the main purpose of this study was to investigate the level of agricultural extension entrepreneurship in the process of sustainable agricultural development. the statistical population of the study was composed of agricultural extension experts (n=2882). the method of sampling was a systematic random sampling one. questionnaire was the means employed for data collection. questionnaire validati...

Often, inventions of scientists and engineers that start in backyard garages and research laboratories come into the hands of users unfinished, clumsy and user-unfriendly. It has been shown that putting an innovation into use may be a major challenge for the adopter organization. This study focuses on the question of how people involved in the innovation learn to master the shift from developer...

to survive in today’s competitive environment, companies need continues improvement to achieve goals such as increasing the accuracy of targeting, improving product or service. however, there is no improvement guaranty without performance evaluation. an organization must assess current performance before embarking on any improvement. if it does not, it will have no baseline from which to determ...

In this paper we present two evolving concepts, Responsible Innovation and Open Innovation, aiming to deepen discussion on similarities and differences between the two. The idea for this conceptual paper is led by the need to elaborate the two concepts in order to allow easier alignment with organizational strategies. We begin by presenting the definitions of the concepts and contexts in which ...

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Unit of analysis: User level Innovation related core benefits (facing new needs, dissatisfaction with existing products) and expertise in product use (product knowledge, use experience, and fun by dealing with innovation) positively affect user innovation effort, while financial related benefits does not affect the DV. Jeppesen and Frederiksen (2006) Independent variables • Lead userness • Firm...

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To analyse the impact of implementation and use of eHealth services is fraught with difficulty, and there is often a gap between expected and identified outcomes. In this paper, we identify innovation effects of an eHealth service by applying a framework that focusses on the expected coherent impacts of implementing an IT innovation and contributes to the body of knowledge on tracking innovatio...