Table of Contents
Introduction xvii
Dimitri UZUNIDIS and Fedoua KASMI
 Chapter 1. Meaning – The Meaning of Innovation: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives 1
Joëlle FOREST
 1.1. Introduction 1
 1.2. Conceptions of the meaning of innovation over time 3
 1.3. When innovation, like the phoenix, rises from the ashes 5
 1.4. In search of lost meaning 8
 1.5. The PSI approach: a philosophy of, and for, action 11
 1.6. By way of conclusion 15
 1.7. References 15
 Chapter 2. Engineering – Innovation Engineering: A Holistic and Operational Approach to the Innovation Process 19
Laure MOREL and Mauricio CAMARGO
 2.1. Introduction 19
 2.2. Innovation engineering: a field of research that has struggled to structure itself in France 21
 2.3. Practical guide to innovation engineering 32
 2.3.1. First bias: there are no good or bad innovative ideas! 33
 2.3.2. Second bias: any innovation process requires contextualization of the situation 34
 2.3.3. Third bias: there is no innovative project management without collaboration 35
 2.3.4. Fourth bias: a universal innovation process does not exist! 35
 2.3.5. Fifth bias: the importance of materializing and evaluating ideas as early as possible by including users in the process 36
 2.4. Conclusion 37
 2.5. Acknowledgments 38
 2.6. References 39
 Chapter 3. Absorption – Technological Absorptive Capacity and Innovation: The Primacy of Knowledge 43
Sonia BEN SLIMANE
 3.1. Introduction 43
 3.2. Technological absorptive capacity: a cognitive process 43
 3.3. The multidimensional nature of absorption capacity and innovation 45
 3.4. Measuring absorptive capacity 46
 3.5. Conclusion 47
 3.6. References 48
 Chapter 4. Big Data – Artificial Intelligence and Innovation: The Big Data Issue 51
Laurent DUPONT
 4.1. Introduction 51
 4.2. Humans and data: diversity and consensus 52
 4.3. Big Data: an interdisciplinary approach to technology and its uses 54
 4.4. A wide range of applications: promises and fears 55
 4.5. Conclusion 56
 4.6. References 57
 Chapter 5. Blockchain – Blockchain and Co-creation within Management Methods 59
Eric SEULLIET
 5.1. Introduction 59
 5.2. The interest of Blockchain in the field of immaterial exchanges 60
 5.3. The limits of the co-creation process 61
 5.4. Blockchain in mobilizing and organizing co-creation processes 62
 5.5. The promises of Blockchain 63
 5.5.1. Intellectual property renewal 63
 5.5.2. “Empowerment” of individuals 63
 5.5.3. Scaling up 64
 5.5.4. Collective intelligence 64
 5.5.5. New forms of organization and social impact 64
 5.5.6. Necessary developments 64
 5.6. Conclusion 65
 5.7. References 66
 Chapter 6. Bricolage – From Improvisation to Innovation: The Key Role of “Bricolage” 67
Paul BOUVIER-PATRON
 6.1. Introduction 67
 6.2. Bricolage: new concept, old practice 67
 6.3. Current application of the bricolage concept 68
 6.4. Bricolage and improvisation 69
 6.5. Bricolage and frugal innovation 70
 6.6. Conclusion 72
 6.7. References 73
 Chapter 7. Circularity – The Circular Economy as an Innovative Process 75
Sonia VEYSSIÈRE
 7.1. Introduction 75
 7.2. The circular economy: a transformative concept 76
 7.3. The circular economy as a source of innovation 77
 7.4. Conclusion 81
 7.5. References 82
 Chapter 8. Co-creation – Co-creation and Innovation: Strategic Issues for the Company 85
Paul BOUVIER-PATRON
 8.1. Introduction 85
 8.2. Co-creation: a strategic challenge for companies 86
 8.3. Co-creation, DIY and DIWO 87
 8.4. Co-creation, creativity and innovation 88
 8.5. Co-creation and intellectual property rights 89
 8.6. Co-creation and eco-design 90
 8.7. Conclusion 90
 8.8. References 91
 Chapter 9. Community – Innovative Communities of Practice: What are the Conditions for Implementation and Innovation? 93
Diane-Gabrielle TREMBLAY
 9.1. Introduction: communities of practice and innovation 93
 9.2. Communities of practices, a definition: group cohesion, complicity and dynamism 94
 9.3. Work teams and virtual communities 95
 9.4. Organizational learning 97
 9.5. Animation role 97
 9.6. Conclusion 98
 9.7. References 99
 Chapter 10. Craftsman – The Innovative Craftsman: A Historically Permanent Socio-economic Function 101
Sophie BOUTILLIER and Claude FOURNIER
 10.1. Introduction 101
 10.2. The craftsman, an ignored innovator 102
 10.3. The innovative craftsman of the 21st century 103
 10.4. Conclusion 106
 10.5. References 106
 Chapter 11. Defense – Military Innovation: Networks and Dual-use Technological Development 109
Pierre BARBAROUX
 11.1. Introduction 109
 11.2. Military innovation: main attributes 110
