a Framework for Understanding Development in Modern Firms; J.Sundbo & L.Fuglsang Innovation as Institutional Change; J.Guia, L.Prats & J.Comas Towards a Better Measurement of the Soft Side of Innovation; P.den Hertog, T.Poot & G.Meinen PART 4: ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION Introduction: Information, Knowledge and Appropriability; J.Davis The Governance of Technological Knowledge; C.Antonelli PrizeslÃ&