Innovation

Innovation and imitation: stone skeuomorphs of metal from 4th-2nd millennia BC northwest Europe

by Catherine Frieman

Frieman, C. J. 2012. Innovation and imitation: stone skeuomorphs of metal from 4th-2nd millennia BC northwest Europe, Oxford, UK: Archaeopress.

In this study of prehistoric innovation, the author argues that a range of technologies and practices need to be... more In this study of prehistoric innovation, the author argues that a range of technologies and practices need to be considered in order to place innovation into the pre-existing social and technological systems in which it functioned and to assess the means by which it was accepted and valued. In particular the study focuses on how archaeological interpretations of stone objects and stone-working can help understand the adoption and continued presence of metal and metallurgy in prehistoric Europe. The author compares traditionally identified stone skeuomorphs—that is, meaningful imitations—of metal with their putative prototypes. Three separate corpora of these stone skeuomorphs have been identified: polished stone shafthole axes from the Netherlands and surrounding areas, identified as copies of perforated, copper axes; flint daggers from Jutland, identified as copies of bronze, metal-hilted daggers; and jet spacer-plate ornaments from the British Isles, Ireland and Brittany, identified as copies of hammered gold lunulae.

Human Extension: Before and After Socio-Cultural Evolution

by Gregory Sandstrom

Published in accessible e-book format - available at major distributors, Amazon Kindle, Apple, Sony, Barnes and Noble, Diesel, Baker-Taylor, etc.

Evolution and creation explored with a sociological approach that helps to untangle science, philosophy &... more Evolution and creation explored with a sociological approach that helps to untangle science, philosophy & religion, ‘human extension’ provides an exciting opportunity to overcome the 20th century debates. This book offers hope for readers who are tired of creationism, reductionism and naturalistic intelligent design and who are ready for a healthy way forward. Welcome to the age of Human Extension!

La aventura del Pulqui II (1947-1960). Tecnología e innovación en países emergentes

by Alejandro Artopoulos

La historia del avión a reacción Pulqui II es conocida poco y mal en Argentina. ¿En qué sentido fue un éxito, en qué... more La historia del avión a reacción Pulqui II es conocida poco y mal en Argentina. ¿En qué sentido fue un éxito, en qué sentido fue un fracaso, y por qué? Evidentemente no es fácil discutir sin apasionamientos un proyecto surgido durante un gobierno que suscitó tantos odios y amores como el de Perón, y las opiniones pueden oscilar entre la admiración por el emprendimiento y su subestimación. La realidad es más complicada.

En Tecnología e innovación en países emergentes. La aventura del Pulqui II (1947-1960), Alejandro Artopoulos describe minuciosamente la evolución del proyecto: su origen, su desarrollo, sus contratiempos y su ocaso final, en el contexto de la política tecnológica del peronismo (y en particular, del proyecto de industria aeronáutica nacional), de las relaciones entre tecnólogos argentinos y alemanes, de la situación política nacional e internacional, de la economía argentina y de la evolución de la tecnología aeronáutica a nivel mundial.

Sólo con estos temas, ya se tiene un libro atrayente y original. Pero Artopoulos va más lejos: su propósito es analizar el proyecto en el marco del estudio de las posibilidades de desarrollo de la tecnología y de la innovación en países emergentes. Con ese objetivo, compara el destino del Pulqui con el del exitoso modelo aeronáutico brasileño, Bandeirante, para dilucidar por qué ambos destinos fueron tan distintos.

Pese a que más de medio siglo nos separa del final del proyecto, muchas de las preguntas y dudas sobre qué tecnología propia es factible en un país como Argentina, qué innovación es posible, qué errores no se deben cometer, siguen siendo válidas. La narración de Artopoulos es clara y amena, y la lectura del libro no solamente es placentera sino que explica al lector, especializado o no, fenómenos históricos y económicos de suma importancia y actualidad.

Pablo M. Jacovkis, UBA

Seeing the bigger picrure - delivering local sustainable development

by Fay Blair

Co-authored with Professsor Bob Evans published in 2004 by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Under the Reconciling Environmental and Social Concerns  'RESC' series

A review of what helps and hinders sustainable development at the local level.

