This paper presents the findings of a study of the relationship between organizational culture and innovation. The particular contribution of this study is mainly its focus on the Innovation Value Chain (thus how organizations generate new ideas, convert them to products or services, and subsequently spread these) and how this might be related to organizational culture. The theoretical basis wa...

We examine how corporate innovations influence firms’ industrial diversification decisions and how innovation-related diversification affects firm value. Our fixed effect, 2SLS and GMM models consistently show that corporate innovations lead to greater extent of diversification. The 2SLS model uses the staggered implementation of U.S. state-level R&D tax credits as an instrumental variable for ...

The relationships between leadership clarity (i.e. team members’ consensual perceptions of clarity of, and no conflict over leadership of their teams), team processes and innovation were examined in health care contexts. The sample comprised 3,447 respondents from 98 primary health care teams, 113 community mental health teams, and 72 breast cancer care teams. The results revealed that leadersh...

BACKGROUND Growing interest in the promise of patient-centered care has led to numerous health care innovations, including the patient-centered medical home, shared decision-making, and payment reforms. How best to vet and adopt innovations is an open question. Washington State has been a leader in health care reform and is a rich laboratory for patient-centered innovations. We sought to unders...

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions (AIHS) is a Canadian-based, publicly funded, not-for-profit, provincial health research and innovation organization mandated to improve health, the health system, and socioeconomic well-being of Albertans through health research and innovation. Investments in health research are substantial and funders face increasing pressure to measure the impact of their ...

3 Issue/Problem The European population is ageing rapidly, but living longer does not necessarily mean living a healthier, more active and independent life. This poses a formidable socio-economic challenge but at the same time great opportunities for citizens and businesses. The key lies in promoting people-oriented, demand driven innovation in smart investments that have the potential to meet ...

Megatrends are shaping the rapidly changing global economy. These trends have also brought a convergence revolution, creating a new business environment ‘convergenomics’. An in-depth analysis of convergences from organisational factors to technologies, industries and biological-artificial systems is presented with numerous real-world examples. Then, strategic innovation approaches to create new...

BACKGROUND This paper describes and analyses Rwanda's science-based health product 'innovation system', highlighting examples of indigenous innovation and good practice. We use an innovation systems framework, which takes into account the wide variety of stakeholders and knowledge flows contributing to the innovation process. The study takes into account the destruction of the country's scienti...

Background and purpose New ideas, methods, and technologies spread through cultures through typical patterns described by diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory. Professional cultures, including the physical therapy profession, have distinctive features and traditions that determine the adoption of practice innovation. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) proposes a frame...

Concern over pricing of pharmaceuticals and other health technologies in both highand low-income countries is not new. It has been high on the World Health Organization (WHO) agenda for a number of years [1]. Affordability of products, both to individual patients and to health systems, is one of the main barriers to accessing many effective medicines. In high income countries this debate has be...