Creating Wealth from Knowledge: Meeting the Innovation Challenge

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Contents: 1. Introduction John Bessant and Tim Venables PART I: CONTEXT 2. Science and Technology in the UK Pablo D'Este and Andy Neely 3. How Open is Innovation? Linus Dahlander and David Gann 4. Innovation Policy as Cargo Cult: Myth and Reality in Knowledge-led Productivity Growth Alan Hughes 5. New Innovation Models and Australia's Old Economy Mark Dodgson and John Steen 6. Evolution of UK Government Support for Innovation Tim Minshall PART II: FIRM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH KNOWLEDGE 7. Entrepreneurship in the Knowledge Economy Erik Stam and Elizabeth Garnsey PART III: CONNECTING FOR INNOVATION 8. Sustaining Breakthrough Innovation in Large Established Firms: Learning Traps and Counteracting Strategies Simone Ferriani, Elizabeth Garnsey and David Probert 9. Search Strategies for Discontinuous Innovation John Bessant and Bettina von Stamm 10. Accelerating Diffusion Amongst Slow Adopters Richard Adams and John Bessant 11. Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Innovation Sue Morton and Neil Burns PART IV: WEALTH FROM KNOWLEDGE 12. How Firms Source Knowledge from Universities: Partnering versus Contracting Markus Perkmann and Kathryn Walsh 13. What are the Factors that Drive the Engagement of Academic Researchers in Knowledge Transfer Activities? Some Reflections for Future Research Pablo D'Este and Andy Neely 14. Exploring the Role of Geographic Proximity in Shaping University-Industry Interaction Kate Bishop, Toke Reichstein and Ammon Salter 15. Enhancing the Flow of Knowledge to Innovation: Challenges for University-based Knowledge Transfer Systems Hossein Sharifi, Weisheng Liu, B. McCaul and Dennis Kehoe 16. Enabling Information Infrastructures and Technologies Roula Michaelides and Dennis Kehoe 17. Conclusion John Bessant and Tim Venables Index

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