A pressing challenge facing the cybersecurity and privacy research community is transitioning technical R&D into commercial and marketplace ready products and services. Responding to the need to develop a better understanding of how Privacy and CyberSecurity (PACS) market needs and overall technology innovation best-practice can be harmonized more effectively the contribution of this paper is c...

In this paper, the authors analyse the application of data mining algorithm in governmental R&D investment and independent innovation ability. Independent innovation ability is an important indicator to promote economic development, and improve the ability of independent innovation cannot be separated from the support of the policy in government input of science and technology. This paper mainl...

This paper describes simple ‘Schumpeterian games’ that help to explore the microfoundations of (national) innovation systems and the related policy issues. Thus it tries to marry the Schumpeterian approach to innovation and imitation with the simpler but very powerful results of evolutionary game theory. The paper identifies several roles and subgames in an innovation system, based on the playe...

SME innovation strategy and motivation has become one of the most challenging subjects of innovation policy. New innovation models proposed recently have captured the attention of policy makers. However, these models seem for the most part to be applicable to medium-sized or large enterprises. The objective of this paper is to analyse the open innovation model in the case of outsourced cooperat...

BACKGROUND Since the passage of Proposition 99, California's comprehensive tobacco control programme has benefited from a localised policy adoption process that allows for the innovation and diffusion of strong local tobacco control policies throughout the state. METHODS The policy adoption continuum is described in the context of California's smoke-free workplace movement, and the influence ...

• Several international academic associations engaged in the study of technological innovation processes and innovation management have been consolidated: ALTEC (Asociación Latino-Iberoamericana de Gestión Tecnológica), IAMOT (The International Association for Management of Technology), ISPIM (The International Society for Professional Innovation Management), PICMET (Portland International Conf...

Since the Chinese government’s rapid increase in expenditure on science and technology (S&T) during the 2000s, numerous related policies have been implemented by national-, provincial-, city-, and prefecture-level governments in China. Each level of government aims to promote innovation activities; however, few empirical evaluations have been conducted on each policy level and category. This pa...