Dimitri Uzunidis & Fedoua Kasmi 
Innovation Economics, Engineering and Management Handbook 1 
Main Themes

Innovation, in economic activity, in managerial concepts and in engineering
design, results from creative activities, entrepreneurial strategies and the
business climate. Innovation leads to technological, organizational and
commercial changes, due to the relationships between enterprises, public
institutions and civil society organizations. These innovation networks create
new knowledge and contribute to the dissemination of new socio-economic and
technological models, through new production and marketing methods.

Innovation Economics, Engineering and Management Handbook 1 is the first of
the two volumes that comprise this book. The main objectives across both
volumes are to study the innovation processes in today s information and
knowledge society; to analyze how links between research and business have
intensified; and to discuss the methods by which innovation emerges and is
managed by firms, not only from a local perspective but also a global one.

The studies presented in these two volumes contribute toward an understanding
of the systemic nature of innovations and enable reflection on their potential
applications, in order to think about the meaning of growth and prosperity.

Circa l’autore

Dimitri Uzunidis is a Professor of Political Economy and the Honorary President
of the Research Network on Innovation in France. He has directed and edited
several journals and collections on the study of innovation. As a specialist in
change, he provides expertise for various international organizations.

Fedoua Kasmi, Doctor of Economics, is currently a researcher at the University
of Lorraine and a member of the Research Network on Innovation in France. Her
research focuses on the analysis of the territorial innovation trajectories and the
determinants of the emergence of innovative eco-milieus.

Laurent Adatto is a Doctor of Economics and Management of Technology and
Innovation at CNAM and a researcher and editorial manager of the Research
Network on Innovation in France. His research interests include organizations?
open source and open innovation strategies, standardization processes and the
future of the software and ICT sectors.