Purpose – This Special Issue of the European Journal of Innovation Management sheds new light on the burning issue of … Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3), both in terms of their policy formulation and their … regional research and innovation strategies in order to build “place-based” competitive advantages and help regions and …

facilitated in multidisciplinary groups working with innovation in knowledge-intensive organizations. Design … in a Norwegian research institute working with innovation. The analysis is inductive and conducted within a qualitative …

poses new challenges and provides new possibilities for the product organization’s innovation processes. We argue that … corporate consulting units provide a vital source of knowledge for organizations seeking to increase their innovation capacity … as well as the filters that hinder utilizing this knowledge in the innovation processes of the product …

practiced in a regional context. Design/methodology/approach – This paper describes an attempt to develop innovation in a … support development and innovation. This study fills a gap by analyzing how theory can be transformed into practice.  …

of this paper is to explore, from a firm‐level perspective, organizational characteristics for continuous innovation in … previous research on organizational characteristics for continuous innovation. Findings – Google's organization can be viewed … as a dynamic and open corporate system for continuous innovation, involving the entire organization and supported by an …

Purpose – By increasing connectivity between multiple partners, the new paradigm of open innovation has been argued to … innovation has on the creative climate. The purpose of this paper is to start filling that knowledge gap by exploring the … creative climate in an open innovation arena called SAFER, where 26 partner organizations meet to innovate together. Design …

employees’ different views on innovation, and efficiency may be reduced because of high job autonomy in innovative job settings … innovative work behaviour can be aligned in environments characterized by innovation trust. Further mental involvement is … studies focusing on the negative effects of innovative work behaviour. This study demonstrates that innovation trust aligns …

Purpose – Although the potential of innovation networks that involve both university and industry actors is great … variances in cultures, goals and knowledge poses significant challenges. To better understand management of such innovation … research centers that govern university-industry innovation networks. Findings – The authors provide empirically grounded …

innovation better by distinguishing between the creation, extension, revision or termination of business models. Originality … technology on companies’ innovation activities. This perspective makes it easier to develop strategic initiatives while managing … innovation, and underlines the importance of purposive human action in adopting a proactive behaviour, reducing deterministic …

retain market share, customer requirements and expectations should be met and exceeded through product innovation. For … model and points to the importance of product innovation in exceeding customer satisfaction. It further proposes an … attributes and product innovation.  …