Overview
- Presents an original and truly interdisciplinary approach to innovation by some of the best specialists in the field
- Offers a new and coherent vision of innovation based on a broad overview and detailed case studies taken from diverse sectors and technologies
- Provides an analysis based on the social sciences, not a manifesto for social innovation
Part of the book series: Creative Economy (CRE)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Critical Views on Innovation from Economics and History of Science, and Law
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Case Studies 1: Health and Medicine
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Case Studies 2: Environment
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Innovation for Whom and for What?
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About this book
With that in mind, the following questions are dealt with in this book: What are the non-technological sources of innovation? What can the progress of STI bring to humankind? What roles will society be expected to play in the new model of innovation? The authors argue that the majority of so-called technological innovations are actually socio-technical innovations, requiring huge resources for financing activities, adapting regulations, designing adequate policy frames, and shaping new uses and new users while having the appropriate interaction with society.
This book gathers multi- and trans-disciplinary approaches in innovation that go beyond technology and take into account the inter-relations with social and human phenomena. Illustrated by carefully chosen examples and based on broad and well-informed analyses, it is highly recommended to readers who seek an in-depth and up-to-date integrated overview of innovation in its non-technological dimensions.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Sébastien Lechevalier is an economist and a professor at EHESS (School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris), specialized in the Japanese economy and Asian capitalism. He is also an associate researcher at GREThA (Bordeaux University). He is the founder and president of the Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS (FFJ). He has been a visiting professor at The University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Hitotsubashi University, Waseda University, and Doshisha University.
He has published extensively on various dimensions of the Japanese economy in comparative perspective, including The Great Transformation of Japanese Capitalism (Routledge, 2014). His research also deals with the issue of innovation in academic institutions, at the corporate level, and from a public policy perspective.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Innovation Beyond Technology
Book Subtitle: Science for Society and Interdisciplinary Approaches
Editors: Sébastien Lechevalier
Series Title: Creative Economy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9053-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-9052-4Published: 19 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-9055-5Published: 19 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-9053-1Published: 02 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2364-9186
Series E-ISSN: 2364-9445
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 324
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural Economics, Innovation/Technology Management, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary