The international handbook on innovation / editor, Larisa V. Shavinina.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shavinina, Larisa V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations.

Creative ability.

Creative thinking.

Creative ability in business.

Creative ability--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Science, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The International Handbook on Innovation is the most comprehensive and authoritative account available of what innovation is, how it is measured, how it is developed, how it is managed, and how it affects individuals, companies, societies, and the world as a whole. Leading specialists from around the world, responsible for much of the current research in the field, analyze the multidisciplinary and multifaceted nature of innovation, its types and levels, its criteria, its development, its management, its specificity in various domains and contexts, and societal demands on it. They consider inn

Contents:

pt. I. Introduction

pt. II. The nature of innovation

pt. III. Individual differences in innovative ability

pt. IV. Development of innovation across the life span

pt. V. Assessment of innovation

pt. VI. Development of innovation

pt. VII. Innovations in different domains

pt. VIII. Basic approaches to the understanding of innovation in social context

pt. IX. Innovations in social institutions

pt. X. Innovation management

pt. XI. Innovation leadership

pt. XII. Innovation and marketing

pt. XIII. Innovation around the world : examples of country efforts, policies, practices and issues

pt. XIV. Innovations of the future

pt. XV. Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-92751-8

9786610927517

0-08-052484-2

OCLC:

469627952