Faced with the technological changes and with the rise of international competition, the competitiveness of firms is … based more and more on innovation. In this context, the new innovating firms are regarded as source of competitive dynamism … for public support towards these innovating SMEs. In this context, the French government launched in 1999 a National …

innovation process. Rather than debating their accuracy and efficiency, we adopt a pragmatic approach to business models -- we … techno-economic network of an innovation.WP abstract: Analyzes the uses and functions of business models through original …

Small to medium enterprises (SME) are frequently associated with high levels of innovation. However, it is difficult … for such firms to fully assess the merits of a particular innovation. This study examined the risk-return profile of … future investment in innovation by SME with respect to anticipated ‘rent' or financial returns. A survey of highly innovative …

) to formalize and to teach these techniques? This argumentation will try to show that the concept of technology is …

project, developed in 2004 by IET – Research Centre on Enterprise and Work Innovation (at FCT-UNL), and financed by the … Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology. Some of this experience on foresight analysis is also been transferred to other … experts in related fields (regional scientists, innovation economists, engineers, sociologists). Some have a good knowledge …

explain the relationship between the objective and concrete features of technology and the subjective and shifting nature of … the people and organisation within which that technology is deployed. At the cultural and linguistic level the paper will …

This paper is about the alignment of technology and modes of organization in infrastructures in the context of their … determine the alignment between organization and technology and should be taken explicitly into account when reforming …

Technology has been playing a central role in defense spending or arms-producing countries since World War II. Although … well as public R&D. This technology-centric paradigm results from uncertainties surrounding defense matters and the need to … launching new programs, hence a high level of defense R&D. This explains both an overinvestment in technology, resulting in the …