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Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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  • © 2013

Overview

  • This three-volume reference set uniquely covers the broad spectrum of topics relating to innovation—from the psychology of creativity to regional economic development, from new product design to education in entrepreneurship

  • It features some 300 topical entries and 400 exhibits from a global array of more than 250 researchers, business executives, policymakers, and artists, developing a comprehensive, trans-disciplinary set of perspectives on the process of innovation

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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About this book

​The Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (CI2E) is a three-volume electronic and print reference that uniquely covers the broad spectrum of topics relating to the process of creativity and innovation, from a wide variety of perspectives (e.g., economics, management, psychology, anthropology, policy, technology, education, the arts) and modes (individual, organization, industry, nation, region). The resource is comprised of some 300 topical entries, definitions of key terms and concepts, and review essays, from a global array of more than 250 researchers, business executives, policymakers, and artists, illuminating the many facets of creativity and innovation, and highlighting their relationships to such universal concepts as knowledge management, economic opportunity, and sustainability. Entries feature description of key concepts and definition of terms, full-color illustrations, case examples, future directions for research and application, synonyms and cross-references, and bibliographic references.

Reviews

From the reviews:

 

“This source will be useful to students and faculty interested in science, psychology, entrepreneurship, and related areas. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty.” (S. E. Fancher, Choice, Vol. 51 (7), March, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Information Systems & Technology, Management, School of Business, George Washington University, Washington, USA

    Elias G. Carayannis

About the editor

Dr. Elias G. Carayannis is Full Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, as well as co-Founder and co-Director of the Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI) and Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Center, (EURC) at the School of Business of the George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr. Carayannis‘ teaching and research activities focus on the areas of strategic Government-University-Industry R&D partnerships, technology road-mapping, technology transfer and commercialization, international science and technology policy, technological entrepreneurship and regional economic development.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

  • Editors: Elias G. Carayannis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3858-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-3858-8Published: 24 October 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXII, 1908

  • Number of Illustrations: 184 b/w illustrations, 192 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Business and Management, general, Entrepreneurship

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