Pub Date : 2011-11-02DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2011.043462
Dimitris Skalkos, Ioannis Bakouros
Open innovation suggests that the ability to absorb external knowledge has become a major driver for competition among enterprises. However, little attention has been paid to how very small enterprises (VSEs) deal, and handle innovation. In fact, most of the VSEs are not capable to implement innovation themselves. Innovation management techniques (IMTs) are methodological approaches aiming at the improvement of enterprises’ competitiveness by means of knowledge management. In this paper, we develop, test and evaluate a new methodology of IMT indented for VSEs of less developed regions such as the region of North Aegean of Greece. The method developed includes five phases of implementation and a plan for each VSE actions. The results of the pilot IMT application showed that there was a positive react by the entrepreneurs. This study proves the theory that the application of innovations depends on the human innovative resource rather the size of the company.
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Pub Date : 2011-11-02DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2011.043460
J. Dodd, J. Franke
This paper argues that EU policy makers must draw together market, social and public innovation, often already supported at the local level, if contemporary and future challenges are to be successfully addressed. Innovation has increased in importance for European policy making over many years, particularly as the post-recession search for economic growth gathers pace. Yet until now the focus has emphasised market actors and economic outcomes, ignoring the potential of social and public innovation. A new bottom-up approach based on a comprehensive understanding of innovation will have local authorities at its core, due to the existing excellence displayed at this level in supporting and delivering innovation today.
{"title":"Towards a localised and comprehensive innovation policy in the EU","authors":"J. Dodd, J. Franke","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2011.043460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2011.043460","url":null,"abstract":"This paper argues that EU policy makers must draw together market, social and public innovation, often already supported at the local level, if contemporary and future challenges are to be successfully addressed. Innovation has increased in importance for European policy making over many years, particularly as the post-recession search for economic growth gathers pace. Yet until now the focus has emphasised market actors and economic outcomes, ignoring the potential of social and public innovation. A new bottom-up approach based on a comprehensive understanding of innovation will have local authorities at its core, due to the existing excellence displayed at this level in supporting and delivering innovation today.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"138 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129820172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042185
Yuandi Wang, Nadine Roijakkers, W. Vanhaverbeke
This paper primarily intends to broaden the scope of open innovation (OI) by connecting this concept to the literature on national systems of innovation (NSI). The main assumption behind this paper is that OI entails new types of governance structures that enable companies to tap into widely distributed knowledge bases through rapidly proliferating technology markets. Given that the current state of research within NSI literature has shifted towards a functional approach, the various proposed functional portfolios within NSI are supposed to coevolve with the mechanisms that coordinate innovation activities (i.e., hierarchical, network, and technology markets). Establishing a relationship between OI and NSI enables us to extend the functional NSI portfolio to accommodate the paradigmatic shift in governance structure represented by OI.
{"title":"Linking open innovation to national systems of innovation: a coevolutionary perspective","authors":"Yuandi Wang, Nadine Roijakkers, W. Vanhaverbeke","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042185","url":null,"abstract":"This paper primarily intends to broaden the scope of open innovation (OI) by connecting this concept to the literature on national systems of innovation (NSI). The main assumption behind this paper is that OI entails new types of governance structures that enable companies to tap into widely distributed knowledge bases through rapidly proliferating technology markets. Given that the current state of research within NSI literature has shifted towards a functional approach, the various proposed functional portfolios within NSI are supposed to coevolve with the mechanisms that coordinate innovation activities (i.e., hierarchical, network, and technology markets). Establishing a relationship between OI and NSI enables us to extend the functional NSI portfolio to accommodate the paradigmatic shift in governance structure represented by OI.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116754899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042186
Alexander Schroll, A. Mild
Existing literature on open innovation shows the evolving diffusion of open innovation in certain industries and contexts. Also various case studies and theoretical work suggest that the open innovation adoption decision could be triggered by internal and external factors. The current study provides empirical evidence for a set of open innovation drivers. We use data from 180 European firms to link the adoption of open innovation with organisational capabilities, characteristics of the market environment, and human capabilities. The results indicate that open innovation adoption is strongly dependent on the level of technology and the level of hostility in an industry. We also find that organisational variables like the strategic breadth and human capabilities have significant influence on the adoption of open innovation strategies.
