Synopses & Reviews
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"This collection of excellent studies offers a range of insights on contribution factors...The general introduction and those to each part by the editors Clark, Lamoreaux, and Usselman provide informative context and cohesiveness to this very worthwhile volume."CHOICE
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"Written for economists and business executives, these articles focus on research, design and marketing concepts that must be managed by companies, networks of companies, intermediates in private industries and government institutions. Case studies on innovation in companies such as IBM, Bell Labs and Honda are also presented."Book News
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"The Challenge of Remaining Innovative is full of excellent papers by world-class scholars. This book makes a major contribution to thinking about innovation, among business and economic historians, and among contemporary scholars of innovation and economics."JoAnne Yates, Author of Control through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management and Structuring the Information
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"In The Challenge of Remaining Innovative, a stellar group of authors asks anew the Schumpeterian questions of innovation, the corporation, and the state. The result is a sophisticated and nuanced volume that will find itself at the center of future scholarship in this area." Richard N. Langlois, Professor of Economics, The University of Connecticut
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"These essays collectively allow the reader to walk a mile in the shoes of corporate managers faced with the difficult task of generating and sustaining innovation. As the authors vividly demonstrate, managers simultaneously built in-house R&D labs, forged external relationships, and monitored regulatory developments in order to 'reduce the uncertainty inherent in innovation and transform it into a manageable risk."Eric S. Hintz, Technology and Culture
Synopsis
The Challenge of Remaining Innovative explores how innovation is a complex phenomenon that may be organizational as well as technological, that operates both within firms and across the broader economy, and that involves matters not just of research and development but also of marketing, design, and government relations. The contributions in this volume explore two main themes: the challenge of remaining innovative and the necessity of managing institutional boundaries in doing so.
About the Author
Steven Usselman is Associate Professor in the School of History, Technology, and Society at Georgia Tech. Naomi Lamoreaux is Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Personnel in the Department of History at UCLA. Sally Clarke is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin.