creation theory (Garud and Karnøe 2001) for analyzing a number of new therapies and medical devices developed by patients (i …. Furthermore, we identify four individual innovation strategies that patients used to transform their needs into innovations. Last …

of enhanced entrepreneurial innovation. To this end, a literature review was carried out in order to develop a research … framework with factors related to imitation predicting entrepreneurial innovation. Moreover, managerial skills and … entrepreneurial skills were incorporated as predictors of entrepreneurial innovation. In this respect, a structured questionnaire was …

Learning from the experiences of other innovators is a crucial aspect of the innovation process when several workers or …-ride on the new ideas generated by co-workers. This paper studies optimal incentive schemes for innovation and shows that when … workers can learn from each other's experience, incentives for innovation fundamentally differ from incentives for routine …

' signaling-driven investment, despite the risk of buying a bad innovation. We finally show at what point the presence of active …

aggressive development of a basic innovation by better informed venture-backed firms is used as a signaling device to enhance the … sale price of the innovation. We then show that incumbents can undertake early, preemptive, acquisitions to prevent such … signaling driven overinvestment, despite the risk of buying a non-productive innovation. Therefore, to exist in equilibrium …

in micro-economic theory on the managerial decisions related to the financing of such innovation. In particular …Technological innovation, although vital for sustenance of firms against fierce global competition, presents a paradox …, budgeting decisions in R&D and innovation at the firm level do not conform to customary neo-classical approach of allocating …

. However, the best strategy for innovative entrepreneurs might be to make an early entry to signal innovation quality and …