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An Overview of Innovation
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The process of innovation must be viewed as a series of changes in a complete system not only of hardware, but also of market environment, production facilities and knowledge, and the social contexts of the innovation organization as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
Models that depict innovation as a smooth, well-behaved linear process badly misspecify the nature and direction of the causal factors at work. Innovation is complex, uncertain, somewhat disorderly, and subject to changes of many sorts. Innovation is also difficult to measure and demands close coordination of adequate technical knowledge and excellent market judgment in order to satisfy economic, technological, and other types of constraints—all simultaneously. The process of innovation must be viewed as a series of changes in a complete system not only of hardware, but also of market environment, production facilities and knowledge, and the social contexts of the innovation organization.read more
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The birth, growth, and dynamics of innovation systems in less-favoured regions: A case study on the Optics Valley of China, Wuhan
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International development cooperation and innovation promotion: a discussion paper for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Finland
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors made an important contribution to the ongoing discussion of the role, nature and opportunities that innovation could have in enhancing the current practice and instruments of international development cooperation.
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Comparative analysis of policy-mixes of research and innovation policies in Central and Eastern European countries
TL;DR: In this article, the authors observe the CEE members of the EU (EU10 countries) from a distance, and reveal important elements of diversity in the structure of their national innovation system, the direction of recent structural changes, innovation performance, and patterns of business-academia collaboration.
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The spatial multidimensionality of sectoral innovation: the case of information and communication technologies
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that neither the sectoral perspective can be thought of without taking into account territorial framework conditions nor vice versa, and that both perspectives need to be considered in the analysis.
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The Entrepreneurial University and Spin-Out Firms in the UK: Playing the Numbers Game?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the findings of an exploratory study into spin-out firms established during a five-year period at ten UK universities and reveal reservations about the legitimacy and value of count data and simple comparisons between universities as a measure of commercialization efforts.
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National Innovation Systems: Analytical Concept and Development Tool
TL;DR: In this article, a core of the innovation system is defined and it is illustrated that it is necessary both to understand micro-behaviour in the core and understand the wider setting within which the core operates.
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Leveraging External Sources of Innovation: A Review of Research on Open Innovation
TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of prior research on how firms leverage external sources of innovation is presented, which suggests a four-phase model in which a linear process of obtaining, integrating, integrating and commercializing external innovations is combined with interaction between the firm and its collaborators.
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University–industry relationships and open innovation: Towards a research agenda
Markus Perkmann,Kathryn Walsh +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the diffusion and characteristics of collaborative relationships between universities and industry are explored, and a research agenda informed by an open innovation perspective is developed. But the authors focus on the effects of university-industry links on innovation-specific variables, such as patents or firm innovativeness, and the dynamics of these relationships remain under-researched.
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'Mode 3' and 'Quadruple Helix': toward a 21st century fractal innovation ecosystem
TL;DR: The 'Quadruple Helix' emphasises the importance of also integrating the perspective of the media-based and culture-based public, and results is an emerging fractal knowledge and innovation ecosystem, well-configured for the knowledge economy and society.
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The importance of diverse collaborative networks for the novelty of product innovation
María J. Nieto,Lluís Santamaría +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the role of different types of collaborative networks in achieving product innovations and their degree of novelty was theoretically and empirically analyzed, using data from a longitudinal sample of Spanish manufacturing firms.