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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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Forms of knowledge and modes of innovation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared two modes of innovation, Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) and Doing, Using and Interacting (DUI), and found that firms combining the two modes are more likely to innovate new products or services than those relying primarily on one mode or the other.
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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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Distributed knowledge bases in low- and medium-technology industries
Paul L. Robertson,Keith Smith +1 more
TL;DR: The study of innovation has always focused on learning, just as public policies for science, technology and innovation have always been aimed primarily at creating and diffusing knowledge as mentioned in this paper. But in recent years, the focus of learning and knowledge generation has become broader as firms have embraced an increasingly wide range of sources when undertaking innovation.
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R versus D: Estimating the differentiated effect of research and development on innovation results
Andrés Barge-Gil,Alberto López +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of research and development on different innovation outputs is analyzed using firm-level data, and it is shown that research activities are more important for product innovation than for process innovation.
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From petrochemical complexes to biorefineries? The past and prospective co-evolution of liquid fuels and chemicals production in the UK
TL;DR: In this article, a case study of the transition from coal-based to petrochemical feedstocks in the UK (1921-1967), applying a system dynamics approach to extract and elucidate the key interrelationships between technologies, policy and society.
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Integrating innovation system and management concepts: The development of electric and hybrid electric vehicles in Japan
Hans Pohl,Masaru Yarime +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a case study of the development of battery, hybrid and fuel cell electric vehicles (BEVs, HEVs and FCVs) in Japan is presented, and a combined policy and firm-level theoretical framework is used to derive policy implications from a case-study of the developed vehicles.
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A systemic approach to innovation: the interactive innovation model
TL;DR: The role of innovation for firm competitiveness from a systemic point of view is described and it was found that the research policy implications of the interactive model will be that the emphasis on research must turn more towards relations between elements generating innovation systems at various system levels.