 11.2.1. Military innovation as a knowledge-intensive and dual process 110
 11.2.2. Military innovation as a technology-driven process 111
 11.2.3. Military innovation as a demand-oriented process 112
 11.3. Conclusion 113
 11.4. References 114
 Chapter 12. Design Thinking – Design Thinking and Strategic Management of Innovation 115
Bérangère L. SZOSTAK
 12.1. Introduction 115
 12.2. The origins of design thinking 116
 12.3. Design thinking in innovation management 117
 12.4. Conclusion 119
 12.5. References 119
 Chapter 13. Digital – Digital Entrepreneurship as Innovative Entrepreneurship 121
Birgit LEICK and Mehtap ALDOGAN EKLUND
 13.1. Introduction 121
 13.2. Definition and characteristics of digital entrepreneurship 122
 13.3. Digital entrepreneurship in the field of innovation studies 124
 13.4. Conclusion 126
 13.5. References 126
 Chapter 14. Entrepreneurship – Social Innovative Entrepreneurship: An Integrated Multi-level Model 129
Susanne GRETZINGER
 14.1. Introduction 129
 14.2. State-of-the-art: contemporary issues, approaches and levels of analysis 130
 14.3. Integrated multi-level model of innovative social entrepreneurship 132
 14.4. Conclusion 133
 14.5. References 134
 Chapter 15. Fintech – Technology in Finance: Strategic Risks and Challenges 137
Arvind ASHTA
 15.1. Introduction 137
 15.2. Evolution of technology in finance 138
 15.3. Risks of fintech 141
 15.4. Concluding remarks 142
 15.5. References 142
 Chapter 16. Gerontech – Geront’innovations and the Silver Economy 145
Blandine LAPERCHE
 16.1. Introduction 145
 16.2. The Silver Economy: a new area for innovation 146
 16.3. “Gerontechnologies”: the technological dimension of innovations in the Silver Economy 147
 16.4. Towards “geront’innovation” 148
 16.5. Conclusion 151
 16.6. References 151
 Chapter 17. Greentech – Contributions and Limitations to the Environmental Transition 153
Smaïl AÏT-EL-HADJ
 17.1. Introduction 153
 17.2. Green technologies, the first technological response to the environmental crisis 153
 17.2.1. New energies 153
 17.2.2. Information technologies and green technologies 154
 17.2.3. Biology as a preferred carrier of green technologies 154
 17.2.4. Nanotechnologies: cross-technology dimension of green technologies 155
 17.2.5. New services and organizations: recycling, industrial ecology, the economy of functionality 155
 17.3. From green technologies to a sustainable technological and socio-economic system 156
 17.3.1. Green technologies are a one-off and partial response to the environmental challenge 156
 17.3.2. The shifting of boundaries and environmental problems 156
 17.3.3. The global environmental limit implies responding with a global reconfiguration of the technological system 157
 17.3.4. The global environmental limit implies a societal reconfiguration beyond technology 157
 17.3.5. The current criticality of the environmental threat implies a massive and rapid transition 158
 17.4. References 158
 Chapter 18. Hacker – Hackerspace as a Space for Creative Exploration 161
Dave MOBHE BOKOKO
 18.1. Introduction 161
 18.2. The rise of hacker culture 162
 18.3. Cybercrime or creative exploration? 163
 18.4. Conclusion 165
 18.5. References 165
 Chapter 19. Health – Telemedicine: Decentralized Medical Innovation 167
Patricia BAUDIER
 19.1. Introduction 167
 19.2. Information technology at the service of medical care 167
 19.3. High-performance medical devices 168
 19.4. Conclusion 169
 19.5. References 170
 Chapter 20. Intellectual Corpus – Inventive Intellectual Corpus: Knowledge-based Innovation 173
Pierre SAULAIS
 20.1. Introduction 173
 20.2. Concept of knowledge-based innovation 174
 20.3. Modeling knowledge creation 176
 20.4. Activation of the chaotic inspiration model of knowledge evolution by emergence using the ICAROS® method 178
 20.5. Conclusion 180
 20.6. References 180
 Chapter 21. Imagination – Imagination, Science Fiction, Creativity and Innovation: An Integrated Process 181
Thomas MICHAUD
 21.1. Introduction 181
 21.2. Tame the imagination in order to innovate 182
 21.3. Imagination: from creativity to innovation 183
 21.4. Conclusion 185
 21.5. References 185
 Chapter 22. Marketing – Marketing of Innovation and University–Industry Collaboration 187
Cheikh Abdou Lahad THIAW
 22.1. Introduction 187
 22.2. Innovation marketing and inter-organizational collaboration 188
 22.3. The cross-functionality of innovation marketing 190
 22.4. Conclusion 192
 22.5. References 192
 Chapter 23. Milieu – Innovative Milieu: The Strength of Proximity Ties 195
