Abstract Emerging technologies can be defined as a set of whose development and application areas are still expanding rapidly, their technical value potential is largely unrealised. Naturally, this leads to vivid innovation environment for these technologies. In book, tech-savvy people easily read understand the working principles 34 different emerging And then, they see in what used how create...

In the field of post-stroke rehabilitation, there appears to be growing interest in the use of virtual reality (VR)-based systems as adjunct technologies to standard therapeutic practices. The limitations and the potentials of this technology are not, however, generally well understood. The present study thus seeks to determine the value of the technology with reference to end-user requirements...

This project aims to draw attention to user driven innovation in the health care sector. The goal is to develop and test methods for user driven innovation in the context of health care. Methods which have proven valuable in industrial contexts may lack suitable counterparts within the health care sector. The report consists of an overview of innovation theory, hereunder user driven innovation ...

Innovation is a process through which the nation creates and transforms new knowledge into useful products, services and processes for national and global markets – leading to both value creation for stakeholders and higher standards of living. The difference between invention and innovation is that invention is a new product, whereas innovation is a new value (Szmytkowski, 2005). To turn inven...

and Fredrik Tell, Open to a select few? Matching partners and knowledge content for open The purpose of the paper is to illuminate the costs and benefits of crossing firm boundaries in inbound open innovation (OI) by determining the relationships among partner types, knowledge content and performance. The empirical part of the study is based on a survey of OI collaborations answered by R&D mana...

In the past, the development of information systems (IS) for companies was mostly driven by experts from the information technology (IT) department. Up to today, the users’ experiences, valuation of usability and suggestions for improvements have become important components in the research and development (R&D) process in order to ensure efficiency, usability and sustainability of the IS. Many ...

Editorials 66 Antimicrobial resistance is recognized as a grave threat to global health. It already causes an estimated 700 000 deaths annually and – without effective action – is predicted to cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050. 3 The World Health Organization (WHO) has prepared a draft Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance that will be discussed at this year's World Health Assem...