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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957824203321

Titolo

Exploring the culture of Open Innovation : towards an altruistic model of economy / / Piero Formica, Martin Curley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, UK : , : Emerald Publishing, , 2018

ISBN

9781787439795

1787439798

9781787437890

1787437892

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 pages)

Disciplina

171.8

Soggetti

Altruism

Technological innovations

Entrepreneurship

Business & Economics - Entrepreneurship

Business innovation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- Exploring the Culture of Open Innovation -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- References -- Chapter 1 In Search of the Origin of an 'Open Innovation' Culture -- Chapter 2 The Culture of Open Innovation - A New Twilight Zone? -- Chapter 3 Sharing, Giving and Taking: Enabling Citizen Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 4 The Evolution of Businesses: A Darwinian Metaphor -- Chapter 5 The State of the Art of Open Innovation Culture -- Chapter 6 Connecting Dots: From Clusters to Ecosystems -- Chapter 7 Citizen Crowdsourcing: 'Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You…' -- Chapter 8 Creating and Enabling Ecosystems for Open Innovation: Challenges and How to Cope with Them -- About the Editors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Acclaimed entrepreneurship and innovation scholar Piero Formica, along with a strong and diverse cast of international contributors, explore the world of Open Innovation in this volume. Tackling new



developments in the field, the authors examine altruism and the role of openness to unorthodox and unconventional experimentation as the newest arena to create modern knowledge resources and entrepreneurial ventures.