Managing Innovation
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Managing Innovation

The Social Dimensions of Creativity, Invention and Technology

  1. 274 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Managing Innovation

The Social Dimensions of Creativity, Invention and Technology

About this book

Managing Innovation: The Social Dimensions of Creativity, Invention and Technology focuses on the relationship between inventions and innovations with industrial development and economic advancement. The book stresses the point that advancement in industries and economy can be more successful when these are in balance. Containing the works of various authors, the book proceeds by highlighting the social dimension of invention and innovation. The role of the government in the promotion of innovations and inventions is also noted. The book also reiterates the point that human factors have definitely affected innovation and productivity. This stance is supported by the discussion on a case study in labor-management cooperation. Inventions and innovations in the social dimension are also established to be related with industrial productivity. The book also touches upon how education has influenced the advancement of technology in Japan. The text is best suited to those who are interested in pushing the role of inventions and innovations in shaping the society.

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Information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780080288154
eBook ISBN
9781483153629
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Industrial Management
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Managing Innovation: The Social Dimensions of Creativity, invention and technology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. FOREWORD
  6. PREFACE
  7. INTRODUCTION
  8. Perspectives from the Wye Conference
  9. Overview of the Chapters
  10. Notes
  11. CHAPTER ONE. SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
  12. CHAPTER TWO. CONSERVATIVE AND RADICAL TECHNOLOGIES
  13. CHAPTER THREE. INNOVATION AND THE GRANTS ECONOMY
  14. CHAPTER FOUR. THE INNOVATIVE MILIECI
  15. CHAPTER FIVE. THE HUMAN SIDE OFT ECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION: LABOR'S VIEW
  16. CHAPTER SIX. GOVERNMENT AND INNOVATION
  17. CHAPTER SEVEN. POLITICS, POLITICIANS AND THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY
  18. CHAPTER EIGHT. ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
  19. CHAPTER NINE. THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION: ITS SOCIAL GENESIS, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT
  20. CHAPTER TEN. ABSORPTION AND ADAPTATION: JAPANESE INVENTIVENESS IN TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
  21. CHAPTER ELEVEN. HUMAN FACTORS AFFECTING INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY
  22. CHAPTER TWELVE. THE JAMESTOWN EXPERIENCE: A CASE STUDY IN LABOR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION
  23. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. SOCIAL INVENTION AND INNOVATION AS PARTNERS IN TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
  24. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. ON USING INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES
  25. INDEX
  26. ABOUT THE AUTHORS