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DELL'ERA, CLAUDIO, ALESSIO MARCHESI y ROBERTO VERGANTI. "LINGUISTIC NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS: MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION IN DESIGN-INTENSIVE FIRMS". International Journal of Innovation Management 12, n.º 01 (marzo de 2008): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919608001893.
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In today's business and academic arenas, design is more and more viewed as an important strategic resource. In fact, over the last couple of years, we have seen a real explosion in business and research literature that see scholars and companies alike trying to continuously link design to innovation and business strategy. With this paper, our intent is to understand how companies can take better advantage of this strategic resource, and in particular develop a set of organisational guidelines that can support them in this quest. To accomplish this, we analysed the innovation processes of a set of leading design driven companies in the furniture industry to identify how they develop product innovations. What we found is that they adopt particular practices and innovation approaches by collaborating with a series of interpreters; moreover they structure themselves in what we have defined as linguistic network that can vary according to specific configurations. The focus of this paper is therefore on defining and making explicit the characteristics of the linguistic network able to improve a company's capabilities to access diffused knowledge about socio-cultural models and increase the "exposure" toward context evolutions.
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Magistretti, Stefano, Claudio Dell’Era, Federico Frattini y Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. "Innovation through tradition in design-intensive family firms". Journal of Knowledge Management 24, n.º 4 (13 de abril de 2020): 823–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jkm-07-2019-0399.
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Purpose Several studies show that identity is a critical success factor in design-intensive industries, leading managers and executives to identify solutions that enable firms to simultaneously innovate while preserving their link with the past. Accordingly, scholars have recently revealed the role of the so-called innovation through tradition strategy. Thus, the purpose of this study/paper is to understand how design intensive firms may exploit knowledge pertaining to the past. Design/methodology/approach The research contributes to this line of inquiry by conducting a longitudinal analysis of two leading Italian design-intensive firms, B&B Italia and Cassina S.p.A. Specifically, through almost 30 h of interviews with 11 key informants and the analysis of various secondary sources, a unique database of over 900 products covering the period of 1960-2016 was developed. Findings The findings reveal that both firms leverage knowledge from the past mainly to preserve firm identity, as indicated by the two indicators used to capture the use of knowledge pertaining to the past (i.e., design tradition intensity and design tradition depth). In addition, the study shows that the values of these indicators significantly increase when ownership control shifts from family-based to fund-based. Originality/value The paper looks at design artifacts as a source of knowledge, exploring how they can support firms in reinforcing their identity. The original contribution to the design through traditional literature is in unveiling the product signs dimension of this particular innovation strategy.
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Dell'Era, Claudio y Roberto Verganti. "Collaborative Strategies in Design-intensive Industries: Knowledge Diversity and Innovation". Long Range Planning 43, n.º 1 (febrero de 2010): 123–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2009.10.006.
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Joachim Breunig, Karl, Tor Helge Aas y Katja Maria Hydle. "Incentives and performance measures for open innovation practices". Measuring Business Excellence 18, n.º 1 (11 de marzo de 2014): 45–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mbe-10-2013-0049.
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Purpose – To guarantee alignment between ongoing activities and organizational goals, innovation management theory emphasizes management control and explicit innovation strategies as prerequisites for innovation performance. However, the theory on open services innovation emphasizes individual autonomy and incentives to foster open innovations. The aim of this paper is to explore this inconsistency. Design/methodology/approach – An explorative research design involving 25 semi-structured interviews in five large scale-intensive service firms is explored. Scale-intensive service firms are strategically sampled for this study since these firms experience tension between open service innovation characteristics and efforts to standardize. Findings – The authors show how individual autonomy facilitates the internal and external networking required in open innovations. However, individualized incentives do not suffice to motivate, mobilize and direct the collaboration and collective effort needed to ensure successful implementation of open innovation processes. Innovation performance is a collective effort, and the findings suggest that firms' business strategy works as a collective incentive system. Practical implications – The findings imply that firms should not rely on individualized incentives alone to implement open innovation processes successfully. The implementation of more collectively oriented incentives is also necessary to motivate the collective effort required to succeed with open innovation. Originality/value – The study extends previous work and shows how innovation practices are collective efforts that also involve the mobilization of external resources. The incentives observed have an effect on individual behaviour, while performance measures, to a larger degree, cater to the collective level. The authors present three propositions for further empirical investigation.
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Ashok, Mona, Rajneesh Narula y Andrea Martinez-Noya. "How do collaboration and investments in knowledge management affect process innovation in services?" Journal of Knowledge Management 20, n.º 5 (12 de septiembre de 2016): 1004–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jkm-11-2015-0429.
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Purpose Despite the keen interest in radical and incremental innovation, few studies have tested the varying impact of firm-level factors in service sectors. This paper analyses how collaboration with existing and prospective users and investments in knowledge management (KM) practices can be adapted to maximise the outputs of radical and incremental process innovation in a knowledge-intensive business service industry. Design/methodology/approach Original survey data from 166 information technology service firms and interviews with 13 executives provide the empirical evidence. Partial least squares-structural equation modelling is used to analyse the data. Findings Collaboration with different types of users, and investments in KM practices affect radical versus incremental process innovation differently. Collaboration with existing users influences incremental process innovation directly, but not radical innovation; and prospective user collaboration matters for radical, but not incremental innovation. Furthermore, for radical innovation, investments in KM practices mediate the impact of prospective user collaboration on innovation. Research limitations/implications While collaboration with existing users for incremental process innovations does not appear to generate significant managerial challenges, to pursue radical innovations firms must engage in intensive collaboration with prospective users. Higher involvement with prospective users requires higher investment in KM practices to promote efficient intra- and inter-firm knowledge flows. Originality/value This study is based on a large-scale survey, together with management interviews. Radical and incremental innovations in the service industry require engagements with different kinds of users, and the use of KM tools.
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Halász, Gábor. "Measuring innovation in education with a special focus on the impact of organisational characteristics". Hungarian Educational Research Journal 11, n.º 2 (14 de julio de 2021): 189–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/063.2021.00032.
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AbstractInnovations created by teachers, teacher communities and schools in their daily practice play a key role in improving the quality and effectiveness of education. As protocols, central regulations, ready-made teaching materials do not provide solutions to all problems emerging in daily practice the invention of new, original solutions are necessary to respond the challenges teachers and schools encounter in their everyday work. Similarly to other knowledge intensive professions creativity and innovativeness are necessary skills for teachers and teacher communities to work effectively. In many countries schools are encouraged to support innovative work behaviour and they are expected to manage effectively change and innovation processes. The increasing importance of innovations and innovation processes in education raises the question of how to measure innovation in this sector and how decision makers can use innovation data. This article presents some of the outcomes of an education sector innovation survey conducted in Hungary in 2018. It demonstrates the possibility to design data collection instruments that allow capturing school/department level innovation processes. The article focuses on one specific problem area: the relationship between organisational characteristics and innovation activity/behaviour.
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Scruth, Elizabeth A., Nazanin Oveisi y Vincent Liu. "Innovation and Technology: Electronic Intensive Care Unit Diaries". AACN Advanced Critical Care 28, n.º 2 (15 de junio de 2017): 191–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2017471.
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Hospitalization in the intensive care unit can be a stressful time for patients and their family members. Patients’ family members often have difficulty processing all of the information that is given to them. Therefore, an intensive care unit diary can serve as a conduit for synthesizing information, maintaining connection with patients, and maintaining a connection with family members outside the intensive care unit. Paper intensive care unit diaries have been used outside the United States for many years. This article explores the development of an electronic intensive care unit diary using a rapid prototyping model to accelerate the process. Initial results of design testing demonstrate that it is feasible, useful, and desirable to consider the implementation of electronic intensive care unit diaries for patients at risk for post–intensive care syndrome.
