Innovation: Management, Policy, & Practice

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Twin innovation systems, intermediate technology and economic development: history and prospect for China.
SUMMARY This paper argues that less developed countries (LDCs) need twin national systems of innovation: systems with one, 'upper' level or sub-system to engage with advanced technology and develo . . .

Work globally, develop locally: diaspora networks as entry point to knowledge-based development.
SUMMARY This article examines ways to increase the chances that migration of high-skill workers will benefit sending countries. It explores the formation of diaspora networks as search networks or . . .

Regional innovation systems in Asian countries: a new way of exploiting the benefits of transnational corporations.
SUMMARY This paper argues for the importance of using the regional innovation systems (RIS) approach as both an analytical framework and a policy tool for generating economic development in develo . . .

Innovation with Chinese characteristics: towards harmonious transformation.(APPENDIX)
REPORT ON SPEECH BY PRESIDENT HU JINTAO AT CHINA'S FOURTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, BEIJING, 9 JANUARY 2006 A wealth of policy materials, case studies, press releases and resear . . .

From trade hub to innovation hub: the role of Hong Kong's innovation system in linking China to global markets.(economic develop
SUMMARY Hong Kong has achieved a remarkable rate of economic growth in the last half of the twentieth century, and is widely acknowledged as an important driver of development in South China. The . . .

Regional innovation performance: evidence from domestic patenting in China.
SUMMARY This paper empirically studies the determinants of domestic patenting at a regional level in China. Applying a stochastic frontier approach to a panel of data published by China government . . .

China's consumer-goods manufacturing clusters, with reference to Wenzhou footwear cluster.
SUMMARY This paper provides a pilot study of the development of consumer-goods manufacturing cluster in China and is divided into five sections. The first section introduces the contribution of 'm . . .

'Patent pool' initiatives in manufacturing clusters in Zhejiang.
SUMMARY Based on a case study of the IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) pool in the lock industry, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, this paper examines the formation and operation in which produ . . .

Enterprise patenting in Zhejiang province.
SUMMARY Based on a survey of more than 2000 enterprises and the case analysis of a typical enterprises, this paper attempts to explore the characteristics of patenting development and the factors . . .

Institutional innovation for technology transfer: some new patterns of regional AIS in China.(Agro-Innovation System )
SUMMARY As agreed broadly, technology transfer is very important for innovation in agrosectors of developing countries. An even more crucial problem is how to improve technology transfer from know . . .

Learning in a local cluster in the context of the global value chain: a case study of the Yunhe wood toy cluster in Zhejiang, Ch
SUMMARY This paper examines learning by a local Chinese cluster from external sources, based on a detailed case study of the Yunhe wood toy cluster, in Zhejiang Province. Employing the theorems of . . .

Policy design and intervention in the innovation diffusion process: the case of China's communication sector.
SUMMARY The innovation diffusion process in China has varied impacts on different players in the industrial system, which can in turn either facilitate or impede the effects of innovation diffusio . . .

The interaction between regulation and market and technology opportunities: a case study of the Chinese mobile phone industry.
SUMMARY In this paper, we present the case of Chinese mobile phone manufacturers and their development. Issues related to entry barriers for these manufacturers, such as technological capabilities . . .

China's innovation system and the move towards harmonious growth and endogenous innovation.
1. INTRODUCTION Observers around the world are impressed by the rapid growth of China's economy, some with hope and others with fear. Some hope that China will offer the unique experience of succe . . .

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Engineering and Product Development Management: The Holistic Approach.(Book review)
ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT: THE HOLISTIC APPROACH Stephen C. Armstrong, 2001 Published by Cambridge University Press, London; ISBN 0-521-79069-7; H/B; xxxi + 325 pp.; US$93.75, G . . .

Edmonds Management 2005 Sustainability Series: 'Doing sustainability: moving from why to how': Sydney, 3 May 2005.(Conference Re
The rise of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) movement over the past decade has coincided with increasing criticisms of free market business models--with corporations focusing exclusively on . . .

The 14th International Conference on the Management of Technology: The International Association for the Management of Technolog
This year's IAMOT conference was supported by UNIDO, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and was held at UNO city, across the Danube from old Vienna. The conference dinner was he . . .

