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Innovation for All? Learning from the Portuguese Path to Technical Change and the Dynamics of Innovation
Pedro Conceicão, Manuel V. Heitor
ISBN: 1-56720-548-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-56720-548-0
240 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 1/30/2005
List Price: $88.95 (UK Sterling Price: £61.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: At the macroeconomic level innovation increasingly means the ability of institutions to cope with uncertainty and change. This change can be associated with technological advances, but also with modifications to the regulatory framework of an industry, shifts in consumer preferences, emerging demographic trends, or even major alternations of global geopolitics. The changes brought about by these conditions ripple throughout an economy, affecting national institutions and individual citizens alike. Innovation for All? considers the case of Portugal from the perspective of innovation theory, providing new insights on how knowledge is generated and diffused over time and across space. The lessons from Portugal's experience can be applied more broadly to understand the challenges of developing policies that simultaneously promote scientific and technological innovation, societal creativity, and economic growth.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Jean-Pierre Contzen
    Acknowledgments
    List of Figures
    List of Tables
    Introduction: The Open-Ended Evolution of the Theory and Practice of Innovation
    AN EVOLVING SCENARIO: PORTUGAL IN EUROPE
    A Dual Society
    Excellence of Research in Portugal
    Characteristics of Innovation in Portugal: The European Context
    The Challenge of Productivity Growth
    LEARNING FROM HISTORY
    Looking at Innovation over Time and Across Space: The Relevance of Technical Change
    Beyond Technical Change: Building Competences and the Emergence of Innovation Studies and Policies
    Engineering Education in Portugal: Still Looking for Diversification
    The System of Science and Technology in Portugal: An Heavy Heritage
    BUILDING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
    The Learning Society: A Framework to Understand the New Demands for Being Innovative
    Deepening our Understanding of Learning Towards Innovation: Building on the Economics of Knowledge
    Building on Social Capital
    TOWARDS A LEARNING SOCIETY
    Relying on Science and Technology Policy?
    Adapting Universities
    Fostering Systems of Innovation and Competence Building: The Challenges of Inclusiveness
    Summary and Closure
    References
    Index
    About the Authors
About the Author: Pedro Conceicão is Assistant Professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, and a researcher at the Center for Innovation, Technology, and Policy Research. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the IC2 Institute, University of Texas, Austin.

Manuel V. Heitor is Professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, and Director of the Center for Innovation, Technology, and Policy Research. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the IC2 Institute, University of Texas, Austin.
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