This book discusses the organizational processes and structural barriers to the diffusion and adoptions of innovations. In this chapter, we address the question of "why innovations fail?"; addresses the organizational learning strategies of adoption and diffusion of process innovation...

"In times of economics turbulence, an organization's ability to learn from its environment and adopt innovations enhances its competitive advantage as well as its ability to improve its performance. This book focuses specifically on the contribution learning and innovation in management...

Contents: Preface -- 1. Entrepreneurial identity : professional virtues moderate attraction and persistence / Thomas N. Duening -- 2. The entrepreneur in the age of discursive reproduction : whence comes entrepreneurial identity? / Rebecca Gill -- 3. Visualizing Bill Gates and Richard Branson as...

Discusses the organizational processes and structural barriers to the diffusion and adoptions of innovations. This book addresses the organizational learning strategies of adoption and diffusion of process innovation approaches. It also presents the theoretical framework of organizational...