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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461295003321

Autore

Hage Jerald <1932->

Titolo

Restoring the innovative edge [[electronic resource] ] : driving the evolution of science and technology / / Jerald Hage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, : Stanford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8047-7757-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Collana

Innovation and technology in the world economy

Disciplina

658.5/7

Soggetti

Technological innovations - United States

Research, Industrial - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Adopting Strategic Opportunities That Fit Evolutionary Patterns: Step One in Restoring the Innovative Edge; 2. Broadening the Vision of Research Teams: Step Two in Restoring the Innovative Edge; 6. Creating Cooperation Between the Public and the Private Sectors: Step Seven in Restoring the Innovative Edge; 3. Stimulating the Cross-Fertilization of Ideas: Step Three in Restoring the Innovative Edge; 4. Integrating the Organization and Changing Its Context: Steps Four and Five in Restoring the Innovative Edge

5. Connecting the Research Arenas in the Idea Innovation Network: Step Six in Restoring the Innovative Edge7. Providing Timely Feedback on Organization al Blockages: Step Eight in Restoring the Innovative Edge; Epilogue: A New Socioeconomic Paradigm; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Considerable evidence indicates that the U.S. is falling behind when it comes to innovation. In part, this shift stems from the globalization of research and the advancement of other nations. But, it also arises from a widespread failure to adapt to the competitive environment generated by the evolution of science and technology.The objective of this book is to provide possible remedies for eight key obstacles that the U.S. faces in restoring its innovative edge. Understanding that these remedies are complex, each chapter also discusses the dilemmas and impediments



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2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996248144503316

Autore

Geertz Clifford

Titolo

Negara : The Theatre State in 19th Century Bali / / Clifford Geertz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1980

©1980

ISBN

1-4008-4338-3

0-691-05316-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 295 p. ) : ill., maps ;

Disciplina

320.95986

Soggetti

Theater - Bali - Geschichte 19. Jh

Bali

Lingua di pubblicazione

Non definito

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: pages 267-288.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION Bali and Historical Method -- CHAPTER 1 Political Definition: The Sources of Order -- CHAPTER 2 Political Anatomy: The Internal Organization of the Ruling Class -- CHAPTER 3 Political Anatomy: The Village and the State -- CHAPTER 4 Political Statement: Spectacle and Ceremony -- CONCLUSION Bali and Political Theory -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Combining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of work with influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, and remains the foremost anthropologist in America. His 1980 book Negara analyzed the social organization of Bali before it was colonized by the Dutch in 1906. Here Geertz applied his widely influential method of cultural interpretation to the myths, ceremonies, rituals, and symbols of a precolonial state. He found that the nineteenth-century Balinese state defied easy conceptualization by the familiar models of political theory and the standard Western approaches to understanding politics. Negara means "country" or "seat



of political authority" in Indonesian. In Bali Geertz found negara to be a "theatre state," governed by rituals and symbols rather than by force. The Balinese state did not specialize in tyranny, conquest, or effective administration. Instead, it emphasized spectacle. The elaborate ceremonies and productions the state created were "not means to political ends: they were the ends themselves, they were what the state was for. Power served pomp, not pomp power." Geertz argued more forcefully in Negara than in any of his other books for the fundamental importance of the culture of politics to a society. Much of Geertz's previous work--including his world-famous essay on the Balinese cockfight--can be seen as leading up to the full portrait of the "poetics of power" that Negara so vividly depicts.