03802naa a2200265 a 4500 1/42634 120611s2007 uk a b 001 0 eng 9780203939352 (e-book : PDF) 45502 GR-PeUP eng Brown, Helen, 1955 March 31- Knowledge and innovation [electronic resource] : a comparative study of the USA, the UK and Japan / Helen Brown. Milton Park, Abingdon, England ; New York : Routledge, c2007. Ένα html e-book. Περιέχει βιβλιογραφία και ευρετήριο. Introduction and overview -- The international policy context -- My aim and rationale -- The structure of the book -- The theoretical landscape of knowledge transfer -- Theoretical portraits of the innovation process --Theories of policy change and implementation -- Policy assumptions about triple helix partnerships -- The nature of knowledge: discourses in socio-cultural theory -- Innovation as collaboration and expansive learning -- The aradox of creative destruction -- Overview -- A natural history of my research methodology -- My methodological journey in the rough terrain of innovation -- My research design -- The UK case studies: high technology corridors (HTCs) -- The Japanese cases: textiles and photonics -- The US cases: Silicon Valley and sustainable energy innovation -- My method of data presentation -- Discussion of ethical and political issues -- Overview -- Reconstructing subject perspectives -- The complexity of subject positioning and identity -- Visualizing competing objects of activity -- Overview -- Horizontal expansion of the object by collaboration of experts -- Horizontal expansion of the object of activity -- How boundary objects bridge organizational cultures -- Vignette: samples and prototypes as boundary objects -- Vignette: management consultancy project in the UK -- Vignette: projects: connecting industry with art schools -- Vignette: collaborative projects to develop electronic tools -- Users and developers: consumers oriented innovation -- Vignette interacting with clients in the design process -- Vignette: Nuno collaborations with fashion designers -- Vignette: public-private sector partnership zero energy homes -- Vignette: collaboration between users and developers of photonics -- Vignette: how users transformed an outcome into a tool -- Overview -- Mediation between activity systems of unequal agency -- Vertical expansion of the object of activity -- The significance of power and hierarch --Vignette: the victory narrative and reflective evaluation -- Vignette: sustaining coherent development with short term projects -- Vignette: conflict between the roles of animateur and auditor -- Vignette: bureaucracy: espoused and actual autonomy -- Vignette: the creative power of conflict: action on sustainable energy -- Overview -- Insights from the research findings -- Research question 1 -- Research question 2 -- Research question 3 -- Research question 4 -- Research question 5 -- A toolkit to support organizational learning -- Vractical ways to enhance innovation partnerships -- Diagnostic tools for innovation partnerships -- Conclusions -- Risks and limitations of the research -- Future development of expansive learning theory -- Bibliography. High technology Great Britain. High technology industries. Diffusion of innovations. Electronic books. INST UNIPILB EBOOKS 20120611 00b45502 00b45502 ONLINE 0 http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203939352 http://www.tandfebooks.com/action/showBook?doi=10.4324/9780203939352 /webopac/covers/03/45502_9780203939352.jpg (e-book : PDF)