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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
Foreword by Jean-Pierre Contzen
Book Code: Q548
ISBN: 1-56720-548-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-56720-548-0
240 pages, Figures; Tables; Photos
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 1/30/2005
List Price: $88.95 (UK Sterling Price: £49.95)
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
LC Card Number: 2004018112
LCC Class: HC394
Dewey Class: 303
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