Includes index.

Introduction / Jerry Haar and Ricardo Ernst -- Releasing trapped value: the coming challenge of innovation in the context of emerging markets / Bhaskar Chakravorti, Graham Macmillan, and Tony Siesfeld -- Innovation in emerging markets: Asia / Rebecca A. Fannin -- Innovation in emerging markets: the case of Latin America / Lourdes Casanova, Jeff Dayton-Johnson, Nils Olaya Fonstad, and Sukriti Jain -- Entrepreneurship and innovation in the Middle East: current challenges and recommended policies / Norean R. Sharpe and Christopher M. Schroeder -- Innovation in central Europe / Marina Dabić, Jadranka S̆varc, and Emira Bec̆ić -- Innovation in Africa: a view from the peaks and hilltops of a spiky continent / David Wernick -- Reverse innovation in emerging markets / Vijay Govindarajan and Ravi Ramamurti -- Social enterprise and innovation in emerging markets / Leslie R. Crutchfield and Kyle Peterson -- Social media and innovation / Michael Shoag and Tory Colvin -- Innovation in financial services / Krzysztof Rybinski -- Education 3.0: facing the challenge of human capital building in emerging economies / Gabriel Sanchez Zinny -- Health-care innovation in emerging markets / Franc̜oise Simon -- Catch-up innovation and shared prosperity / Mark A. Dutz -- Inclusive innovation: harnessing creativity to enhance the economic opportunities and welfare of the poor / Carl Dahlman, Esperanza Lasagabaster, and Kurt Larsen -- Conclusion / Ricardo Ernst and Jerry Haar.

"Innovation is sweeping the globe at breakneck speed, and emerging markets are where tremendous growth and opportunity reside for the present and future. Jerry Haar and Ricardo Ernst delve into the forces and drivers that shape innovation in emerging markets and present case studies, along with a summation of the key features and outlook for innovation over the next decade. Together with their contributors, they examine innovation as national policy, facilitating institutions- such as universities, research labs, accelerators and incubators, and business associations- and firm-level innovation. They introduce state-of-the-art thinking on innovation by calling upon the experiences of experts in relevant fields, who provide a deeper understanding of the core issues for any person involved in the private sector, academia, or public policy, and intrigued by the challenge and opportunity of innovating in this dynamic global world. The book includes a foreword from Banco Santander"--Publisher's website.