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Innovation for the Masses
An engaging, solutions-oriented look at how cities and nations can better navigate issues of innovation and inequality. From San Francisco to Shanghai, many of the world's most innovative places are highly unequal, with the benefits going to a small few. Rather than simply asking how we can create more high-tech cities and nations, Innovation for the Masses focuses on places that manage to foster innovation while also delivering the benefits more widely and equally. In this book, economist Neil Lee draws on case studies of Taiwan, Sweden, Austria, and Switzerland to set out how innovation can be successfully balanced toward equity. As high-tech economies around the world suffer from polarize...
Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation
Despite the emphasis of the European Regional Policy on territorial cohesion, regional disparities have been increasing within Europe in the past years. The metropolitan areas in almost all countries are considerably growing while regions outside of agglomerations are stagnating or even declining. Against this background this book aims to provide an understanding of the underlying processes of polarisation and related regional and local policies. This open access volume contributes to the debates about polarisation and regional development by focussing on questions of spatial justice, power distribution and policy transfer. Theoretical and empirically grounded contributions show that Europea...
Wheels of normality
Norms and standards make it easier for companies and other organisations to reliably meet high expectations. They thus contribute to our trust in a normality that is characterised by quality, safety and comfort - and is therefore by no means "normal". As necessary and effective as norms and standards are for a society based on the division of labour and complexity, the public awareness of them is low. That is why this non-fiction book provides for the first time an overview of norms and standards systems in Switzerland. From a historical and a future-oriented perspective, the book takes up the following questions: Why and how have norms and standards become so important in recent decades? How exactly do they create their economic and social benefits? To what extent can they hinder or promote innovation and transformation - and what potential does this offer for sustainable development? Journalists, academics and other experts provide answers based on fundamental articles and case studies from companies and other organisations.
Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies
In the global economy, regional development and innovation are increasingly an imperative to increase the competitive edge of EU economies. While European regions are different in many ways, the innovation capacity of regions, clusters and firms is what makes them capable of building up new and diversified pathways for sustainable growth. For this reason, Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies looks to analyze different knowledge drivers (e.g. entrepreneurial or policy-orientation; scientific and practice-based knowledge modes; institutional innovation support) that influence the innovative and competitive capacity of regions, clusters and firms in Europe. The aim of this volu...
Technology, Crafting and Artisanal Networks in the Greek and Roman World
This volume aims to merge theoretical models with methodological approaches on ceramic technology and artisanal networks in the Classical world. This convergence of analytical frameworks allowed scholars to explore some traditional archaeological topics that usually have a very low-level of visibility, such as the skillful gestures of the craftspeople involved, the organization of the ceramic production, the dynamics of apprenticeship and knowledge transfer as well as intra and inter-regional artisanal mobility, in the Graeco-Roman ‘communities of practice’. The papers promote interdisciplinary dialogues among various fields of study, such as archaeology, archaeometry, anthropology, ethnoarchaeology, experimental archaeology, and digital humanities - such as Social Network Analysis, computational imaging, and big data analysis.
Path Dependence and Regional Economic Renewal
This book investigates the mechanisms that may stimulate or hamper the renewal of the regional industry structure. Recent years have witnessed a strong interest in, and need for, the modernization and upgrading of existing industries and the introduction of new industries. Informed by the evolutionary perspective this book argues that innovations within existing industry paths and the creation of new industries are strongly rooted in the established economic practice. Historically developed skills, existing industrial structure and regional and extra-regional networks form the basis for future regional growth. This volume consists of 11 chapters studying different aspects of regional industrial path development illustrated with cases from Norway, Sweden and Spain. The book also look into the role of policy for regional economic renewal, and argues that economic renewal is fostered by policies that incorporate both actor-based and system-based elements. Such policy mix will provide a vital push towards renewal and new path development. The chapters were originally published as a special issue in European Planning Studies.
Les rouages de la normalité
Les normes et standards aident les entreprises et organisations à répondre, de façon fiable, aux attentes élevées. Ils renforcent ainsi la confiance que nous avons dans une normalité qui se caractérise par la qualité, la sécurité et le confort, qui, de ce fait est loin d'être « normale ». Aussi nécessaires et efficaces que soient les normes et les standards pour une société complexe et basée sur la division du travail, tant cela est mal connu du public. Cet ouvrage a donc pour vocation de donner, pour la première fois, un aperçu des systèmes de normalisation en Suisse. Du point de vue historique et dans une perspective d'avenir le livre aborde les questions suivantes : po...
Meccanismi della Normalità
Norme e standard aiutano le aziende e le altre organizzazioni a soddisfare in modo affidabile aspettative elevate. Contribuiscono così a un clima di fiducia in una normalità contraddistinta da qualità, sicurezza e comfort e quindi, a ben guardare, tutt'altro che «normale». Norme e standard sono tanto indispensabili e funzionali a una società complessa e basata sulla divisione del lavoro, quanto poco noti all'opinione pubblica. Questa pubblicazione intende perciò fornire per la prima volta una panoramica dei sistemi svizzeri che disciplinano norme e standard. In una prospettiva che analizza sia la storia passata sia le prospettive future, vengono affrontate domande come: perché norme e standard hanno assunto una grande rilevanza negli ultimi decenni? Com'è accaduto? In che modo esercitano la loro funzione economica e sociale? In che misura sono in grado di ostacolare o di promuovere l'innovazione e la trasformazione e qual è il loro potenziale nell'ottica di uno sviluppo sostenibile? Giornalisti, studiosi e altri esperti forniscono risposte basate su articoli e casi di studio di aziende e altre organizzazioni.
The Oxford Handbook of Professional Service Firms
The Oxford Handbook of Professional Service Firms discusses firms providing services in the traditional professions such as law, accounting, and architecture as well as newer sectors such as, management consulting, advertising, and engineering. It provides a critical overview of contemporary research on PSFs, and suggests avenues of future inquiry.
Räderwerke der Normalität
Normen und Standards erleichtern es Unternehmen und anderen Organisationen, hohe Erwartungen zuverlässig zu erfüllen. Sie tragen so zu unserem Vertrauen in eine Normalität bei, die sich durch Qualität, Sicherheit und Komfort auszeichnet – und damit keineswegs «normal» ist. So nötig und wirksam Normen und Standards für eine arbeitsteilige und komplexe Gesellschaft sind, so gering ist das öffentliche Bewusstsein von ihnen. Deshalb gibt dieses Sachbuch erstmals einen Überblick über Normen- und Standardsysteme in der Schweiz. Aus einer historischen und aus einer zukunftsgerichteten Perspektive greift das Buch folgende Fragen auf: Warum und wie sind Normen und Standards in den letzten Jahrzehnten so bedeutsam geworden? Wie genau stiften sie ihren betriebswirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Nutzen? Inwiefern können sie Innovation sowie Transformation behindern oder befördern – und welches Potenzial ergibt sich hieraus für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung? Journalistinnen, Wissenschaftler und weitere Experten geben Antworten anhand von Grundlagenartikeln sowie Fallbeispielen von Unternehmen und anderen Organisationen.
