From the perspective of viability, we critically examine the attractiveness of urban social technologies. We discuss two inherent difficulties in design of this type of technology, namely intentional design of social activity and the need for social innovation a long side a technical innovation. Finally, we touch upon the relevance of ethnographic inspired methods in the design of urban social ...

This study considered specific market, firm, and project-level factors that exert important influences on the success of R&D projects under the EU Framework Programme. A quantitative analysis in a cross-European sample of collaborative R&D projects, supported with relevant qualitative evidence, indicated that partnering firm innovation experience, innovation protection mechanisms, effective man...

the purpose of the study was to identify and prioritize the educational needs and support needed by agricultural extension agents in isfahan, islamic republic of iran. the target population for the study consisted of s3 agricultural extension agents in isfahan province. census population were used therefore, sampling procedures were not utilized and genera i izability of the results was lim...

The paper presents a study of the dynamics of socio-technical change. It describes the evolution of mobile messaging and its social implications, in particular how individuals over time will evolve into communities of common "mobile" characteristics and/or "privacy" concerns. Our conceptual model the Price of Convenience Model, introduced in (NgKruelle, Swatman, Rebne and Hampe 2002) is combine...

This research-in-progress paper investigates the impact of social structures in virtual worlds (VWs) on the diffusion of innovations within them. Research has illustrated that innovation diffusion takes place within virtual worlds. VWs facilitate the emergence of purposeful communities which support the (often real-world) activities of their members including the development and adoption of inn...

Creating and establishing a successful innovation is challenging and many attempts fail. Despite of the complex nature of the phenomenon, previous literature often tends to limit its focus on either to the technical elements or human elements related to an innovation. Current research-in-progress paper aims to avoid this ‘either-or’ thinking and rather examine the roles, impact and mutual inter...

Based on the connotation of independent innovation ability of construction enterprises, an evaluation index system of independent innovation ability of construction enterprises is set up. Then, entropy method is applied to determine the weight of all indicators, and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is used to evaluate independent technical innovation capability of construction enterprises....

This contribution starts from today’s definitions of innovation indicators and completes these 150 years backwards. It is divided into a descriptive and an econometric part. The German innovation system was very stable although it witnessed several political system changes in the past century. This allows for a comparison of 1850 – 1913 with 1951 – 1999. In the first period the overall empirica...

Cross-functional teams play a potentially important part in the innovation process enabling knowledge sharing, the development of trust and overcoming spatial and organizational barriers. Using a supermodularity approach, we focus on potential complementarities which may arise when cross-functional teams are used in different elements of the innovation process in UK and German manufacturing pla...

In the early 2000s, Information Systems researchers in Australia had begun to emphasise socio-technical approaches in innovation adoption of technologies. The ‘essentialist’ approaches to adoption (for example, Innovation Diffusion or TAM), suggest an essence is largely responsible for rate of adoption (Tatnall, 2011) or a new technology introduced may spark innovation. The socio-technical fact...