This chapter explores cognitive problem-solving style and its impact on user resistance, based on the premise that the greater the cognitive difference (cognitive gap) between users and developers, the greater the user resistance is likely to be. Mullany (1989, 2003) conducted an empirical study demonstrating this. This study contradicts the findings of Huber (1983) and supports Carey (1991) in...

We demonstrate that the concepts of competence destroying and competence enhancing are composed of two distinct constructs which, although correlated, separately characterize an innovation: new competence acquisition and competence enhancement/destruction. We develop scales to measure these constructs and show that new competence acquisition and competence enhancing/destroying are different fro...

The labor-intensive nature of harvest in the tree fruit industry makes it particularly sensitive to labor shortages. Technological innovation is thus critical in order to meet current demands without significantly increasing prices. This paper introduces a robotic system to help human workers during fruit harvest. A second-generation prototype is currently being built and simulation results dem...

This paper introduces the notion of “tangible business model sketches” – interactive sculpture-like mechanisms – to stimulate discussions concerning how businesses create and capture value. We outline the need for opening up discussions around innovation that these models address and their proposed utility for designers. We present three examples that model aspects of lighting design, audiology...

As a result of the importance acquired by the approach to the innovation systems in theory and policy,5,6 in recent years, the study of Innovation Intermediary Organisations (IIOs) has gained great interest. The OIIs are perceived as important agents in connecting knowledge supply and demand in the national systems of innovation (NSI).1 The authors highlight some functions that these organisati...

In addition to internal R&D, external knowledge is widely considered as an essential lever for innovative performance. This paper analyzes knowledge spillovers in supply chain networks. Specifically, we investigate how supplier innovation is impacted by buyer innovation. Financial accounting data is combined with supply chain relationship data and patent data for U.S. firms in high tech industr...

While usually been considered by established businesses as an attack, disruptive innovation provide an appropriate innovation approach for SMEs through new market discovery. This article tries to explore the opportunities offered by disruptive technlology and how SMEs could benefit from diruptive innovation. The process and features of diruptive innovaion and a managrial framework for diruptive...

Résumé Le papillome inversé de la vessie est une tumeur urothéliale rare et bénigne, qui apparaît généralement à l’âge adulte avec une nette prédominance masculine. L’hématurie macroscopique est le symptôme révélateur le plus fréquent, les signes radiologiques et cystoscopiques ne sont pas toujours spécifiques. Son diagnostic de certitude repose sur l’examen anatomopathologique. Le traitement e...