Elias G Carayannis: 12 books
by Vivienne W L Wang, Elias G. Carayannis
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2011
Since the pioneering work of Joseph Schumpeter (1942), it has been assumed that innovations typically play a key role in firms’ competitiveness. This assumption has been applied to firms in both developed and developing countries. However, the innovative capacities and business environments of...
Institutional Learning and Knowledge Transfer Across Epistemic Communities
New Tools of Global Governance
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
Over the past several decades, as the pace of globalization has accelerated, operational issues of international coordination have often been overlooked. For example, the global financial crisis that began in 2007 is attributed, in part, to a lack of regulatory oversight. As a result, supranational...
Cross-Cultural Knowledge Management
Fostering Innovation and Collaboration Inside the Multicultural Enterprise
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Cross-cultural knowledge management, an elusive yet consequential phenomenon, is becoming an increasingly essential factor in organizational practice and policy in the era of globalization. In order to overcome culturally shaped blind spots in conducting research in different settings, this volume...
Epistemic Governance in Higher Education
Quality Enhancement of Universities for Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
“Epistemic governance” refers to the cognitive and knowledge-related paradigms that underlie a social system. In this volume, the authors apply the concept to higher education. In a comprehensive review of recent literature, they define key terms and concepts, arguing that a good, effective and...
Mastering Digital Transformation
Towards a Smarter Society, Economy, City and Nation
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
The information and communication technology revolution offers the promise of transforming economies and societies, and the risks of missing on a powerful techno-economic revolution and wasting scarce resources without much developmental impact. Some countries have mastered the process of digital...
Mode 3 Knowledge Production in Quadruple Helix Innovation Systems
21st-Century Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
Developed and developing economies alike face increased resource scarcity and competitive rivalry. In this context, science and technology appear as an essential source of competitive and sustainable advantage at national and regional levels. However, the key determinant of their efficacy is the quality...
Student Entrepreneurship in the Social Knowledge Economy
Successful Cases and Management Practices
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Traditionally, the study of entrepreneurial behavior focuses on such factors as (i) the personality characteristics that distinguish the entrepreneur from non-entrepreneur and (ii) demographic characteristics such gender, age, familiar antecedents and education. With particular respect to investigating...
Knowledge and the Family Business
The Governance and Management of Family Firms in the New Knowledge Economy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2010
Family businesses—the predominant form of business organization around the world—can make numerous, critical contributions to the economy and family well-being in both financial and qualitative terms. But dysfunctional family businesses can be difficult to manage, painful experiences at best,...
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Theory, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
This book aims to meet the needs of education and training in modern techniques of innovation and entrepreneurship, and focuses on the detailed presentation of successful business practices. As today's global economic landscape is changing rapidly, the ability of businesses to introduce new products...
Social Media and Emerging Economies
Technological, Cultural and Economic Implications
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
How have social media in emerging economies evolved differently from the rest of the world? According to studies and anecdotal evidence, innovations in the use of social media tools occur more frequently in emerging economies than they do in developed markets. The aim of this volume is to show that...
Learning Factories
The Nordic Model of Manufacturing
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
This book examines how the norms, culture, and practices of the socio-economic Nordic model give them a competitive edge in globalized production chains. Using the Norwegian automotive industry – one of the most globalized industries in the world – as the empirical foundation of the book, it examines...
Real Options and Strategic Technology Venturing
A New Paradigm in Decision Making
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
This book seeks to answer “why, when and how are real options used in strategic technology venturing?” This work tests for the role of real options in decision making involving three types of firms in decreasing order of technology-dependence – technology-driven (TD) (where the profit is fully...