This paper sets out findings from research into innovation dynamics in the mobile technology ecosystem in the Kenyan … the startups’ approaches—in support of their innovation and enterprise development efforts—to open collaboration, human …

, innovation and economic performance at the firm level. We posit that design investments may provide firms with a higher capacity … associated with a non-systematic resort to design, a higher innovation-based performance is coupled with an increasingly more …

This paper aims to provide an overview of the recently introduced demand based innovation policy instrument in Finland … - the Strategic Centers for Science, Technology and Innovation (in Finnish - SHOKs). SHOKs are formed to support the … innovative activities of existing industries in Finland with emphasis on industrial renewal through innovation. The focus in this …

&D, using external innovation sources or by entering into cooperation agreements. SMEs without in-house R&D can yield a similar …This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small … and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating …

optimal incentives for innovation. For chemical inventions, the courts deem them unpatentable if the chemical lacks a … innovation. Yet, denying patents on research inputs can frustrate patent law’s broad goal to protect and promote advances in …

innovation and a private sector, for-profit business model that implements the ideas on innovation and entrepreneurship … between different industrial sectors. Most cases of radical innovation involve the market commercialization of technology in …

To date, few researchers have linked open innovation approaches with triple bottom line corporate sustainability … other hand, this contribution implies that an organizational culture that promotes open innovation approaches could expose …

acceleration of innovation in their existing technology - the 'sailing ship effect'. There have been repeated claims that the … effect has been significant as a source of innovation (Rosenberg 1976, Rothwell and Zegveld 1985, Foster 1988, Utterback 1996 …