Organizational Change, Innovation and Business Development

This volume presents a collection of different views and perspectives, featuring both theoretical and empirical contributions, to provide deep insight into the role of innovation and of non-technological innovations (NTIs) in contemporary business.

Auteur

Magdalena Popowska (PhD in Economics) is a researcher and lecturer of Organization Science and Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Management and Economics at Gdansk University of Technology. Her research is focused on entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, sustainability and corporate governance. She has been member and leader of several EU projects.

Julita E. Wasilczuk is a professor at the Faculty of Management and Economics at Gdansk University of Technology. She is co-organizer of the international conference ENTIME (Entrepreneurship in Modern Economy), which has been hosted by the faculty regularly since 2008. She is the founder of the journal Research in Modern Entrepreneurship, one of four journals in Poland covering entrepreneurship. Professor Wasilczuk is a member of several scientific societies, including USASBE, the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB), where she holds the function of the Country Vice-President for Poland.

Contenu

1 Framework and main drivers of non-technological innovations in Lithuanian SMEs 2 The role of non-technological innovations in the changing business landscape 3 When diamonds are not forever: How technological and non-technological context steers innovation diffusion 4 Idea management systems: Example of relationships of NTIs and TIs and case studies of NTIs 5 Cluster organization as a form of non-technological innovation 6 How non-technological innovation saved the day by using ICT 7 CSR and innovation or CSR as non-technological innovation 8 Governance for the Future (G4F) at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Appendix A