in today’s competitive world, psychological capital and work activities are considered as a key factor to suc cess and survival for organizations. so far, the literature has recognized various items that affect work activi ties in organizations. the study analyzes how psychological capital predicts work activities both directly and through the mediating role of innovation, subjective well-being...

Innovation has become a recognized driver of economic prosperity of a country through sustained growth of its entrepreneurships. Moreover, recently coined term open innovation is increasingly taking a lead in enterprise management in terms of sustained profitability. Foci of researchers and practitioners are revolving around innovation methods, processes, and strategies. This chapter seeks to f...

Innovation is seen by many organizations as the next frontier to be managed in order to gain a competitive advantage and remain sustainable. Innovation management shares much in common with knowledge management, both being recognized as involving a resource, which resides in individuals, can be valueadded and transferred via (teams of) people, is difficult to capture, is highly contextual, and ...

It is increasingly recognized that innovation processes, especially in relation to the development of technologies that are radical or disruptive, do not follow the often-assumed linear progress – from basic science to applied research through development to commercialization. Instead, these kinds of innovation processes are better characterized as ‘interactive’ or ‘networked’ (Rothwell, 1994; ...

nurses are full partners with other health care professionals. until fairly recently the scope of nurses potential in entrepreneurship has not been widely recognized. the present study tries to evaluate entrepreneurship psychological characteristics among nurses. the survey instrument included scales measuring entrepreneurship psychological characteristics including locus of control, need for a...

Innovation generation has increasingly been recognized as an outcome of interaction between a firm and various outside entities. According to this view, supplier involvement and alliances are routes to innovation generation. Despite this realization, there is a dearth of research, both conceptual and empirical, focusing on innovation generation in buyer-seller relationships in supply chains. In...

Due to its promising effects on the economic development, innovation networks have been recognized as an important instrument for the industrialization of regions and nations. Therefore, the creation of innovation networks has been fostered by national and regional innovation systems, as several EU nations are launching clustering and networking incentive programs. For example, the German Gover...