Motivated by differences in innovation intensity across advanced economies, this paper presents an empirical examination of the determinants of country-level production of international patents. We introduce a novel framework based on the concept of national innovative capacity. National innovative capacity is the ability of a country to produce and commercialize a flow of innovative technology...

Many bank customers are still reluctant to conduct their financial transactions online. The aim of this paper is to provide an improved understanding of determinants of online banking adoption in Austria. The authors propose a conceptual model that integrates perceptions of innovation characteristics and individual differences and report an empirical study with 372 bank customers in Austria. Lo...

Application of Information systems has significantly contributed to the growth of various sectors both in developed as well as developing countries. This significant contribution can be attributed to the careful adoption of IT innovation. There exist varied views of the very same technology by different users based on the individual’s sense-making, resulting in diversified notions regarding the...

The present paper first discusses theoretically the different incentives of managerversus owner-controlled firms for investment into innovative activity. In addition, the role of debt financing is analyzed. Subsequently the results from an empirical study on the determinants of innovative activity measured by patent applications are presented. A sample of German firms covering 2,793 observation...

Asian American (ASA) children experience high rates of mental health problems. Although there is a pressing need to utilize population approaches, emerging frameworks from the fields of public and population health have not been applied to ASA children. This paper addresses this gap by first discussing applications of the National Prevention Strategy (NPS), a population strategy developed from ...

BACKGROUND One of the main challenges of healthcare systems of developing countries is health inequality. Health inequality means inequality in individuals' ability and proper functioning, resulting in inequality in social status and living conditions, which thwarts social interventions implemented by the government. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine and prioritize the social determina...

Although non-R&D innovation activities account for a significant portion of innovation efforts carried out across very heterogeneous economies in Europe, how to incorporate them in to economic models is not always straightforward. For instance, the traditional macro approach to estimating the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) does not handle them well. To counter these problems, t...

The purpose of this article is to discuss the contributions of the evolutionary theory of innovation on the micro and meso dynamics of environmental innovations. We argue that the evolutionary literature on innovation, and more particularly on technological regimes, provides a relevant framework in order to analyse the various determinants of environmental innovations and the double externality...

This dissertation investigates the main research question: Which classification of innovation explains the heterogeneous timing of revenue realization? Given the significance of financial gain, researchers are recommended to pay attention to whether innovation outcomes result in commercial gains in the short term. Following this notion, a new category of innovation, planting and harvesting, is ...

The paper uses evolutionary economics and computer simulation techniques to explore structural and random determinants of industry market structure. The former is studied in the context of different Schumpetarian debates on the relationship between firm size and innovation (dynamic returns to scale), and the latter is studied in the context of studies that emphasize the role of idiosyncratic ev...