This article discusses and presents an approach to the development of an innovation measurement framework. Innovations are vital for company’s long term success and therefore many theories and different innovation concepts exist. One of the frameworks developed recently and on real life...

Influenced by the sustainable construction policy of the authorities, organizations in The Netherlands are developing, designing and building sustainable areas and objects. The actions of the authorities, authority-related organizations and commercial organizations in the Dutch construction...

Innovation management in SMEs means not only the operational control of processes, but also the strategic management of the company. A fundamental component of strategic innovation management is the long-term decision to innovate, which is accompanied by the need to establish structures and to...

Innovation management in logistics as a systematic controlled process for continuous increase in the quality of individual parts and global logistics involves tools for gaining and retaining a unique competitive advantage. The business environment achieves innovation by concentrating on planning...

Managing innovation in smaller firms imposes challenges of a specific nature. Such challenges include scarcity of resources for R&D and innovation activities, complexity of scientific fields, coordinating innovation activities with operational functions of the firm and availability of access to...

If managers of many SME do not clearly assume the necessity to modernize their organizations, they will not be able to take advantage of all its resources' potentialities, not only the technological resources, but also of the capacities and qualifications of the human resources. This article...

Deals with new approaches to commercialization of technologies that require network forms of busi- ness organization and global economic cooperation. Proved the creation of open innovationâ€, for ma- nagement that requires knowledge and skills in field of international innovation management...

Business network research, service-dominant logic and service system thinking all reflect an interactional interpretation of value creation as the fundamental approach to understanding modern economies and business behavior. This paper aims at contributing to an integrative debate about...

We study the value of innovation in a case study of one of the most visible innovative products in recent years, Apple’s iPhone. The value effects of news announcements, patent publications, and trademarks relating to iPhone are taken into account. Our estimate of the lower bound on the value...

Product development (PD) has traditionally been a collaborative effort with the PD team having to interact with various entities within and outside its boundary. Depending on the context and the kind of product being developed, teams typically interact with other teams, vendors, academic...