Cases on SMEs and Open Innovation: Applications and Investigations - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1613503148 ISBN 13: 9781613503140

Publisher: Igi Global Scientific Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Innovation has become a key success factor for economic development and a prerequisite for sustainable development. In a complex and highly competitive global environment, enterprises have to innovate and develop commercially viable products and services faster than ever before. Cases on SMEs and Open Innovation: Applications and Investigations reviews applications of open innovation concepts and strategies for SMEs development by accommodating theoretical perspectives and case studies. This book covers diverse aspects of open innovation in terms of policy, politics, economy, and culture, making it a useful reference for researchers, practitioners, and academics.

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About the Author

Hakikur Rahman, PhD. an academic over 30 years has served leading education institutes and established various ICT projects funded by ADB, UNDP and World Bank in Bangladesh. He is currently serving as a Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Minho in Portugal. He has written/edited over 20 books and contributed over 100 articles/papers in journals, magazines, news paper and conference proceedings on computer education in ICTs, education and research. Graduating from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1981, he has done his Master's of Engineering from the American University of Beirut in 1986 and completed his PhD in Computer Engineering from the Ansted University, BVI, UK in 2001.

Isabel Ramos is an Assistant Professor at Information Systems Department of University of Minho, Portugal. She coordinates a research group in Knowledge Management. She also has research work in the field of requirements engineering. Isabel Ramos is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction and Secretary of the IFIP TC8 (Information Systems). Her research and teaching interests include: requirements engineering, knowledge management, organizational theory, sociology of knowledge, history of science and research methodology. She is responsible for the user studies in two funded R&D projects. Isabel Ramos is author of more than three dozen scientific papers presented at international conferences and published in scientific and technical journals. She advises the work of several PhD and Master students.

Edition details

• Publisher: Igi Global Scientific Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1613503148
• ISBN 13: 9781613503140
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 279
• Editor: Rahman Hakikur, Ramos Isabel