Contemporary management of innovation are we asking the right questions? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006)
Over time, scholars have become increasingly aware of the inherent complexity of innovation management. The result of a 2004 Copenhagen conference devoted to an evaluation of the innovation management field, this book comprises the chapters of twenty-two European experts. In addressing the following questions, the book challenges existing innovation management theory and dogma and presents new theoretical perspectives. Does the study of innovation management have a future? Is existing theory on agglomeration and clustering valid? How does one measure university-corporate cooperation? How should diffusion processes be analysed? What weight should one assign to networks in designing innovation strategies? What are the consequences of emphasising the "softer" organisational side of the innovation process? Can a sociological reflexive approach improve management awareness of innovative opportunity? How do issues of governance affect the management of technological knowledge? Can ex ante prizes provide a useful incentive supplement to patents and other forms of intellectual property rights?
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 -- Prizes as Incentives; L.Davis & J.Davis -- Patent Policies of Small Danish Firms in Three Industries; L.Davis -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Includes bibliographical references and index