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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"Innovation system"”.
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The regional innovation system facing grand societal challenges
… Drawing on a challenge-oriented regional innovation system (CoRIS) perspective, this study conceptualizes regional transformation as a negotiated response to competing societal demands within existing industrial and institutional structures. The findings show that decarbonization in …
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The influence of higher education on the national innovation system in Portugal
… economies should focus on increasing their innovation output. In recent years, the Portuguese government has pursued this goal, taking strides to improve the country's national system of innovation. This effort has included policy measures to increase the educational attainment of the …
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National innovation system building in a developing country context : the case of Turkey
… the central status of technological change and innovation in national development, this dissertation investigates policy development processes at the national level and private firm and extra-firm institutional interactions at national, international, and regional levels to gain insights on the …
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Fashion Innovation System Policy: Probing regional innovation systems to optimise digital manufacturing for fashion designers
… model, a novel approach to Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) has emerged, acknowledging the diverse traits of regions and sectors, thereby giving rise to RIS pathway approaches. In mature industries, particularly the fashion sector, innovation resistance poses a significant challenge …
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Waste-Based Bioenergy: operationalising Technology Innovation System analysis to go beyond assessments of potential into implementation
… transition approaches such as the Technology Innovation System (TIS) framework have been found to be useful. The aim of this thesis is to explore the utility of a TIS approach to investigate how the potential of waste-based bioenergy in South Africa can be unlocked to recover energy from waste …
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Knowledge Networks in Emerging ICT Regional Innovation Systems: An Explorative Study of the Knowledge Network of Trentino ICT Innovation System
Although the last thirty years Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) received great attention by policy makers, only during the last decade social networks were applied in the fields of innovation and regional economics. The majority of the existing empirical studies on networks adopt a static point of …
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The local innovation system of the oil and gas industry in the North Sea : the application of patent data in the study of innovation systems
… similarities and differences between the local innovation systems in the two regions, we can gain a general understanding of how local economies respond to changes in their environment. U.S. patenting data are used as a tool to describe the behavior and performance of the two local innovation …
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O sistema de inovação dos APLs no município de João Pessoa: identificação, caracterização e relações institucionais
… and analyze the institutional relations of the innovation system integrating the Productive Arrangements & Innovation in the city of João Pessoa / PB. The methodological strategy of this study made use of secondary databases (SEBRAE / NA, BNDES, UFPB, IDEME, RAIS / MT) as well as semi-structured …
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A Decision-Support Framework for Guiding Local Medical Device Innovation: An Innovation Systems perspective
Innovation within the South African medical device sector is impeded by systemic barriers that prevent a significant proportion of locally developed technologies from reaching the market. This failure to translate promising innovations into commercial products represents a substantial loss of …
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Evaluating Nuclear Energy as a Component of U.S. Energy Innovation Systems
… its role in the current U.S. clean energy innovation system. OECD nations, on average, have begun to reduce their dependence on nuclear energy. However, the United States has remained invested in its nuclear energy infrastructure and the role that it plays within federal research and …
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O sistema de inovação em energias renováveis no Brasil e sua relação com as empresas estrangeiras
… it could facilitate the construction of an innovation system that would allow Brazil insert itself successfully in the "knowledge economy", thus decreasing their distance in relation to the technological frontier. So, this study made use of theoretical tools, especially on the innovation …
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Innovative Capabilities of the Agricultural Biotechnology Sector in Hungary
… characterised the pre-transition science and innovation system; and, the difficulty of adapting to the regulatory environment in the post accession phase. The significance of this work results from the lack of current knowledge on the extent and survival of capabilities in this sector in …
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On the governance of regional innovation systems. Case studies from four city-regions within the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia: Aachen, Dortmund, Duisburg and Düsseldorf
… the governance of so-called regional innovation systems. It studies regional and sub-regional dynamics in building institutional environments conducive to innovation. The research employs a qualitative research methodology that comprises semi-structured interviews with 47 …
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The seeds of solar innovation : how a nation can grow a competitive advantage
… and cross-disciplinary perspective on the solar innovation system in the United States. The intention of this thesis is to encourage new ways of thinking about the solar innovation system and to inspire new approaches to effectively support its growth. This thesis presents recommendations to the …
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An enquiry into biosafety regulations implementation in Kenya : perspectives and roles of scientists
… of biosafety regulations. Kenya's biotechnology innovation system has been driven largely by the contradictory framing of biotechnology as a scientific tool for innovation and international competitiveness on the one hand, and as a technology that has adverse effects on the environment on the …
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MODELO DE GESTÃO PARA INCUBADORA DE EMPRESAS SOB A PERSPECTIVA DE METODOLOGIAS DE GESTÃO APOIADAS EM REDE: O CASO DA INCUBADORA DE EMPRESAS DE BASE TECNOLÓGICA DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE
… community) and outside partnerships with several innovation system actors, such as Technology Networks, the other Incubators from Rio de Janeiro and the National Association of Technologic Enterprises Promoting Corporations (Associação Nacional de Entidades Promotoras de Empreendimentos de …
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Dynamics and architectures of innovation systems
Innovation processes are multifaceted. Different studies usually focus on different facets of innovations without being integrated into a complete innovation system. In this thesis, system dynamics and system architecture approaches are adopted to integrate different studies in innovations and to …
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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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Enhancing AITF's change leadership capability and organizational adaptability to enable transformative change
… is an integral player in Alberta's research and innovation system. It provides applied research and commercialization services for new technology solutions to support Alberta's industry sectors. AITF was undertaking a significant transformational journey to change its operating model in response …
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Improving the Innovation Performance of Ireland’s Dairy Industry: An Innovation Systems Approach
This thesis provides new insight into innovation in Ireland’s dairy industry. The thesis measures the innovation performance of dairy products on global markets and uses the framework of innovation systems to explore why and how innovation brokers are established as an essential part of the …
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