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Both critics and proponents of globalisation tend to assume that it is a uniform process leading to a flattening of the cultural terrain. In contrast, this paper, using examples from Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and Canada, demonstrates a more complex interaction between traditional cultural practices and modern communication forms. The new information technologies enable universal access to authentic local voice. Archiving social and cultural practices has historically been the business of museums, universities, and indeed oral traditions of song and poetry. New information technologies provide for cultural continuities and reflexivities: they enable the routine archiving of social and cultural practice at a minimal cost through hypertext, Web pages and universal access. The "globalisation of culture", so often discussed, needs to be reframed with reference to this highly overlooked indigenous capability to archive own culture. This paper attempts to provide such a reframing.

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction: From International to Global -- Introduction -- A One Hundred Year Trajectory -- Crash and Recovery: The Turbulent Present -- Part I: Negotiating Innovation -- Part II: Positioning Within Global Networks -- Part III: Creating Value in Chains and Networks -- Part IV: Maintaining Identity as a Resource -- References -- Part I: Negotiating Innovation -- 2: Managing Innovation Process: A Structured, Simulation-Based Approach -- Introduction -- Innovation Success -- Innovation Arena -- Innovation Efficiency and Performance -- Innovation Capability Maturity Levels -- E-Learning Modules of Inpaqt -- Module 1: Opportunity Analysis and Idea Generation -- Module 2: Entrepreneurial Innovation -- Module 3: Process Innovation and Operational Excellence -- Module 4: Innovation Management and Innovation Management Systems -- Module 5: Co-Innovation of IT-Supported Services -- Module 6: Stimulating Innovation and Regional Development -- Discussion -- References -- 3: Complex Adaptive Systems and Strategy as Learning -- Introduction -- A Selective Brief History of Strategic Studies -- Comparing the Two Paradigms -- Complex Adaptive Systems -- The Importance of Learning to Organizational Survival -- CASs and Learning Organizations -- The Complex Adaptive Learning Model of Strategy -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: Informal Institutions and the Geography of Innovation: An Integrative Perspective -- Geographical Proximity, Clusters, and Innovations -- Geography of Innovation and Local and Non-­Local Social Interactions -- Geography of Innovation and Institutional Environments -- The Context of China -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 5: Global Networks, Open Innovation and Entrepreneurial Firms -- Introduction -- Chains to Networks