This paper addresses interactions between technological innovation systems (TIS) and wider “context structures”. While TIS studies have always considered various kinds of contextual influences, we suggest that the TIS framework can be further strengthened by a more elaborated conceptualization of TIS context structures and TIS–context interactions. For that purpose, we identify and discuss four...

This paper seeks to quantify the impact of the European Internal Market programme on the sectoral and geographical pattern of foreign direct investment by UK corporations. We use an annual panel data set covering investment within seven sectors in the European Union and the US, and control for market size, relative costs, innovation, corporate financial constraints and sector-specific fixed eff...

BACKGROUND Sharps injuries (SIs) are one of the most serious occupational accidents among nurses due to the possible severe consequences, such as the transmission of infectious diseases and inducing of mental impairment. OBJECTIVE To discover the prevalence of SIs among nurses in a regional hospital in Thailand and to identify factors associated with SIs. METHODS A cross-sectional study was...

This research describes the development of Simplified Inventory System (SIS), an online supported central monitoring system that provides integrated services to suppliers and customers in Electronic Commerce (EC). SIS system records order/transaction online and offline into a system which will be processed and subsequently updating the existing database with synchronization capability. Reports ...

Technological Forecasting and Social Change (TFSC) is a leading peer-reviewed journal that addresses issues at the intersection of technology society. A major strategy to actively solicit publish Special Issues (SIs). These SIs were first launched in 1979 highlight manuscripts from “hot” emerging discipline. This paper aims analyze it's impact on TFSC as compared Regular (RIs). Using bibliometr...

I analyze how antitrust law and sectoral regulatory rules should be applied to network industries. I first identify a number of relevant features of network industries that may affect the way in which antitrust law and regulatory rules should be applied. These relevant features include (among others) network effects, market structure, market share and profits inequality, choice of technical sta...

ABSTRACT Purpose: the objective of this study was to analyze innovation in Brazilian organizations when enabled through SIS, strategy-as-practice approach, on influence moderating environmental dynamism. Methods: we performed structural equation modeling using statistical technique partial least squares path (PLS-PM) and post hoc analysis identify unobserved heterogeneity, with a sample 256 com...

The objectives of this research are: (1) To find out the implementation Education Financing System in financial management innovation Pondok Pesantren Darussalam Blokagung Tegalsari Banyuwangi Foundation, (2) determine factors Islamic Boarding School Foundation Banyuwangi. This uses descriptive qualitative methods.In study, researcher himself became instrument (human instrument) with support in...

Certain applications, such as Windows 2000’s Remote Install service, can result in a set of files in which many different files have the same content. Using a traditional file system to store these files separately results in excessive use of disk and main memory file cache space. Using hard or symbolic links would eliminate the excess resource requirements, but changes the semantics of having ...

Background: Market orientation refers to a type of modern marketing that emphasizes the creation of continuous value for customers and buyers. This research was conducted with the aim of presenting a new model of market orientation with an emphasis on moral implications. Method: The present study was applied and part of mixed research (qualitative-quantitative). The statistical population incl...