The market orientation has been found to be a major driver of innovation performance in service contexts. This issue raises questions concerning the extent to which the relationship market orientation-innovation performance link holds in the high-tech industry. Relatively litter research has examined how market orientation contributes to innovation performance through service innovation. We rep...

The business values of intellectual capital (IntC) and innovation capability (InnoC) are enduring research questions, especially for high-tech firms. Although each one has been recognized as a critical factor for firm’s competitiveness, few studies discussed the influence of IntC and InnoC on firm performance in one integrated framework. Moreover, the moderating effects of environmental dynamis...

Technology development is changing where it is possible to master hundreds of thousands of functionalities with one single device. The design of targets of use and purposes for technologies has thus become an increasingly important issue in industrial design, where the innovative value can be found increasingly often in new ways of using technologies rather than in developing new technical arti...

The idea of foresight as a new tool for S&T policies rests on the need to face the challenges of high tech developments, to respond to increasing global competition and to develop inter-organisational strategies. However, the impact of technological and global changes varies per country and per innovation sector, as do possibilities to develop interorganisational strategies. In this article we ...

In this paper we propose an innovation model for the collaboration between SME and public research institutions in order to enhance knowledge transfer and to foster the creation of a regional innovation network. A third aspect is to enhance a more intense cooperation in the public research sector between institutions and departments. In this paper we discuss the term innovation and describe the...

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...

introduction: higher education administrators face with problems such as financial pressures, rapidly changing environment, competition with other higher education institutions to achieve higher academic rank and research, attracting students and more prone to grant more autonomy to faculty members .to overcome mentioned problems ,they can use methods such as; innovation in curriculum, support ...

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...

abstract the purpose of this study was to investigate the simple and multiple relationships between the practices of the strategic human resources management and technical innovation in the public universities of isfahan. through classified random sampling, a sample of 480 faculty members from those universities in isfahan was selected. to collect data, strategic human resource management pract...