"'Policymakers globally are seeing the potential for future growth through embedding greater creativity across their economies. Yet much academic research has focused on the creative industries as traditionally defined, rather than looking at the bigger picture. CCI's research has been the exception, making significant conceptual and empirical breakthroughs in our understanding of creative work in the wider economy. This volume should be ..."
"This fascinating Handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa. It considers the five areas critical to acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge economy: the nature of the knowledge economy; social, cooperative, cultural, creative, ethical and intellectual capital; knowledge and innovation systems; policy analysis for knowledge-based economies; and knowledge management. In presen ..."
"Our contemporary concerns about food range from food security to agricultural sustainability to getting dinner on the table for family and friends. This book investigates food issues as they intersect with participatory Internet culture -- blogs, wikis, online photo- and video-sharing platforms, and social networks -- in efforts to bring about a healthy, socially inclusive, ..."
Knowledge Policy Challenges for the 21st Century by GregHearn, David Rooney Hardcover, 277 Pages, Published 2008 by Edward Elgar Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-84542-186-1, ISBN: 1-84542-186-8
""Knowledge Policy" illustrates how the production of knowledge has become central to economic life, and that competitiveness in the 21st century market place is characterized by the ability to translate scientific and technological knowledge into innovation. Does this therefore render cultural and social knowledge unimportant? The contributors attempt to answer this and other important questions using a broader epistemological base for ..."
The Future of Creative Work Creativity and Digital Disruption by GregHearn Hardcover, Published 2020 by Edward Elgar ISBN-13: 978-1-83910-109-0, ISBN: 1-83910-109-1
2(2nd Edition) Handbook on the Knowledge Economy, Volume Two (Research Handbooks on Business and Management series) (Research Handbooks in Business and Management Series) by David Rooney, GregHearn, Tim Kastelle Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2012 by Edward Elgar Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-84980-174-4, ISBN: 1-84980-174-6
"This thoroughly revised second edition of the Handbook on the Knowledge Economy expands the range of issues presented in the first edition and reflects important new progress in research about knowledge economies. Readers with interests in managing knowledge- and innovation-intensive businesses and those who are seeking new insights about how knowledge economies work will find this book an invaluable reference tool. Chapters deal with i ..."
"Action research is now a well-documented and well-accepted research methodology. Moreover, it is especially appropriate in new media research, where innovation and change are continual, and where processes and outcomes are usually not predictable and often involve fuzzy and subjective human elements. This book offers a systematic, in-depth academic overview of the application of action research methods to the field of new media. In this ..."
"Action research is now a well-documented and well-accepted research methodology. Moreover, it is especially appropriate in new media research, where innovation and change are continual, and where processes and outcomes are usually not predictable and often involve fuzzy and subjective human elements. This book offers a systematic, in-depth academic overview of the application of action research methods to the field of new media. In this ..."
"Examining pathways from creative education to work, and preparation for these pathways within higher education programs, in the light of long standing labour debates, this book explores the creative launch experiences, destinations, and contributions of graduates emerging into an enormously diverse and heterogeneous creative workforce. Coming from university degree programs that tend to focus on the development of specialist creative di ..."
Eat, Cook, Grow Mixing Human-Computer Interactions with Human-Food Interactions by GregHearn, Marcus Foth 320 Pages, Published 2014 ISBN-13: 978-0-262-32234-8, ISBN: 0-262-32234-X
"This book investigates food issues as they intersect with participatory Internet culture -- blogs, wikis, online photo- and video-sharing platforms, and social networks -- in efforts to bring about a healthy, socially inclusive, and ..."
"In investigating the notion of primary occupations, McRobbie's (2011) comments
on the status of the second job are revealing. In reflecting on the career choices
of a past student, McRobbie notes the irony and tension that creative workers, ..."
Knowledge Policy Challenges for the 21st Century by GregHearn, David Rooney 277 Pages, Published 2008 by Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-78254-191-2, ISBN: 1-78254-191-8
"and the traditions of the host society, enlightening them and emphasizing their
responsibility to integrate (Table 16.1). ... to go about nurturing and strengthening
the ties that bind multiethnic democratic polities, how to promote interpersonal
trust ... uses a social engagement model with dynamic learning in action for
newcomers, settled and autochthonous members. ... with the re-evaluation of the
nationality aspect of citizensh ..."
"Paul Jeffcutt is Professor of Management Knowledge at Queen's University,
Belfast and the founding director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Creative
Industry. His main area of expertise concerns knowledge dynamics in the
organization and management of creativity and innovation. He has also advised
regional, national and international bodies on the creative industries, including
the UK and Irish governments. He is the author of ..."
Eat, Cook, Grow Mixing Human-Computer Interactions with Human-Food Interactions by Marcus Foth, GregHearn Digital, Published 2014 by Mit Press (Ma) ISBN-13: 978-1-306-55044-4, ISBN: 1-306-55044-0
Eat, Cook, Grow Mixing Human-Computer Interactions with Human-Food Interactions by GregHearn, Marcus Foth 320 Pages, Published 2014 by Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-32235-5, ISBN: 0-262-32235-8
"A comprehensive discussion of food futures should focus on many different
aspects of the greater food industry: geopolitics, agriculture, manufacturing,
handling, transportation, retailing, and security. This palette of possibility is
beyond our scope however. We take our specific point of departure from the
intention of this book, namely, to consider the rise of Web 2.0 technologies and
whether they enable an increased potential f ..."
"This fascinating Handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa. It considers the five areas critical to acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge economy: the nature of the knowledge economy; social, cooperative, cultural, creative, ethical and intellectual capital; knowledge and innovation systems; policy analysis for knowledge-based economies; and knowledge management. In presen ..."
"Web 2.0 tools, including blogs, wikis, and photo sharing and social networking sites, have made possible a more participatory Internet experience. Much of this technology is available for mobile phones, where it can be integrated with such device-specific features as sensors and GPS. From Social Butterfly to Engaged Citizen examines how this increasingly open, collaborative ..."
If Your Company Were a Cockroach How to Survive in the New Business Ecology by GregHearn Paperback, 215 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-13: 978-1-74107-141-2, ISBN: 1-74107-141-0
"You have a lot of scope to try different things and it's an exciting time. (Panellist from a large independent label) This report is the story of these independents, told partly in their words."