Global Companies, Local Innovations: Why the Engineering Aspects of Innovation Making Require Co-Location

Investigating the innovation activities of multinational corporations, this book uncovers and examines why the geography of innovation by multinationals is overwhelmingly local, in spite of their global operations in manufacturing and sales, through case studies of produce development by three global players: Toyota, Sony, and Canon. Providing an in-depth investigation of the engineering and technical aspects of innovation making, this book unfolds the complex and constant process of trial and error in innovation and ... Read More

Investigating the innovation activities of multinational corporations, this book uncovers and examines why the geography of innovation by multinationals is overwhelmingly local, in spite of their global operations in manufacturing and sales, through case studies of produce development by three global players: Toyota, Sony, and Canon. Providing an in-depth investigation of the engineering and technical aspects of innovation making, this book unfolds the complex and constant process of trial and error in innovation and reveals three fundamental natures of innovation making: complexity, interdisciplinarity, and prototyping and testing. Read Less

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