's partnerships with private firms and government institutions are both directly related to the manufacturer's innovation performance …/value – This research draws from institutional theory to contribute to knowledge in the area of innovation by emphasizing the … importance of the overarching institutional logic on the effectiveness of different types of innovation‐driven research …

Purpose – The aim of this study is to propose and test a model of innovation process management and to clarify the … innovation matched the proposed model. The support for the model from the Japanese data is sufficiently strong so as to suggest … that certain managerial factors should generally be implemented in order to succeed with innovation. The authors then …

Technical Improvements (MTIs) do diffuse between units. Improved communication and increased under standing of the innovation … process by management may increase the amount of MTI diffusion. The costs and benefits of MTI type innovation and diffusion …

, probably no other innovation has been interpreted in so many different ways either. This paper seeks to discover whether there …

evidence shows the compatibility and complementarity of JIT with different classes of innovation; the need for an integrative …

. Describes a model of the organization of manufacturing innovation which was used in longitudinal case studies of the adoption … affecting their level of success. It appears that the activities, innovation roles, organizational arrangements and slack … resources which are required according to the model determine most of the success of the innovation process. Concludes that the …

product innovation. It addresses the apparent tension between quality management and innovation management and seeks empirical … support for the proposition that quality management resources can be used to support strategic innovation. Based on resource … capability, and process improvement capability – and assesses the role of these resources in the success of product innovation …