The themes of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and organizing
Target Audience
This book is most relevant to researchers, students and executives interested in future organizations that pursue dynamic innovation and sustainable development. The technological, managerial and organizational background addressed in this book can be applied in different levels of academic and industrial research, including:
• Research programs of undergraduate and post-graduate levels.
• Lectures of undergraduate and post-graduate courses.
• Industrial and business research projects of firms of any size.
Due to the multidisciplinary scope of this book, the editors are suggesting some schools and courses where the book can be useful. These are:
Schools of: Business Administration, Management, Information Systems, Organization Theory, Social Sciences, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy, Education, Technology, and Engineering. Courses on: Innovation; Organizational, Managerial and Technological Innovation; R&D and Technology Management; Organizational Theory, Organizational Learning; Knowledge Management, Information Systems, Finance, Organizational Networks, Internationalization, Strategic Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainability.
The book offers readers a multidisciplinary perspective on dynamic innovation, and most importantly, challenges readers to explore new frontiers between innovation and Sustainability, Organizational Networks, Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Management, R&D&T (Research, Development and Technology) Management, Marketing, Finance, Internationalization, and Information Systems.
Organizations of today confront increasing levels of environmental complexity and uncertainty (Nobre, Tobias & Walker, 2010) that demand new processes of organizing. Sustainable development, at the firm, industry, nation and societal levels, depends on new economic, social and environmental analyses. This book contributes by presenting theoretical and empirical findings for mastering, analyzing and integrating technological, managerial and organizational perspectives that identify core competencies of future organizations. The subject of dynamic innovation raises new challenges for researchers.
Organizational, managerial and technological principles of the past and present have contributed successful applications in many areas of organizations and society. However, the world is changing, new processes of organizing are continuously emerging, and methods that proved successful in the past may not provide the right tools for addressing problems of the future. Participants in this book hope to provide readers with very exciting insights about how innovation can create a better future.