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Spanò, Rosanna, Alessandra Allini, Adele Caldarelli y Annamaria Zampella. "Controlling innovation and innovating control: insights from a knowledge intensive network". Business Process Management Journal 23, n.º 6 (6 de noviembre de 2017): 1359–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-02-2017-0036.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to deepen the countervailing relationship between control and innovation in knowledge-intensive complex organizations. It adopts a middle range theory perspective (Broadbent and Laughlin, 2013) to explore how control systems and innovation dynamics interact and shape each other in the contexts of high complexity and intensive knowledge creation. Design/methodology/approach The paper employs single case study of a research-intensive biotech network located in Southern Italy, focusing on the change in the management accounting practices fostered by evolving environmental conditions and regulations that the network has faced in recent years. Findings The paper finds out how successful organizational changes are facilitated by the implementation of innovative control devices, favoring informal collaborative relationships, which in turn contribute to further innovate and to share knowledge and capabilities within the organization. Practical implications The findings are relevant to all organizations involved in complex processes of co-production of knowledge and innovation. They allow for unpacking the “black box” of the interplay between innovation and control, which is becoming increasingly central to these organizations and to policy makers. Originality/value The value of the study lies in its ability to depict how contrasting and molding forces in control systems and innovation dynamics contribute to re-shape a complex organizational setting. The study offers a newer perspective of analysis to interpret the role of control systems in innovative networks, thus contributing to the growing academic debate on the antecedents and facilitators of knowledge sharing and knowledge integration.
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Shelton, Jacquetta, Igor Martek y Chuan Chen. "Implementation of innovative technologies in small-scale construction firms". Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 23, n.º 2 (21 de marzo de 2016): 177–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ecam-01-2015-0006.
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Purpose – The users of construction technologies such as builders and trades people have been acknowledged as sources of potentially important innovations. These innovations may be in the form of safer, less labour intensive, or cheaper methods and processes. The purpose of this paper is to assess whether the Australian construction industry is providing an environment where user-based innovation is being supported and implemented. Design/methodology/approach – An explorative study was undertaken to provide an insight into actual experiences of the implementation of user-based innovation. The data were collected through face-to-face semi-structured interviews providing case studies on multiple aspects of the implementation of innovative construction technologies. The cases involved a cross section of advances, including product, tool, and system technologies. Findings – The main motivation behind developing the technologies was problem solving. The associated industries of manufacturing and retail, as well as consultants within the construction industry present the greatest barriers to implementation. Originality/value – This research provides a better understanding of the factors that are preventing the successful implementation of user-based innovative construction technologies in small firms.
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Özilgen, Mustafa, Bayram Yilmaz, Sina Ercan, Meral Sönmezoğlu, Ecem Gücü y Sibel Temür. "A case study on intensive care unit respirator design, innovation and commercialisation". International Journal of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation 3, n.º 2 (2020): 147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijric.2020.10038126.
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Ercan, Sina, Sibel Temür, Meral Sönmezoğlu, Ecem Gücü, Bayram Yilmaz y Mustafa Özilgen. "A case study on intensive care unit respirator design, innovation and commercialisation". International Journal of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation 3, n.º 2 (2020): 147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijric.2020.115338.
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Yin, Meiqun y Lei Sheng. "Corporate governance, innovation input and corporate performance". Nankai Business Review International 10, n.º 1 (21 de febrero de 2019): 120–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nbri-10-2018-0057.
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Purpose This paper aims to find the endogenous relationship between innovation input and corporate performance and deepen the study of innovation performance theory in industry and enterprise at the micro level. Design/methodology/approach This paper selects the firms listed on A shares in Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges from 2009 to 2015 as samples. The authors cluster these samples according to the factors of production and classify the samples into three types: technology-intensive, capital-intensive and labor-intensive. After obtaining the samples and classifying them, the authors conduct a research on the endogenous relationship between the innovation input and the corporate performance through the simultaneous equations model and 3SLS estimation method. Meanwhile, they also make a study on the influence of executive incentive mechanism on the relationship between the innovation input and the corporate performance. Findings In technology-intensive industry, the increase of pre-innovation input will enhance the corporate performance in the current period, however, which will slow down the pace of innovation and lead to lower corporate performance in the future, and then increase innovation input again. In contrast, in capital-intensive industries, innovation input just improves corporate performance in the current period and the promotion of corporate performance will promote the intensity of innovation input in the future. With labor-intensive industries, innovation input also depends on early good returns, but innovation input has no significant impact on the corporate performance both at present and in the future. While in the executive incentive mechanism, salary incentive has a significant positive regulatory effect on the relationship between innovation input and corporate performance. Originality/value This paper presents a new research perspective on the relationship between innovation input and firm corporate performance, which is of great value to the listed company in balancing the R&D input with the company’s target performance and the design of executive incentive mechanism.
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Ryzhkova, Natalia. "Does online collaboration with customers drive innovation performance?" Journal of Service Theory and Practice 25, n.º 3 (11 de mayo de 2015): 327–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jstp-02-2014-0028.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between the actual usage of online methods for collaboration with customers and firms’ innovation performance. Drawing on theories of knowledge flows and knowledge creation, this study analyses the results of customer collaboration in the online mode in comparison to the offline mode. Design/methodology/approach – The data for the econometric analysis comes from managers of 102 so-called “gazelles”, knowledge-intensive service firms that were characterized by exceptionally stable growth rates in Sweden during 2010 and 2011. Findings – This study confirms the significance of information and communication technology (ICT)-supported collaboration with customers for a firm’s innovation performance. Interacting with customers using online methods has a positive effect on companies’ innovation output. Besides, knowledge-intensive service companies demonstrate more extensive though less intensive use of online channels for collaborating with customers compared to offline methods. Research limitations/implications – The data for this study has typical limitations resulting from the collection method of web-surveying. Future research should refine the findings of this study using various measures of firms’ innovation performance. Practical implications – Firms should be more receptive towards online methods of collaboration with customers because using such strategy can increase their probability to introduce service innovations. The insights from this study are especially valuable for companies in knowledge-intensive service industries because the sample consist of companies that can be regarded as successful cases. Originality/value – This study is one of the first that addresses the issue of the impact of collaborative technologies on innovation performance. The sample of steady-growing gazelle companies adds value to the results.
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Santos, Juliana Bonomi. "Knowledge-intensive business services and innovation performance in Brazil". Innovation & Management Review 17, n.º 1 (5 de septiembre de 2019): 58–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/inmr-03-2019-0025.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the way different economic sectors in Brazil use knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) and explore which features of KIBS use are associated with better innovation outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Clusters and regression analyses were used to analyze data from the national innovation survey (PINTEC) from 2014. Findings The results show that most of the 55 sectors of the Brazilian economy studied make little use of KIBS, but industries in which firms that interact with KIBS providers also have better innovation performance and offer more innovative offerings. The relationship with higher education institutions and research institutes proved particularly relevant, while the interaction with consultancy firms seems to be a strategy that leaves firms “stuck in the middle”. Originality/value The outcomes confirm the arguments of the literature that the use of KIBS has positive outcomes for customer firms. More importantly, however, the paper complements the existing literature by showing that the type of KIBS used in each country is relevant to understand firms’ innovation performance. The outcomes can guide firms and public policy initiatives oriented at the articulation of the national innovation system.
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Silva, Iara Sibele, Patrícia Bernardes, Felipe Diniz Ramalho, Petr Iakovlevitch Ekel, Carlos Augusto Paiva da Silva Martins y Matheus Pereira Libório. "Continuous results-driven innovation management program". Revista de Gestão 26, n.º 4 (21 de octubre de 2019): 389–408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rege-01-2019-0006.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the innovation management program (IMP) (FAZ Program) and analyze its results according to the public policy goals that support it (Pró-Inova) suggesting improvements. Design/methodology/approach Intensive-direct-observation method in 43 companies; systematic data gathering and analysis (172 meeting documents); and innovation maturity diagnostics in 30 companies between August 2013 and May 2016. Findings The FAZ Program success rate according to the Pró-Inova goals achieved 81 percent. The percentage of completion of FAZ activities decreases during its implementation from 100 percent (strategic module) to 74 percent (management module) and ending at 46 percent (project module). The maturity for innovation of these committees/teams is decisive for those percentages. Companies whose maturity for innovation of the strategic committee and the organizational team are above average or excellent have, respectively, 1.8 and 1.7 times greater probability of implementing the program successfully. Research limitations/implications The FAZ Program represents only 4 percent of the programs supported by Pró-Inova. The innovative products, processes and businesses produced by the FAZ Program implementation are not measured. These innovations usually happen several years after an innovative management models implementation. Practical implications The maturity for innovation diagnosis is useful both to evaluate the company’s innovation capacity and to predict its chances of implementing the program successfully. Adjusting the structure of the model (e.g. PDCA cycle for the organizational module) and improving the program’s implementation (e.g. ensure management module resources and maturity for innovation capacity) can increase the program’s success rate. Originality/value Previous research works on IMPs supported by Pro-Inova focus on describing their methodology or benefits. The results allow answering what and how one of these programs offers in a return to the public innovation support received.
