Innovation Economics, Engineering and Management Handbook 1 : Main Themes

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction General Presentation -- 1 Economy - Innovation Economics and the Dynamics of Interactions -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The definition of innovation and the primacy of J.A. Schumpeter's work -- 1.3. How can we measure innovation, in all its forms? -- 1.4. From the entrepreneur to the multiple actors of innovation -- 1.5. Innovation policies and the innovation system -- 1.6. Conclusion -- 1.7. References -- 2 Management - Managing Innovation According to Space, Time and Matter -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Managing innovation: a question of space -- 2.2.1. Delimiting and/or expanding organizational spaces -- 2.2.2. Developing links within and outside the spaces -- 2.3. Managing innovation: a matter of time -- 2.3.1. The innovation process, a long-term process -- 2.3.2. Managing innovation means managing the time for decisions -- 2.4. Managing innovation: a question of matter -- 2.4.1. The appropriation of innovation by consumers -- 2.4.2. Appropriation of innovation by the members of the organization -- 2.4.3. Capturing the value of innovation -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 2.6. References -- 3 Agriculture - Agricultural and Food Innovations and Agro-ecological Transition -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Two centuries of agricultural revolution without "innovation" -- 3.3. The green revolutions driven by linear and technological innovation design -- 3.4. The notion of innovation in the face of agricultural and food transitions -- 3.5. Sector specificities of innovation in agriculture and food -- 3.6. Conclusion -- 3.7. References -- 4 Anthropology - Anthropological Aspects of Innovation: Defining Benchmarks -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Innovation, a total social phenomenon, between invention, diffusion and reception.