Darius Mahdjoubi

An Atlas for Knowledge-Innovation: Migration from Business Planning to Innovation Strategy *

Shortly after the astronauts of Apollo 17 reached the moon, the world awakened to a new perspective of bringing a vision into reality. It required more collaboration and faith than anyone previously dared to dream. Results were wondrous — beyond expectations. Similarly, executives today are caught in a quandary. They can continue to utilize the triedand-true methodologies (unsuited for today’s economic environment) or they can experiment with the unknown and venture forth with management initiatives that project innovation, creativity, and responsible risk. This chapter contrasts classical business planning with knowledge-innovation strategy, providing a map for migrating from the former to the latter.

Accelerating Technology-Based Growth in Developed, Developing, and Emerging Regions Worldwide

This chapter suggests that the success of selected science parks, innovation clusters, incubators, etc., is due in large part to the regions in which they are embedded. The chapter also discusses processes of Knowledge/Technology Transfer (KTT) to commercial use at the level of the firm and start-ups as well as some ideas on forming and sustaining global networks for sharing knowledge among developed, developing, and emerging regions worldwide.