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Ehlen, Corry, Marcel van der Klink, Uta Roentgen, Emile Curfs y Henny Boshuizen. "Knowledge productivity for sustainable innovation: social capital as HRD target". European Journal of Training and Development 38, n.º 1/2 (20 de diciembre de 2013): 54–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejtd-10-2013-0119.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the feasibility of a conceptual model on relations between organisational innovation, knowledge productivity and social capital. It explores processes of knowledge productivity for sustainable innovation and associated HRD implications in knowledge intensive organisations, taking the perspective that social capital is a key influencing condition. Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative case-study concerned a large-scale innovation project between knowledge-intensive organisations. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 participants from six innovation groups as well as with the project management. Findings – Findings showed that four dimensions of social capital influence knowledge productivity, each requiring a minimum quality to create a rich innovation environment for sustainable results. The relational and cognitive dimensions seem most important, while the action dimension makes them productive. Knowledge productivity appears twofold, i.e. organisational innovation, and professional ability for future innovation. Found are 18 new indicators. Research limitations/implications – Only one large-scale inter-organisational case was conducted. Practical implications – It is suggested that project management, group leaders and HRD officers target social capital as condition for knowledge productivity that should be stimulated, not just by planned interventions, but by “being” there as supporter, coach and mediator. Originality/value – The article contributes to our knowledge about innovations in knowledge-rich organisations, broadens the concept of knowledge productivity, and provides a new framework of social capital as intervention model for HRD. In addition, not often dealt with in literature, the dynamic of innovation is shown.
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Zhang, Dong, Gangfeng Wang, Yupeng Xin, Xiaolin Shi, Richard Evans, Biao Guo y Pu Huang. "Knowledge-Driven Manufacturing Process Innovation: A Case Study on Problem Solving in Micro-Turbine Machining". Micromachines 12, n.º 11 (3 de noviembre de 2021): 1357. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi12111357.
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Micromachining techniques have been applied widely to many industrial sectors, including aerospace, automotive, and precision instruments. However, due to their high-precision machining requirements, and the knowledge-intensive characteristics of miniaturized parts, complex manufacturing process problems often hinder production. To solve these problems, a systematic scheme for structured micromachining process problem solving and an innovation support system is required. This paper presents a knowledge-based holistic framework that enables process planners to achieve micromachining innovation design. By analyzing innovation design procedures and available knowledge sources, an open multi-source Machining Process Innovation Knowledge (MPIK) acquisition paradigm is presented, including knowledge units and a knowledge network. Further, a MPIK network-driven structured process problem-solving and heuristic innovation design method was explored. Subsequently, a knowledge-driven heuristic design system for machining process innovation was integrated in the Computer-Aided Process Innovation (CAPI) platform. Finally, a case study involving specific process problem-solving and innovation scheme design for micro-turbine machining was studied to validate the proposed approach.
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Henttonen, Kaisa y Hanna Lehtimäki. "Open innovation in SMEs". European Journal of Innovation Management 20, n.º 2 (8 de mayo de 2017): 329–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejim-06-2015-0047.
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Purpose This study examines how technology-intensive small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) engage in open innovation. The purpose of this paper is to add to the literature on open innovation in SMEs, which has received considerably less attention than open innovation in large companies. Also, the study adds on the literature on open innovation in the commercialization phase. Design/methodology/approach A multiple case study of 13 technology-intensive SMEs in forestry sector was conducted. The forestry sector in Finland was chosen as a target context, there were many innovative pioneering SMEs operating in the industry and because the sector was going through significant changes. Findings Three multi-firm collaboration modes in the commercialization phase were identified: networks with a lead partner, equal partnership, and partnership for external technology commercialization. The study shows that in SMEs, open innovation is used for commercialization rather than research and development. The main conclusion of the study is that the mode of collaboration in commercialization is determined by the core competence of the firm and the strategy for open innovation. Practical implications The study results imply that SMEs benefit from opening up their innovation process in the commercialization phase. The firms in this study employed a blend of strategies that capitalized on their internal strengths. They collaborated actively with external firms and outsourced from specialists. This way they were able to compensate for their internal weaknesses and gain competitive advantage. Originality/value The study extends our understanding of open innovation by providing a detailed analysis of how open innovation takes place in the commercialization phase of innovation process. Also, the study extends understanding of the strategic use of open innovation in SMEs by showing how SMEs balance the risk of losing their competitive advantage built on innovation and the benefit of creating a broader competence base with partnerships.
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Valtakoski, Aku y Katriina Järvi. "Productization of knowledge-intensive services". Journal of Service Management 27, n.º 3 (20 de junio de 2016): 360–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/josm-01-2015-0004.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the antecedents of service innovation success in the knowledge-intensive business services context, especially why the participation of frontline employees and multiple organizational units is not enough for succeeding in knowledge-intensive service productization. Design/methodology/approach – A multiple-case study of two polar cases with longitudinal data, participant observation, and key personnel interviews. Findings – Case evidence indicates that frontline employee participation and cross-unit collaboration are not sufficient antecedents for successful service productization. Instead, to facilitate employee knowledge sharing, managers need to align the project goals with the goals of participating employees, and promote trust among the project workgroup. Moreover, to enable effective cross-unit collaboration, managers need to facilitate the establishment of common vocabulary for productization work and services, and to resolve any emerging conflicts between participating organizational units. Practical implications – The findings indicate the importance of enabling knowledge sharing and cross-unit collaboration for service productization. The identified antecedents translate to practical strategies for achieving these. The results also highlight the importance of bottom-up service innovation, and the management of service innovation on the group level. Originality/value – The study indicates that common antecedents for successful service innovation may not be sufficient in the knowledge-intensive context, calling into question the assumptions about individual and group behavior in service innovation, and suggesting the importance of multi-level perspective on service innovation.
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Freel, Mark, Paul J. Robson y Sarah Jack. "Risk capital constraints to innovation in services". Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 29, n.º 6 (30 de junio de 2014): 476–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jbim-08-2013-0175.
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Purpose – This paper aims to understand the factors associated with perceptions of venture capital as a barrier to innovation in an important subset of knowledge-intensive service firms – technology-based business services. A general and longstanding neglect of services in studies of innovation and a common focus of innovation studies on the availability of, and demand for, risk capital has been noted. Design/methodology/approach – In exploring these issues, the authors draw on survey data collected from 264 technology-based service firms located in Scotland and Northern England. The data are subjected to bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses to help explore the extent of demand-side risk capital concerns. Findings – It was found that smaller, faster growing and R&D-intensive firms perception greater equity barriers. Moreover, firms who are relatively happy about the managerial competencies available to them, but who identify deficiencies in marketing skills and the availability of external debt finance (which may say something broadly about their financial neediness), are shown to be “needy”. Originality/value – Studies of venture capital demand are relatively rare. Studies involving innovative service firms are rarer still. Given the prominent role of service firms in advanced economies and the changing perspective of the role of services in innovation, studies of financial constraints to innovation in services are timely. Innovation policy in advanced economies continues to be premised on patterns identified in manufacturing industries. This paper contributes to a broader perspective that views [technology-based] business services as dynamic innovation actors.
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Karagouni, Glykeria. "Production technologies and low-technology knowledge-intensive venturing". EuroMed Journal of Business 13, n.º 1 (8 de mayo de 2018): 75–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/emjb-11-2016-0033.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how low-technology corporate ventures use knowledge from multiple and often trans-sectoral fields to intensively create and deploy innovative production technologies in order to sustain significant competitive advantages. Design/methodology/approach The paper primarily draws evidence from an exploratory case study of a low-tech private enterprise operating in the wood processing industry in Greece. Findings Low-technology firms appear to invest mainly in process innovation and therefore production technologies, in order to secure a position within mature markets. Within the notion of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE), a creative bricolage of knowledge based on research work and industrial practice results in innovative products and processes covering technologies from a wide range, including high-tech industries. The case indicates that low-tech companies may be something more than just “borrowers” of technology. Research limitations/implications The limitations regard the single case study research design and the focus on the wood industry in Greece. Future research may pursue more case studies in different traditional sectors and national contexts. Practical implications Entrepreneurs and managers of low-technology firms should focus on technological innovation and more specifically on co-creation of novel production technologies in order to sustain strong competitive advantages and enhance performances. Originality/value The analysis challenges the established opinion of common entrepreneurial processes in low-tech sectors. It adds to the ongoing discussion of low-tech, KIE and it contributes to the literature of industrial dynamics since there are only a handful of studies that probe the role of production technologies within a low-tech but knowledge-intensive context.
