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on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy |
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Issue of 2014‒01‒10
eight papers chosen by Laura Stefanescu European Research Centre of Managerial Studies in Business Administration |
| By: | Idota, Hiroki; Bunno, Teruyuki; Tsuji, Masatsugu |
| Abstract: | One of the common features of innovative SMEs identified from our previous surveys and in-depth interviews is innovation capability accumulated inside the firm, which enables them to create new products which meet customer needs and to cooperate with the other firms. The factors that SMEs achieve innovation are complex, and the causal relationships between factors have not been sufficiently clarified yet. This paper attempts to clarify the innovation process using covariance structure analysis, in particular focusing on the role ICT. Seven hypotheses are demonstrated by two models. The results obtained are as follows: (i) top management's participation and employee's motivation in the innovation process promote the effect of introducing ICT; (ii) this effect of ICT use raises innovation capability; in particular ability to connect external linkages; (iii) ICT use, innovation capability and external linkages enhance innovation activity; and (iv) effect of ICT use and innovation capability promote innovation directly. Thus this paper identifies that the effect of introducing ICT promotes innovation, and it is indispensable for innovation in Japanese SMEs. -- |
| Keywords: | ICT,Innovation,innovation capability,external linkages,covariance structure analysis |
| Date: | 2013 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:itse13:88463&r=knm |
| By: | Xavier Pavie (PhD Program - ESSEC Business School); Eva Hsu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong - The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Hanns Justus Tillman Rödle (School of Business, Economics and Law - University of Gothenburg - (SWEDEN)); Raquel Orozco Tapia (Universidad Argentina de la empresa of Buenos Aires - Universidad Argentina de la empresa of Buenos Aires) |
| Abstract: | This research deals with the process of business model innovation in services. Definitions and explanations of both general innovation terminologies as well as specific service related once will be given and discussed. Moreover, reasons and implementation strategies will be identified and discussed. Last but not least a case will be elaborated how innovative companies in products can become innovative in services. |
| Keywords: | Business Model ; Business Model Canvas ; Business Model Innovation ; Change Management ; Incremental Innovation, Innovation Management, Innovation Strategy ; Radical Innovation ; Service Innovation ; Service Management |
| Date: | 2013–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00921420&r=knm |
| By: | Xavier Pavie (PhD Program - ESSEC Business School); Daphné Carthy (ISIS - Institute for Strategic Innovation & Services - ESSEC Business School) |
| Abstract: | Over the past few years, innovation has been developing a new characteristic, it has become inherently suspect. This is partly due to the series of recent market events which have contributed to the ever-increasing attention directed at the notion of responsible innovation. The race to market for technological and non-technological innovations is ever increasing in pace and enduring pressure from an ever more globalised market. At the same time, the newly released products and services stand under constant scrutiny by the hordes of social media users, capable of destroying a company's global reputation in a matter of minutes. It is therefore now in an organisation's best interest to be responsible. Naturally, an organisation's very survival depends on its ability to create value and be profitable, in other words, innovation is essential to the modern organisation's growth and development. However, innovation and responsibility have traditionally been considered to hamper one another. How can a firm achieve the right balance to keep innovating on products, services and processes while implementing responsibility all along its activities? Research suggests that this very balance could become an invaluable source of competitive advantage. Design thinking, in analogy with industrial design, is a creative discipline which is deployed within organisations' innovation processes. As such, design thinking is a very useful tool in developing responsible innovation, since it combines scientific rigour and technique with an understanding of human needs, while also incorporating an organisation's own economic imperatives. This modern approach therefore aims to achieve a responsible development for both the organisation and its innovations. This paper will begin by determining exactly what is meant by responsible innovation. It will then describe why design thinking is an effective method for integrating responsible innovation and present the results of a study which aimed to develop a way of integrating responsibility into the innovation process, using design thinking. |
| Keywords: | Design Thinking ; Financial Sector ; Responsible Innovation |
| Date: | 2013–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00921428&r=knm |
| By: | Jain, Rekha |
| Abstract: | -- |
| Date: | 2013 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:itse13:88474&r=knm |
| By: | Petukhova, Svetlana; Strepetova, Margarita |
| Abstract: | -- |
| Date: | 2013 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:itse13:88534&r=knm |
