Micro-foundations for innovation policy / B. Nooteboom and E. Stam (eds.)

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scientific Council for Africa South of the Sahara Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Nooteboom, B., editor.

Stam, Erik, editor.

Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid (Netherlands)

Series:

Verkenningen ; 18.

Verkenningen ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Netherlands.

Technological innovations.

Economic development--Netherlands.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages) digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In economics, business, and government policy, innovation policy requires the creation of new approaches to a whole range of activities. This edited volume engagingly explores the roles of individuals and organizations involved in the creation and application of innovations. Covering topics as diverse as the macro-economic importance of innovation, theories of knowledge and learning, entrepreneurship, education and research, organizational innovation, networks, and regional innovation systems, Micro-Foundations for Innovation Policy provides critical insights into the development of innovation policy.

Contents:

1. Innovation, the economy, and policy

2. Innovation and macroeconomics

3. Learning, discovery and collaboration

4. Research, higher education, and innovation

5. Entrepreneurship anf innovation

6. Barriers to innovation

7. Collaboration, trust, and the structure of relationships

8. Innovation and organisation

9. Innovation and creativity in organisations : individual and work team research findings and implications for government policy

10. Inter-organisational networks and innovation

11. Regional innovation policy

12. Conclusions for innovation policy : opening in fours.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).

Includes bibliographical references.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed October 02 2025)

ISBN:

1-003-69975-8

1-04-077434-2

1-281-78770-1

9786611787707

90-485-0130-X

9781003699750

OCLC:

302365284