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Lafuente, Esteban, Angela Solano, Juan Carlos Leiva y Ronald Mora-Esquivel. "Determinants of innovation performance". Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración 32, n.º 1 (4 de marzo de 2019): 40–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/arla-10-2017-0309.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between organisational learning capabilities (OLCs) and innovation performance (IP) in organisational contexts where knowledge creation and exploitation are the business’ main source of competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach The study hypotheses are tested on a unique sample of 74 high-performance businesses operating in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) industries and non-knowledge intensive sectors in 2016. The study employs a sequential deductive triangulation analysis (QUAN → qual) based on linear regression models and qualitative interviews. Findings The results indicate that OLCs positively impact IP. Additionally, the findings reveal that this relationship is stronger in organisations where knowledge creation and exploitation constitute the main source of competitive advantage, namely, KIBS firms. Research limitations/implications This paper offers insights into how the innovation outcomes of OLCs are heterogeneous across industries. This study contributes to a better understanding of the conditions under which the effects of developing learning-enhancing strategies occur in businesses operating in different industries. Practical implications Both knowledge generation and exploitation processes are critical for business success, and OLCs play a decisive role in this process. In this sense, the results suggest that managers need to turn their attention to the characteristics of business operations when considering the development of strategies aimed at enhancing OLCs. Originality/value The paper further explores the influence of OLCs on IP by analysing how organisational learning strategies interact with relevant organisational characteristics – that are linked here to the exploitation of knowledge-based resources – to yield superior IP.
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Bharwani, Sonia y David Mathews. "Customer service innovations in the Indian hospitality industry". Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 8, n.º 4 (8 de agosto de 2016): 416–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/whatt-04-2016-0020.
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Purpose The hospitality industry the world over is transforming from a product-focused, physical-asset-intensive business to a customer-focused, experience-centric one. This research aims at evolving a typology of customer-centric hospitality innovations. It attempts to explicitly capture the intrinsic DNA of hospitality innovations in the Indian context by exemplifying the typology posited with customer service innovations adopted by contemporary hoteliers that provide new ways of managing and enhancing customer experience. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on primary research through qualitative interviews conducted with select hospitality professionals, supplemented by secondary research in the form of a review of academic literature, as well as other secondary data sources such as company websites and travel websites which shed light on customer service innovations in the Indian context. Findings To develop and sustain competitive advantage, hospitality businesses are increasingly channelizing their efforts to provide innovative and holistic experiential service offerings. Service innovations are being tailored to cater to the unique personal tastes and requirements of hotel guests to connect with individual guests on a personal and emotional level to create memorable hospitality experiences. Research limitations/implications Practitioners, researchers and educationists in the hospitality industry would find the implications of this study useful in the context of the present customer-centric business environment where hotels are constantly striving to meet the exponentially rising bar of guest expectations. Originality/value The research highlights that it is critical to keep the customers’ perspectives central while designing innovative hospitality products. Further, it is important to create a cadre of innovation champions and service enthusiasts who can engender a culture of service innovation within the organisation.
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Secundo, Giustina, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Luca Simeone y Giovanni Schiuma. "Creativity and stakeholders' engagement in open innovation: Design for knowledge translation in technology-intensive enterprises". Journal of Business Research 119 (octubre de 2020): 272–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.02.072.
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Sun, Li. "R & D expenditures and future innovation: evidence from the chemical industry". International Journal of Law and Management 57, n.º 5 (14 de septiembre de 2015): 552–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijlma-08-2014-0047.
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Purpose – This study aims to investigate whether research and development (R & D) expenditures drive future innovation in the chemical industry. Design/methodology/approach – This study examines the relation between R & D expenditures for the period of 2000-2002 and the innovation effect measured by the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) for the period of 2003-2005. Under the MPI, the innovation effect is measured as the “shift” in a firm’s production frontier between two periods (2003-2005). Findings – Results indicate that there is a significant and positive relation between R & D expenditures and future innovation among chemical firms. Originality/value – This study should be of interest to financial accounting policy makers, R & D-intensive companies and investors. To policy makers, they may consider the possibility of permitting R & D-intensive companies to recognize R & D expenditures as assets. In other words, R & D-intensive companies can capitalize and amortize their R & D expenditures, as R & D expenditures can bring them future economic benefits. To R & D-intensive companies, the results may encourage them to keep up their R & D activities. Moreover, this study can increase individual investors’ confidence in investing companies with high-level R & D activities in an R & D-intense industry.
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Shi, Xiaoxiao y Qingpu Zhang. "Inbound open innovation and radical innovation capability". Journal of Organizational Change Management 31, n.º 3 (14 de mayo de 2018): 581–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jocm-07-2017-0262.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of inbound open innovation and organizational inertia on radical innovation capability (RIC). It also seeks to explore whether the existence of organizational inertia has a moderating effect and influence on the relationship between inbound open innovation and RIC. Design/methodology/approach In this empirical research, the authors collected sample of patents in smart phone industry over the 2000-2016 period. Then, the authors examined the direct roles of inbound open innovation and organizational inertia, and the moderating role of organizational inertia by using hierarchical regression analysis. Findings Results found that cognitive inertia (CI) has a positive influence on firms’ RIC, but network inertia (NI) has a negative influence on RIC. CI also has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between inbound open innovation and RIC, but NI only has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between open search breadth and RIC. Inbound open innovation directly affects RIC. Research limitations/implications The authors collected the patent data of this study within the single industry and excluded other types of industries. And it may limit the generalization of the findings. Practical implications The paper includes implications for adopting an appropriate open search strategy and developing a better understanding of organizational inertia on firms’ radical innovation behavior. The findings suggest future directions to technology intensive industries for improving their RIC. Originality/value This study contributes to the relationship between organizational inertia and RIC within the framework of inbound open innovation.
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Andrijauskiene, Meda y Daiva Dumčiuvienė. "Inward Foreign Direct Investment and National Innovative Capacity". Engineering Economics 30, n.º 3 (27 de junio de 2019): 339–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.30.3.22832.
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A remarkable increase in the attention devoted to national innovative capacity (NIC) has been noticed over the last decades. There is a strong debate whether a country’s national innovative capacity is entirely determined by local effects or it is also influenced by global network position and international economic activities. Furthermore, despite its’ importance, there is a lack of studies which take the variables of non-technological innovation into account. This paper aims to fill the empirical research gap by focusing on inward foreign direct investment as an input of NIC and engaging non–technological innovation as an output in NIC models. An investigation of 28 European Union (EU) Member States in the period of 2013-2016 shows that EU has a great intellectual capacity of human capital which drives both technological and non-technological innovation. The regression analysis revealed that the international transmission of knowledge through inward FDI and import boost the employment in knowledge-intensive sectors and has a positive effect on trademark and design applications. The findings thus help to better understand the role of international economic activities in enhancing national innovative capacity and facilitate EU efforts to catch up with the strongest innovators in the World.
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Suyitno, Suyitno. "EDUCATION INNOVATION EFFORTS IN IMPROVING TEACHER COMPETENCY IN TULUNGAGUNG, EAST JAVA". Konstruktivisme: Jurnal Pendidikan & Pembelajaran 7, n.º 2 (15 de julio de 2015): 76–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.30957/konstruk.v7i2.12.
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This study focuses on how education innovation efforts in teacher competency improvement was done through teacher peadagogic, personal, social, and professional competencies empowerment. This research is a field research using a qualitative approach conducted in Tulungagung, East Java dated January to June 2013. Result of this research was that the Education Department of Tulungagung District has made education innovation in serious efforts to improve teachers' competence, including: (1) Educational seminars, (2) Teacher training, (3) Intensive teachers professional development, (4) Teachership Workshop, (5) Subject teacher group discussion strengthenment, (6) Learning design and approach training, (7) Classroom Action Research Training, and (8) Intensive supervision, such as empowerment of teacher peadagogic, personal, social, and professional competencies.
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SHEVCHENKO, Inna y Stanislav POTAPENKO. "Historical evolution and modern interpretation of the definition of the category "innovation"". Economics. Finances. Law, n.º 8/1 (27 de agosto de 2021): 17–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.37634/efp.2021.8(1).3.
