Innovation diffusion processes have attracted considerable research attention for their interdisciplinary character, which combines theories and concepts from disciplines such as mathematics, physics, statistics, social sciences, marketing, economics, technological forecasting. The formal representation of innovation historically used epidemic models borrowed biology, departing the logistic equ...

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...

Today’s product companies (original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs) increasingly outsource production, especially when the activities are asset intensive or require process technologies characterized by rapid innovation. When such an OEM also outsources the procurement of the required materials, especially to the party providing the production services, the OEM risks unpleasant surprises, suc...

Based on the reflections of super-chef Ferran Adrià and his team at el Bulli restaurant, thispaper explores how certain creative mechanisms, techniques procedures surroundingavant-garde gastronomy can be analysed from an enactivist model cognition in order to:(1) understand creativity kitchen; (2) characterise culinary innovation processes; (3)establish whether some these processes are general ...

The pharmaceutical industry continues to face fundamental challenges because of issues with research and development (R&D) productivity and rising customer expectations. To lower R&D costs, move beyond me-too therapies, and create more transformative portfolios, pharmaceutical companies are actively capitalizing on external innovation through precompetitive collaboration with academia, cultivat...

Service innovation has been considered as a new way to gain competitive advantage and enhance firm performance in a highly competitive market. In addition, technology is believed to encourage and facilitate service innovation. Although several service innovation studies have stressed the importance of technology in service innovation, the roles of technology in service innovation are at the cen...

Executive Summary Tomorrow's quality of life is determined by today's innovation power. Therefore, greater insight into innovation processes and how they can be better facilitated is of major strategic value to governments, business* organizations and knowledge institutes. Changes in society today are being driven by both revolutionary scientific and technological discoveries, and the developme...