This article purposes an interpretation of the process of technological innovation in agriculture. We begin with a criticism to the idea of agriculture as a particular environment in economic analysis. We argue that some dynamic concepts from Economics of Innovation, especially as seen by the evolutionary literature, can be used as an adequate theoretical reference to study innovation in agricu...

The present paper presents a road map of different theoretical perspectives which disclose a breakthrough approach to organisational innovation and development. It starts from an overview of key questions related to the concept of double-loop learning, then it relates innovation to the concepts of entrepreneurship and leadership, it highlights the key role of the fields of Organisational Learni...

Innovation in multinational companies is complex and involves heterogeneous actors. The importance of drawing upon globally-dispersed knowledge and entering new markets leads to globalisation of innovation activities. Simultaneously, localisation favours a close and personal interaction and thus the transfer of implicit knowledge. A redefinition of the concepts of globalisation and localisation...

Our aim is to explain the links between innovation and interfirm network structure and dynamics. We therefore need to understand first the mechanisms that lead to the formation and evolution of real networks. Network analysis was conducted using Tetralogie software for network mapping and graph-theoretic concepts such as density and centrality. Knowledge at all times of the macroscopic environm...

XECUTIVES IN LARGE COMPANIES often ask themselves, “Why aren’t we better at innovation?” After all, there is no shortage of sound advice on how to improve: Come up with better ideas. Look outside the company for concepts and partners. Establish different funding mechanisms. Protect the new and radically different businesses from the old. Sharpen the execution. Such strategic counsel, however, i...

This study sought to identify the important constructs associated with service innovation and elucidate the role of information and communication technology in the innovation management. These phenomena are examined from the perspectives of technology as well as soft innovation. A review of the literature related to service innovation, cultural production, and service systems led to the develop...

This document provides an overview of the progress made with my research into the introduction of innovation between May and September 2008. It continues where the first milestone [49] left off and discusses first the methodical advances regarding Grounded Theory methodology. Second, it presents the first set of results regarding the introduction of innovation such as the concepts of hosting, p...

Open innovation refers to the integration of external and internal ideas as well as market paths in traditional innovation processes. In the past years, open innovation has gained significant attention and currently represents a spotlight topic both in research and practice. The paper at hand adds to the discussion of how to manage open innovation by examining two contrary managerial approaches...

this paper is a study in different kinds of innovations in the product-design field and the way of categorization of them and station point of industrial design in this process. the research process comprised the following five steps: 1. defining the research problem and establishing its methodology; 2.selecting and describing samples; 3. analyzing data and shaping hypotheses; 4. testing the ca...