'There is currently no... more A review of what helps and hinders sustainable development at the local level.

'There is currently no clear map of how local and national government can work together to encourage sustainable living. This report identifies the obstacles and barriers to delivering sustainable development at the local level. Drawing on a range of information, Seeing the bigger picture reviews what sustainable development actually means in government, and why providing coherence and consistency is vital.

It identifies how government policies and performance requirements – at both the central and local level – might be better shaped for the future. The authors suggest that a new public service ethos that embraces lasting changes is needed in order to inspire greater government commitment at all levels. They conclude with a review of the implications for policy.

THE TALKING MANAGER

by Alvaro González-Alorda

Leading people through conversations.

The quality of your leadership depends on the quality of your conversations. But in the last decade, the tendency to... more The quality of your leadership depends on the quality of your conversations. But in the last decade, the tendency to replace face-to-face conversations with e-mails has become an epidemic which is damaging relations between professionals and creating structural inefficiencies within companies.

If you want to inspire your team and your colleagues and arouse their enthusiasm, The Talking Manager will provide you with the keys and the tools that you need to improve the impact of your conversations.

www.thetalkingmanager.com
Join the conversation at Twitter: #talkingmanager

ÁLVARO GONZÁLEZ ALORDA is a professor of Innovation at ISEM Fashion Business School, an associate professor at Instituto de Empresa and a visiting professor in nine other business schools in Spain and America. He studied at the University of Navarra and at IESE, and completed a period of research at Harvard Business School. He is a specialist in innovation and in the transformation of companies. He has collaborated with more than ninety companies in eighteen countries. In addition to his lecturing, he works as a facilitator for management teams, as an international speaker and as a coach for managers. He is the author of the book Los próximos 30 años (Alienta, 2010).

www.alvarogonzalezalorda.com
facebook.com/​agalorda
Twitter: @agalorda

Wo wären wir ohne die Verrückten? Zur Rolle von Außenseitern in Wissenschaft, Politik und Wirtschaft

by Ariane Berthoin Antal

co-edited with Camilla Krebsbach-Gnath

Grenzüberschreitungen—Grenzziehungen. Implikationen für Innovation und Identität. Festschrift für Hedwig Rudolph

by Ariane Berthoin Antal

co-edited with Sigrid Quack

ELECTRICITY AND LIFE: Episodes in the history of hybrid objects

by Josey Kamanda

Revista EMPRESA

by Rodrigo Chicas

Tercera edición de la revista Empresa del Centro de Productividad y Competitividad (CPC) de ISEADE-FEPADE

La innovación es lo que distingue a un líder de los demás:
esta es una de las frases célebres que nos dejó uno de... more La innovación es lo que distingue a un líder de los demás:
esta es una de las frases célebres que nos dejó uno de los
más grandes innovadores de las últimas décadas, Steve
Jobs, cofundador de Apple, y quien murió el pasado 5 de
octubre. Sus palabras toman un signifi cado muy importante
al ponerlas en el contexto de nuestro país, El Salvador, que
durante los últimos años ha perdido terreno en los rankings
de competitividad presentados por diversas instituciones.
A la par de los preocupantes indicadores de criminalidad
observamos una persistente defi ciencia en el tema de
innovación. En este contexto, esta edición de la revista
“Empresa”, de ISEADE-FEPADE, está dedicada a inspirar a los
sectores privados, públicos y académicos a que trabajen en
conjunto en la persecución del desarrollo de la innovación
en el país.

