This study applies organizational innovation theory to one specific type of innovation—electronic business. It describes e-business innovation along seven dimensions: organizational focus, radicalness, centrality, adaptability, uncertainty, pervasiveness, and communicability. E-business is identified as both an administrative and technical innovation that is flexible, has median centrality, hig...

Innovative cities are essential for the economic growth and development of countries. At the same time, however, social and environmental problems related to city growth can be serious threats to the full realisation of the socio-economic contribution that cities can make. In this paper it is argued that the notion of a “system of innovation” is helpful in understanding the factors that shape t...

over the past decade open innovation has been of interest to several researchers as one of the innovation management theories. the researchers believe that the adoption and efficacy of this approach are influenced by different internal and external contingencies to the firm. the sector or industry’s contextual properties and institutional environment conditions are those external contingencies ...