{"title":"Determinants of open innovation: an empirical study on organisational, market, and human drivers of open innovation adoption across Europe","authors":"Alexander Schroll, A. Mild","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042186","url":null,"abstract":"Existing literature on open innovation shows the evolving diffusion of open innovation in certain industries and contexts. Also various case studies and theoretical work suggest that the open innovation adoption decision could be triggered by internal and external factors. The current study provides empirical evidence for a set of open innovation drivers. We use data from 180 European firms to link the adoption of open innovation with organisational capabilities, characteristics of the market environment, and human capabilities. The results indicate that open innovation adoption is strongly dependent on the level of technology and the level of hostility in an industry. We also find that organisational variables like the strategic breadth and human capabilities have significant influence on the adoption of open innovation strategies.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114272901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042187
V. Lazzarotti, R. Manzini, L. Pellegrini
Open Innovation (OI) is emerging as a new alternative in opposition to the closed approach: its key tenet is that not all good ideas emerge within organisations and not all good internal ideas can be successfully commercialised by the same firm. In the last years, even with an attention to OI, most researches have focused on theoretical considerations and case studies, while large-scale studies are still limited. Despite the depth of analysis of case studies is undisputed, surveys have greater hope of extending results. Moreover, although some relationships between contextual factors, OI and performance have been analysed through surveys, they remain quite contradictory. Therefore, the aim of this article is to point out these relationships, whether they are contradictory or little investigated by surveys, in order to encourage future empirical research. Consistently, the design of authors’ survey project is presented.
{"title":"Contextual factors and open innovation: are there contradictory or yet little investigated propositions?","authors":"V. Lazzarotti, R. Manzini, L. Pellegrini","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042187","url":null,"abstract":"Open Innovation (OI) is emerging as a new alternative in opposition to the closed approach: its key tenet is that not all good ideas emerge within organisations and not all good internal ideas can be successfully commercialised by the same firm. \u0000 \u0000In the last years, even with an attention to OI, most researches have focused on theoretical considerations and case studies, while large-scale studies are still limited. Despite the depth of analysis of case studies is undisputed, surveys have greater hope of extending results. Moreover, although some relationships between contextual factors, OI and performance have been analysed through surveys, they remain quite contradictory. \u0000 \u0000Therefore, the aim of this article is to point out these relationships, whether they are contradictory or little investigated by surveys, in order to encourage future empirical research. Consistently, the design of authors’ survey project is presented.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128454147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042188
Jukka Siikonen, J. Pellikka, Hannu Littunen
Supporting the commercialisation processes in small knowledge-intensive firms has been a primary objective of both national and regional innovation policies. This study provides empirical evidence of the external collaboration during commercialisation processes based on a survey of 213 small knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) firms. The findings show that these firms have used two types of network relationships for their innovation creation and commercialisation: Based on these classifications, policy implications and recommendations for both policy-makers and small KIBS managers are provided.
