Editorial PrEfacE i As you would expect from its title, the International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation (IJANTTI) covers two areas: • Actor-Network Theory and • Technological Innovation. ANT itself, of course, has a good deal to say about technological innovation through Innovation Translation, but it does not have a monopoly of theorising innovation. This issue c...

Have you ever wondered how it would appear to travel on a ray of light? Albert Einstein had done that and he gone beyond the frontiers his time's mathematics physics. His passionate curiosity challenged him make some discoveries during lifetime career. Today those achievements could get recognized as innovations criteria in science technology have become much higher, so far. The modern informat...

Innovation activities in high technology industries provide considerable challenges for technology and innovation management. In particular, the option to use acquisitions as a means for technology sourcing matters. The paper investigates the determinants and dynamics of this for software-based high technology industries. It analyses the association of acquirer characteristics with different me...

This paper examines the role of high-technology trade, IPRs and FDI in determining a country’s rate of innovation and economic growth. The empirical analysis is conducted using a unique panel data set of 47 developed and developing countries from 1970 to 1990. The results suggest that: (1) high-technology imports are relevant in explaining domestic innovation both in developed and developing co...

information technology is a critical tool for companies to achieve the competitive advantage and organizational innovation. it capability provides an appropriate opportunity for retailers to improve their relationships with customers and progress firms’ performance. comes with advances in technology, retail industry by using information technology has changed its business process from tradition...

social capital can improve industrial growth via different mechanisms. in this study, taking the improvement of technology through social capital as one of the mechanisms, we have analyzed the effect of social capital on industrial growth theoretically and empirically. according to the findings of the article, derived from our cointegration model, and iranian economic data (1966-2006), social c...