International Technology Diffusion: Network Effects and Dissemination Structure

by Lawrenzo Hung-Chun Huang

Ph.D. Dissertation

Globalization has highlighted changes in socio-economic terms and is reshaping the world. Exogenous factors drive... more Globalization has highlighted changes in socio-economic terms and is reshaping the world. Exogenous factors drive technological progress, as well as driving economic growth via international technology diffusion. The international diffusion of technology therefore becomes one of most important topics of economics and technology policy research. However, comparing endogenous factors, exogenous factors are complexity and demonstrate as network phenomenon. The network phenomenon composes by neither solely nor independently unit. Countries in global network demonstrate interdependent, and influenced by many others. Hence, the characteristic of network structure implicate complexity configuration. Restated, the study of international diffusion is complication and multi-dimensional than using single perspective is difficult to reveal their structure.
Thus, this study utilizes social network analysis for investigating the structural configuration of international technology diffusion. Meanwhile, this study adopts two perspectives of collective behavioral research; they are power analysis, role and position analysis to examine the network structure of international technology diffusion. More specifically, this study exams the power structure of each country by network betweenness. The power analysis reveal micro feature of diffusion structures. Furthermore, by using role and position analysis categorize network actors by behavioral performance which regards technology mobility process; source, transmitter, and receiver. This investigation provides macro perspective on diffusion structure. In addition, this study tries to distinguish the channel differentiation of technology diffusion. In terms of embodied technology, that investigates by multilateral trade flow. On the other hand, the disembodied technology investigation utilizes the patent citations of respective country.
Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the deep structure of international technology diffusion and structural differences between embodied and disembodied technology diffusion networks. Through network analysis, this work is able to reveal the network position and roles of countries, and also to examine the relationships that exist between different diffusion networks. This study aims to make to following contributions to the literature on international technology diffusion; this study is the first to employ a multilateral perspective and longitude data to examine the cross-country network structure.
This work, thus, provides an understanding of the nature of globalization, its conceptualization and measurement, and how influence and effect is transmitted across distance through the interconnectedness of international technology diffusion. The findings not only illustrate the pattern change of diffusion structure form cascade-like to radial-like, but also present the structural configuration of technologically advanced countries and the competitive positions of each country. Furthermore, this study further utilizes structuralism perspective and systematic approach, which is rarely adopted in the literature, to study international technology diffusion, which involves various complex processes. Thus, the findings regarding the diffusion pattern changes and network position identifications can make policy implications for countries interested in exogenous effects for technological growth.

Keywords: International technology diffusion, network analysis, embodied and disembodied technology, structural configuration, technology spillover, international environment.

Financial Innovation in Retail and Corporate Banking

by Peter Claeys

http://www.amazon.com/Financial-Innovation-Corporate-Banking-Horizons/dp/1848440405

Hardcover: 339 pages
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub (May 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1848440405
ISBN-13: 978-1848440401

Innovations in Public Management and Governance in Italy

by Denita Cepiku

co-authored with Marco Meneguzzo & Mariastefania Senese

The book investigates public management and public governance innovations introduced in Italy in the past three... more The book investigates public management and public governance innovations introduced in Italy in the past three decades. Empirical evidence on the content and strategies of reform is provided and the Italian specificities are highlighted. Public sector innovation in Italy has not benefited from a sustained political support and the wide-ranging agenda of reforms has suffered an “implementation gap”, characterizing legalistic countries. A particularly strong dynamism and vivacity of innovation has been registered in local services, healthcare and social assistance, education and cultural heritage management. In these sectors, the regional and local governments have developed relevant capacities of network management. A differentiated approach to innovation - in terms of speed and degree of change - in the different geographical areas and levels of government can be observed. It can be fully understood only by taking into consideration the administrative culture and history of our country.

The idea in idea-work / Idéen i Idé-arbejde

by Joakim Juhl

Master thesis in danish Co-authored with Tanja Rosenqvist. Published in Orbit in 2009

In this master thesis we have studied how idea work unfolds in early product development. We have done this by... more In this master thesis we have studied how idea work unfolds in early product development. We have done this by examining the idea work in a company called Alfa Laval that is specialized in developing separation solutions for industrial companies. Furthermore, we have developed a series of recommendations on how idea work can be staged to make it of high quality. In addition, we have developed a number of tools, which Alfa Laval can use to improve their idea work. By examining the early product development through the term of idea work, we wish to bring focus to the product developers’ practical work with ideas in the early product development.

The point of departure for this thesis was a realization that Alfa Laval had problems doing radical innovation. We therefore decided to explore their innovation process to gain insight in how to harness the company’s innovation potential. This decision triggered an examination of the existing innovation literature. Through this examination we noticed an amount of literature about the early innovation process called the Fuzzy Front End (FFE).

