Part I: Introducing the Framework -- 1. Launch Pad -- 2. Human Capital -- 3. Finance Capital, Market, and Policy -- 4. Infrastructure and Institutions -- 5. Management of Resources and Lessons Learned -- Part II: Learning from Successful Innovation Regions -- 6. Bangalore Innovation System -- 7....

Introduction -- Social Purpose, Commercialization, and Innovations in Microfinance: A Theoretical and Practical Perspective -- A Systematic Overview of Innovations in Microfinance: Operational, Institutional and Product Innovation -- Funding structure in the Global Microfinance Industry: How...

Eco-innovations are crucial for reducing the environmental damages arising from economic activities, and are one of the main drivers of a successful transition towards sustainable development and remedying essential climate change problems. This book provides an overview of recent advances in...

This book describes and evaluates how institutional innovation and technological innovation have impacted on humanity from pre-historical times to modern times, and how societies have been transformed in history. The author interrogates the relationship between innovation and civilisation --...

Introduction to Globalization and Development - Economic and Socio-Cultural Perspectives from Emerging Markets -- An Overview: Globalization Development Within the Group of Twenty (G20) as Indicated by Globalization and Innovation Indices -- Globalization and the Informal Economy in Developing...

1. The Cooperation Imperative -- 2. Environmental, Social and Governance Challenges in China Today -- 3. China and Innovation -- 4. Implications of the Technology Race -- 5. Understanding Chinese History: A Brief Look Back at China from its Origins through the 1700s -- 6. A Century of...

Chapter 1. The Impact of Tourism and Renewable Energy Use over Economic Growth in Top 10 Tourism Destinations -- Chapter 2. The Possible Influence of the Tourism Sector on Climate Change in The US. Chapter 3. Tourism Sector and Environmental Quality: Evidence from Top 20 Tourist Destinations --...

Chapter 1: Expanding Our Understanding of Value through Innovations in Social Finance, Thomas Walker, Jane McGaughey, Sherif Goubran, and Nadra Wagdy -- SECTION I: EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF SOCIAL FINANCE.-Chapter 2: Social Finance in the Anthropocene, Anne Snick.-Chapter 3: Social Finance in...

This book presents a series of studies on the socio-economic impacts of tourism, with a special focus on the determinants of tourism competitiveness at the destination level. The authors offer a systematic overview of this important issue, presenting relevant empirical studies from different...

Introduction – An introduction to Workplace innovation and workplace innovation framework -- Part I: Theme 01 – Innovation in Contexts -- Chapter 1: Innovation in Developing Countries: The world’s poorest communities -- Chapter 2: Innovation in the Developed countries: Success (abundant...