Steel industry is one of the leading industries in the world. Today it is also one of the fundamental and strategic industries of the world. Per capita production and consumption amount of steel are used as a criterion for evaluation of country development. Furthermore, attention to technological innovations is assumed so much crucial to access the international markets of steel industrie...

• Several international academic associations engaged in the study of technological innovation processes and innovation management have been consolidated: ALTEC (Asociación Latino-Iberoamericana de Gestión Tecnológica), IAMOT (The International Association for Management of Technology), ISPIM (The International Society for Professional Innovation Management), PICMET (Portland International Conf...

Despite the call for pluralism in IS research there is a lack of multi-method research published in information systems journals. While many researchers might find the idea of using multiple methods attractive, there are barriers that prevent them from employing this approach in practice. In this paper we try to address key philosophical concerns that often deter more extensive use of multiple ...

This paper examines the recent efforts by the Singapore government to promote the spirit of Innovation and Enterprise (I&E) in all schools in Singapore. This paper begins by identifying the ideology of Realism-Pragmatism underpinning education in Singapore. The paper then discusses the motivation and some of the key changes and challenges in the drive towards innovation and enterprise in Singap...

This article first reviews the economic rationales for innovation policy. It then describes the Finnish innovation policy and policy making environment. The Finnish policy is evaluated from the point of view of fostering entrepreneurship. R&D subsidies, the main tool of Finnish innovation policy, may not be a very effective way of fostering entrepreneurship, compared to R&D tax credits of the t...

The present paper presents a road map of different theoretical perspectives which disclose a breakthrough approach to organisational innovation and development. It starts from an overview of key questions related to the concept of double-loop learning, then it relates innovation to the concepts of entrepreneurship and leadership, it highlights the key role of the fields of Organisational Learni...

Despite the call for pluralism in IS research there is a lack of multi-method research published in information systems journals. While many researchers might find the idea of using multiple methods attractive, there are barriers that prevent them from employing this approach in practice. In this paper we try to address key philosophical concerns that often deter more extensive use of multiple ...

The current system of health technology development is characterised by multiple misalignments. The “supply” side (innovation policy-makers, entrepreneurs, investors) and the “demand” side (health policy-makers, regulators, health technology assessment, purchasers) operate under different – and conflicting – logics. The system is less a “pathway” than an unstable ecosystem of multiple interacti...