The 5th Triple Helix Conference: Turin, May 18-21, 2005.(Conference Reports)(Conference news)(Brief article)
The Triple Helix Conference is held every second year with previous conferences having been held in Amsterdam, New York, Rio de Janeiro and Copenhagen. The triple helix is the metaphor used to repre . . .

The 24th International Strategic Management Society Conference: Puerto Rico, October 31-November 3, 2004.(Conference Reports)(Br
SMS, which also runs the Strategic Management Journal, holds an annual conference for about 1000 delegates each year. While not specifically about technology or innovation management, there is much . . .

The Joint 4S & EASST Conference: Paris, August 25-28, 2004.(Conference Reports)(4S President, Bruno Latour, and the Centre de So
The 4S President, Bruno Latour, and the Centre de Sociologie de I'Innovation at the Ecole Des Mines de Paris hosted the biennial meeting of scholars interested in science & technology studies (STS). . . .

Converging technologies and their implications for technology transfer: the cases of European networks (N EuroNet) and NBIC (nan
SUMMARY The convergence of information science, nano-scale science and molecular biology is creating new technologies with potential to change radically industrial, economic and social structures . . .

Hidden benefits of a collaborative R&D alliance in the pharmaceutical industry: the case of Schering AG and Novo Nordisk A/S.(re
SUMMARY In addition to the anticipated advantages of a collaborative R&D alliance, we argue that a number of valuable hidden benefits can arise from the process of a partnership itself. Hidden ben . . .

Micro-level clusters in the Australian dairy industry: the case of collaboration in the Central Murray region.
SUMMARY Discussion groups in the dairy industry are a vital forum for knowledge transfer amongst dairy farmers. Discussion groups are made up of people engaged in the business of dairy farming and . . .

A Schumpeterian approach to innovation clustering in a low-tech technology in a peripheral region: the case of garments in Mezzo
SUMMARY This paper examines the characteristics of innovation in a low-tech industry in a peripheral region. Its theoretical framework draws mainly upon the Schumpeterian hypothesis concerning the . . .

Industrial development centres (IDCs) as a regional innovation tool: comparing policy practices in Finspang, Sweden and in the H
SUMMARY This article analyses what happens when policy-makers use and implement their policy concepts and their knowledge of regional innovation and economic development within their regional cont . . .

Banking technology, technological learning and competition: comparative case studies in Thai banking.
SUMMARY This paper focuses on the five major commercial banks in Thailand (Bangkok Bank, Siam Commercial Bank, Thai Farmers Bank (Kasikorn Bank), Krung Thai Bank and Bank of Ayudhya) with regard t . . .

Evolutionary systems: modelling organisational innovation.
SUMMARY The aim of this paper is to present the results of combining two complementary areas of research. The first area is manufacturing cladistics, a classification system where best practice ca . . .

Aesthetics of business innovation: experiencing 'internal process' versus 'external jolts'.
SUMMARY This paper summarizes findings of a research project on business innovation. It contrasts two forms of innovation--those of 'internal process' and 'external jolt'. We propose that their de . . .

Generating technological knowledge in Spanish universities: an exploration of patent data.
SUMMARY In this study we provide a set of elements that allows evaluation of a facet of the university's role in technological development and economic growth. Currently conceived as elements in a . . .

US offshore outsourcing of R&D: accommodating firm and national competitiveness perspectives.(research and development)
SUMMARY In the United States (US), the policy debate surrounding offshore outsourcing of 'white collar' service jobs, many of them high-paying, professional and technical positions, has recently f . . .

Multicriteria analysis for the selection of priorities in the Brazilian program of technological prospection--Prospectar.
SUMMARY This article describes a methodology of organization for the data obtained by Prospectar, aimed at the selection of technological priority topics and a strategic use of the information col . . .

New institutional dynamics for the creation of a favorable environment for competitiveness: hope or reality?
SUMMARY The purpose of this study has been to identify institutional factors that have a bearing on the transformation of two Mexican regions, Jalisco and Chihuahua, closely related to the electro . . .

