Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1402096623 ISBN 13 : 9781402096624

Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2009

Synopsis

Innovation is nowadays a question of life and death for many of the economies of the western world. Yet, due to our generally reductionist scientific paradigm, invention and innovation are rarely studied scientifically. Most work prefers to study its context and its consequences. As a result, we are as a society, lacking the scientific tools to understand, improve or otherwise impact on the processes of invention and innovation. This book delves deeply into that topic, taking the position that the complex systems approach, with its emphasis on 'emergence', is better suited than our traditional approach to the phenomenon. In a collection of very coherent papers, which are the result of an EU-funded four year international research team's effort, it addresses various aspect of the topic from different disciplinary angles. One of the main emphases is the need, in the social sciences, to move away from neo-darwinist 'population thinking' to 'organization thinking' if we want to understand social evolution. Another main emphasis is on developing a generative approach to invention and innovation, looking in detail at the contexts within which invention and innovation occur, and how these contexts impact on the chances for success or failure. Throughout, the book is infused with interesting new insights, but also presents several well-elaborated case studies that connect the ideas with a substantive body of 'real world' information.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Our society’s scientific paradigm prevents us from benefiting from the processes of invention and innovation. This book analyzes the topic in depth, positing that a ‘complex systems’ approach is better suited than our traditional approach to the phenomenon.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1402096623
• ISBN 13: 9781402096624
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 501
• Éditeur: Lane David, Pumain Denise, Van Der Leeuw Sander Ernst, West Geoffrey
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Springer-Verlag GmbH; customerservice@springernature.com; ; Tiergartenstraße 17; Heidelberg; Baden-Württemberg; 69121; Allemagne