For an individual or an organization to implement a new technology, program, or policy (an innovation) usually requires support. A support system works with state and local entities (e.g., schools, coalitions, community-based organizations, clinics, mental health provider organizations) and individuals to build their capacity for quality implementation of innovations. The literature on the supp...

I nnovation, supported by a developed and active entrepreneurial system, long has been recognized as critical to regional economic competitiveness. regional competitiveness is driven by gains in productivity, and advances in productivity result from sustained innovative activity. Innovation also plays an essential role for rural economic development as these regions respond to the challenges of...

Capacity development is essential to achieving the U.S. Government’s Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) objectives of inclusive and sustainable agriculture-led economic growth, resilience among people and systems, and a well-nourished population. While there are numerous definitions and approaches to capacity development, a Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems (CDAIS)1 app...

The most effective approach to agricultural technology promotion and innovation is still a source of considerable debate, and nowhere more so than in the context of agricultural engineering hardware. Contemporary perspective on agricultural innovation stress the importance of institutional change and give emphasis to the need to develop innovation capacity in systems terms rather address limita...

today, customer knowledge is one of the most important resources to innovation and organizations whose capabilities should be improved to absorb this knowledge. the acquiring and applying the customer knowledge are not facile and all forms of the customer information and knowledge do not result value creating. thus, current study introduces a model to measure customer knowledge absorptive capac...