A new Information System must be adopted before it can be used. New Information Systems can be seen as innovations and viewed through the lens of innovations theory. In this article I will argue that much Information Systems research falls into this category, and that its explanation could benefit from application of innovation theory. One of the difficulties facing any such investigation, howe...

s are available only for journal articles. Therefore, it has not been possible to review this whole literature in detail. Beyond the statistical summary and classification presented here, there are many topics to explore in further research; some of these are indicated in the analysis that 7 follows. But the analysis of the more specific content of the literature remains somewhat impressionisti...

Manufacturing organisations are continuously innovating their systems and processes in order to survive in today’s turbulent environment. There are currently a number of software tools available on the market, which can help managers and decision makers innovate their systems. These tools range from sophisticated modelling and simulation tools to project management tools. Each tool has their ow...

This paper is to elaborate and develop an alternative framework for the study of technological innovation systems. Compared with conventional literature, this analytical framework is designed for entrepreneurs, i.e. actors, at the micro level rather than policy makers at the meso or macro level. The socalled entrepreneurial innovation system is conceptually refined by synthesizing knowledge reg...

In this paper, using the governance, resources and processes model for an organization, we examine the organizational challenges for innovation in information systems in each of the three areas of this model. Information systems are a great tool to support innovation to improve the processes and activities in an organization to achieve a competitive edge. We review the role of leadership (gover...

This paper uses data from the European Regional Innovation Survey to provide insights into the innovative activity and innovation networking of the most important innovation actors, namely manufacturing firms, producer service firms, and research institutes. The innovation capacity of the metropolitan innovation systems differ markedly. In respect to cooperation partners, vertical relationships...

Today, knowledge economies are a key asset for global competitiveness. Biotechnology is a knowledge-driven sector because it consists of knowledge working on knowledge to create value, decoding in genomics and proteomics being paradigmatic knowledge-based economic activity. Like many other new economy industries such as information and communications technology, new media, and advanced finance,...

This section positively but critically explores three perspectives that may explain incremental innovation of craft exporters in emerging economies. The first perspective is that of innovation systems. Ever since 1987, studies on innovation systems have greatly contributed to our understanding of innovation. Scholars on innovation systems in emerging economies have added the notion that innovat...