Determinants of innovation

innovation policy: determinants of technological innovation

development of technology is one of the main factors of political change of the modem world. a technological change could change nature and structure of political arrangements of the society. this restructuring of the society could happen by economic and professional change, by creating new division of labor, by creating new classes and new resources, and so on. in this article, first of all, a...

Determinants of User Innovation and

It is known that end users of products and services sometimes innovate, and that innovations developed by users sometimes become the basis for important new commercial products and services. It has also been argued and to some extent shown that such innovations will be found concentrated in a “lead user” segment of the user community. However, neither the characteristics of innovating users nor...

Innovation Determinants in Manufacturing Firms

In this paper the findings of an empirical study concerning the innovation determinants in manufacturing firms is presented. The empirical study covers 184 manufacturing firms located in the Northern Marmara region of Turkey. The types of innovation considered here are product, process, marketing and organizational innovations. An extensive literature survey on innovation determinants is provid...

Determinants of Completing the Medication Reconciliation Form Among Nurses Based on Diffusion of Innovation Theory

Background &Objectives:Patientsafety is a global medical concern with remarkable influence onthe health of patients. Studies have suggested thattreatment-related damages occur in approximately 10% of patients at variable degrees, and more than a quarter of these damages are associated with medication errors. Medication errors could be diminished during patient hospitalization and transferusing ...

Determinants of success of surgical innovation.