We found this part of the innovation process interesting because it seemed to be a place for improvement of the overall innovation process. We therefore conducted a review of some of the exsisting FFE litterataur to gain further insight in this. We found, that the FFE literature seems to be focused on organizational perspectives of innovation and FFE management. We thereby found it to be lacking a focus on the people that actually creates innovations e.g. product developers. We therefore saw a potential of improving the FFE literature by obtaining insight into this practical dimension of innovation. Therefore we decided to investigate the work of the product developers at Alfa Laval with the focus on idea work.

As a foundation for our study of the idea work, we used empirical data obtained through interviews with primarily product developers. Through this we analyzed the idea work at Alfa Laval from three perspectives; an individual perspective, a social perspective and a process perspective. Within each perspective, we found interesting aspects of the idea-work, which led us to a comprehensive understanding of how idea work unfolds as a whole. We hereby found that idea-work unfolds as a social and individual process where the idea continuously is being framed and reframed by the individuals who engage in the idea work. The social processes take place through the intersection of object worlds. This intersection is made possible through the use boundary objects that can transforma the individuals’ knowledge.

These boundary objects are created through the individual processes. The goal of the idea work is to make the idea interesting to as many object worlds as possible. Hereby the idea can gain support, at first internally and later externally whereby innovative success ca be achieved.

We also found, that idea work is influenced by the context it occurs in. This context consists of both organizational and market conditions. The context influences the idea work indirectly
because the individuals that engage in the idea work make sense of the context and enact in the idea work according to this. Thus the context affects the idea work through the individuals engaging in it.
To simplify the understanding we have gained of idea work, we have developed the Idea-Framing model. This model should be understood as our contribution to the existing FFE literature. We believe the Idea-Framing Model to be an important contribution to the literature because it presents an understanding of how the work with ideas is actually performed, which does not seem to be of focus in the FFE.

In addition to the model, we have developed a number of recommendations on how idea work can be staged to improve its quality. We have therefore made general recommendations but also specific recommendations for Alfa Laval. We have also developed a number of tools that can assist Alfa Laval in the staging process. These tools consist of two groups, communication tools and innovation tools. The communication tools should be used to communicate our understanding of idea work to the employees at Alfa Laval and the innovation tools should be used when performing idea work. This means, that the communication tools develop a shared syntax for the employees to be able to communicate about idea work and thus deliberately stage it. The innovation tools are designed to be used in
meetings between individuals and thus in the staging of each meeting to take advantage of the potential that exists between the different object worlds. All tools are built as boundary
objects that can transform knowledge when used. It is our hope that the recommendation and tools can help Alfa Laval to harness their innovation potential through deliberate staging of idea work.

A History of Light and Colour Measurement: Science in the Shadows

by Sean Johnston

2003 Paul Bunge Prize of the Hans R. Jenemann Foundation for the History of Scientific Instruments

Judging... more 2003 Paul Bunge Prize of the Hans R. Jenemann Foundation for the History of Scientific Instruments

Judging the brightness and color of light has long been contentious. Alternately described as impossible and routine, it was beset by problems both technical and social. How trustworthy could such measurements be? Was the best standard of intensity a gas lamp, an incandescent bulb, or a glowing pool of molten metal? And how much did the answers depend on the background of the specialist?

A History of Light and Colour Measurement: Science in the Shadows is a history of the hidden workings of physical science-a technical endeavor embedded in a social context. It argues that this "undisciplined" subject, straddling academia, commerce, and regulation, may be typical not only of 20th century science, but of its future.

Attracting scientists, engineers, industrialists, and artists, the developing subject produced a new breed of practitioners having mixed provenance. The new measurers of light had to decide the shape not only of their specialism but of their careers: were they to be a part of physics, engineering, or psychology? The physical scientists who dominated the subject into the early 20th century made their central aim the replacement of the problematic human eye with physical detectors of light. For psychologists between the wars, though, describing the complexity of color was more important than quantifying a handful of its dimensions. And after WWII, military designers shaped the subject of radiometry and subsumed photometry and colorimetry within it. Never attaining a professional cachet, these various specialists moved fluidly between science and technology; through government, industry, and administration.

