Determinants of innovative behaviour : a firm's internal practices and its external environment

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Author:

Beers, Cees van, 1960-

ISBN:

9780230206328

Publication Information:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Physical Description:

xv, 308 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Contents:

1. Introduction / Cees van Beers, Alfred Kleinknecht, Roland Ortt and Robert Verburg -- Pt. I. Internal Organization -- 2. Business Strategy, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Small Firms in the UK and US / Jonathan Michie and Maura Sheehan -- 3. Where People Provide the Impetus: HRM Practices, Employee Job Satisfaction and Innovation / Helen Shipton and Doris Fay -- 4. Skill Endowment and R&D Investment: Evidence from Micro Data / Mariacristina Piva and Marco Vivarelli -- Pt. II. Linking Internal to External Organization -- 5. Designing the Organization for Innovation / Vittorio Chiesa and Federico Frattini -- 6. Exploring Knowledge Flows and Losses in the 'Open Innovation' Age / Paul Trott -- 7. The Role of Knowledge Clusters in R&D Acquisition and Innovation Success / Torsten Brodt and Sebastian Knoll -- 8. E-collaboration in the Automotive Supply Chain: Determinants and Impacts on Performance / Elisabeth Lefebvre, Louis A. Lefebvre, Amal Amarouch, Luc Cassivi and Gael le Hen -- 9. Innovation and Labour Productivity in the Swiss Manufacturing Sector: An Analysis Based on Firm Panel Data / Spyros Arvanitis -- 10. Financial Constraint and R&D Investment: Evidence from CIS / Amaresh K. Tiwari, Pierre Mohnen, Franz C. Palm and Sybrand Schim van der Loeft -- Pt. III. External Organization -- 11. Technology Diffusion and Innovation: The Importance of Domestic and Foreign Sources / Hans Loof -- 12. Industry Specialization, Diversity and the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems / Michael Fritsch and Viktor Slavtchev.

Abstract:

"This book provides an overview of current research on determinants of innovation of firms from the perspective of economics and management. It deals with the innovating firm's internal and external organization and how their mutual relationship affects innovative behaviour. Using several methods analysis, the book reveals the specific determinants that are predominant in explaining firm performance both scientific economists and management scientists as well as practitioners."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Technological innovations -- Management.

Organizational change.

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Beers, Cees van, 1960-

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A rich overview of current research on determinants of innovative behaviour. It is a unique work as it illuminates these from different perspectives such as, economics, management and psychology. Using several methods of analysis, it shows what specific determinants are predominant in explaining firm performance on innovation.