Innovation is a complex phenomenon and process involving translation of knowledge into new techniques, products, services. It is considered crucial for sustainable agriculture development and achievement of long-term food security. The review describes the diversity of innovation and relates it to agro-food sector. It also sheds light on different innovation models and explores their contributi...

Article history: Received 25 April 2013 Received in revised form 22 February 2014 Accepted 15 June 2014 Available online 6 July 2014 The paper presents a signalling exercise with a view to trace emerging dynamics in the development of the service economy in Europe. These dynamics have a direct influence and will trigger off service innovation. Firstly, the drivers of the service economy are pre...

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...

Most innovation activities that are inevitable for sustainable growth are coordinated via research and development (R&D) projects, which can differ widely in terms of both project and open innovation characteristics, even when conducted within the same firm. Therefore, it is important to consider the peculiarities of R&D projects when evaluating the performance of open innovation strategies, as...

abstract because of today's dynamic business environment and three emerging major trends of intense international competition, discrete markets, and changing technology, innovation is drawing increasing attention as a solution. these trends have aroused business scholars’ interest in running in-depth investigations on the concept of social capital as a critical factor in improving organizationa...

this study aims to examine how open innovation can be effective in changing organizational inertia to create business model innovation and improve firm performance. it also seeks to explore whether the existence of open innovation has a mediating effect and influence. this study constructs a theoretical model to explore the relationship between latent variables and uses a questionnaire to colle...

Abstract Innovation is considered as a critical factor for organizations to create value and ‎sustainable competitive advantage in today's complex and changing environment. ‎Organizations with more innovation, in response to the changing environments and ‎creating development of new capabilities that allows them to achieve better ‎performance will be more successful. The aim of curr...

the inssurance industry is one of the service industries has significant competition and innovation. with regard to importance of innovation issue for top managers of iranian insurance companies, a conceptual model has been developed for corporate innovation capability concept. in this paper, after describing the research problem, innovation concept with comparative review of recent theories of...

The new wave of internationalisation is a product of corporate research and development (R&D) activity. The circulation of international knowledge is critical for the development of innovation performance and for the improvement of national competitiveness in the sense that internationalisation widens the access of companies to academic knowledge and research capabilities. In this proabstract