{"title":"Knowledge networks in innovation among small KIBS firms","authors":"Jukka Siikonen, J. Pellikka, Hannu Littunen","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042188","url":null,"abstract":"Supporting the commercialisation processes in small knowledge-intensive firms has been a primary objective of both national and regional innovation policies. This study provides empirical evidence of the external collaboration during commercialisation processes based on a survey of 213 small knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) firms. The findings show that these firms have used two types of network relationships for their innovation creation and commercialisation: \u0000 \u0000Based on these classifications, policy implications and recommendations for both policy-makers and small KIBS managers are provided.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124001199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042194
Tapani Väänänen, J. Pellikka
{"title":"Editorial: New collaboration models in the innovation era","authors":"Tapani Väänänen, J. Pellikka","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2011.042194","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130076145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-06-06DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2011.040528
S. Hatakenaka, Petter Westnes, Martin Gjelsvik, R. Lester
This paper reports on a comparative case study of the development of local innovation systems in two key gateways to the North Sea oil and gas province: the Stavanger region on the southwest coast of Norway and the Aberdeen region in northeast Scotland. These two regions provide an ideal setting for a matched pair comparison, since the global market conditions and local geotechnical environment within which they developed into ‘oil capitals’ are strikingly similar. Despite these similarities, the development of local technological and industrial capabilities followed different paths in the two locations. Yet these differences do not appear to have led to significant differences in industrial competitiveness. Although Stavanger and Aberdeen are characterised by very different local innovation systems, the available evidence suggests that outcomes have been similar along significant dimensions of industry performance.
{"title":"The regional dynamics of innovation: a comparative study of oil and gas industry development in Stavanger and Aberdeen","authors":"S. Hatakenaka, Petter Westnes, Martin Gjelsvik, R. Lester","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2011.040528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2011.040528","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports on a comparative case study of the development of local innovation systems in two key gateways to the North Sea oil and gas province: the Stavanger region on the southwest coast of Norway and the Aberdeen region in northeast Scotland. These two regions provide an ideal setting for a matched pair comparison, since the global market conditions and local geotechnical environment within which they developed into ‘oil capitals’ are strikingly similar. Despite these similarities, the development of local technological and industrial capabilities followed different paths in the two locations. Yet these differences do not appear to have led to significant differences in industrial competitiveness. Although Stavanger and Aberdeen are characterised by very different local innovation systems, the available evidence suggests that outcomes have been similar along significant dimensions of industry performance.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116219532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-06-03DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2011.040529
Vesa Pikka, P. Iskanius, T. Page
This paper presents the business enabling network model (BEN), which can be utilised in the regional development activities in order to evaluate the current state of a network, and to plan and select development actions to be taken. The BEN model illustrates the networking concept through five elements, which are: A group of regional actors that should be able to work intentionally must have a common goal that guides the operations and decisions. Working together efficiently insists mutual trust between actors. In order to make business at all in the network there must be competencies that can be utilised to fulfil customer needs. Appropriate infrastructure is prerequisite for the successful business. Finally, continuity, that is, the network must renew itself to sustain its competitiveness.
{"title":"The business enabling network – a tool for regional development","authors":"Vesa Pikka, P. Iskanius, T. Page","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2011.040529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2011.040529","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the business enabling network model (BEN), which can be utilised in the regional development activities in order to evaluate the current state of a network, and to plan and select development actions to be taken. The BEN model illustrates the networking concept through five elements, which are: \u0000 \u0000A group of regional actors that should be able to work intentionally must have a common goal that guides the operations and decisions. Working together efficiently insists mutual trust between actors. In order to make business at all in the network there must be competencies that can be utilised to fulfil customer needs. Appropriate infrastructure is prerequisite for the successful business. Finally, continuity, that is, the network must renew itself to sustain its competitiveness.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114228987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-06-03DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2011.040532
Paraskevi Zacharia, Foteini Stefanou, C. Stylios, P. Groumpos
This work presents the experience gained by Patras Science Park through interregional growth projects. This experience is very useful to regional and central authorities that determine growth policies and to any actor who works towards regional growth especially through innovation and technology, such as science and technology parks (STPs). HuReDePIS interregional project examined growth potential of the areas around Ionian Sea for six strategic sectors: SMEs, services, environment, CAP, culture and tourism and there were initiated growth and an immigration network. The current situation for the six sectors is highlighted and the problems and difficulties for regional and spatial development are identified and diagnosed. Special emphasis is given to the important role of innovation for growth of a region. The key role of STPs for growth is validated by their ability to serve as mediators between knowledge producer organisations and local economic factors.
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