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The Management of Innovation and Technology: The Shaping of Technology and Institutions of the Market Economy
(2005)
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Abstract
'The book provides a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers.. In particular, it provides a good introduction to broader aspects of the field of innovation for researchers based within the engineering and science traditions' - Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. This book analyses a range of social contexts in which human decisions shape technology in the market economy. It comprises a critical review of both a select research literature and in-depth historical studies. Material is drawn from many social science disciplines to inform the reader of the reality of taking decisions on innovation.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreword | |||
| The Urban Management Series | |||
| Acknowledgements | |||
| Introduction | |||
| Catalina Gandelsonas | |||
| PART I Theoretical issues | |||
| 1. Communicating urban research knowledge in international development cooperation | |||
| Tony Lloyd-Jones | |||
| 2. Modelling demand in order to meet it: can the information and knowledge management systems of the urban poor be understood and strengthened? | |||
| Lucky Lowe | |||
| 3. The hi-tech gift economy | |||
| Richard Barbrook | |||
| 4. The role of communication in urban communities | |||
| Norma V. Madrid | |||
| 5. Facilitating information dissemination and exchange through formal and informal networking | |||
| Otto Ruskulis | |||
| 6. Cultural differences and legibility | |||
| Nabeel Hamdi with drawing and captions by Ripin Kalra | |||
| 7. Communicating desire | |||
| Robert Brown | |||
| 8. Barriers and gaps in the communication process | |||
| Catalina Gandelsonas with drawings by Bill Erickson | |||
| 9. Improving communication in Amazonia: examining environmental imagery of Amazonian indigenous life | |||
| Kathleen Richardson | |||
| 10. Making differences: cities, NGOs and the cultural politics of development discourse | |||
| Carl O’Coill | |||
| PART II Case studies | |||
| 11. Broadcast for change: a Hands On approach to the delivery of empowering information to a global audience | |||
| Janet Boston | |||
| 12. National and regional Internet-based research networks: lessons from the UK and Central America | |||
| Harry Smith and Paul Jenkins | |||
| 13. Electronic conferencing: the learning curve | |||
| Mansoor Ali and Darren Saywell | |||
| 14. Putting over the message: a programme in Pakistan to build capacity among industrialists for pollution abatement | |||
| Rizwan Hameed and Jeremy Raemaekers | |||
| 15. Keeping ideas alive: communicating building for safety in Bangladesh | |||
| Iftekhar Ahmed and Matthew Carter | |||
| 16. Communication in HIV/AIDS prevention: a case study from Vietnam | |||
| Toyoko Kodama and Le Thi Minh Chau | |||
| 17. Knowledge transfer in a democratic context | |||
| Pachampet Sundaram | |||
| 18. Conclusions | |||
| Catalina Gandelsonas | |||
| List of contributors | |||
| References | |||
| Notes | |||
| Index |