scholarly journals Measuring China's Innovation Capacity: An Important Unmeasurable Factor and a New Contextual Factor

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Can Huang
Keyword(s):  
Contextual Factor ◽  
Innovation Capacity

The importance of human resources to the innovative capacity of portuguese firms

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando Silva
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Innovative Process ◽  
Qualified Personnel ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
Innovative Capacity ◽  
Training Of Personnel

In this study I test the importance of several Human Resource variables to the innovation capacity of portuguese firms but also the effects that the innovation process generates on Human Resources. A branch of the innovation literature states that the ability of firms to innovate relies on an innovative capacity, which, in turn, depends on several factors, both internal and external to enterprises. One of those factors is the effort of firms to train their personnel specifically in order to enable them to innovate. The present test is applied to 4818 Portuguese enterprises for the period 2002-2004 through the use of the fourth Community Innovation Survey data. In order to evaluate the contribution of Human Resources to innovation I have estimated several knowledge Production Functions, mainly using probits and tobits. In that framework it is assumed that innovation depends on some inputs (as the training of personnel) and on information-flows from the existing knowledge stock (as clients). I have found significant the role of personnel training for the innovative process of Portuguese firms. Moreover, I also found that the lack of qualified personnel hinged critically more innovative performance of firms and, in addition, it is noticed that the improvement of productivuty (cost reduction) was the main effect of innovation in Portuguese firms.

Exploring the Patent Landscape of RNAi-based Innovation for Plant Breeding

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Gianfranco Frisio ◽  
Vera Ventura
Keyword(s):  
Plant Breeding ◽  
High Specificity ◽  
Ownership Type ◽  
Modern Agriculture ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Patent Landscape ◽  
The Us ◽  
Innovation Sector ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
Rnai Technique

Background: RNA interference (RNAi) is an innovative technique for plant improvement based on naturally occurring mechanisms which show great potential because of their high specificity and possibility to be applied through innovative methods of topical application in plants. This specific innovation sector is worth analysing from the economic perspective given the great potentiality of RNAi-based plants and products to support modern agriculture in reaching the goals for the improvement of agri-food chains global sustainability. This paper aims to evaluate the global landscape of RNAi innovation by analysing patent data as indicators of innovation output. Methods: We revised all patents relating to RNAi in plants based on a dataset of roughly seven thousand patent families. The analysis classified inventions according to a set of variables able to characterise the dynamics of innovation (i.e. public/private ownership, type of plants involved, main traits) while the use of concentration indices provided insights into the evolution of this sector. Results: Results revealed that RNAi is a technique with promising future applications, able to provide solutions to a great variety of agricultural issues and principally developed by the US and Chinese applicants, whereas European innovation capacity in this field appears to be limited. Conclusion: The innovation landscape of plant breeding is rapidly evolving and RNAi technique is probably going to play a major role in this field.

Discovering a Rosetta Stone for Firm-Side Authenticity: An Empirical Investigation

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Parkman ◽  
Samuel Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Identity Management ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Corporate Identity ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Rosetta Stone ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
Resources And Capabilities ◽  
Four Quadrant

While most academic research has considered authenticity from the consumers perspective, this paper proposes and tests a new empirical operationalization of Beverlands (2005) widely cited proposition that firm-side authenticity is…partly true and partly rhetorical (p.1008). Our study presents a model based on the Competitive Advantage (CA) that results from congruence between the partly true aspects of the firms internal culture, resources, and capabilities measured as Innovation Capacity (IC), alongside Corporate Identity Management (CIM) as the organizations partly rhetorical outwardly-directed corporate branding and marketing promotions activities. Our findings are interpreted through a four-quadrant Rosetta Stone framework for evaluating firm-side authenticity across organizational contexts and environments describing how high-IC/high-CIM (i.e., Authentic) firms create differentiation from low-IC/low-CIM Inauthentic organizations and low-IC/high-CIM Faux Imitators competitors who attempt to compensate for their lack of IC through increased investments in CIM.

scholarly journals How Organization Models Impact the Governing of Industrial Symbiosis in Public Wastewater Management. An Explorative Study in Sweden

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 824
Author(s):  
Karolina Södergren ◽  
Jenny Palm
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Inclusive Process ◽  
Municipal Administration ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
Corporate Form ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
Business Technology ◽  
Organization Models

The industrial symbiosis (IS) landscape is evolving rapidly. While previous studies have argued for the importance of municipalities participating in the governing of IS, research on the implications of different forms of municipal organization is still lacking. This paper aims to investigate how municipal administration and municipally-owned corporations, as two forms of organization, impact the governing of IS in the water and sewage sector. This is explored in relation to the Swedish municipality Simrishamn, which recently underwent changes in the form of organization. Results show that municipal administration contributes to a more inclusive process where many actors can influence and bring ideas and perspectives on how to develop an IS. The risk, however, is that other issues within the municipality are seen as more pressing and, therefore, get prioritized before IS. In corporate form, the development of IS becomes more business-like as the focus is kept on core business. Technology development is strengthened as skills and competencies are promoted through the expertise of the employees. Drawbacks include processes becoming less transparent and political goals, such as citizen welfare not receiving the same level of priority as within municipal administration. There is also a risk that fewer perspectives are included in the process of developing IS, which may inhibit innovation, even if the results also indicate that an increased business focus of the corporate form strengthens the innovation capacity.

OMERACT Filter Evidence Supporting the Measurement of At-work Productivity Loss as an Outcome Measure in Rheumatology Research

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 214-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorcas E. Beaton ◽  
Sarah Dyer ◽  
Annelies Boonen ◽  
Suzanne M.M. Verstappen ◽  
Reuben Escorpizo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Outcome Measurement ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Productivity Loss ◽  
Work Productivity ◽  
Contextual Factor ◽  
Nominal Group ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Specific Work ◽  
Worker Productivity ◽  
Activity Impairment

Objective.Indicators of work role functioning (being at work, and being productive while at work) are important outcomes for persons with arthritis. As the worker productivity working group at OMERACT (Outcome Measures in Rheumatology), we sought to provide an evidence base for consensus on standardized instruments to measure worker productivity [both absenteeism and at-work productivity (presenteeism) as well as critical contextual factors].Methods.Literature reviews and primary studies were done and reported to the OMERACT 12 (2014) meeting to build the OMERACT Filter 2.0 evidence for worker productivity outcome measurement instruments. Contextual factor domains that could have an effect on scores on worker productivity instruments were identified by nominal group techniques, and strength of influence was further assessed by literature review.Results.At OMERACT 9 (2008), we identified 6 candidate measures of absenteeism, which received 94% endorsement at the plenary vote. At OMERACT 11 (2012) we received over the required minimum vote of 70% for endorsement of 2 at-work productivity loss measures. During OMERACT 12 (2014), out of 4 measures of at-work productivity loss, 3 (1 global; 2 multiitem) received support as having passed the OMERACT Filter with over 70% of the plenary vote. In addition, 3 contextual factor domains received a 95% vote to explore their validity as core contextual factors: nature of work, work accommodation, and workplace support.Conclusion.Our current recommendations for at-work productivity loss measures are: WALS (Workplace Activity Limitations Scale), WLQ PDmod (Work Limitations Questionnaire with modified physical demands scale), WAI (Work Ability Index), WPS (Arthritis-specific Work Productivity Survey), and WPAI (Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire). Our future research focus will shift to confirming core contextual factors to consider in the measurement of worker productivity.

Evaluating an Australian public policy organization's innovation capacity

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 532-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan O'Connor ◽  
Göran Roos ◽  
Tony Vickers‐Willis
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Innovation Capacity
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