Ma Theory and the Creative Management of Innovation

2017
ISBN: 978-1-137-59354-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 5056 g

- Demonstrates Ma thinking either consciously or unconsciously to achieve innovations in a wide range of creative activities such as architecture and the arts.
- Examines the result of research spanning dissimilar academic disciplines into innovation based on Ma thinking carried out through collaboration between scholars involved in business, architecture and the arts.
- Presents detailed case studies and theoretical concepts of innovation activities at the micro level in business workplaces as well as design and artistic innovations in architecture and the arts.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kodama, Mitsuru

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Forschung & Entwicklung (F&E), Innovation
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 “Ma” and Innovation Management.- 2 The Five Types of Ma Thinking and Five Architect Capabilities - Theoretical Concepts.- 3 Ma Thinking and Innovation in Global High Tech Companies-The lessons of business model innovation in Apple and Cisco Systems.- 4 Managing Serendipity through Ma Thinking-the Lessons of the Invention and Commercialization of Blue LED (Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics).- 5 Industrial Innovation with Ma Thinking- Lessons from Singapore’s Economic Development.- 6 Use and Reproduction of Ma in Financial Cooperative Organizations in Japan - with a Focus on Ma in Japan and Financial Cooperatives.- 7 Green Innovation Based on Ma Thinking- The lessons of the Japanese smart city vision.- 8 The Ma of Maeterlinck and Ma of Japanese Maeterlinckians.- 9 “Ma” in Traditional Japanese Theater: The “Ma” of Space and “Ma” of Time.- 10 Ma Thinking in Architectural Space, Mentality and Action - The impact of Ma thinking on lifestyle design.- 11 Comparative Case Studies and New Implications.- 12 Conclusions and Issues for Future Research.

Über Autor(innen)

Mitsuru Kodama is a Professor of Innovation and Technology Management in the College of Commerce and Graduate School of Business Administration at Nihon
University, Japan.