In this paper, I discuss how three funding agencies have presented or discussed the concept of cognitive innovation in formulating their research programs, calls or funding opportunities on their website. Gummerum and Denham recognize the association between the innovator, innovation and the contextual challenge of the concept of cognitive innovation and its impact on society (Gummerum & Denham...

I the electronics industry and others, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are selling their production facilities to contract manufacturers (CMs). The CMs achieve high capacity utilization through pooling (supplying many different OEMs). Meanwhile, the OEMs focus on innovation: research and development, product design, and marketing. We examine how this change in industry structure affects...

in early 21st century, rapid and all- inclusive global change has transformed so much the working environment of organizations that the organizations and their managers are obliged to find new ways for their actions to adapt to global change and evolution, so that they can survive in the domestic and global competition arena. in fact, an organization will be successful that can achieve a sustai...

the wisconsin test card sorting test (wcst) is a neuropsychological test that has been suggested as a more specific test for frontal lobes dysfunctions. this study was designed to determine whether wcst is able to differentiate between iranian psychiatric patients with cognitive disorders and normal subjects, and whether wcst scores are related to severity of symptoms in depressive and schizoph...

This research examines the effects of leadership (LP), strategic planning (SP), organization culture (OC), human resources (HR), partnership (PS), availability of resources (RC), and systems, structures and processes (SSP) on public firms’ innovation in Jordan. Moreover, it aims at identifying the key barriers hinder implementing innovative systems. One hundred ninety two are collected from 67 ...

Geographers and social scientists have probed the effects of agglomeration and spatial clustering on innovation and economic growth. Economists and others have identified the role of knowledge spillovers in driving the innovation process. While innovation is thus assumed to be a function of proximity, there has been little systematic research on the role of density in innovation. Thus, this res...