Without fundamental institutional change, such as a change in laws and regulations, many new technologies cannot achieve their full potential. Efforts to induce favor of are, therefore, increasingly critical for innovative firms. To study how German automotive firms that accommodates autonomous driving (AD) solutions, we conducted case research encompassing analysis 31 interviews, internal arch...

This article investigated 36 administrative villages in Heilongjiang Province, Jilin Province and Liaoning Province. The questionnaires ask about the issuance of local rural sanitation, solid waste, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, the use of plastic film and environmental protection activities. Statistics based on the questionnaires are as follows: Organic Waste is the major part of rural sol...

This article addresses the problem of how change and innovation can create a fuller voice for ecological interests in organizations and public policy, raising issues about change mechanisms at the institutional versus organizational level. First, it suggests that the newer, systems-based and inclusive approaches to organizational development practice and theory may overcome shortcomings of earl...

Submitted: Jun 24, 2013; Accepted: Jul 19, 2013; Published: Jul 25, 2013 Abstract: The article presents an empirical study of institutional maturity as a determinant of companies’ value and well-being of countries as a whole. Regression models of value multiples with inclusion of institutional factors are developed. Value of companies is studied in terms of the following multipliers: Price-Earn...

Technical innovation is the power and resource for the sustainable and healthy development of enterprises, and is related to the improvement of social productivity and the establishment and improvement of national innovation system. Technical innovation is the process of the enterprise using the original knowledge and transforming it into new technology. The input and output of knowledge of (i....

Understanding innovation in the biomedical field requires an appreciation of its highly interactive nature and of the many professional and organizational boundaries that create barriers to interaction and the sharing of knowledge. Yet, research to date has directed much less attention to understanding the intricacies of interactive biomedical innovation in practice, than it has to exploring th...

Biological innovations in agriculture did not enjoy protection by formal intellectual property rights (IPRs) for a long time, but the recent trend has been one of considerable broadening and strengthening of these rights. We document the nature of these IPRs and their evolution, and provide an assessment of their impacts on innovation. We integrate elements of the institutional history of plant...

How do peripheral and relatively isolated regions innovate? Recent research has tended to stress the importance of agglomeration economies and geographical proximity as key motors of innovation. According to this research, large core areas have significant advantages with respect to peripheral areas in innovation potential. Yet, despite these trends, some remote areas of the periphery are remar...