Culture, Innovation, and Growth Dynamics

A New Theory for the Applicability of Ideas

Elias G. Carayannis, Ali Pirzadeh (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XII, 179 Seiten

2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-14902-4 (ISBN)

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This book argues that ideas in the social realm are the context-bound products of distinct histories and cultures and thus cannot be co-opted across place and time. When ideas are used out of context, they become mere empty words that are depicted as absolute ideals, independent of the specific historical circumstances in which they were conceived. Therefore, highly ideologically guidelines based on one-size-fits-all principles are doomed to fail. The book emphasizes that the dominant Western intellectual paradigm has not improved human society in either Western or non-Western parts of the world. Some of the book's objectives are to rethink the dominant paradigm and invent a new world. We face an existential crisis that requires a new vision of the world and its well-being: one that is more inclusive and attentive to the diversity of people, histories, and cultures. We must remember that diversity in beliefs and values is the very essence of our humanity. This seminal work is essentialreading for researchers of economic growth and development, political science, and innovation.

Dr. Elias G. Carayannis is Full Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, as well as co-Founder and co-Director of the Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI) and Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Center, (EURC) at the School of Business of the George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr. Carayannis' teaching and research activities focus on the areas of strategic Government-University-Industry R&D partnerships, technology road-mapping, technology transfer and commercialization, international science and technology policy, technological entrepreneurship and regional economic development. Dr. Ali Pirzadeh has more than 20 years' experience as an Economist in the fields of Development Economics, Institutional Economics, Macroeconomics, and Transitional Economies. He has taught, researched, and worked with universities, government institutions and international organizations in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Middle East. Mr Pirzadeh received his PhD in Economics and MS in Economics from University of Washington in Seattle, WA, his M.A. in Sociology from University of Massachusetts, and his M.Ed. in Education from Suffolk University in Boston, MA. Denisa Popescu is a Senior Officer with the World Bank Group. Ms. Popescu led and worked on initiatives in data and information management, enterprise architecture and use of information technologies for development (institutional set-up and business processes design, digital government). Ms Popescu received her Ph.D. in Business Administration from George Washington University in Washington, DC and M.S. in Sociology from University of Massachusetts and her M.S. in Political Science from Suffolk University in Boston, MA. Ms. Popescu primary research focus is on, global governance and knowledge transfer, institutional development information integration, big data, ontologies and semantics.

1.Introduction.- 2.Ideas as a Medium.- 3.Political Culture and Ideology.- 4.Revisiting the Dominant Paradigm.- 5.Concluding Remarks

Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2021
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth
Zusatzinfo	XII, 179 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
Schlagworte	economics of growth • Hegel • Hegel's dialectic • history of ideas • knowledge management • Knowledge Transfer • Political culture
ISBN-10	3-030-14902-1 / 3030149021
ISBN-13	978-3-030-14902-4 / 9783030149024
Zustand	Neuware