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...

the inssurance industry is one of the service industries has significant competition and innovation. with regard to importance of innovation issue for top managers of iranian insurance companies, a conceptual model has been developed for corporate innovation capability concept. in this paper, after describing the research problem, innovation concept with comparative review of recent theories of...

I. Miles The diversity of service activities means that service innovations and innovation processes take various forms. In this paper, we use input/output and other data to depict how service industries vary in such areas as products, markets, work organization, and technological characteristics—most being very distinctive from primary industries (i.e., extractive industries such as agricultur...

Over the past 100 years, significant innovations have occurred in the housing industry. Despite these accomplishments, industry characteristics and participant motives can present challenges to the innovation process that likely reduce and slow the industry's rate of innovation. This report has shown that the federal government has long recognized both the benefits and challenges associated wit...

Just as “innovate or die” is one of the mantras of today’s economy, knowledge is increasingly recognized as the key underpinning resource. Effective innovation that improves the ability of an organization to remain competitive within an uncertain environment requires the creation, capture, harvest, sharing and application of knowledge and expertise. The ability of an organization to ‘learn’ mea...