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Introduction. Among the problems faced by business, there is nothing more important and complex than the problem of the development and implementation of innovations. Innovation is the object of research by many scientists. But the study of any object must begin with an understanding of its essence. Today in the scientific literature there is no consensus on the essence of the concept of "innovation". Some scientists associate innovation with a system of one-time innovations that are introduced periodically; others researchers − with the end result of the introduction of innovation to change the object of management and obtain economic, social, environmental, scientific, technical or other effect; others scientists – with the life cycle of the enterprise and its products. The purpose of the paper is to study historical evolution and provide a modern interpretation of the definition of the category "innovation". Results. In the paper the authors using a monographic method conducted a retrospective review of interpretations of the concept of "innovation" by domestic scientists. Based on the study of the historical evolution of the definition of the category "innovation", a conclusion is made about the feasibility of a dualistic approach to identifying the essence of this concept. Conclusion. According to the chosen dualistic approach, innovation should be understood simultaneously as: the result of the innovation process (newly created or improved science-intensive technologies, methods of management/entrepreneurship, various types of products, services, works); the process, which includes research, design, development, organization of production and management, commercialization and distribution of the various types of products, services, works, and provides a synergistic effect of the integrated interaction of economic, social, environmental, scientific, technical and technological effects.
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Wang, Hongxiang, Peng Zhang, Zhimin Zhang, Yuchen Zhang y Yaru Wang. "Product Innovation Design Process Model Based on Functional Genes Extraction and Construction". Applied Sciences 12, n.º 24 (18 de diciembre de 2022): 12990. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app122412990.
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The product innovation design is an innovation-intensive process that requires abundant knowledge and design experience, even across industries and disciplines, as a resource for problem solving. Therefore, designers need to have a good command of more design knowledge in this process. However, due to varied expressions of design knowledge (function, principle, structure) in different fields lead to the difficulty in representation of design knowledge, which makes designers unable to innovate by directly using design knowledge. Therefore, to solve the problem above, this paper, analogous to biological gene, proposes a product innovation process model based on functional gene extraction and construction. The proposed process model normalizes design knowledge through functional genes and help designers acquire design knowledge in different fields, which further promotes the product innovation design. The process model consists of four following steps. First, Obtain the overall function of product based on user needs and decompose it. Second, Build the functional gene model based on digital twin ones to expand the breadth of design knowledge and facilitate the retrieval. Third, Screen similar functional gene by the functional similarity algorithm. Finally, Obtain the design scheme through recombination, transcription, and translation of the functional gene. The feasibility of the research method is verified by using a shared bicycle parking device as an example.
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McDonald, Sharyn, Frank Gertsen, Claus A. Foss Rosenstand y Christian Tollestrup. "Promoting interdisciplinarity through an intensive entrepreneurship education post-graduate workshop". Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning 8, n.º 1 (12 de febrero de 2018): 41–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/heswbl-10-2017-0076.
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Purpose While creativity and innovation are found within many disciplines, the opportunity to develop a tangible skill set and share ideas with contemporaries can be limited within the siloed structure of many tertiary institutions. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a model that addresses the pedagogical challenge of interdisciplinary learning. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts a case-based approach. The case subject is Aalborg University that founded an intensive entrepreneurial education workshop that incorporates a problem-based learning (PBL) approach. This paper evaluates the program design, development, and replication plus compares the motives and subsequent experiences between workshop participants in Denmark and Australia. Findings The findings of this case study validate the centrality of entrepreneurship education as a discipline which has the capacity to unite staff and students approaching problems from various fields. The workshop design was adapted to the changing needs and expectations of staff and students and was successfully replicated overseas. Originality/value Denmark established an innovative, intensive workshop which seized the opportunity to deliver an engaging program that unlocks untapped creative potential among students from diverse cultures and multiple disciplines. Overall, this research contributes toward the body of knowledge examining student engagement and the delivery of PBL activities within an interdisciplinary learning environment.
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Ness, Ingunn Johanne. "Polyphonic orchestration – facilitating creative knowledge processes for innovation". European Journal of Innovation Management 20, n.º 4 (9 de octubre de 2017): 557–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejim-05-2016-0049.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide new and deeper insight into how creative knowledge processes are facilitated in multidisciplinary groups working with innovation in knowledge-intensive organizations. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through an ethnographic fieldwork following two groups in a Norwegian oil and gas company and one group in a Norwegian research institute working with innovation. The analysis is inductive and conducted within a qualitative framework seeking to go deeper into the complexity of the facilitation of creative knowledge processes. The analytical framework is sociocultural and underscores how new knowledge and ideas are facilitated in the tension between different voices. Findings Analyses show how the leaders of the groups facilitated imaginative and creative processes through open dialog by giving room for diverse disciplinary knowledge and stimulating different roles in the groups. The diverse experiences of the occupational disciplines in addition to four complementary roles that ensured group dynamics, stimulated polyphony and creative tension in the groups. This creative tension enhanced the groups’ imagination, which again enabled innovative idea development. Research limitations/implications This contribution is limited by looking at three groups in two organizations. On the premise that model generalization depends on extensive empirical data, the current paper should be considered as preliminary/exploratory research that aims at investigating how creative knowledge processes leading to innovative ideas are facilitated in knowledge-intensive organizations. Practical implications The paper offers a practical contribution in how leaders can facilitate such creative processes leading to innovative ideas. The paper is a contribution to leadership as a relational and dialogical practice. Originality/value The way the creative knowledge processes are orchestrated is visualized in a phase model. The paper contributes to new conceptualizations and thus theory development of leadership by offering polyphonic orchestration as a concept and a way of understanding facilitation from a sociocultural perspective.
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Boasson, Vigdis y Emil Boasson. "Firm value, spatial knowledge flow, and innovation: evidence from patent citations". China Finance Review International 5, n.º 2 (18 de mayo de 2015): 132–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cfri-08-2014-0056.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of geographic location of research-intensive firms in the ability to generate new research and products, which consequently affects firm value. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conduct the empirical study following a three-step process. First, if pharmaceutical firms are more likely to cite the patents of other firms and other innovators that are nearby, as opposed to firms and other innovators that are far away, then location (i.e. close proximity) is likely important when it comes to the ability to learn and to use the knowledge being generated by other innovators. The authors employ a “geographic information systems” (GIS) and geo-code each pair of citing and cited patents. In addition, the authors utilize spatial statistics such as Moran’s I to analyze the spatial clustering pattern of patent citations and knowledge flows. Next, the authors measure the pharmaceutical companies’ ability to generate useful patents as a function of the amount of innovation and industrial activity that is occurring close to them. Finally, the authors test whether a firm’s location relates to its firm value. Specifically, the authors model firm value as a function of its patents quality, but the authors also allow the firm’s patents quality to be a function of its location and locational attributes. In this way, the authors establish a link between location and firm value. Using a simultaneous system of equations, the authors find that location explains patent quality, which, in turn, explains firm value. In other words, there is a positive relationship between firm value, innovation and location. Findings – In empirical tests using pharmaceutical firms and their patents, the authors first find that firms more often cite patents of other firms that are geographically closer to them than those firms that are farther away. The authors then find that a patent’s quality is a function of the firm’s near proximity to other knowledge-intensive institutions and activities. Finally, the authors find that because patent quality is a function of a firm’s geographic location, location consequently affects firm value. Research limitations/implications – For knowledge-intensive firms, geographic location matters. More specifically, the authors contend that research-intensive firms are better able to use and to expand on existing knowledge when they are closer to other research-intensive enterprises. The implication is that firm value maximization involves a location factor. Practical implications – The practical implication for investors is that investors should invest in those firms that are situated in a location that is rich in geographic innovation resources because those firms are more likely to generate more and higher quality patents or innovations. Originality/value – The study is the first to establish the linkage among spatial knowledge diffusion, geographic drivers of innovation, and market valuation of the firm. The study is unique in that the authors not only present evidence on spatial knowledge flows by geo-coding the exact longitude and latitude location coordinates of citing and cited patens, but more importantly, the authors also identify geographic drivers of innovation, and examine their impacts on citation-weighted patent counts and knowledge stock. Finally, using a series of simultaneous equations, the authors show how geographic innovation resources positively affect citation-weighted patent stock and knowledge stock and consequently affect market value of the firm. Thus, the novel approach contributes not only to the literature that measures geographic localization of knowledge flow using patent citations, but also to the literature that examines the impact of geographic sources of innovations on patent outputs and patent quality and, thus on firm value for research-intensive firms.
