Purpose – The research fields of service innovation and social innovation have, until now, been largely disconnected … innovation are shown by identifying research areas in which both find a joint heuristic field. This approach has been illustrated … in a set of case studies in the health sector in Europe. Findings – The bridge between social innovation and service …

facilitated in multidisciplinary groups working with innovation in knowledge-intensive organizations. Design … in a Norwegian research institute working with innovation. The analysis is inductive and conducted within a qualitative …

Purpose – Innovation education has been identified as a key contributor to enhancing the innovative behavior of … individuals, organizations and economies; yet very little literature exists on the development and assessment of innovation … innovation education facilitators may develop and evaluate their IEPs. The proposed framework provides a thematic appreciation of …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how an “innovation champion” identity is formulated in the context of … UK construction sector. A conceptual model of “innovation champion” themes is derived from the literature on social … Constructing Excellence – the UK construction sector’s network-type organisation for driving innovation. Findings – Practitioners …

importance of a new type of collaborative innovation: the collaboration with radical circles and social movements in their early …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the recurrences in the empirical evidences that link open innovation … (OI) actions and innovation performance in European countries. It provides managers with useful strategic suggestions …/methodology/approach – The authors systematically reviewed empirical articles linking OI actions and innovation performance in European countries …

assessed using both objective and subjective success criteria. Pattern matching was used as a systematic analysis technology … version of the Stage-Gate® system) were, on average, more successful in their innovation activities than the users of other …

between economic growth literature, which focuses largely on the role of formal education, and innovation studies where the …

out a multiple case study, covering nine biopharmaceutical Argentine firms whose innovation projects are developed in …) those mechanisms within the specific context of jointly generated innovation. Findings The paper shows that SIRC generates … industries with similar innovation characteristics and to other countries, where patents have a similar weight (emerging …

of innovation diffusion. The purpose of this paper is to use a systematic approach in reviewing the literature pertaining … innovation articles are studied in detail to collate the relevant data needed to reflect on the various informative trends … exhibited by the shortlisted innovation attributes. Findings – An analysis of these trends will be carried out across three …