This paper studies the innovation diffusion problemwith the affection of urbanization, proposing a dynamical innovation diffusion model with fuzzy coefficient, and uses the shifting rate of people from rural areas stepping into urban areas to show the process of urbanization. The numerical simulation shows the diffusion process for telephones in China with Genetic Algorithms and this model is e...

Open Innovation is a phenomenon that has become increasingly important for both practice and theory over the last few years. The reasons are to be found in shorter innovation cycles, industrial research and development’s escalating costs as well as in the dearth of resources. Subsequently, the open source phenomenon has attracted innovation researchers and practitioners. The recent era of open ...

The purpose of the paper is to describe existing possibilities and to propose new possibilities for a permanent improvement of an innovation process as an integral part of the core business processes. This article focuses on the definition and design of the draft reference model of the innovation process as a base for developing a methodology for implementation of an innovation reference proces...

This document is a report produced by the PUBLIN research project. PUBLIN is part of the Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socioeconomic knowledge base,1998-2002" under the EU 5th Framework Programme. For more information, see www.step.no/publin/. SUMMARY The present case study focuses on the implementation of ...

1. OPEN INNOVATION Open innovation was defined by Henry Ches-broug, a professor at Harvard Business School, in 2003. He believes that in an open innovation model, companies should use internal and external strength to develop new products and to commercialize them (Chesbrough, 2005). Figure 1 shows the open innovation model. In the closed innovation model, the steps from new products developmen...

Studies of the origins of successful innovation have indicated that sources external to the innovating organisation account for between 34% (Gibbons and Johnston 1974) and 65% (Langrish et al 1972) of the inputs important to the innovation process. This external input has been found to arise from a diverse range of sources, including users, academia, suppliers, competitors and government resear...

Since transition markets are playing an increasingly important role in the global economy and in the international innovation arena, there is a need to understand how IT affects firms’ process and product innovations and ultimately their competitive performance in these markets. Drawing on innovation literature and the IT capabilities portfolio perspective as well as the distinctive environment...

Innovation is a process of problem solving. In its broadest sense, innovation means doing things in new ways. When conditions change and routines no longer work, humans experiment and learn. In a narrower sense, innovation means developing new ideas into new products or processes. Whether the process happens in the public domain or in the market, the sign of successful innovation is something n...