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Sarita, Shaukari, S. U. Meghana Gajavalli, G. Kranthi Kiran, L. Srikanth y Chokkakula Modini. "Rapid prototyping: A frontline digital innovation in dentistry". International Journal of Oral Health Dentistry 7, n.º 2 (15 de julio de 2021): 97–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.18231/j.ijohd.2021.022.
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The power, predictability and speed that today's digital solutions offer to human oral health care have gained a rapidly growing foothold in clinical dentistry. One such revolutionary innovation is the rapid prototyping technique. This technique facilitates the fabrication of physical models from computer aided design (CAD) data using 3D printers. This technique enables the dentist and laboratory technician to produce dental-related prosthesis with a greater speed and accuracy, thus making it a reliable alternative to the much labour intensive and time consuming hands on procedure. The present article reviews this current technology, its historical development, methods and applications in dentistry.
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Schils, Philipsen, Hoekstra, Holshof, Zom, Hoving, Reenen et al. "Amazing Grazing: A Public and Private Partnership to Stimulate Grazing Practices in Intensive Dairy Systems". Sustainability 11, n.º 20 (22 de octubre de 2019): 5868. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11205868.
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In many intensive dairy regions in northwest Europe, a decline in grazing is observed. In the Netherlands, the proportion of dairy cows with access to pasture is declining, as well as the time spent grazing per cow. The decline in grazing is seen as an unwanted trend by many stakeholders and is, thus, under debate amongst dairy farmers, the dairy chain, and society. Therefore, a public–private partnership was initiated to encourage grazing by providing farmers with usable means of improving their grazing systems. The partnership involved stakeholders from the dairy farming community, dairy and feed industry, agrotechnical industries, advisory services, and research. The objective of this partnership was to develop and stimulate technological innovations and management measures that increase fresh grass intake at pasture. The innovation network combined an integrated research approach with farmer working groups and broader stakeholder interactive meetings. The project started with a comprehensive grass intake framework, which was the foundation for exploration of innovations. The framework consisted of six interlinked components: soil, grass growth, grass supply, grass intake, feed supplementation, and cow behavior. In a continuous interactive cycle, strategic choices were made to focus on potentially effective innovations. The use of a public–private partnership to develop usable innovations that encourage grazing practices proven to be a good approach to develop a shared vision among stakeholders. It provided a basis to work together toward innovative practices and to disseminate the outcomes to the foreseen users. The approach succeeded in design concepts for two specific innovations, i.e., weekly grass growth predictions and daily fresh grass intake tracking. We demonstrated that meaningful grazing and fresh grass intake are possible in intensive dairy systems with high stocking rates and high levels of supplementary feeding.
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Simeone, Luca, Giustina Secundo, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli y Giovanni Schiuma. "Design-based learning to enhance absorptive capacity for open innovation: the case of 3D Tune-In". Management Decision 58, n.º 9 (14 de septiembre de 2020): 1819–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-10-2019-1448.
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PurposeThis paper explores how learning processes supported by intensive use of design can favour absorptive capacity in open innovation contexts characterised by the interaction of a high number of diverse stakeholders.Design/methodology/approachThe paper combines the insights from theory with the empirical evidence gathered by adopting a case study approach.FindingsFindings provide evidence about the role of design-based learning to facilitate intra- and inter-organisational knowledge flows and to sustain absorptive capacity through processes of recognition, internalisation and adoption.Research limitations/implicationsThe study integrates currently distinct research streams focussing on (1) design research, particularly on how design can support knowledge processes and specific learning processes and (2) open innovation, particularly regarding how to enhance absorptive capacity in those contexts in which a high number of diverse stakeholders interact.Practical implicationsThis study can help companies, research institutions and other organisations leveraging open innovation to reflect on the potential of design-based learning processes and on how to deliberately facilitate such processes in their projects.Originality/valueThe original contribution provided by this study is to explore open innovation through some analytical categories elaborated in design research concerning materially grounded forms of design-based learning. In particular, the study investigates how design supports knowledge transfer, sharing, translation and creation.
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Yang, Chun, Linghao Zhang y Wei Wei. "The Influence of Introducing the Concept of Sustainable System Design Thinking on Consumer Cognition: A Designer’s Perspective". Systems 10, n.º 4 (23 de junio de 2022): 85. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/systems10040085.
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Environmental problems represent one of the most intensive focuses in the world. At present, the rate of environmental damage caused by peoples' consumption of products and services is still far faster than the rate of regeneration, processing, and recycling of natural ecosystems. In the face of increasingly severe environmental problems, consumers must change their consumption behavior toward a sustainable direction. Based on the ultimate goal of sustainable innovation and development, the introduction of sustainable system design thinking can enable the optimization of sustainable systems for production, manufacturing, consumption, or recycling. As with the concept of traditional system design thinking, sustainable system design thinking is not only a product form but also a creative systematic way to solve problems for the purpose of promoting innovation. It has been transformed from “giving form” to “design process”, “design strategy”, or “design system”. Therefore, this study attempts to explore the potential structure of consumers’ sustainable consumption cognition from the perspective of designers through the introduction of sustainable system design thinking. This study combined literature analysis and a questionnaire survey to propose a research model with seven constructs and eight hypotheses and then used a reliability test, validity test, and structural equation model to analyze and verify the data. The results show that the three constructs of design evaluation (aesthetics, innovation, and function) in system design thinking are feasible and effective in sustainable design. With the support of sustainability concept, the autonomy of consumers’ consumption attitude and intention will be improved. This study can provide reference to governments, enterprises, and designers when formulating, implementing, and practicing sustainable innovative strategies. The results of this study can further influence the continuous promotion and deepening of sustainable design thinking in the cultivation of design talents in colleges and universities, and thus provide multi-field and recyclable theoretical guidance for sustainable design facing future life.
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Malakhatka, Elena, Liridona Sopjani y Per Lundqvist. "Co-Creating Service Concepts for the Built Environment Based on the End-User’s Daily Activities Analysis: KTH Live-in-Lab Explorative Case Study". Sustainability 13, n.º 4 (11 de febrero de 2021): 1942. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13041942.
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The purpose of this study is to synthesize the widely used theories about co-creation from two main perspectives: co-creation as an innovation process and co-creation as a design process applied to the service concept design in the built environment context. The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry do not have much application of end-user-oriented service design in general, especially with intensive co-creation processes. To facilitate such a process, we are using a living lab environment as a laboratorial model of the real built environment, but with the opportunity to have access to the end-users and different types of stakeholders. Using the KTH Live-in-Lab explorative case study, we were able to discuss the concept of co-creation by distinguishing between co-creation as innovation and co-creation as a design process, facilitating the process of co-creation of service concepts for the proposed built environment including methods from both perspectives: innovation and design, and evaluating the process of service concepts co-creation for the built environment from the point of innovation, knowledge transfer, sustainability, and user experience.
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Hariyono, Eko, Binar Kurnia Prahani y M. Mardiyanti. "Volcano Project Design: Innovation In Geoscience Learning". Prisma Sains : Jurnal Pengkajian Ilmu dan Pembelajaran Matematika dan IPA IKIP Mataram 8, n.º 2 (30 de diciembre de 2020): 139. http://dx.doi.org/10.33394/j-ps.v8i2.3267.
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The research aim was to develop the Volcano Project Design (VPD) for improving the physics student research skills about volcano. The method used is a qualitative analysis where the research sample involves 34 undergraduate of physics students. The instrument used in VPD was equipped with the assessment format and rubric that was developed by researchers. The instruments tools were validated by experts in the field of geoscience and volcanology. The VPD guide contains the theoretical basis of fieldwork, descriptions of activities, project themes and targets to be achieved, phases of activities, and assessment of activities in the field. In addition, in the guidelines is also equipped with a guide of proposal preparation, field report and research products. The important results showed that the physics students were succeeded in conducting volcano research using VPD. This result was supported by the capabilities to identifying some crucial problems about volcanoes, presenting some solution based on several issues that have been identified and providing an accurate explanation of volcanic phenomena. The interesting finding based on research is the students’ research product as new information in geoscience. Even though needs intensive guidance, the product has an opportunity to be published broadly. Based on students’ perception, the program succeeded to build students' scientific attitude, constructing a positive value to the environment around the volcano and perfectly prepare students to help the community in the face of volcanic disasters.
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Zavadska, A. "About the specifics of functioning and support at the regional level of innovative structures of the national innovation system in Ukraine". Law and innovative society, n.º 2 (13) (26 de diciembre de 2019): 40–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.37772/2309-9275-2019-2(13)-6.