Innovation systems based on life sciences: towards a study by means of constructive approaches.
SUMMARY This paper discusses innovation processes based on life sciences, paying special attention to their relevance for underdeveloped countries. The concept of bio-innovation systems is propose . . .

R&D in the telecom industry in Brazil: some indicators involving large transnational companies.
SUMMARY As a result of changing market needs and growth in competition, companies' competitiveness is increasingly being determined by their innovation capacity. This study aims at analyzing the c . . .

Spillovers from MNCs through worker mobility and technological and managerial capabilities of SMEs in Mexico.(multinational corp
SUMMARY At international level, there is a consensus that the Multinational Corporations (MNCs) can function as a channel of diffusion of knowledge and technology, and that they can contribute to . . .

Mexican maquiladoras: new capabilities of coordination and the emergence of a new generation of companies.
SUMMARY The assembly industry for export in Latin-American countries such as Mexico (called maquiladoras or 'in-bond industry') is at the biggest crossroads in its history. it is observed Auto par . . .

Cross border acquisitions and mergers: learning processes of Mexican corporative groups.
SUMMARY During the recent years, firms have used acquisitions and mergers (A&M) as one of the main mechanisms to expand their operations into international markets. Cross-border acquisitions and m . . .

Managing learning in the refrigerator industry: evidence from a firm-level study in Brazil.
SUMMARY This paper focuses on some of the implications of intra-firm learning processes for the manner of firm-level technological capability accumulation in the context of an industrializing--or . . .

Knowledge circulation in vertically integrated production networks: cases of the Argentine automotive and iron and steel industr
SUMMARY The goal of this article is two-fold: on the one hand, we develop a methodology that is able to quantify the knowledge circulation inside a Vertically Integrated Production Network (PNW). . . .

Exchange and knowledge flows between large firms and research institutions.(Case study)
SUMMARY One aspect central to the study of the processes of network construction between academia and the production sector is the knowledge that is exchanged and that makes up the base upon which . . .

Innovation systems and local productive arrangements: new strategies to promote the generation, acquisition and diffusion of kno
SUMMARY The turn of the millennium has been characterized by a high intensity of changes with significant economic, social and political impacts. The emergence of a knowledge economy presents oppo . . .

Patterns of technological intensity in Brazilian industry: a comparative study with developed countries.
SUMMARY The present work aims to demonstrate that Brazilian industries display levels of efforts in technology that differ from those encountered in developed countries. In order to define these l . . .

Technological performance, economic performance and behaviour: a study of Argentinean firms during the 1990s.
SUMMARY Based on empirical information for the Argentinean case, it is claimed that the biological metaphor which states that an open market is sufficient to select the best performing firms is of . . .

Introduction: innovation, growth and development in Latin-America: stylized facts and a policy agenda.
SUMMARY Many studies have shown that the long-term economic growth of industrialized economies stems from the enlargement of technological activities that lead to new products, processes or indust . . .

Innovation processes in biotechnology and communications: Lessons and implications.
IMPLICATIONS FOR DECISION MAKERS Modern biotechnology and telecommunication have captured the attention of many observers, from government policy-makers to venture capitalists to managers of small . . .

What drives innovation processes in modern biotechnology and open source software?
SUMMARY This article asks about the momentum of innovating activities, by comparing and contrasting innovation processes in modern biotechnology and open source software (OSS). Both are broad tech . . .

Network prominence and innovation: an empirical analysis of corporate-backed biotech spin-offs.
SUMMARY With increasing dynamics and complexity in the biotechnology industry, pharmaceutical companies are forced to broaden the scope of their R&D operations, increasingly relying on external so . . .

The GSM standard and Nokia as an incubating entrant.
SUMMARY The Finnish telecom industry is largely based on the unprecedented success of Nokia. The GSM standard is interesting in this context. It is at present the most widely diffused telecom stan . . .

Coordinating the early commercialization of general purpose technologies: the case of mobile data communications.
SUMMARY This paper argues that mobile data communications is a fairly typical case of a general purpose technology (GPT), since it (1) is used in a wide range of applications, (2) exhibits rapid a . . .