Environmental Scanning and Sustainable Development

Environmental Scanning and Sustainable Development
Author: Nicolas Lesca
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2013-01-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1118601920

This work is an initial exploration of the relationship between scanning and sustainable development. In ten chapters, the authors examine the application, characteristics and implementation of scanning oriented toward sustainable development. Thus the work offers some answers to the questions “what is sustainable scanning?”, “what new issues does it raise for management practice and management science?”, “what forms can it take?” and “how...?”

Networking Culture

Networking Culture
Author: Gudrun Pehn
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789287139252

A global approach to the subject of cultural networks at state, regional and city level.

The Governance of Large Technical Systems

The Governance of Large Technical Systems
Author: Olivier Coutard
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134644949

This work examines the governance of large technical systems (LTS) at firm, imdustry and state levels and the interactions between the systems and society. In particular, international contributors explore the implications of major technological , economic and social changes during the last twenty years for traditional forms of LTS governance. Their research is centred around the following themes: * traditional forms of governance * new regulatory challenges * the governability of complex technologies * conceptual issues related to the governance of inter-organizational networks

Innovative Technology and Globalization

Innovative Technology and Globalization
Author: Chantal Ammi
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2009-05-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1443810800

Globalization is leading the industry worldwide especially the new technology sector. The main aim of the book is to enhance the reader's knowledge – especially from a multidisciplinary perspective rather than from an individual functional perspective –the role of the globalization in the evolving world of the new technologies. This book will overview the process of globalization from a number of perspectives, including historical, geographical and social viewpoints while focusing on the new technologic products and services. Globalization and its effects on the innovative technology sector are best examined in terms of the social ramifications, and especially the geographical and political and economic (or political economy) contexts, at and between different levels, including the local, the regional and the global.

Handbook of Infrastructures and Cities

Handbook of Infrastructures and Cities
Author: Olivier Coutard
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2024-04-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1800889151

Contributing towards a thriving research area, this comprehensive Handbook presents a broad discussion of infrastructure as social phenomena. It compiles diverse perspectives to delineate the current ‘infrastructural turn’ and assess policy and research challenges relating to contemporary forms of infrastructural development.

Innovation Interactions Between Knowledge-Intensive Business Services And Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises

Innovation Interactions Between Knowledge-Intensive Business Services And Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises
Author: Emmanuel Muller
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642575684

The book investigates the meaning, nature and consequences of innovation interactions between small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) and knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). It focuses on the concept of a virtuous circle linking KIBS' and SMEs' innovation capacities in Germany and France. A particular emphasis is given to the question of the role and nature of the knowledge base of the firm in an evolutionary perspective. The integration of the spatial dimension strengthens the examination. For this purpose, a new data analysis methodology has been developed. This methodology consists of a combination of complementary statistical procedures, which provides a tool allowing a reliable examination of the data collected. The samples considered in the analysis constitute a source of rich, complex, and diversified information.

Economics and Management of Networks

Economics and Management of Networks
Author: Gérard Cliquet
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3790817589

Previous research on the institutional structure of franchising networks (Bri- ley et al. 1991; Lutz 1995; Shane 1998; Lafontaine and Shaw 1999, 2005; - fuso 2002; Penard et al. 2003a,b) does not explain the governance structure of the franchising firm as an institutional entity that consists of two interrelated parts: Residual decision rights and ownership rights. The latter includes not only residual income rights of franchised outlets but also residual income rights of franchisor-owned outlets. Previous studies primarily examines the incentive, signalling and screening effects of fees, royalties and other contractual pro- sions from the point of view of organizational economics (see Dnes 1996 for a review) without taking into account the interactions between residual decision and residual income rights as interrelated parts of the governance structure. This paper fills this gap in the literature. According to the property rights view, de- sion rights should be allocated according to the distribution of intangible kno- edge assets between the franchisor and franchisee and ownership rights should be assigned according to the residual decision rights. Since ownership rights are diluted in franchising networks, the dilution of residual income rights of fr- chised outlets is compensated by residual income rights of company-owned o- lets. Under a dual ownership structure, company-owned outlets compensate the disincentive effect of low royalties for the franchisor, and low royalties strengthen the investment incentives for the franchisee.

Networks in Transport and Communications

Networks in Transport and Communications
Author: Cristina Capineri
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2018-08-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0429819889

First published in 1997, this book contains contributions on policy aspects of networks from a multidisciplinary perspective, including economics, geography and transport science. Both material and immaterial networks are examined. Policy aspects refer mainly to interventions of the public sector in networks. In addition, the book examines the policies of other actors in shaping networks and the territorial effects of networks as a whole.

Networks Governance, Partnership Management and Coalitions Federation

Networks Governance, Partnership Management and Coalitions Federation
Author: Christophe Assens
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2016-05-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137566639

This book explores the governance of networks. A network's governance mechanisms are based on trust and confidence, which go beyond a simple economic logic. As the network's boundaries expand to include clusters of businesses and stakeholders and the emergence of coalitions of all kinds, the trust will gradually dilute and the network's unifying role will be lost. The organization then evolves into the form of a network of networks, where the challenge is to bring together coalitions. Using examples from the European Union and the Regional Health Federation of Networks, this book explores the political and socio-economic challenges, including the decision making and division of tasks, faced by network organizations which move to a federation model of governance.

The Innovation Ecosystem as a Source of Value Creation

The Innovation Ecosystem as a Source of Value Creation
Author: Odile de Saint Julien
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2022-08-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1394165323

Ecosystems have been present in the fields of economics and management for decades, and in recent years they have experienced rapid development. However, there is still no consensus on the definition of an innovation ecosystem. Using concrete examples, The Innovation Ecosystem as a Source of Value Creation proposes a unique model in order to refine the understanding, functions, advantages and disadvantages of innovation ecosystems. This model is based on both the iterative network and integrated value chain. The network supports the collaboration between actors and favors asset transfers articulated around the innovation process. This book highlights the transfer processes at work in the innovation ecosystem, as well as the roles of the actors in this integrated value chain. It presents how value creation is articulated around knowledge to generate value shared by all of the actors in the innovation ecosystem.