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This article applies the concept of "innovation territories" to explain the recent export success of the Australian … "innovation territories" that in the Australian context transcend geographic and policy boundaries. The international comparison … major contributors to Australia's success in gaining comparative advantage in this industry is the way local and national …
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This paper examines a sample of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) firms in Australia drawn from a wide … utilize to sustain their competitive position through innovation. While the firms in the survey varied in size in terms of … same sources of innovation-related knowledge and most used research and technology organizations (RTOs) or other publicly …
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than the average firm to play that part. In Australia, manufacturing entrepreneurs are quite unproductive upon entry. Yet …
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catchers, Sethu developed an innovative new trap. His innovation won the prestigious Global Development Marketplace award from …
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Creativity and entrepreneurship, like innovation, have been recognized as important contributors to a nation’s economic … growth. Creativity plays an important role in the fuzzy front end of a firm’s innovation process and also in corporate …
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been an associated increase in the role of knowledge and the importance of product and process innovation. A set of … reference to available data and international research evidence on employment generation, conditions of work and innovation in …
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design led approach to innovation to assist medical device companies develop new services and experiences and reshape their … emerging economies. The contribution of this work in advancing research into design innovation and future research directions …
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While a number of factors have been highlighted in the innovation adoption literature, little is known about whether … different factors are related to innovation adoption in differently-sized firms. We used preliminary case studies of small … stakeholder pressure and non-financial readiness were related to innovation adoption in SMEs; but that for large firms, adoption …
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knowledge flows in determining innovation adoption rates is conceptually examined. A promising new approach is developed. Open … innovation system theory is extended, by reviewing the role of three frameworks: (1) knowledge intermediaries, (2) absorptive … capacity and (3) governance arrangements. Originality: We develop a novel open innovation system model to guide further …
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Innovation can be defined broadly to include the development and uptake of new technology, the introduction of new … work organisation or management structures and approaches. Innovation, or the commercial application of new knowledge, is … field of innovation in modern economies is associated with the rapid development and application of information and …
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