OBJECTIVE To study the implementation of innovation activities in Dutch radiotherapy (RT) centres in a broad sense (product, technological, market and organizational innovations). METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 15 Dutch RT centres. A list of innovations implemented from 2011 to 2013 was drawn up for each centre using semi-structured interviews. These innovations ...

In today’s environment of rapid technological change companies can not rely on incremental innovations alone. To sustain long-term competitiveness companies need to develop radical innovations as well. Such innovations typically incorporate new and highly complex technologies, create new markets or shift existing market structures, and require user learning as they often induce significant beha...

Managers of manufacturing firms have important tasks in choosing novel technology solutions for the firm's production process. The emergence ideas radical innovations and managers' proactive search concepts developing processes not been well understood. This study concentrates on practices at front end innovations. We analyzed early phase nine innovation projects across three firms. Radical req...

Modular design practices provide a lens on the link among product architecture, imitation, and the dynamic capabilities that sustain long-term performance. Looking at closed product systems, we propose that simplified links between design and performance outcomes in modular environments facilitate imitation. The same reduction in complexity drives development of dynamic capabilities. These take...

The paper examines successive cycles of innovation, prompted by the introduction of radical product innovations, in mature industries. Recent history in the camera and computer industries highlights the importance of user heterogeneity and design complementarities in driving new innovation cycles. Hedonic price analysis is used to test for distinct niches in these industries. The results indica...

Most studies on IS innovation have focused on explaining the adoption of IT by individuals or individual organizations. In contrast, only few studies have studied adoption of IS innovations by IS development (ISD) organizations. The current study extends the recent work of Lyytinen and Rose 2003 on the adoption of radical Internet innovations in system development organizations. In this paper w...

Innovation is a complex phenomenon and process involving translation of knowledge into new techniques, products, services. It is considered crucial for sustainable agriculture development and achievement of long-term food security. The review describes the diversity of innovation and relates it to agro-food sector. It also sheds light on different innovation models and explores their contributi...

According to the level of change an invention makes on existing things and how it overrides people's mental schemas on established categories, new inventions can be classified into two groups: incremental inventions (i.e., renovations), which make minor improvements on existing designs, and radical inventions (i.e., innovations), which make major developments that enable people to do things the...