Ebook: Practice-Based Innovation: Insights, Applications and Policy Implications: Understanding Practice-Based Innovation and its Policy Implications

The book describes and analyses the new environment for innovation, it does this with an emphasis on yet uncharted regions within the field of practice-based innovation, coming up with guidelines for innovation policy measures needed in order to realise this. While it focuses on these policies it also takes into account multi-actor innovation processes, user-driven innovation, "related variety" and many other aspects; aspects such as, just to name a few: communicating creative processes and distributing practice-based innovation; then there is creativity itself, encompassing new fields of knowledge and expertise. The authors go on to describe value networks, showing how to make practice-based innovations, explaining innovation diffusion and absorptive capacity. The book presents new insights as well as the latest research related to the frequently used term "innovation". Definitions are put forward, giving, by way of examples, a detailed description of concepts we draw upon when using these. Innovation as a concept is constantly being subdivided into increasingly finer distinctions, which, in turn, determine the discourse. The book takes a close look at these, further taking into account the challenges as well as the opportunities inherent in developing practice-based innovation procedures and policies of global importance, never losing sight of advancing long-term effectiveness.

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The book describes and analyses the new environment for innovation, it does this with an emphasis on yet uncharted regions within the field of practice-based innovation, coming up with guidelines for innovation policy measures needed in order to realise this. While it focuses on these policies it also takes into account multi-actor innovation processes, user-driven innovation, "related variety" and many other aspects; aspects such as, just to name a few: communicating creative processes and distributing practice-based innovation; then there is creativity itself, encompassing new fields of knowledge and expertise. The authors go on to describe value networks, showing how to make practice-based innovations, explaining innovation diffusion and absorptive capacity. The book presents new insights as well as the latest research related to the frequently used term "innovation". Definitions are put forward, giving, by way of examples, a detailed description of concepts we draw upon when using these. Innovation as a concept is constantly being subdivided into increasingly finer distinctions, which, in turn, determine the discourse. The book takes a close look at these, further taking into account the challenges as well as the opportunities inherent in developing practice-based innovation procedures and policies of global importance, never losing sight of advancing long-term effectiveness.

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The book describes and analyses the new environment for innovation, it does this with an emphasis on yet uncharted regions within the field of practice-based innovation, coming up with guidelines for innovation policy measures needed in order to realise this. While it focuses on these policies it also takes into account multi-actor innovation processes, user-driven innovation, "related variety" and many other aspects; aspects such as, just to name a few: communicating creative processes and distributing practice-based innovation; then there is creativity itself, encompassing new fields of knowledge and expertise. The authors go on to describe value networks, showing how to make practice-based innovations, explaining innovation diffusion and absorptive capacity. The book presents new insights as well as the latest research related to the frequently used term "innovation". Definitions are put forward, giving, by way of examples, a detailed description of concepts we draw upon when using these. Innovation as a concept is constantly being subdivided into increasingly finer distinctions, which, in turn, determine the discourse. The book takes a close look at these, further taking into account the challenges as well as the opportunities inherent in developing practice-based innovation procedures and policies of global importance, never losing sight of advancing long-term effectiveness.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Introduction....Pages 1-13
A Pragmatist Theory of Innovation....Pages 17-27
Combining Foresight and Innovation: Developing a Conceptual Model....Pages 29-47
Communicating Connections: Social Networks and Innovation Diffusion....Pages 49-63
Dilemmas of Practice-Based Innovation Policy-Making....Pages 65-89
Coordination in Innovation Projects....Pages 91-115
Measuring the Impact of Innovation Intermediaries: A Case Study of Tekes....Pages 117-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Developing a Framework for Innovation and Learning in the Workplace....Pages 135-154
Fostering Practice-Based Innovation Through Reflection at Work....Pages 155-172
The Role of Reflection, Reflection on Roles: Practice-Based Innovation Through Theatre-Based Learning....Pages 173-191
From the Artists to the Managers: Responsible Collective Innovation Practices, Inspiration Flowing Through Hosting and Harvesting Profound Change....Pages 193-211
Collective Intelligence and Practice-Based Innovation: An Idea Evaluation Method Based on Collective Intelligence....Pages 213-232
Users as Sources of Radical Service Innovation....Pages 233-253
Challenges of Bringing Citizen Knowledge into Public Sector Service Innovation....Pages 255-275
The Increasing Use of Dramaturgy in Regional Innovation Practice....Pages 277-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Service Innovation and Service Design in the German Printing Industry....Pages 305-322
Innovation, Cities and Place: An Empirical Study of the Knowledge System in Vancouver and Its Place on the Pacific Rim....Pages 323-344
User-Driven Innovation and Knowledge Integration in Elderly Care Services: A Community Integration Model....Pages 345-367
A Holistic Model of Innovation Network Management: Action Research in Elderly Health Care....Pages 369-392
Practice-Based Innovations at ‘Sendan No Oka’: Motivation Management and Empowerment Management....Pages 393-415
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Innovation Capability and Its Measurement in Finnish SMEs....Pages 417-435
Epilogue: Two Modes of Practice-Based Innovation....Pages 437-452

