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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Innovation Networks"”.
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Strategic innovation networks
This thesis draws on two key areas of the innovation literature, the strategic management of technology (SMOT) and innovation networks. The aim is to integrate these two areas of the management of innovation literature to develop a framework which I describe as the Strategic Innovation Network …
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Coolhunting and Coolfarming : harnessing the power of collaborative innovation networks using social network analysis
… form relationships, we weave intricate Social Networks that can be analyzed and exhibit communication patterns that can be quantified. In this thesis I have applied Social Network Analysis based techniques that constitute Coolhunting (Gloor & Cooper, 2007) to analyze E-Mail and WebEx …
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Collective intelligence at Enron during the California energy crisis : uncovering collaborative innovation networks using social network analysis
… relationships are formed and collaboration and innovation emerge. In this thesis I have applied Coolfarming (Gloor, 201 lb), a social network analysis method using Condor, a software tool to quantify communication patterns based on various data sources. I analyzed the Enron email archive to see …
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A Study of Innovation Networks Management in the Rail Industry: A case study of the Overseas Technical Certification Process in the Korean Rail Industry
… tests by developing and applying efficient networks and communication systems and management of technical tests of SMEs in Korea. Additionally, this study also seeks ways of strengthening the competitiveness of the international certification markets by establishing and developing a system …
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A kutatás-fejlesztési és innovációs hálózatok hatása a vállalkozások tudományos és technológiai képességeinek fejlődésére: Autóipari tudásközpontok Magyarországon = The role of R&D and innovation networks in enhancing the scientific and technological capabilities of Hungarian enterprises. Knowledge networks in the Hungarian automotive industry
A kutatás-fejlesztési és innovációs (KFI) hálózatok a múlt század utolsó harmadában kezdtek kialakulni, s az elmúlt három évtized ezen együttműködések térnyeréséről szólt. Az innováción alapuló verseny kibontakozása, a növekvő tudásintenzitás meghatározóvá tette a kutatás-fejlesztés, az innováció, …
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Essays on Intellectual Property Protection and Innovation in Agriculture
… of patents that contribute to future innovation and affect the rate of technical changes in the agricultural biotechnology industry. Results from this essay imply that innovation networks in agricultural biotechnology are rather undifferentiated, in which various inventors take …
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Manufacturing Social Capital: Social Networks through Civic Innovation Initiatives
… clusters started to be rebranded as innovation districts that connect manufacturers to entrepreneurs, designers, and artists to develop innovative products with a renewed attention on the rapid and flexible prototyping techniques in the area. This research takes the Sewoon area in the …
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How Do Mainstream Cultural Market Categories Emerge: A Multi-Level Analysis of the Creation of Electronic Dance Music
… of a mainstream cultural category. Local innovation networks (or LINs) unite consumers and producers and provide unique elements that facilitate the creation of new cultural products by consumers. Niches serve as a bridge between these local networks and a mainstream market. Niche actors …
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Aquaculture and rural livelihoods in the Bolivian Amazon - Systems of Innovation and pro-poor technology development
This thesis is about pro-poor agricultural innovations and smallholder development in Amazonia. The focus is on aquaculture in the Bolivian Amazon, with particular reference to indigenous territories. An Innovation Systems framework is used to analyse aquaculture Research and Development at a …
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The localist turn in EU Regional Policy viewed from a Tuscan Perspective
… empirically scrutinized through a study of the innovation policy implemented in Tuscany under the Structural Funds. Methodologically, the inquiry has a bi-focal nature: on the one hand, I will rely on official evaluation reports to assess the effectiveness of new regionalist policy schemes; on …
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The Emergence of Modernity in the Early Aerospace Industry 1950-1970
… human resources circulation, the development of innovation networks, reflexive output circulation, and non-linear innovation. Additionally, I amend the Triple-Helix model by proposing that the original version, which is scaled to describe large organizational and national science policy, can be …
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An investigation of Organisational Carbon Accounting (OCA) practices in the Defence Sector to determine how these can best support Low Carbon Technology Innovation
… sector can best support low carbon technology innovation. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to the literature, drawing on the fields of Carbon Accounting, Defence Industrial Policy, and Innovation Studies. It finds that there some difficulties allocating emissions to organisations in …
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DIVERSIFYING SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION CAPABILITY BUILDING, AND CATCH UP
… knowledge, especially tacit knowledge, on local innovation capability building and thus catch-up process of a nation. I argue that for any country, sourcing from the diverse pools of tacit knowledge available in different parts of the world is a crucial requirement in maintaining a robust …
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The geographic sources of innovation in the multinational enterprise : U.S. subsidiaries and host country spillovers, 1980-1990
… firms and the geography of technological innovation. It addresses a series of questions about the spatial location of the knowledge sources that underpin and inform innovations developed by foreign subsidiaries. Where foreign subsidiaries draw their scientific, technical, and commercial …
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The Value of Social Media: What Social Networking Sites Afford Organizations
… create and share knowledge and thereby influence innovation. In the last decade, the rapid development of social media and their growing importance in both industry and society at large have spurred interest among both academics and practitioners, an interest that is likely to continue to grow. It …