| By: | Kim, Kibae; Jung, Sungdo; Lee, Changjun; Hwang, Junseok |
| Abstract: | The role of ICT in the economic growth in Korea is a great attraction to the telecommunication society interested in the relationship among ICT, innovation policy and economic growth. However, prior research concentrates on investigating the effect of policy on innovation and economic growth, but misses the mechanism how a policy affects the technological system which interacts with public institutes, universities and private firms. In this paper, we analyze the structure of technology evolution in Korea with empirical data of patents to understand the prosperity of ICT sector in Korea. To do so, we define a technology network, or a set of nodes and links, representing technology fields and the relations between the fields, respectively, and measure the network topology and position per year between 1970 and 2010. Our results propose that the technology network maintains the scalefree topology, but the entities of the hub positions are gradually replaced emerging entities on the invariant network topology. Our findings are expected to motivate ICT innovation studies to understand the evolutionary mechanism of ICT industry in the systematic perspective of technology, and improve the policy of ICT innovation. -- |
| Keywords: | Industry Change,Information and Communication Technology,Network Analysis,Patent Analysis |
| Date: | 2013 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:itse13:88508&r=knm |
| By: | Ioannis Maghiros (European Commission – JRC - IPTS); Fabienne Abadie (European Commission – JRC - IPTS); Maria Lluch (European Commission – JRC - IPTS); Ramon Sabes-Figuera (European Commission – JRC - IPTS); Elena Villalba (European Commission – JRC - IPTS); Bernarda Zamora (European Commission – JRC - IPTS) |
| Abstract: | The present inception report aims to describe the process for defining indicators in line with the terms of Work Package 1 of the Technical Annex for "A Monitoring and Assessment Framework for the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing" (MAFEIP) agreed between DG CNECT and DG JRC. It provides initial thoughts on the shaping of the MAFEIP based on IPTS' own research and taking account of the data and knowledge gained through discussions with the Expert Groups and also provided by the EIP on AHA Action Groups since their inception in June 2012, including: • Information provided by stakeholders in the First Call for Commitment (June 2012) • Knowledge obtained through interaction with partners during the Action Group meetings held between June and November 2012 and information sent by the partners on the monitoring framework of their individual commitments. • Meetings and intensive interaction with the Expert Group on the monitoring framework (June - November 2012) • Results of and decisions made at the 6 November 2012 EIP on AHA 1st Conference of Partners, with objectives and implementation detailed in the final Action Plans. • Information provided by stakeholders in the Second Call for Commitment (February 2013). • Data gathered from Action Groups' partners through the "Survey on the monitoring of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) closed in March 2013. • Data received from the Reference sites (April 2013), more specifically data on the 71 Good Practices submitted by those Reference sites. The objective of this inception report is therefore to propose some initial considerations, both from a theoretical and operational point of view, taking into account the methodological proposal agreed towards the definition of a Monitoring Framework for the EIP on AHA. |
| Keywords: | EIP, Active and Healthy Ageing, EIP on AHA, indicators, monitoring, framework |
| JEL: | I11 I18 O33 O38 |
| Date: | 2013–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc85879&r=knm |
| By: | Manfred Spiesberger (ZSI); Marion Mienert (DLR); Jörn Sonnenburg (DLR); Karel Haegeman (European Commission – JRC-IPTS); Oguz Ozkan (TUBITAK); Alexander Sokolov (HSE); Natalya Veselitskaya (HSE); Gorazd Weiss (ZSI); Andreas Kahle (DLR); Klaus Schuch (ZSI); Ilter Haliloglu (TUBITAK); Irina Kuklina (ICISTE); Elisabetta Marinelli (European Commission – JRC-IPTS); Maria Balashova (ICISTE) |
| Abstract: | This Working Document outlines development perspectives for cooperation in research, technology and innovation (RTI) between the EU, its Member States (MS), countries associated to the EU’s FP7 (AC), and Russia. The Working Document has been prepared in the framework of the ERA.Net RUS project and is based on a comprehensive foresight exercise implemented over the years 2010-2013 and on analysis of ongoing RTI cooperation. In-depth discussions among the ERA.Net RUS and ERA.Net RUS Plus consortiums and Funding Parties, and in the frame of expert workshops with policy makers and analysts provided essential input. Furthermore, results of other related projects (such as BILAT-RUS, BILAT-RUS Advanced, ACCESSRU, etc.) have been studied. The paper proposes a vision on enhancing the cooperation between EU MS/AC and Russia overall, as well as a specific follow-up vision for the ERA.Net RUS and ERA.Net RUS Plus projects. |
| Keywords: | European research and innovation policy, Innovation Union, ERAWATCH, European Research Area, Policy Mixes, Transnational and International Cooperation, NETWATCH, ERA Nets, Foresight, Joint programming of research, Researchers, Universities |
| Date: | 2013–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc85137&r=knm |