management style for innovation. It also comparatively evaluates the actual performance of European countries in innovation … cultural rankings and the actual performance in innovation of selected European countries. Before addressing the impact of … culture on the innovative strength of nations, different definitions of innovation are being described. The theoretical …

, commercialization, and standardization of an innovation or technology within the context of its whole network (or community) of …

innovation. Little is known about the micro‐level impact of health service innovations over time. Design … complex nature of the innovation and the setting in which it operated account for the role shift and the lack of attention to … issues of governance. Current innovation literature suggests that implementation into routine practice represents the end …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the introduction of innovation as part of a management development … educators in this area. Originality/value – This paper is one of few to investigate innovation and improvement in the NHS, and …

innovation in primary care practices in Virginia. Design/methodology/approach – The study utilized multiple secondary data sets … and an organizational survey of primary care practices to define the external environment and the level of innovation …, organizational relationships, and stakeholder expectations on the level of innovation. A negative association was found between …

implementation were found to differ according to the type of innovation. Internal organisational context factors played a significant … successful innovation which were used in the case comparison. The cross‐case comparative hypothesis testing method allows … and adapting an innovation to a changing situation. A significant amount of time was required for all involved, which …

incorporation of innovation, such as HPS, into school functioning. Design/methodology/approach – The framework was built by …. Originality/value – The framework can serve as a conceptual guide to facilitate the absorption of innovation in schools and to …

Purpose – The purpose of the study is to test the utility of a taxonomy of innovation based on perceived … characteristics in the context of healthcare by exploring the extent to which discrete innovation types could be distinguished from … informed framework of innovation process. Cluster analysis was applied to determine whether innovation types could be …