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The book describes and analyses the new environment for innovation, it does this with an emphasis on yet uncharted regions within the field of practice-based innovation, coming up with guidelines for innovation policy measures needed in order to realise this. While it focuses on these policies it also takes into account multi-actor innovation processes, user-driven innovation, "related variety" and many other aspects; aspects such as, just to name a few: communicating creative processes and distributing practice-based innovation; then there is creativity itself, encompassing new fields of knowledge and expertise. The authors go on to describe value networks, showing how to make practice-based innovations, explaining innovation diffusion and absorptive capacity. The book presents new insights as well as the latest research related to the frequently used term "innovation". Definitions are put forward, giving, by way of examples, a detailed description of concepts we draw upon when using these. Innovation as a concept is constantly being subdivided into increasingly finer distinctions, which, in turn, determine the discourse. The book takes a close look at these, further taking into account the challenges as well as the opportunities inherent in developing practice-based innovation procedures and policies of global importance, never losing sight of advancing long-term effectiveness.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Introduction....Pages 1-13
A Pragmatist Theory of Innovation....Pages 17-27
Combining Foresight and Innovation: Developing a Conceptual Model....Pages 29-47
Communicating Connections: Social Networks and Innovation Diffusion....Pages 49-63
Dilemmas of Practice-Based Innovation Policy-Making....Pages 65-89
Coordination in Innovation Projects....Pages 91-115
Measuring the Impact of Innovation Intermediaries: A Case Study of Tekes....Pages 117-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Developing a Framework for Innovation and Learning in the Workplace....Pages 135-154
Fostering Practice-Based Innovation Through Reflection at Work....Pages 155-172
The Role of Reflection, Reflection on Roles: Practice-Based Innovation Through Theatre-Based Learning....Pages 173-191
From the Artists to the Managers: Responsible Collective Innovation Practices, Inspiration Flowing Through Hosting and Harvesting Profound Change....Pages 193-211
Collective Intelligence and Practice-Based Innovation: An Idea Evaluation Method Based on Collective Intelligence....Pages 213-232
Users as Sources of Radical Service Innovation....Pages 233-253
Challenges of Bringing Citizen Knowledge into Public Sector Service Innovation....Pages 255-275
The Increasing Use of Dramaturgy in Regional Innovation Practice....Pages 277-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Service Innovation and Service Design in the German Printing Industry....Pages 305-322
Innovation, Cities and Place: An Empirical Study of the Knowledge System in Vancouver and Its Place on the Pacific Rim....Pages 323-344
User-Driven Innovation and Knowledge Integration in Elderly Care Services: A Community Integration Model....Pages 345-367
A Holistic Model of Innovation Network Management: Action Research in Elderly Health Care....Pages 369-392
Practice-Based Innovations at ‘Sendan No Oka’: Motivation Management and Empowerment Management....Pages 393-415
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Innovation Capability and Its Measurement in Finnish SMEs....Pages 417-435
Epilogue: Two Modes of Practice-Based Innovation....Pages 437-452
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