Fedoua KASMI
 23.1. Introduction 195
 23.2. Definition and characteristics of an innovative milieu 196
 23.3. Proximity and territorialized innovation networks 198
 23.4. Conclusion 199
 23.5. References 200
 Chapter 24. Nanotech – Nanotechnologies: The Future of Innovations 201
Jean-Louis MONINO
 24.1. Introduction 201
 24.2. Nanotechnology applications 203
 24.3. RFID chips 203
 24.4. Global potential risks 204
 24.5. Conclusion and outlook 205
 24.6. References 207
 24.7. Webography 207
 Chapter 25. Novelty – Novelty and Innovation: The Nodal Place of Creativity 209
Laure MOREL
 25.1. Introduction 209
 25.2. Innovation and novelty 210
 25.3. Creativity as a prerequisite for innovation 213
 25.4. Conclusion 214
 25.5. References 214
 Chapter 26. Open – Open Source and Open Data: Filiation, Analogies and Common Dynamics 217
Laurent ADATTO
 26.1. Introduction 217
 26.2. Open source and open data: guiding concepts 218
 26.3. Open source: process innovation and legal innovation via copyleft 218
 26.4. Open data: dynamics of open innovation 2.0 in line with open source 220
 26.5. Conclusion 222
 26.6. References 222
 Chapter 27. Personality – The Deviant Personality of the Innovative Actor 225
Dimitri UZUNIDIS
 27.1. Introduction 225
 27.2. The actor, the system and the question of the complementarity of roles 226
 27.3. The deviant personality of the innovator 228
 27.4. Conclusion 230
 27.5. References 230
 Chapter 28. Real Estate – Business Real Estate and Innovation: A New Profession for New Spaces 233
Frédéric GOUPIL DE BOUILLÉ
 28.1. Introduction 233
 28.2. The prevalence of the financial referent, reasoning and industrialist practices 234
 28.3. Weakness of the human resources paradigm applied to real estate 235
 28.4. Employees empowered by change management 235
 28.5. Powerful, but inconsistent with regard to use, real estate marketing 236
 28.6. The real estate market versus the innovative company 237
 28.7. Conclusion 238
 28.8. References 239
 Chapter 29. Skills – Innovation and Entrepreneurial Skills 241
Giovanni ZAZZERINI
 29.1. Introduction 241
 29.2. Innovation skills 242
 29.3. Entrepreneurial competencies 242
 29.4. Ideas and opportunities 243
 29.5. Resources 244
 29.6. Into action 244
 29.7. References 246
 Chapter 30. Small Business – Small Business and Innovation: Specificities and Institutional Context 247
Son Thi Kim LE
 30.1. Introduction 247
 30.2. The relation between small business and innovation 248
 30.2.1. What is small business? 248
 30.2.2. Small business and innovation 249
 30.3. The specificity of small business innovation 250
 30.3.1. Innovation efforts: external knowledge source rather than in-house R&D 250
 30.3.2. Adopting and adapting external knowledge resources 250
 30.4. Government support for small business innovation 252
 30.5. Conclusion 253
 30.6. References 254
 Chapter 31. Spin-off – Research Spin-off: How the University Fosters Innovative Entrepreneurship 255
Elisa SALVADOR
 31.1. Introduction 255
 31.2. An overview of the development of research spin-offs 256
 31.3. Main perspectives and taxonomies of research spin-offs 258
 31.4. Fragility and future avenues for improvement 259
 31.5. Conclusion 261
 31.6. References 261
 Chapter 32. Start-up – Start-ups, Venture Capital (SVC) and the Financial Cycle of the SVC System 263
Angelo BONOMI
 32.1. Introduction 263
 32.2. Start-ups 264
 32.3. Venture capital 265
 32.4. The SVC system cycle 266
 32.5. Conclusion 267
 32.6. References 268
 Chapter 33. Territory – Territorial Dynamics and Innovative Services 269
Michelle MONGO
 33.1. Introduction 269
 33.2. Innovation in services: what are we talking about? 270
 33.2.1. What does it mean to innovate in services? 270
 33.2.2. Which service for innovation analysis? 271
 33.3. Geography of innovation in knowledge-intensive business services and territorial impact 272
 33.3.1. Stylized facts about the geography of knowledge-intensive business services 272
 33.3.2. The contribution of knowledge-intensive business services to territorial innovation dynamics 273
 33.4. Public innovation policy: historical actions and future prospects 273
 33.5. Conclusion 274
 33.6. References 275
 Chapter 34. Well-being – Subjective Well-being and Innovation 277
Francis MUNIER
 34.1. Introduction 277
 34.2. Creative destruction impacts subjective well-being 278
 34.3. A questionable relationship 279
 34.4. Innovation-care: theoretical approach and applications 280
 34.5. Conclusion 281
 34.6. References 282
 List of Authors 283
 Index 287
 Summary of Volume 1 293