MACMILLAN Technological Innovation and International Competitiveness for Business Growth: Challenges and Opportunities (Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth)

This book explores how companies combine technological innovation and competitive actions that create new opportunities for business growth in the international market. The complexity of designing today’s technology platforms requires profound knowledge in multiple areas. Technology development and commercialization as an ongoing competitive process involves enabling and inhibiting mechanisms, which govern the speed and acceleration of technological innovation. To compete more effectively, potential competitors are using coopetition and pooling their resources for shared gain in areas where they do not compete directly. Thus, a thorough examination of the current paradigms, theories, and frameworks is needed to increase our understanding of the technology-innovation-competitiveness linkages of business growth. This book brings together recent developments and methodological contributions within technological innovation, international competitiveness, and business growth that bridge the existing gaps and simultaneously advances the debate on this research topic.  Review "Engaging, informative and challenging. Contributors present a wide and diverse range of studies that offer new insights into the relationship between technological innovation and international competitiveness, raising questions for debate and opening pathways for future research. A must read for scholars of international business." (Professor of Organizational Change at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University and Emeritus Professor of Management at the University of Aberdeen) "There are few things more critical to managers, organizations and national governments than technological innovation as a means to achieving international competitiveness. This is especially relevant in the current global crisis of pandemic, stagnant economies, international discord and other looming crises such as climate change and famine. I know of few other teams that can inform us on these crucial issues more effectively than the authors of this important text." (Leyland Pitt, PhD. PhD., Dennis F. Culver EMBA Alumni Chair of Business and Professor of Marketing, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.) "Companies around the world are interested in improving performance and growing their businesses. The application of new technologies has always been a powerful way to achieve these objectives.  But such applications must be done correctly and strategically, because failed efforts can be crippling to an organization. Editors Ferreira, Teixeira, and Rammal have assembled some of the world's best scholars to shed light on this important area. This scholarly and practical book will inform 21st century innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategy researchers, provide guidance to industry leaders and practitioners, and make a significant contribution to humanity's shared interest in harmonious and productive international business activities." (Patrick J. Murphy, Ph.D., Goodrich Chair and Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)  "In a world of ever-changing competitive landscapes epitomized by the recent Covid-19 pandemic, this edited book provides a timely overview of the state-of-the-art literature on technological innovation and international competitiveness. The book is both eclectic and homogenous in its treatment of the multilevel, multifaceted drivers of technological innovation and international competitiveness. As business uncertainty reaches unseen new levels, policymakers both at firm, industry and national levels will need to develop new business models capable of moving goods, services and even people across geographic borders in novel ways. Technological innovation will play a pivotal role in this endeavor and this book will serve as a pivotal starting point for anyone – scholar, manager, or policymaker – to educate themselves on the topic. If you only read one book this ye