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Problem setting . The modern intensive development of the national innovation system determines the expansion offorms of interaction both between the subjects of the national innovation system and with other participants in a widerange of legal relationships. In this respect, the importance of positive interaction at the regional level of local selfgovernmentbodies and actors of the innovation system. Analysis of recent researches and publications . The issues of essence, formation, structure and legal regulation ofthe national innovation system and innovative structures were explored in their works as scientist-economists, such asN.M Bunyak, V.B Butorina, O.O Lyakhovets, E.V Kosovan, and legal scholars: Yu. E. Atamanova, S. V Hlibko,E. A Novikov, L. V Tsindenova, A. V. Strizhkov. Scientific researches on development of innovative activity, forms ofinteraction of local authorities and subjects of national innovation system were carried out by S.V Glibko,I. Yu. Matyushenko, M.S Pasmore and other. Target of research . The purpose of the study is to analyze theoretical and regulatory approaches to understandingthe term «national innovation system» and its content in Ukraine and the EU, to study the legal problems of the functioningof certain types of innovation structures in Ukraine, as well as to identify the most common and effective forms of suchinteraction at the regional level of local authorities self-government and subjects of the national innovation system. Article’s main body . Innovative infrastructures primarily operate in the form of a limited liability company. This isdue to the presence of a number of advantages in the creation and activities of such legal entities. Regarding regional support for innovation, the following should be noted. To date, there has been a distribution offunding for the design and implementation of activities aimed at discussing the innovative development of the territorialcommunity, and the creation and implementation of new innovative inventions and projects. Conclusions and prospects for the development. Implementation of the legislation of Ukraine on development ofinnovations, as well as interaction between local self-government bodies and subjects of the national innovation systemare carried out mainly at the level of financing of individual projects, through tenders and grants. The analysis of KharkivCity Council acts shows that the prospect of innovation development in Kharkiv is high.
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Zhou, Qing, Gang Fang, Wei Yang, Yun Wu y Liqin Ren. "The performance effect of micro-innovation in SMEs: evidence from China". Chinese Management Studies 11, n.º 1 (3 de abril de 2017): 123–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cms-12-2016-0264.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to theoretically and empirically analyze the impact of the types of micro-innovation on innovation performance and the choice of micro-innovation strategies in different contexts on the basis of an examination of the basis and standards of micro-innovation categorization. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected and analyzed 206 survey samples from the Zhejiang Province in China; there were 68, 63 and 75 enterprises at inception, high growth and maturity stages, respectively, and there were, in total, 53, 90 and 63 low-tech manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs), technology-intensive manufacturing SMEs and service-oriented SMEs, respectively. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. Findings The analysis results suggest that SMEs at the embryonic stage should choose strategies of imitative innovation, whereas SMEs at growth stage should use continued micro-innovation and independent micro-innovation as the optimal choices; it is better for the SMEs at the mature stage to resort to independent micro-innovation. Low-tech manufacturing SMEs should opt for the continued micro-innovation strategy, and technology-intensive manufacturing SMEs should adopt independent micro-innovation, whereas service-oriented SMEs should choose both continued and independent micro-innovation strategies. Originality/value This study sets up a classification framework of micro-innovation and addresses its category and sources, thus extending the micro-innovation research results. The conclusion also supports and enriches the view of open innovation in the innovation theory. Hidden behind the phenomenon that internal and external factors play vital roles, it is a basic rule that innovation activities must be subject to various related factors.
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Conrad, Nailah y Jaydon Farao. "Emergency remote teaching for design thinking in health innovation". Global Health Innovation 3, n.º 2 (27 de noviembre de 2020): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.15641/ghi.v3i2.1021.
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In March of 2020, South Africa responded to the global COVID-19 pandemic by instituting a full lockdown. This meant that only essential services were allowed to operate, causing schools, universities and workplaces to close. The University of Cape Town was about to complete its first term when this occurred. With campuses closed, students were asked to vacate residences and return home. The university went into emergency remote teaching, with all teaching and learning moving online. Students were provided with the necessary resources to access content via the university learning platform, but strict guidelines were set to ensure that the delivery of content was not data or bandwidth intensive. For our master’s-level course on Health Innovation and Design, this posed many challenges. Health Innovation and Design is part of the curriculum for the MPhil in Health Innovation and the MSc in Biomedical Engineering. It utilises design thinking methodologies as an approach to innovate for improvements in health and wellbeing. The course comprises group-based action learning with a project partner and endeavours to promote engaged scholarship (UCT, 2020) by interacting with constituencies outside the university for public good. For 2020, we had secured the provincial Department of Health as our project partner. Our students were going to work with a team on designing and developing an operating theatre information system for scheduling. We would have had our first hospital visit the week after the university closed its on-campus activities.
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Shakina, Elena y Angel Barajas. "Intangible-intensive profile of a company: the key to outperforming". Journal of Intellectual Capital 16, n.º 4 (12 de octubre de 2015): 721–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jic-03-2015-0025.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reveal and empirically validate a new typology of company strategic profiles regarding intangible resources. Design/methodology/approach – The study is carried out in three steps. The first stage comes to identify the coordinates of intangibles in which strategic profiles are found. The second stage enables a clusterization of more than 1,600 European companies observed during seven years in the coordinates of intangibles. The last step introduces comparative analysis of these clusters in terms of their performance. Findings – As a result of empirical analysis three strategic profiles regarding intangibles are discovered. Two of these profiles are called intangible-intensive as they demonstrate clear predominance of a particular set of intangibles. The innovative profile is associated with intensive investment in innovation and networking capabilities. The conservative profile puts emphasis on managerial capabilities and development of business process. The non-intangible-intensive profile, that has been called moderate, evenly allocates resources among intangibles keeping them on a low level relative to the intangible-intensive profiles. Practical implications – This research is useful for practitioners in strategic and knowledge management. It provides insight into common features of company strategies for intangibles as well their impact on short- and long-term performance. Originality/value – This work contributes to the field of strategic knowledge management by demonstrating a new relevant typology in company behavior regarding intangibles. Moreover, it equips decision makers in companies with a tool to design strategic vision in intangibles.
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Wu, Aiqi, Shengxiao Li y Huafeng Wang. "New ventures, product innovation and business intermediaries". Chinese Management Studies 8, n.º 2 (27 de mayo de 2014): 241–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cms-03-2014-0054.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) intermediary ties on new ventures’ product innovation. Product innovation is a critical strategy for new ventures’ survival and growth. However, as a result of smallness and newness, new ventures usually face considerable difficulties in product innovation and require support to help their innovation search and innovation activities. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey of 145 Chinese new ventures is used to test presented hypotheses empirically. Findings – This study finds that the intensity of KIBS intermediary ties has a positive influence on innovation, while the diversity of KIBS intermediary ties has no influence on new ventures’ product innovation. Moreover, the relationship between the intensity of KIBS intermediary ties and new ventures’ product innovation is moderated by the degree of their international venturing and ties with other firms. Originality/value – This study enriches understanding of the important roles of KIBS intermediary ties on new ventures’ product innovation.
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Jokubauskienė, Raminta y Rimgailė Vaitkienė. "Mechanisms of customer knowledge integration in the open innovation process: health-tech case". Measuring Business Excellence 23, n.º 2 (15 de julio de 2019): 136–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mbe-11-2018-0100.
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Purpose This paper aims to reveal the expression and specificity of customer knowledge integration in the open innovation process in the health-tech sector. Design/methodology/approach The collection method of data for this research is hermeneutic interview with top management or employees, which are directly responsible for innovation development in the organization. Only innovative organizations, which act in the health-tech sector and have high level of knowledge intensity, were selected. Interviews with ten organizations had reached saturation of data. Data coding and analysis was conducted by using MAXQDA 18. Findings The results showed that customer knowledge integration research mechanisms depend on different markets and open innovation process in the health-tech sector. Practical implications The results of research increase understanding and ability to integrate customer knowledge more effectively in the open innovation process in the organizations. Following it, organizations become more flexible and gain sustainable competitive advantage. Originality/value Open innovation development is intensive knowledge activity that requires continuous knowledge updating. The success of open innovation with customers requires effective utilization and adaptation of customer knowledge which is the result of customer knowledge integration in the open innovation process. Scientific literature identifies different mechanisms that help to integrate knowledge successfully. However, these mechanisms are common for all kinds of knowledge. Therefore, this research was focused on looking into the specificity of the context of customer knowledge because it is the most complicated kind of all knowledge.
