Knowledge and innovation
Subtitle: a comparative study of the USA, the UK and Japan
By: Helen Brown.
Series: Routledge studies in innovation, organizations and technology -- 6
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, England; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415416634
Subjects: High technology industries -- United States; High technology industries -- Great Britain; High technology industries -- Japan; Academic-industrial collaboration -- Economic aspects; Knowledge management; High technology industries -- Location; Diffusion of innovations
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview; title: The international policy context; title: My aim and rationale; title: The structure of the book; title: The theoretical landscape of knowledge transfer; title: Theoretical portraits of the innovation process; title: Theories of policy change and implementation; title: Policy assumptions about triple helix partnerships; title: The nature of knowledge: discourses in socio-cultural theory; title: Innovation as collaboration and expansive learning; title: The paradox of creative destruction; title: Overview; title: A natural history of my research methodology; title: My methodological journey in the rough terrain of innovation; title: My research design; title: The UK case studies: high technology corridors (HTCs); title: The Japanese cases: textiles and photonics; title: The US cases: Silicon Valley and sustainable energy innovation; title: My method of data presentation; title: Discussion of ethical and political issues; title: Overview; title: Reconstructing subject perspectives; title: The complexity of subject positioning and identity; title: Visualizing competing objects of activity; title: Overview; title: Horizontal expansion of the object by collaboration of experts; title: Horizontal expansion of the object of activity; title: How boundary objects bridge organizational cultures; title: Vignette: samples and prototypes as boundary objects; title: Vignette: management consultancy project in the UK; title: Vignette: projects: connecting industry with art schools; title: Vignette: collaborative projects to develop electronic tools; title: Users and developers: consumers oriented innovation; title: Vignette interacting with clients in the design process; title: Vignette: Nuno collaborations with fashion designers; title: Vignette: public-private sector partnership zero energy homes; title: Vignette: collaboration between users and developers of photonics; title: Vignette: how users transformed an outcome into a tool; title: Overview; title: Mediation between activity systems of unequal agency; title: Vertical expansion of the object of activity; title: The significance of power and hierarchical structures; title: Collaborative projects as cycles of expansive learning; title: Vignette: Nuno's sustained investment in collaboration; title: Vignette: Hamamatsu photonics cluster; title: Vignette: collaboration to create innovative stainless steel textiles; title: Vignette: collaborative ICT research project; title: Vignette: learning from a rapid prototyping project in the UK; title: Vignette: learning from a collaborative visualization software project; title: Crossing the Valley of Death; title: Vignette: the role of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley; title: Vignette: industry scanning and serious play: jellyfish fabric; title: Vignette: metallic plating of textiles; title: Vignette: collaboration on hydrogen fuel cells in California; title: Overview; title: The impact of complexity and power dynamics on organizational learning; title: Complexity of partnerships as a constraint on learning; title: Vignette: practical experience of large scale innovation; title: Vignette: the impact of multivariate objects; title: The importance of flexibility and autonomy; title: Vignette: balancing power dynamics in an architecture project; title: Vignette: how a mediator empowered a weak activity system; title: Vignette: the unique nurturing environment in Silicon Valley; title: Vignette: artistic goals and serious play; title: Mediators as mini-maestros of networks; title: Vignette: the capacity of designers to act as mini maestros -holograms; title: Vignette: collaboration in the creation of eco textiles; title: Vignette: combined impact of mediators and boundary objects: Novus; title: Conscription devices and emotional commitment to the object; title: Vignette: uniting communities in collaborative public interest research; title: Vignette: employee creativity: the object of Google activity; title: Vignette: collaboration between physicians and automotive designers; title: Vignette: collaboration between defence industry and physicians; title: Vignette: embedded projects within Medilink; title: Overview; title: Using evaluation as a tool for learning; title: Variations in the style and purpose of evaluation; title: How involvement in the process of evaluation supports learning; title: Vignette: the victory narrative and reflective evaluation; title: Vignette: sustaining coherent development with short term projects; title: Vignette: conflict between the roles of animateur and auditor; title: Vignette: bureaucracy: espoused and actual autonomy; title: Vignette: the creative power of conflict: action on sustainable energy; title: Overview; title: Insights from the research findings; title: Research question 1; title: Research question 2; title: Research question 3; title: Research question 4; title: Research question 5; title: A toolkit to support organizational learning; title: Vractical ways to enhance innovation partnerships; title: Diagnostic tools for innovation partnerships; title: Conclusions; title: Risks and limitations of the research; title: Future development of expansive learning theory; title: Bibliography.