marketplace. Technology is the primary tool for innovation.” Thus, the fundamental question for the 2006 policy research project … is: “How can communities across the South harness the economic potential of technology and innovation?” Georgia … those who already recognized the importance of innovation and technology, that familiarity enabled many of them to identify …

Organizational innovation has been of central interest in recent years because of its importance for organizational … survival and competitive advantage. Researchers in the field have divided the innovation process into stages in an attempt to … understand the innovation process and the factors that affect it. However, empirical studies that examine the relationship …