Drawing on the attention-based view, we theorize about differences in middle and senior managers' choices to pursue innovation projects. We test our hypotheses an experimental study examining decision-making processes of 180 managers selecting, or not, 2880 find that differ how they select projects general, this difference becomes even more salient when such selections involve radical innovatio...

This article discusses the implications for competition, innovation and learning of different forms of inter-firm linkage, ways to govern them, different "generic systems" of innovation, and government policy. It employs a transformed theory of transactions that can deal with innovation and learning, and brings in trust next to opportunism. For learning and innovation it takes the resource/comp...

1 Introduction The national innovation system (NIS) approach brings an alternative to the traditional view of innovation as a process of radical change in frontier sectors. The NIS approach offers a conceptual instrumental extremely useful for the understanding of the innovation dynamics at local, regional and national levels. However, as emphasized by Cassiolato and Lastres (2000), there are s...

A multi-agent simulation embodying a theory of innovation networks has been built and used to suggest a number of policy-relevant conclusions. The simulation animates a model of innovation (the successful exploitation of new ideas) and this model is briefly described. Agents in the model representing firms, policy actors, research labs, etc. each have a knowledge base that they use to generate ...

On a weighted sample of more than 1500 firms from the French manufacturing industries, we explore the relation between individual organizational practices dedicated to innovation and the output of the process. 16 different organizational practices are identified dealing with the constraints or objective applied to employees. The belonging to a national and foreign group is also considered. Cont...

Regional regeneration strategies based on developing innovation capability have received much support in recent years. Evaluation of the effectiveness of such initiatives has, however, been limited largely to an assessment of the impact of such strategies on policy frameworks and attitudes. Based on innovation survey data covering nearly a decade, this paper outlines a number of external innova...

Supply chains withstand multiple tensions, and some of which are paradoxical. Radical product process innovations bring such tensions to the forefront by disrupting supply chains. Using two illustrations, this article considers paradoxical tension between change stability in upstream chains, becomes particularly salient after radical innovation. Furthermore, discusses why how paradox theory can...

The international literature has dealt extensively with innovativeness, both in theory, as well as in a pleiad of empiric studies. Radical innovations encompass high quality action that contributes to the creation of new sectors, products or markets. Cooper (1998) adds that as long as innovations become more radical, they lead to evident and risky removal from existing practices. It is obvious ...

In the paper, a theoretical framework that combines multidimensional conceptualization of dynamic capabilities (sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring) with two leadership styles (transactional transformational) types eco-innovation (incremental radical) was developed empirically tested. The purpose this study is to answer key question: how different influence potential generate ecological changes...

C hristensen’s (1997) original theory focused on disruptive technologies. Over time, the same theory has been used to explain all kinds of disruptive innovations. This is a mistake. Different kinds of innovations have different competitive effects and produce different kinds of markets. They should be treated as distinct phenomena. This article summarizes what the academic literature has to say...