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- Detailed discussion of how cooperation in the innovation process works based on current state of research
- An analysis on the future of innovation that aims to prepare and help firms and inventors to adapt
- Presents an Idea Economy as an extension of the concepts of Entrepreneurial Society and Open Innovation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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The Emergence of an Idea Economy
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Front Matter
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Cooperative Innovation
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Many people have great ideas. Without the necessary skills and means most never get to realize them. If they could cooperate with competent firms and entrepreneurs together both could achieve much and this is increasingly happening. Mechanisms are being established making a division of labour between inventors and implementers a reality. This is changing the nature of innovation from an internal R&D, or purely entrepreneurial attempt, to a more cooperative innovation. An Idea Economy emerges, where anyone has the possibility to profit from their ideas, and everyone will benefit from more and better innovation.
This book presents us the emergence and structure of the Idea Economy by extending the seminal concepts of Entrepreneurial Society and Open Innovation. Part I describes the big picture on how innovation is evolving, where we are today, and what an Idea Economy will look like. Part II points the way forward, discussing in detail on how cooperation in the innovation process works, and why this is only recently becoming possible. ​
Authors and Affiliations
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African Development Bank, Carthage, Tunisia
Georg Weiers
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Innovation Through Cooperation
Book Subtitle: The Emergence of an Idea Economy
Authors: Georg Weiers
Series Title: Management for Professionals
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00095-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-00094-7Published: 07 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37491-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-00095-4Published: 26 September 2013
Series ISSN: 2192-8096
Series E-ISSN: 2192-810X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 238
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, Entrepreneurship, Industrial Organization