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Low-Tech Innovation
. Ed(S): Som, Oliver; Kirner, Eva
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Description for Low-Tech Innovation
Hardback. Editor(s): Som, Oliver; Kirner, Eva. Num Pages: 235 pages, 53 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; KJC; KJD; KJH; KJMV6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
This book highlights the economic relevance of the so-called low-tech industries and firms. Non R&D intensive firms continue to be the economic backbone of several developed industrial countries. They form the core of National Innovation Systems and contribute significantly to growth and employment. However, due to their lack of R&D activity, they are easily overlooked in the general innovation debate. This book provides latest empirical findings on the current economic relevance and specific innovation strategies and management of non-R&D intensive firms in Germany. It discusses their future role in a knowledge driven economy as well as possible implications for innovation and technology policy. An outcome of ... Read more
This book highlights the economic relevance of the so-called low-tech industries and firms. Non R&D intensive firms continue to be the economic backbone of several developed industrial countries. They form the core of National Innovation Systems and contribute significantly to growth and employment. However, due to their lack of R&D activity, they are easily overlooked in the general innovation debate. This book provides latest empirical findings on the current economic relevance and specific innovation strategies and management of non-R&D intensive firms in Germany. It discusses their future role in a knowledge driven economy as well as possible implications for innovation and technology policy. An outcome of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
Number of Pages
229
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319099729
SKU
V9783319099729
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Som, Oliver; Kirner, Eva
Oliver Som is senior researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI at Karlsruhe. Prior to joining Fraunhofer ISI in 2005, he studied political and social sciences at the University of Stuttgart. Since 2013 he is deputy head of the Competence Center 'Industrial and Service Innovations' (ISI) and coordinates the business unit 'Industrial innovation strategies and systems ... Read more
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