Journal of applied economics and business research

by Solmaz Filiz Karabag

Journal of Applied Economics and Business Research
6710 Sussex Avenue, 102, Burnaby V5H3C6 Canada

OR

Filiz Karabag
Södertörns University
Room no: F 1004
Alfred Nobels allé 7, Flemingsberg
141 89 Huddinge Stockholm Sweden

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to publish the third issue of The Journal of Applied Economics and... more Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to publish the third issue of The Journal of Applied Economics and Business Research that contains four inaugural papers featuring both fine quality and a wide spectrum of topics across applied economics, business and finance. We hope you will enjoy these readings. To view articles, visit http://www.aebrjournal.org/current-issue.html.

We now welcome your full papers, research notes, review papers, conference reports, and other related materials for the second issue. Articles of between 5,000 and 8,000 words can be sent via e-mail to editorial team at fsuvankulov@aya.yale.edu or filiz.karabag@sh.se

We look forward to an interesting second issue!

Yours truly,

Alisher Akhmedjonov,
Filiz Karabag,
Farrukh Suvankulov

Associate Editors

Journal of applied economics and business research

by Solmaz Filiz Karabag

Journal of Applied Economics and Business Research
6710 Sussex Avenue, 102, Burnaby V5H3C6 Canada

OR

Filiz Karabag
Södertörns University
Room no: F 1004
Alfred Nobels allé 7, Flemingsberg
141 89 Huddinge Stockholm Sweden

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to publish the third issue of The Journal of Applied Economics and... more Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to publish the third issue of The Journal of Applied Economics and Business Research that contains four inaugural papers featuring both fine quality and a wide spectrum of topics across applied economics, business and finance. We hope you will enjoy these readings. To view articles, visit http://www.aebrjournal.org/current-issue.html.

We now welcome your full papers, research notes, review papers, conference reports, and other related materials for the second issue. Articles of between 5,000 and 8,000 words can be sent via e-mail to editorial team at fsuvankulov@aya.yale.edu or filiz.karabag@sh.se

We look forward to an interesting second issue!

Yours truly,

Alisher Akhmedjonov,
Filiz Karabag,
Farrukh Suvankulov

Associate Editors

Innovazione nel packaging design. Reflections and tools / Innovation in Packaging Design. Reflections and Tools

by Erik Ciravegna

di Valeria Bucchetti ed Erik Ciravegna
Edizioni Dativo, Milano 2009

Questa pubblicazione è la testimonianza dell’incontro internazionale “Innovation in Packaging Design. Keywords and... more Questa pubblicazione è la testimonianza dell’incontro internazionale “Innovation in Packaging Design. Keywords and Tools”. Presenta il dibattito emerso durante il seminario e riporta i contributi dei partecipanti, rappresentanti del mondo accademico internazionale (École de design, UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal/Canada, Escola Massana Centre d'Art i Disseny di Barcellona/Spagna, Dipartimento INDACO del Politecnico di Milano), che si sono confrontati sul ruolo che può assumere il design della comunicazione nel tracciare nuovi percorsi di innovazione nel settore dell’imballaggio.

This publication is the testimony of the international meeting "Innovation in Packaging Design. Keywords and Tools”.
It presents the debate emerged during the seminar and reports the contributions of the participants, representatives of the international academic world (École de design, UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal/Canada, Escola Massana Centre d'Art i Disseny from Barcelona/Spain, INDACO Department of Politecnico di Milano), who discussed the role which should be assumed by Communication Design for tracing new paths of innovation in the packaging sector.

Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development Transforming the Industrial State

by Ralph Hall

Co-authored with Nicholas A. Ashford (MIT)

In this book Nicholas A. Ashford and Ralph P. Hall offer a unified, transdisciplinary approach for achieving... more In this book Nicholas A. Ashford and Ralph P. Hall offer a unified, transdisciplinary approach for achieving sustainable development in industrialized nations. They present an insightful analysis of the ways in which industrial states are currently unsustainable and how economic and social welfare are related to the environment, to public health and safety, and to earning capacity and meaningful and rewarding employment. The authors argue for the design of multipurpose solutions to the sustainability challenge that integrate economics, employment, technology, environment, industrial development, national and international law, trade, finance, and public and worker health and safety. This book is essential reading for anyone with a policy or scholarly interest in sustainable development and the critical roles of the economy, employment, and the environment.

Strategische Allianzen für nachhaltige Entwicklung Innovationen in Unternehmen durch Kooperationen mit NPOs

by frauke lange

Gemeinsame Herausgabe mit Lemken, Thomas; Helfert, Marlene; Kuhndt, Michael; Merten, Thomas

Abschlusspublikation zum gleichnamigen Forschungsprojekt (mehr Informationen unter more Abschlusspublikation zum gleichnamigen Forschungsprojekt (mehr Informationen unter www.strategische-Allianzen.net)

Inhalt:

1 Innovationspotenziale erschließen durch organisationsübergreifende
Allianzen für nachhaltige Entwicklung
1.1 Innovationen für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
1.2 Innovationsfähigkeit und Netzwerkkompetenz
1.3 Gestaltung der Kooperation in Netzwerken
1.4 Das Projekt „Strategische Allianzen für Nachhaltige Entwicklung“
1.5 Das methodische Vorgehen im Projekt
1.6 Ergebnisse

2 Der Mensch im Netzwerk – Arbeitsgestaltung in Allianzen
2.1 Einleitung
2.2 Arbeitsgestaltung in den untersuchten Netzwerken
2.3 Leitfaden zur Gestaltung von Arbeit und Zusammenarbeit in Netzwerken
2.4 Zusammenfassung und Ausblick


3 Der METALOG als Allianz für Sozial-Innovationen & Social Entrepreneurship
3.1 Einleitung
3.2 Der METALOG-Prozess MCC
3.3 Der METALOG Prozess MiD
3.4 Fazit und Ausblick.

Les mutations de l'espace public

by Amar Lakel

Cet ouvrage propose des repères pour identifier et comprendre, par-delà leurs manifestations immédiates, les... more Cet ouvrage propose des repères pour identifier et comprendre, par-delà leurs manifestations immédiates, les changements en cours dans l'espace public contemporain. Que penser, par exemple, de la brutalité de ces chiffres : 8 d'adhérents pour les partis politiques et 2 % de syndicalistes dans la France de 2004 ? S'agit-il d'une désaffection pour l'engagement collectif ou est-ce le signe d'une redéfinition en profondeur du rapport de l'individu aux grandes institutions qui ont longtemps structuré les choix et les adhésions populaires ? L'évolution de la programmation télévisuelle avec le quasi-remplacement des émissions politiques par les talk-show donnant la parole aux gens " ordinaires " en lieu et place de la parole institutionnelle est-elle emblématique d'une évolution durable ? De même, les dispositifs des " conférences de citoyens " ou des " forums hybrides " pour traiter des enjeux éthiques de la science reflètent-ils une volonté partagée de mise en responsabilité des acteurs sociaux et préfigurent-ils un renouveau de la démocratie ? Que penser aussi de toutes les déclinaisons " très tendance " autour du e-gouvernement et de la e-démocratie ? Peut-on suivre les discours enchantés qui associent la revitalisation sociale au développement rapide des technologies de l'information et de la communication ? Une description minutieuse de leur insertion dans le champ politique ou syndical montre plutôt un affrontement de logiques. D'un côté, la mise en place d'une nouvelle gestion publique fondée sur la rationalisation de l'Etat et l'instauration d'un rapport de consommation non engageant avec l'individu, de l'autre, la prévalence d'un lien citoyen où le conflit n'est pas nié et où la conception de l'action collective reste positive. Enfin, l'éclairage volontairement ouvert à différentes aires culturelles (océan Indien, Europe, Amérique du Nord), devrait permettre au lecteur de se faire une opinion en ne restant pas prisonnier d'un regard par trop local.