The world is going green. As it does so, researchers are increasingly trying to improve our understanding of how environmental innovation can be generated and spread across markets. Most previous studies, however, have focused on technology and not on the actual instrument of change: the...

Managing Open Innovation Technologies - Contemporary Best Practices -- Theme I: Motivations -- Open Source Software as Open Innovation: Experiences from the Medical Domain -- “It’s the Conversation, Stupid!” Social Media Systems Design for Open Innovation Communities -- Organisational...

Creativity and innovation are important drivers of economic welfare and growth in contemporary societies. Collaborating with and learning from users in the early phase of the innovation process has been considered a successful approach to stimulate those creative sparks for organizations....

Technology Changes our Life -- Paradigms and Hidden Research Strategies -- Technology, Driver of Growth -- Technology Speed and Substitution -- Diffusion of New Technologies -- The Myth of the Pioneer -- Pirates, Pioneers, Innovators and Imitators -- Dominant Design Industry -- Science-Driven...

In der Praxis lässt sich vielfach beobachten, dass die Einführungen von Medieninnovationen mit Sportgroßereignissen und sportbezogener Werbung verbunden werden. Der Zusammenhang zwischen dem Sportinteresse der Konsumenten und der Verbreitung neuer Medien wurde jedoch wissenschaftlich bisher...

1 Problemstellung -- 2 Legitimität und Effizienz administrativer Innovationen -- 2.1 Administrative Innovationen -- 2.2 Legitimität und Innovation -- 2.3 Legitimität und Effizienz -- 3 Legitimitätsgrundlagen und Grad der Legitimität -- 3.1 Quellen der Legitimität -- 3.2 Bestimmungsfaktoren...

Die Energiewende, der industrieübergreifende Rohstoffwandel von fossilen zu nachwachsenden Rohstoffen und die aktuellen Entwicklungen an den Rohstoffmärkten geben Anlass, Rohstoffpreise als marktbasierte Einflussfaktoren auf die Diffusion Erneuerbarer Energietechnologien zu untersuchen. Im...

Review of the Porter Hypothesis and the related literature -- Measurement of environmental regulation -- Environmental regulation and renewable energy innovation -- Environmental regulation and renewable energy exports. .

1 Introduction -- 2 Technology, the Economy, and Society - Casting the Bridges -- 3 Technology Diffusion -- 4 Information and Communication Technologies Diffusion Patterns in Developing Countries - Empirical Evidence -- 5 What Matters for ICT Diffusion? -- 6 Conclusion, Recommendations and...

Digitalization, defined as the process of moving to a digital business, is no longer a choice but an imperative for all businesses across all industries and regions. Taking a step toward becoming a digital enterprise is demanding and challenging. This book sheds light on cross-industry and...