THE INNOVATION AS AN ELEMENT OF THE GROWTH OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. THE CASE STUDY

2011 ◽  
Vol 160 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
Teresa GRABIŃSKA
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Research Hypothesis ◽  
Space History

The theoretical novelty (innovation) is usually a prelude to a technological innovation. The theoretical novelty starts with the assuming of research hypothesis. An episode of recent space history serves to reconstruct: a) the diagnosing of anomaly and the arising of hypothesis, b) research functions of hypothesis.

scholarly journals Integrity and Security in the E-Century

2008 ◽  
pp. 3229-3249
Author(s):  
Carolyn Currie
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Deposit Insurance ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Regulatory Issues ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Institutional Issues

E-commerce offers an enormous range of solutions to payment and settlements problems. However it also poses a myriad of regulatory issues. Understanding the technical, taxation and institutional issues posed by e-commerce that impact the ability to provide such services aids in comprehending the vast integrity and security issues surrounding this innovation. In this chapter the effect of this technological innovation is examined in the light of theories of regulation that postulate a struggle process between attempts to control innovation and further innovation and regulation. To understand how regulation of e-commerce may be counterproductive, a case study of the evolution of regulation of derivatives is used to test a hypothesis concerning social and avoidance costs. A comparative case study of regulation of e-commerce is then examined to suggest a policy approach of a private sector solution within a public policy matrix similar to private deposit insurance.

“Smash Temples, Build Schools”: Comparing Secularism in India and China

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter van der Veer
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Religious Authority ◽  
Societal Development ◽  
Political Project ◽  
India And China

This chapter discusses secularism as a political project with its own utopian elements. Secularism refers to the growing importance of scientific knowledge that is not constrained by religious authority. Religion is sometimes taken to be an obstacle for scientific progress and secularism demands its removal for the benefit of societal development that is guided by scientific discovery and technological innovation. Secularization was seen by sociologists as an intrinsic and inescapable part of the modernization of Western society, with the assumption that this was something all societies had to go through. An alternative to post-Weberian arguments in sociology about religion and secularity is offered by theories that emphasize individual, rational choice in religious markets.

R&D Internationalization as Mechanism of Innovation in Global Enterprises

2012 ◽  
pp. 619-638
Author(s):  
Simone Vasconcelos Ribeiro Galina
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Transnational Companies ◽  
Do So

Internationalization of Research and Development (R&D) allows transnational companies (TNC) to access different and important resources overseas, which may lead to the improvement of their technological innovation. The literature in this field has been mostly created from studies of TNCs coming from developed countries. This chapter presents some of the main topics the literature addresses on R&D internationalization, then it will explore and verify how companies in developing countries internationalize their R&D activities. In order to do so, a bibliographic review about strategies of internationalization of TNC operations, as well as motivating factors and management of R&D internationalization have been conducted. The chapter finishes by presenting a case study about international R&D conducted in a Brazilian TNC. The results enabled to evidence that, like developed countries TNCs, developing countries’ companies also seem to perform internationalization of R&D activities with very similar characteristics.

scholarly journals The Italian Case of Lecco Innovation Living Lab: Stakeholders’ Needs and Activities to Contribute to the Technological Innovation Process in Healthcare

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10266
Author(s):  
Laura Marone ◽  
Rossella Onofrio ◽  
Cristina Masella
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Living Lab ◽  
Domain Specific Knowledge ◽  
Living Labs

Healthcare technological innovation is a very complex process in which different actors interact with each other, creating a large number of interconnections and synergies in the design of technological innovations. Despite the increasing number of living labs (LLs) in healthcare, building and maintaining LLs for technological innovation in healthcare is challenging. Collaboration with stakeholders remains an issue of major concern in healthcare. The purpose of this paper is to identify stakeholders’ needs in building an LL in healthcare and to plan activities to foster the innovation process. The paper is based on an exploratory single case study investigating an Italian LL. Eight stakeholders’ needs were identified and validated. Specific activities were identified as improving the innovation process in terms of the stakeholders’ needs. The study contributes to the development of domain-specific knowledge and, as such, to the fostering of studies on and the implementation of LLs in healthcare.

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