The Oxford Handbook of Innovation

• Author : Jan Fagerberg
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 19 January 2006

This handbook provides academics and students with a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the phenomenon of innovation.

• Author : Mark Dodgson,David M. Gann,Nelson Phillips
• Publisher : OUP Oxford
• Release : 19 December 2013

The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management offers a comprehensive and timely analysis of the nature and importance of innovation and the strategies and practices that can be used to improve organizational benefits from innovation. Innovation is centrally important for business and national competitiveness, and for the quality and standard of living around the world, but it does not happen by itself. For innovation to succeed, it needs to be properly managed. With contributions from 49 world-leading scholars, the Handbook explores the

• Author : Mark Dodgson,Nelson Phillips
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 13 August 2022

While innovation is widely recognized as being critical to organizational success and the well-being of societies, it requires careful management to ensure that innovation processes have the best possible impact. This volume provides a wide range of perspectives on the nature of innovation management and its influences.

• Author : Xiaolan Fu,Jin Chen,Bruce McKern
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 13 August 2022

"The Oxford Handbook of China Innovation provides a contemporary and authoritative view of the role of innovation in China's extraordinary emergence. The Handbook consists of chapters written by over sixty experts from universities and research institutions worldwide, who describe and analyze this phenomenon with criticism, discussion of policy issues, and views about further development. It focuses on the microeconomic factors in China's growth, of which the critical force has been the steady drive for innovation. It identifies the many factors

• Author : Bent Flyvbjerg
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 13 April 2017

The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management provides state-of-the-art scholarship in the emerging field of megaproject management. Megaprojects are large, complex projects which typically cost billions of dollars and impact millions of people, like building a high-speed rail line, a megadam, a national health or pensions IT system, a new wide-body aircraft, or staging the Olympics. The book contains 25 chapters written especially for this volume, covering all aspects of megaproject management, from front-end planning to actual project delivery, including how to

• Author : Dariusz Wójcik
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 02 January 2018

The first fifteen years of the 21st century have thrown into sharp relief the challenges of growth, equity, stability, and sustainability facing the world economy. In addition, they have exposed the inadequacies of mainstream economics in providing answers to these challenges. This volume gathers over 50 leading scholars from around the world to offer a forward-looking perspective of economic geography to understanding the various building blocks, relationships, and trajectories in the world economy. The perspective is at the same time grounded

• Author : Mark Dodgson
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 25 October 2017

Innovation is the means by which organizations survive and thrive in uncertain and turbulent conditions. Innovation management has become a well-established field of research, teaching and practice, with a substantial literature. As a broad-based research field, contributions stem from an array of perspectives including science, economics, engineering and psychology. Innovation is crucial for economic and social progress, and it needs to be managed in order to be beneficial. Innovation Management: A Research Overview provides a concise introduction to the best

• Author : Christina Ellen Shalley,Michael A. Hitt,Jing Zhou
• Publisher : Oxford Library of Psychology
• Release : 13 August 2022

A great deal of research has been conducted on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Although highly interrelated, these three areas have developed largely independently of one another.

• Author : Abagail McWilliams,Deborah E. Rupp,Donald S. Siegel,Günter Stahl,David A. Waldman
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 24 October 2019

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) continues to grow as an area of interest in academia and business. Encompassing broad topics such as the relationship between business, society, and government, environmental issues, globalization, and the social and ethical dimensions of management andcorporate operation, CSR has become an increasingly interdisciplinary subject relevant to areas of economics, sociology, and psychology, among others.New directions in CSR research include advanced 'micro' based investigations in organizational behaviour and human resource management, additional studies of environmental social

• Author : Andrew Sturdy,Stefan Heusinkveld,Trish Reay,David Strang
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 28 March 2019

Management ideas, and their associated applications, have become a prevalent feature of our working lives. While their focus is familiar, such as efficiency, motivation, and improvement, they range from specific notions such as activity-based costing, to broad movements like corporate social responsibility. This Handbook brings together some of the latest research from leading international scholars on how management ideas are produced, promoted, and adapted, and their effects on business and working practices and society at large. Rather than focusing on

• Author : Paul B. Paulus,Bernard A. Nijstad
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 30 April 2019

Although creativity is often considered an individual ability or activity, innovation in teams and organizations involves collaboration of people with diverse perspectives, knowledge, and skills. The effective development of collaborative innovations and solutions to problems is critical to the success of teams and organizations, but research has also demonstrated many factors which tend to limit the effectiveness of collaborative innovation of groups and teams. This volume highlights recent theoretical, empirical, and practical developments that provide a solid basis for the

• Author : Vida Škudienė,Jason Li-Ying,Fabian Bernhard
• Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Release : 28 February 2020

Offering a conceptual framework that integrates strategy, product, process and human resource research, this timely book interrogates these four critical and interrelated areas of innovation management. Chapters examine new insights into the latest trends in the field, providing a holistic view into key management strategies that benefit both up-and-coming and established businesses.

• Author : Thomas Clarke,Justin O'Brien,Charles O'Kelley
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 21 February 2019

The Oxford Handbook of the Corporation assesses the contemporary relevance, purpose, and performance of the corporation. The corporation is one of the most significant, if contested, innovations in human history, and the direction and effectiveness of corporate law, corporate governance, and corporate performance are being challenged as never before. Continuously evolving, the corporation as the primary instrument for wealth generation in contemporary economies demands frequent assessment and reinterpretation. The focus of this work is the transformative impact of innovation and

• Author : Marshall Scott Poole,Andrew Van de Ven
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 25 May 2021

Why and what organizations change is generally well known; how organizations change is therefore the central focus of this Handbook. Leading scholars focus on processes of change and the factors that influence these processes, with the organization as the central unit of analysis.

• Author : Peter W. G. Morris,Jeffrey K. Pinto,Jonas Söderlund
• Publisher : OUP Oxford
• Release : 19 July 2012

The Oxford Handbook of Project Management presents and discusses leading ideas in the management of projects. Positioning project management as a domain much broader and more strategic than simply 'execution management', this Handbook draws on the insights of over 40 scholars to chart the development of the subject over the last 50 years or more as an area of increasing practical and academic interest. It suggests we could be entering an emerging 'third wave' of analysis and interpretation following its early technical