background: in the present knowledge-oriented era, potential capabilities of individuals need to be used and innovation and creativity should be created. self-management is a set of strategies that an individual applies in order to improve and influence his behavior. it plays a significant role as a hidden capital in establishing a suitable environment for creating innovation. the purpose of th...

Innovation, particularly in technology development, is a crucial aspect of nanotechnology R&D and, although several approaches to effective innovation management exist, organizational structures that promote knowledge exchange have been found to be most effect in supporting new and emerging technologies. This paper discusses Integrated Knowledge Networks (IKNs) and evaluates its use within nano...

This paper investigates design elements for innovation contests in order to unlock the innovation potential of temporary virtual communities. Open innovation in general and particularly innovation contests have recently received considerable attention in research. Still, there has been mostly generic theorizing on the design of innovation contests to foster innovative output. Findings from an i...

— In this paper, the aim is to study inter-organizational learning in innovation networks. We will particularly concentrate on different currently important or increasingly important approaches and views on organizational learning which are particularly relevant from the standpoint of networked innovation. The approaches can also be considered to be rather fundamental and general perspectives t...

This paper empirically shows that innovation in Information Technology (IT) has become increasingly dependent on and intertwined with innovation in software. This change in the nature of IT innovation has had differential effects on the performance of the United States and Japan, two of the largest producers of IT globally. We document this linkage between software’s contribution in IT innovati...

Context. Innovation is promoted in companies to help them stay competitive. Four types of innovation are defined: product, process, business, and organizational. Objective. We want to understand the perception of the innovation concept in industry, and particularly how the innovation types relate to each other. Method. We launched a survey at a branch of a multi-national corporation. Results. F...