Foreword xi Introduction xiii Chapter 1. Global Landscape of Innovation 1 1.1. Innovation in the world 1 1.2. Innovation in Europe 18 1.4. The future of innovation 29 Chapter 2.
A Multi-faceted Innovation 31 2.1. The pieces of the kaleidoscope 31 2.2. From invention to innovation 32 2.3. A few definitions of innovation 34 2.4.
Innovation spectrum 38 2.5. Innovation paradoxes 56 Chapter 3. From Innovation to E-co-innovation 59 3.1. Awakening consciousness 59 3.2. The traditional innovation process 61 3.
3. Why and when innovate? 69 3.4. Role of the customer in the innovation process 70 3.5. Integrating environmental aspects 76 3.6. E-co-innovation or innovating differently 82 3.
7. Innovating in a knowledge economy 87 Chapter 4. Knowledge and Skills to E-co-innovate 89 4.1. Information or knowledge? 89 4.2. The knowledge necessary to innovate 90 4.3.
Which skills are essential to e-co-innovate? 104 4.4. Measuring the organizational capacity to innovate 110 4.5. Mobilizing imagination, collective intelligence and technology 113 Chapter 5. Knowledge Management - Collective Human-Machine Intelligence 115 5.1. Amplifying intelligence 115 5.
2. The role of computers in the e-co-innovation process 116 5.3. Knowledge management 128 5.4. Building knowledge flow 136 Chapter 6. Innovating Technological Innovation 143 6.1.
Researchers, R&D and innovation 143 6.2. Technological innovation actors 148 6.3. Contexts and ambitions 149 6.4. Motivations, evaluations and promotion 154 6.5.
What is the role of education? 163 6.6. Some initiatives to transform technological innovation in economic values 165 6.7. Financing and return on investment 172 6.8. Proposal: technological innovation in the knowledge economy 179 6.9.
The future of research187 Chapter 7. Innovation for Territorial Development 189 7.1. The economic situation of regions and cities 189 7.2. Strategies and actions in favor of regional development 195 7.3. Some initiatives in favor of territorial growth by innovation 204 7.
4. Removing obstacles to development 210 7.5. Development in the knowledge economy 214 7.6. Innovating for a prosperous future 219 Inventing the Future 221 Glossary 223 Bibliography 227 Index 245.