recently many researches have studied technological innovation capabilities (tics) and their impacts on firm’s competitive performance in the field of manufacturing industries. this paper pursued yam et al. (2004) framework to study the relevance of tics and firm's competitive performance in a mainly-service-based industry in iran (ict). empirical data were collected through a questionnaire...

during the past decade, the world economic forum has published its annual reports in which the global competitiveness index is included. this paper aims to investigate the key factors for achieving an innovation-driven economy. in this paper, we used partial canonical correlation analysis (pcca) to examine the relationships between key pillars in “efficiency enhancers” and “business sophisticat...

today, the focus of coherent regional and transregional markets is an increasing tendency for the exchange of goods and services that are based on modern scientific technology. thus, the use and application of knowledge and standards harmonization of domestic products with favorable global production should be considered as a priority and requirements among the economic policies of export devel...

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Harri Paananen Name of the doctoral dissertation Balancing Acts – Managing Inter-Organizational Collaboration for Innovation Publisher School of Science Unit Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 113/2015 Field of research Business Process Networks...

In this article, indigenous knowledge is defined as holistic of all forms of knowledge emanating from an indigenous community. The critical relevance of local science and technology information (STI) databases in the development and sustainability of Africa’s indigenous knowledge is discussed. It is advocated that local African STI databases should be considered required development infrastruct...

pioneering in a dynamic environment is among the issues which most of the organizations, especially knowledge-based institutions will encounter. for using and exploiting the opportunities and also for overcoming threats, there should exist some innovations in the modern technologies domain. therefore, for fulfilling this important issue, organizations are required to monitor inside and outside ...

Universities and public research institutions (PROs) are increasingly required to address strategic needs defined by industrial sectors both from the education and research standpoint and contribute more intensively to the absorption of advanced technologies. Many countries rely on the reform of traditional structures of universities and PROs by creating specific centers of excellence to ensure...

This paper describes two novel complementary approaches for systematically enhancing the process of innovation and discovery. One approach is workshop-based and the other approach is literature-based. Both approaches have the common feature of exploring knowledge from very disparate technical disciplines and technologies, and transferring insights and understanding from one or more disparate te...