Contemporary Management of Innovation

Download or read book Contemporary Management of Innovation written by J. Sundbo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-12-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both society and markets have changed, and the art of innovation has changed with them, becoming increasingly complex. The book comprises the chapters of twenty-two European innovation researchers. The authors challenge existing innovation theory and management dogma and present new theoretical perspectives. Beginning with theoretical analyses of the innovation management field, the book turns to the institutional and geographic factors underlying innovation, and the potential posed by a 'soft' or organizational view of innovation management, before concluding with a section on the management of knowledge, information and appropriability.