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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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Doing More with Less : Innovation Input and Output in Family Firms
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that family firms invest less in innovation but have an increased conversion rate of innovation input into output and, ultimately, a higher innovation output than non-family firms.
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A critical hermeneutic reflection on the paradigm-level assumptions underlying responsible innovation
Job Timmermans,Vincent Blok +1 more
TL;DR: This paper analyses the paradigm-level assumptions that are (implicitly) being brought forward by the different conceptualizations of RI and helps to raise the self-awareness of the RI community about their presuppositions and the paradigm level barriers and enablers to reaching the RI ideal.
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The effect of innovation on productivity: evidence from Turkish manufacturing firms
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of firms' innovation activities on their productivity changes for Turkish manufacturing firms, differentiating between different typologies of innovativeness for different types of companies.
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Technological breadth and depth of knowledge in innovation: : the role of mergers and acquisitions in biotech
Suman Lodh,Maria Rosa Battaggion +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the diffusion and integration of external knowledge by distinguishing between the depth and breadth of technological knowledge in combination with the type of partner and channel of exchange was analyzed using a latent variable structural equation model with a sample of 202 US biotechnology firms.
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What can we learn from the failures of technology and innovation policies in the European periphery
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the technology policy challenges facing peripheral European Union economies in their effort to catch up with the more advanced countries, and argue that generally, the sub-regions of the EU are less advanced than the advanced countries.
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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.