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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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Going mobile: the domestication of the cell phone by teens in a rural east Texas town
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the extent to which teens use the cell phone as a vehicle for self-expression and collective identity, as well as its role as a focus for, and a means of, regulation of young people both by adults and by peers.
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The informal ICT sector and innovation processes in Senegal
Almamy Konte,Mariama Ndong +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the informal information and communication technology (ICT) sector in Senegal with a view to developing indicators that could be used to improve the understanding of the innovation process.
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Innovation in finance to finance innovation : supporting pro-poor entrepreneur-based innovation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a new way of conceptualizing financing of pro-poor innovation in rural areas by focusing on Pro-poor Entrepreneur-Based Innovation (PEBI) and by considering the knowledge flows in different parts of the financial system.
Forms of Knowledge, Modes of Innovation and Innovation Systems
TL;DR: In this article, the authors make a distinction between two modes of innovation: science, technology, and innovation (STI-mode) and doing, using, and interacting (DUI-mode).