Diffusion of innovation theory overview Diffusion of innovation theory was developed by Everett Rogers in the 1950s from research investigating why particular farmers delayed the decision to use an improved variety of corn, despite being aware of the benefits. Rogers undertook further investigation looking at adoption of innovations across a range of sectors, including education and health, and...

Purpose The purpose of this research is to understand the mechanisms of knowledge management (KM) for innovation and provide an approach for enterprises to leverage KM activities into continuous innovation. Design/methodology/approach – By reviewing the literature from multidisciplinary fields, the concepts of knowledge, KM and innovation are investigated. The physical, human and technological ...

This paper develops a framework for analyzing the competitive implications of innovation. The framework is based on the concept of transilience the capacity of an innovation to influence the established systems of production and marketing. Application of the concept results in a categorization of innovation into four types. Examples from the technical history of the US auto industry are used to...

The centrality of corporate enterprises for allocating resources in the economy has sparked the recent debate among economists about the manner in which corporations should be governed to enhance economic performance. The process through which resources are developed and utilised is central to the dynamic through which successful enterprises and economies improve their performance over time as ...

The paper presents solutio n design as a heuristic for conducting explorative supply chain management research. The heuristic is based on the concepts of formulating technical norms and classification of innovation ideas. The technical norm is introduced from the philosophy of science. It is used as a tool to for formulating and testing research propositions in supply chain management. The tech...

As the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues its relentless spread in many parts of the world, DOI provides a useful framework for analyzing the difficulties in achieving behavior change necessary to reduce HIV rates. The DOI concepts most relevant to this question include communication channels, the innovation-decision process, homophily, the attributes of the innovation, adopter categories, and opinion...

The knowledge process (including creation, dissemination, and utilization) is discussed in relationship to Value Engineering (VE) theory and practice. This paper presents a conceptual framework to guide development of the management of innovation. Concepts and issues from diverse social science disciplines are combined to develop an interdependent set of critical concepts. The issue of diffusio...

We generalize the classical Bass model of innovation diffusion to include a new class of agents-Luddites-that oppose the spread of innovation. Our model also incorporates ignorants, susceptibles, and adopters. When an ignorant and a susceptible meet, the former is converted to a susceptible at a given rate, while a susceptible spontaneously adopts the innovation at a constant rate. In response ...

in this article the role of creativity and innovation in the survival of corporations, the major factors in fostering and development of potentiality and talent for creativity and innovation. the role of managers in nurturing -such talents have been vowed as an important one. managers with their behavior and leadership approach would-be able to-make the people to become creative and innovative....