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Pace, Lisa A. y Ian Miles. "The influence of KIBS-client interactions on absorptive capacity-building for environmental innovation". European Journal of Innovation Management 23, n.º 4 (5 de agosto de 2019): 553–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejim-01-2019-0026.
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Purpose Firms need to develop absorptive capacities to effectively source and exploit knowledge relevant to environmental behaviour for their own innovation activity. Business-to-business interactions can represent a significant route through which knowledge and resources about environmental innovations are transferred along the supply chain. The purpose of this paper is to explore how firms exploit business partnerships in order to build capacity for environmental innovation. In order to do so, it investigates two elements of B2B interactions – partner alignment and compatibility – and their influence on absorptive capacity-building. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a qualitative interview study of knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) operating in the environmental goods and services sector and their clients involved in adopting environmental innovations. Matched pairs of engineering consulting firms and their clients – tourism accommodation establishments – were selected as a sampling frame in order to study the influence of partner alignment and compatibility on the exchange of environmentally relevant knowledge and competencies. Findings The findings show that the synergistic attributes of business partners influence absorptive capacity-building and give rise to different patterns of interaction of KIBS with their client. The B2B interactions investigated are characterised by alignment along multiple objectives about the relevance of environmental behaviour. Furthermore, the compatibility of the partners’ competences is a key determinant of environmental innovation outcome. Practical implications The study highlights the role of managers in identifying and selecting those business partnerships that accrue greater potential benefit for accessing resources and competencies for eco-innovation. Originality/value The study contributes to the literature on absorptive capacity and innovation by demonstrating how B2B interactions – in this study, the interaction of KIBS with their clients – influence the capacity of firms to adopt environmental innovations which is an area of study that deserves further attention.
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Honkaniemi, Laura, Mikko H. Lehtonen y Mervi Hasu. "Well-being and innovativeness: motivational trigger points for mutual enhancement". European Journal of Training and Development 39, n.º 5 (1 de junio de 2015): 393–408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejtd-11-2014-0078.
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Purpose – This paper focuses on employees’ motivation to participate in innovation at the workplace. The best arguments to persuade employees to renew their work were searched. According to the expectancy theory (Vroom, 1964), a plausible link must be perceived for a motivational state to arise. The paper investigated the perceptions that employees, team-leaders and directors have about the relationships between innovativeness and well-being. Design/methodology/approach – The data consisted of thematic interviews with 14 persons from knowledge- and labour-intensive organisations in the public service sector. Data included material from directors, team-leaders and front-line workers. The theoretical model of Huhtala and Parzefall (2007) was applied to analyse perceptions about links between well-being and innovativeness. Findings – Results indicated that all eight possible links between well-being and innovativeness were perceived as plausible. The most common views were that high innovativeness connects to high well-being and vice versa. Additionally, low well-being was seen to decrease innovativeness. All organisational levels of knowledge- and labour-intensive organisations shared these views. More specifically, the interviewees shared the view that participating in innovation activities gives the employee opportunities to influence one’s work, which in turn leads to well-being. Another commonly shared perception was that if employees were encouraged and praised for their efforts, innovativeness would increase. These provide plausible arguments for leaders to persuade employees to participate. Practical implications – Practical advice about effective arguments for motivating employees is given: tell them that innovativeness is desired for, time and space is allocated for innovations, the amount of change will be managed, and the innovation activities present an opportunity to have voice. Originality/value – This paper shows potential motivational trigger points for enhancing the interaction between well-being and innovation.
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Mele, Cristina y Tiziana Russo-Spena. "Eco-innovation practices". Journal of Organizational Change Management 28, n.º 1 (9 de febrero de 2015): 4–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jocm-08-2013-0146.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine eco-innovation practices within project networks. Eco-innovation practices involve systematic series of actions that integrate resources to create value. Design/methodology/approach – Using case research, the authors conducted an intensive study of innovation practices within project networks, using multiple sources of evidence to provide information to scholars and practitioners (Halinen and Tornroos, 2005). Analyzing practices facilitated an empirical investigation of how contextual elements shaped the social construction of eco-innovation. Findings – An empirical analysis of eight project networks identifies three eco-innovation practices: cleaning up the landscape, connecting life and work, and boosting the efficiency of inbound and outbound processes. A methodological framework based on this practice approach is used to discuss the main elements of the practices in question, including actors, actions, resources, and value. Practical implications – The practice-based approach (PBA) may help companies to make information and communication technology (ICT) more sustainable. By developing forms of eco-innovation that support project networks, companies can focus on holistic corporate performance, efficiency, and business value. Eco-innovation thus becomes a collective achievement that allows practitioners to appraise and critique the performance of their environmental practices, and that thereby allows them to constantly refine those practices. Social implications – The development and use of Green ICT solutions enable actors’ sense-making and sense-giving within ongoing social practices wherein macro-level phenomena, such as sustainability and environmental issues, are created and recreated through the micro-level actions of project network actors. Originality/value – This research extends beyond the more traditional issues of ecologically sound company operations and sustainable ICT use to address sustainable ways of doing business.
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van Noordwijk, Maria A., Carel P. van Schaik y Serge A. Wich. "Innovation in wild Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii)". Behaviour 143, n.º 7 (2006): 839–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853906778017944.
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AbstractIn most studies to date, innovations were studied if their origination was witnessed or if they arose in response to a pronounced environmental change, making it difficult to generalize. In this study, we use an operational definition developed by Ramsey et al. (MS) to design a procedure for recognizing the standing repertoire of innovations (in the sense of behaviors) in a natural population. The data were derived from an intensive field study of orangutans at Tuanan, Borneo. The main recognition criteria are (1) the incomplete geographic prevalence of the behavior, (2) identified causes of its absence in a population or an individual, and (3) comparison with the incidence of the behavior among captive orangutans. Using this procedure, we recognized 19 innovations at Tuanan and 43 for orangutans in general. Cumulative curves of number of innovations indicated that the total number of innovations observed at Tuanan remained stable after some 3,000 hours of observation, and is thus adequate for comparison with other studies. Additionally, an individual's repertoire size remained stable after ca 1,000 hours. The results showed that innovations are found in multiple domains (subsistence, comfort, and social communication), and that innovations that are performed more often are more likely to reach cultural status in a population. Across populations, innovations that increase comfort are less likely to become cultural than those that serve subsistence or are used in communication. Orangutan and chimpanzee innovation repertoires do not show significant differences across the three domains. Systematic comparisons across sites and with captivity will make it possible to validate the approach.
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Lee, Icy, Pauline Mak y Anne Burns. "Bringing innovation to conventional feedback approaches in EFL secondary writing classrooms". English Teaching: Practice & Critique 14, n.º 2 (7 de septiembre de 2015): 140–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/etpc-02-2015-0004.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the teachers implemented innovative feedback approaches in their writing classroom and the extent to which the innovative feedback approaches impacted upon student attitude and performance in writing. In the writing classroom, teacher feedback serves as an assessment as well as a pedagogical tool to enhance the teaching and learning of writing. While there is no shortage of literature on the topic of feedback per se, there is scant research on teachers’ attempts to implement change to conventional feedback practices, as well as the impact of such feedback innovation on student learning. Drawing on data gathered from individual teacher interviews, student questionnaires, student focus group interviews, pre-and post-writing tests and classroom observations, this study seeks to explore two teachers’ change initiative in their writing feedback approaches. Design/methodology/approach – The study used multiple sources of data including individual teacher interviews, student questionnaires and student focus group. Findings – The results suggest that the innovative feedback approaches helped to enhance the motivation and writing performance of the students. The paper concludes with implications and insights to help teachers implement similar feedback innovations in their contexts. Practical implications – First, the findings suggest that focused written corrective feedback is a viable option for responding to student writing, especially for low proficiency students in English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts. Second, teachers might consider the option of removal or delay in the reporting of scores, where appropriate. Third, more intensive training might be necessary to help students improve their peer evaluation skills and their ability to write more constructive comments for their peers. Originality/value – The significance of the study lies in the contribution it can make to existing writing feedback research that pays insufficient attention to teacher feedback in real classroom contexts, uncovering the process through which teachers attempt to bring improvement to conventional feedback practices, as well as the impact of feedback innovation on student learning in naturally occurring classroom contexts.