Knowledge, Learning and Innovation : Research Insights on Cross-Sector Collaborations

Vanessa Ratten

ISBN 10: 3319865889 / ISBN 13: 9783319865881

Published by Springer International Publishing, Springer International Publishing, 2018

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book places knowledge, learning and innovation at the heart of cross-sector collaborations. Collaboration for innovation is a topic that has attracted widespread interest from academics, business strategists and government officials. To date the collaborations have focused on the performance management process and more specifically on how to encourage collaboration. However, businesses across the world are realizing that for cross-sector collaboration to be successful, it is necessary for firms to share knowledge and innovation through a process of learning. The book contributes to this by providing fresh insights into ways to stimulate cross-sector collaboration. It presents diverse methods and approaches to unify the dimensions of knowledge, learning and innovation and discusses how collaboration can be created, sustained, and expanded.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge, Learning and Innovation : Research Insights on Cross-Sector Collaborations
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319865889
• ISBN 13: 9783319865881
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 13D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 353 grams

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Synopsis

This book places knowledge, learning and innovation at the heart of cross-sector collaborations. Collaboration for innovation is a topic that has attracted widespread interest from academics, business strategists and government officials. To date the collaborations have focused on the performance management process and more specifically on how to encourage collaboration. However, businesses across the world are realizing that for cross-sector collaboration to be successful, it is necessary for firms to share knowledge and innovation through a process of learning. The book contributes to this by providing fresh insights into ways to stimulate cross-sector collaboration. It presents diverse methods and approaches to unify the dimensions of knowledge, learning and innovation and discusses how collaboration can be created, sustained, and expanded.

About the Author

Vanessa Ratten is an Associate Professor (Entrepreneurship and Innovation) at La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University. Dr Ratten is the discipline coordinator of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at La Trobe Business School. She teaches both undergraduate, postgraduate and Executive Education courses on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Sport Innovation, Management and Marketing for Sustainable Value Creation and Entrepreneurial Business Planning. Ratten’s main research areas include entrepreneurship (especially sport entrepreneurship, developing country entrepreneurship and international entrepreneurship) and innovation (focusing on technological innovation, cloud computing, mobile commerce). She has published on a wide range of subjects including European entrepreneurship, Asian entrepreneurship and tourism marketing.

Vitor Braga is an Associate Professor at the School of Technology and Management of Felgueiras, Polytechnic of Porto. He is the director of the BusinessSciences BSc, the head of the business sciences department and the director of the MSc in International Management. His main research interests deal with entrepreneurship processes, such as co-operation, internationalization and innovation. He is also part of the Entrepreneurship Education Project: Enhancing Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Identity, coordinated by the University of Wisconsin and the Illinois State University and involving universities across 70 countries worldwide.

Carla Susana Marques is an Associate Professor at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, based in Vila Real, Portugal.