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Science diplomacy links the two policy domains of foreign affairs and science policy. Competitive thinking and the ways in which this affects global challenges are now putting the globalisation trends in science, technology and innovation under pressure. Rising populism adds to the growth of de-globalisation politics. In an increasingly knowledge driven world this leads to changes in the roles ...

Based on the research of relationship between corporate social capital and technology innovation, this paper raised conceptual models and theoretical assumptions of corporate social capital influencing technological innovation performance, and analyzed in depth how the corporate social capital affected corporate technology innovation performance by using resource acquisition, according to quest...

Innovation is studied to great extent in many disciplines. Especially consumer focused innovation studies are popular. Inspired by this fact the purpose of this paper is to study the new product innovation process of a specialized metal manufacturer in Northern Europe. New product innovation process is depicted and specific focus is given to new technology development to create new products for...

This article discusses the influence of policies on the development of biopharmaceuticals. We choose the experiences of Taiwan for our empirical study and focus on the evolution between 2000 and 2008; in the period of time the country provides an interesting example for further exploration of biopharmaceutical policies. Among all the policies, the two National Programs (National Research Progra...

Building on research in organizational learning and technology management, this study develops and tests a knowledge-based model of acquirer-target relatedness and innovation performance in high technology mergers and acquisitions. Knowledge relatedness emphasizes both complementarity (supporting or facilitating knowledge bases) and similarity (overlapping knowledge bases). An examination of hi...

Purpose: The purposes of this paper are to examine the relationships among the information technology, knowledge sharing and firm’s innovation, and while the knowledge sharing as mediating effect is also simultaneously investigated on the relationship between information technology and firm’s innovation. Design/methodology/approach: In this research, the quantitative method was mainly employed....

This paper presents an empirical study which examines the co-alignment between Total Quality Management (TQM) and technology/research and development (R&D) management in predicting organizational performance in terms of quality and innovation. This study improves our understanding of the relationship between TQM and innovation based on the following two major issues. First, this study contribut...