Purpose The overarching theme is the importance of innovations that are created within the emerging economies. More specifically, the article looks at the development of various alternatives to vehicles powered by the internal combustion engine, new energy vehicles (NEVs) within China. Design/methodology/approach The broad strategic approach of two sectors within the NEV sector in China, the pu...

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) models are gaining acceptance but their business value has largely been conceptual or anecdotal. In this paper, we empirically examine the role of SaaS in IT-enabled innovation of the firms and the role of organizational complementarities in augmenting the impact. We argue that SaaS can support IT-enabled innovation and that complementarities like learning from past...

1 Learning from experience Innovation in the NHS is now being driven regionally by strategic health authorities. Learning how other national and international organisations have approached, planned and embedded innovation will help SHAs foster a culture of innovation. This overview outlines key evidence about what has worked well and what has been challenging elsewhere in adopting and dissemina...

Nowadays innovation and collaboration are strategic issues for enterprises to remain competitive in the global market. Many new developments are carried out with external partners, including universities and research institutions aiming to generate novel solutions in order to improve business performance and sustainability. However, the balance between intellectual property protection and intel...

Many firms actively disclose research findings in scientific peer-reviewed journals. The literature highlights several potential benefits of such scientific boundary-spanning activities, including privileged access to academic information networks. However, scientific disclosure may lead to unintended knowledge spillovers. It remains unclear whether active engagement in science leads to higher ...

The effects of globalization, fragmentation of markets and new technological advancement, for example in data transmission and processing, has an immense impact on the value chains of highly competitive industries (OECD, 2007). Despite enormous investments in innovation and the magnitude of opportunities for innovators in health care, one has not seen a fundamental change yet (Herzlinger, 2006)...

Pharmaceuticals have provided the most compelling case for patents. The special status of drug patents is being eroded, however, by spiraling health care costs, which put downward pressures on patent premiums, and scientific developments, which stand to erode the value of patents by shrinking markets for individual drugs and limiting entry of generic producers. These changes call for a reexamin...