This paper deals with the characteristics of two basic elements for the study of innovation in the firm: the concept of technological innovation, which is defined as a flow magnitude; and the concept of technology, which is defined as a stock magnitude. The technological innovation process is characterized by: being of a continuous nature; being path dependent; being irreversible and being affe...

The role that innovation plays in industry is, usually, exclusively discussed in more technically advanced industries (for example, automotives and pharmaceuticals). More mature and established industries, such as textiles and ceramics, are often neglected. This article redresses this balance by considering the role of technological innovation in the UK ceramics industry. Case analysis comprisi...

The universities are the main source of national and regional scientific and technical innovation. Furthermore, universities’ scientific and technological innovation ability determines a country or regional scientific and technological developing level. How to evaluate the innovation and performance of the universities is still unsolved currently. In this paper, the indexes for evaluating the i...

A new Information System must be adopted before it can be used. New Information Systems can be seen as innovations and viewed through the lens of innovations theory. In this article I will argue that much Information Systems research falls into this category, and that its explanation could benefit from application of innovation theory. One of the difficulties facing any such investigation, howe...

The concept of ‘smart rules and regimes’ aims to focus attention on legal instruments that foster technological innovation while providing safeguards against technological risks. The leading question of this contribution is why smart rules and regimes are relevant to policies fostering innovation and how they may be the object of a legal design methodology. The main objective of this effort is ...

This paper analyses the effect of piracy on innovation in the presence of R&D competition with technological and market uncertainty. With a single innovating firm facing technological uncertainty, piracy unambiguously retards innovation. However, with R&D competition where firms face market and technological uncertainties, we show that piracy may enhance overall innovation. We also show that if...

This article examines the way in which the Spanish hotel industry has responded to government aid and to the use of new technological strategies in order to improve its ability to innovate. Using the Survey on Technological Innovation (Encuesta sobre innovación tecnológica, 2000), carried out by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics under the guidelines of Eurostat and the Oslo Manual, h...

The introduction of a new information system or the upgrading of an existing system can be seen as an innovation as, in each case, the result will be something that is seen as new by those involved in its use. The most widely accepted theory of how technological innovation take place is provided by Innovation Diffusion. Another approach however, that of Innovation Translation which draws on the...

Technological innovation has generated considerable interest among academics and practitioners in recent years. In recent decades, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) such as computer terminals, e-mail and the Internet and their applications have become the major drivers of innovation, growth and social change. Moreover, as the OECD points out (OECD, 2010), in times of crisis there...

Telecentre effectiveness is highly related with involvement of people in the community and has been measured by the socio-economic benefit gained from the telecentre. One of the important aspects that are often overlooked in the assessment of telecentre effectiveness is the technological change. It is referred to as the overall process of continuous invention, innovation and diffusion of techno...