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Cover -- Innovation through Collaboration -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- About the editors -- Introduction -- References -- Chapter 1. Collaboration in Cross-Functional Product Innovation Teams -- Introduction -- Integration and Collaboration -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix -- Chapter 2. Leading Innovation through Collaboration -- Organizational Innovation -- Creativity -- Leading Innovation -- Leading Change -- A Special Case of Change -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3. Communities of Practice: A Critical Perspective on Collaboration -- Introduction -- Communities of Practice -- Modernism and Postmodernism -- Principles of Organization -- Collaboration and Learning -- Collaboration and Innovation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4. Team Innovation through Collaboration -- Creativity, Implementation of Innovation, and Collaboration -- A Model of Team Innovation -- Promoting Collaboration between Teams: The Intergroup Relations Theories -- Collaboration for Innovation -- Recommendations for Practice -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5. Innovation: Achieving Balance among Empowerment, Accountability and Control -- Introduction -- Role of information -- Collaborative Innovation Framework -- Management Control Systems -- Rebalancing Control Mechanisms -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6. Innovation and Technology Transfer Intermediaries: A Systemic International Study -- Introduction -- The Context of Technology Transfer and IP Intermediaries -- TTIs and the Role of Networks -- The Roles of TTI Organisations -- Comparing the ITT Patterns of Technology Transfer Relationships -- Some Approaches to Innovation and the Operation of TTIS -- Discussion -- Concluding Remarks -- Suggestions for Further Research -- References -- Chapter 7. Collaboration, Proximity, and Innovation -- Introduction -- Theories of Collaboration and Proximity -- The Innovation Survey -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix. Percentage of Business Units Involved in Co-operative and Collaborative Arrangements and Location of Collaborators During the Period 2001–2003 (by Province) -- Chapter 8. Social Networking and the Development of New Ventures -- Introduction -- Social Networks and Innovation -- Networks and Resources -- Alpha Clean -- TransportSafe -- Discussion -- Individual or Social Ownership of the Innovation Process -- Focus on Risk or Opportunities -- Network Embeddedness and Bootstrapping -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9. Creation of a Collaborative Environment for Innovation: The Effect of a Simulation Tool’s Development and Use -- Introduction -- Research Methodology -- Empirical Findings -- Summarizing -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10. Building Collaborative Capacity: An Innovative Strategy for Homeland Security Preparedness -- Collaborative Capacity for Homeland Security -- The Need for Collaboration in the Preparation Stages -- Methods -- Results -- Developing Organization Design Dynamics to Improve Collaborative Capacity: An Innovative Strategy for DHS -- Conclusion -- Future Directions -- Notes -- References -- .