This handbook looks to provide academics and students with a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the phenomenon of innovation. Innovation spans a number of fields within the social sciences and humanities: Management, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Politics, Psychology, and History. Consequently, the rapidly increasing body of literature on innovation is characterized by a multitude of perspectives based on, or cutting across, existing disciplines and specializations. Scholars of innovation can come from such diverse starting points that much of this literature can be missed, and so constructive dialogues missed. The editors of The Oxford Handbook of Innovation have carefully selected and designed twenty-one contributions from leading academic experts within their particular field, each focusing on a specific aspect of innovation. These have been organized into four main sections, the first of which looks at the creation of innovations, with particular focus on firms and networks. Section Two provides an account of the wider systematic setting influencing innovation and the role of institutions and organizations in this context. Section Three explores some of the diversity in the working of innovation over time and across different sectors of the economy, and Section Four focuses on the consequences of innovation with respect to economic growth, international competitiveness, and employment. An introductory overview, concluding remarks, and guide to further reading for each chapter, make this handbook a key introduction and vital reference work for researchers, academics, and advanced students of innovation. Contributors to this volume - Jan Fagerberg, University of Oslo William Lazonick, INSEAD Walter W. Powell, Stanford University Keith Pavitt, SPRU Alice Lam, Brunel University Keith Smith, INTECH Charles Edquist, Linkoping David Mowery, University of California, Berkeley Mary O'Sullivan, INSEAD Ove Granstrand, Chalmers Bjorn Asheim, University of Lund Rajneesh Narula, Copenhagen Business School Antonello Zanfei, Urbino Kristine Bruland, University of Oslo Franco Malerba, University of Bocconi Nick Von Tunzelmann, SPRU Ian Miles, University of Manchester Bronwyn Hall, University of California, Berkeley Bart Verspagen , ECIS Francisco Louca, ISEG Manuel M. Godinho, ISEG Richard R. Nelson, Mario Pianta, Urbino Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Aalborg

The Oxford Handbook of Innovation

This article reviews and critically examines 77 journal articles published from 2005 to 2016 on the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) applied in business and management research on the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation research. The findings reveal that the number of fsQCA applications has sharply increased during the past few years. Stemming from the systematic literature review, core aspects dealing with firm performance and innovation are identified. Ultimately, we provide promising areas with future potential for the application of fsQCA such as the elaboration of the antecedents leading to business model innovation.

Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) in entrepreneurship and innovation research – the rise of a method

The Process of Innovation

This article reflects on the contrast between justice and the social contract in the globalized world of the 21st century, which faces increasing insecurity and the expectations of sustainable development. It exposes the causes for the widespread global distrust that has been growing since the middle of the last century and is affecting the prospects of a safe world headed to sustainable development. It presents the agreement of the post-modern social contract in the Objectives of Sustainable Development (ODS) as the last opportunity to redirect the egalitarian coexistence of humanity, without compromising the next generations, as John Rawls indicates. It also stresses the importance of certainty in the development and security set out in these objectives as an essential characteristic of post-modernity.

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Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

Resumen es: En el presente trabajo se analiza la ultima campana de promocion turistica lanzada por el Gobierno espanol el 4 de marzo de 2010, I need Spain. En concr...

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PASOS. Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural

Spanish agri-food producers, particularly organic producers, have faced commercial problems for years. Websites are able to combine informative, relational and transactional functions. This ability...

The importance of websites for organic agri-food producers

This paper aims to contribute to the scientific literature in the field of hospitality regarding the relationship between gastronomy and tourism through the experience described by tourists who vis...

Segmentation of food market visitors in World Heritage Sites. Case study of the city of Córdoba (Spain)

Gastronomic experiences of foreign tourists in developing countries. The case in the city of Oruro (Bolivia)

This research analyzes the motivation and satisfaction of tourists who visit the monumental ensembles of the World Heritage cities of Ubeda and Baeza (Spain). To do so and to identify the types of tourists who visit this site, a segmentation was conducted of the emotional perception and cultural motivations of each tourist. The results highlight the existence of a common cultural identity among the tourists from nearby—the identity of the Andalusian Renaissance—and suggest a high level of satisfaction among tourists with a primarily cultural motivation for visiting the destination. Management implications The management of a world heritage site requires an in-depth knowledge about their visitors. The planning and management should be done by public managers as well as private entrepreneurs. One major precondition for the development of strategies are insights not only into the socio-demographic structure of the tourists, but also their main motivation, interests, expectations, and their perception of the respective historical heritage sites. These insight are required for the design of new products and a sustainable management of the side.

Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel

Papers

The importance of websites for organic agri-food producers

Segmentation of food market visitors in World Heritage Sites. Case study of the city of Córdoba (Spain)

Gastronomic experiences of foreign tourists in developing countries. The case in the city of Oruro (Bolivia)

Emotional perception and tourist satisfaction in world heritage cities: The Renaissance monumental site of úbeda and baeza, Spain

Explanatory factors for efficiency in the use of social networking sites—The case of organic food products