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New frontiers in social innovation research
This book is open access under a CC BY license. Interest in social innovation continues to rise, from governments setting up social innovation 'labs' to large corporations developing social innovation strategies. Yet theory lags behind practice, and this hampers our ability to understand social innovation and make the most of its potential. This collection brings together work by leading social…
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- 9781137506801
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- xxix, 267p. : ill.
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- 338.064 NEW n
Material encounters and indigenous transformations in the early colonial Amer…
Material Encounters and Indigenous Transformations in the Early Colonial Americas brings together 15 archaeological case studies that offer new perspectives on colonial period interactions in the Caribbean and surrounding areas through a specific focus on material culture and indigenous agency. Readership: Scholars in archaeology and early history, graduate students, educated public with an int…
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- 9789004273689
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- The Early Americas: History and Culture, 9
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- 303.483 MAT m
Democratizing innovation
The process of user-centered innovation: how it can benefit both users and manufacturers and how its emergence will bring changes in business models and in public policy.Innovation is rapidly becoming democratized. Users, aided by improvements in computer and communications technology, increasingly can develop their own new products and services. These innovating users—both individuals and fi…
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- 0262002744
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- x, 204 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- 338.064 HIP d
Innovation by demand : an interdisciplinary approach to the study of demand a…
The structure and regulation of consumption and demand has recently become of great interest to sociologists and economists alike, and at the same time there is growing interest in trying to understand the patterns and drivers of technological innovation. This book brings together a range of sociologists and economists to study the role of demand and consumption in the innovative process. The b…
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- 9780719062674
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- viii. 214p. : ill
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- 338.064 INN i
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