Standards and norms are central objects for institutional studies. However, their role in innovation and the creation … between standard setting and innovation, in the context of emerging organizational fields. We consider standardization in … emerging fields as a socio-technical process, which must simultaneously promote a certain degree of innovation and enroll …

paper investigates the role of contracts, a hitherto understudied innovation influent, in generating more conducive … sustainable energy innovation and the design project. Furthermore, the dynamics lead to favouring of uptake of existing … policy intervention for innovation supportive dynamics in construction projects. …

, notably industry, when it comes to innovation; as mechanically responding to external (client) needs and implementing … those related to innovation and sustainability. …

How does innovation come about in a highly institutionalized field like the construction sector? The construction … national legislation. It tends to lag behind other sectors of the economy when it comes to innovation, being perceived as … offers a unique opportunity to study in real time how innovation emerges within a highly institutionalized field. …

L'aménagement durable comme opportunité d'innovation. Les éco-territoires représentent une opportunité d'innovation …

This paper seeks to explore the types of innovation that are predominant in SMEs in developing countries and to … investigate the impact of these innovations on different dimensions of firm performance based on an industry-wide innovation … survey carried out in Nigeria in 2007. Although innovation is important for superior firm performance, our result found that …

This chapter seeks to make some contributions to the literature on firm-level innovation in Africa by attempting to …-wide study. We focused on the product and process innovation activities of firms between 2003 and 2006 and found differences in … the factors that drive them at the firm level. Our results further show that interactions matter more than most innovation …

Innovation process represents the long wave of value creation and it is the main powerful driver of future economic … of Science, Technology and Innovation and discusses the factors militating against the translation of scientific R … importance of institutional framework and knowledge pool in the process of building indigenous innovation capability for national …

This study explored the factors that explain innovation capability in SMEs in developing countries. This is important … manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The important factors that accounted for innovation performance were firm-level leadership and use … improved innovation capability. …