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Article
Publication date: 14 June 2011

Research on the innovation system of China's software industry based on CAS theory

Weihui Dai, Mingqi Chen and Nan Ye

The purpose of this paper is to define and analyze the innovation system of China's software industry in order to build its innovation capability.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to define and analyze the innovation system of China's software industry in order to build its innovation capability.

Design/methodology/approach

From a complex adaptive systems (CAS) perspective, the authors researched the constitution and operating mechanism of China's software industry innovation system. By using methods and theories of CAS theory, the innovation problems of the software industry in China were analyzed and valuable suggestions put forth for its future development.

Findings

Innovation system is one kind of complex systems and it has the characteristics of CAS.

Research limitations/implications

Quantitative analysis of the software industry innovation system should be emphasized in the next stage of research.

Practical implications

The paper provides a new perspective and useful advice for technology policymakers.

Originality/value

The paper applies CAS theory to the area of social management and provides a new approach to study industrial innovation systems.

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Kybernetes, vol. 40 no. 5/6
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/03684921111142340
ISSN: 0368-492X

Keywords

  • Cybernetics
  • Innovation
  • Ecosystems
  • Computer software
  • China

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Publication date: 30 March 2012

Research on the evaluation model of Chinese enterprises' technological innovation system: From a perspective of complex system

Xi Chen and Shuming Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the evaluation model of the enterprises' technological innovation system, based on the theory of complex adaptive system.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the evaluation model of the enterprises' technological innovation system, based on the theory of complex adaptive system.

Design/methodology/approach

Combined with the status quo and recent studies of Chinese enterprises' technological innovation, the paper discusses the complex‐system features of the technological innovation. The stimulus‐response model is used to establish the two‐level framework for enterprises' technological innovation system. By means of the adaptive fitness function, the economic and social utility of enterprises' technological innovation is measured from two dimensions. Finally, the fuzzy catastrophe model is introduced to evaluate the enterprises' technological innovation.

Findings

The enterprises' technological innovation system has attributions of the subject aggregation, the systematic openness, nonlinearity and diversity. Thus, the macro‐micro based technological innovation system from the perspective of complex adaptive system is proposed. The system utility is considered based on the system subjects and system structure, and the calculation framework of the adaptive fitness for the whole system is obtained by considering the emergent property describing the system scale effect and structure effect. In fact, the fuzzy theory can well reflect the influential situation that the interactions between different factors may cause the mutation of the higher level and the interactions between enterprises can lead to the shifts of the system.

Originality/value

The paper proposes the complex adaptive system for the enterprises' technological innovation based on the special macro environment in China. A new framework for the research of technological innovation is provided by analyzing the system inner model. Fuzzy catastrophe model can reduce the evaluation irrationality due to the subjective index weights.

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Chinese Management Studies, vol. 6 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/17506141211213735
ISSN: 1750-614X

Keywords

  • China
  • Organizational innovation
  • Adaptive system theory
  • Technology led strategy
  • Enterprises technological innovation system
  • Complex adaptive system
  • Fuzzy catastrophe model

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Book part
Publication date: 2 August 2007

Chapter 8 CIM and Thixomolding

Guus Berkhout, Patrick van der Duin, Dap Hartmann and Roland Ortt

Thixomolding® refers to a new technology to mold a magnesium alloy in elaborate forms. The actors that introduced this technology in the Netherlands first operated on a…

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Thixomolding® refers to a new technology to mold a magnesium alloy in elaborate forms. The actors that introduced this technology in the Netherlands first operated on a regional level. With the support of the Cyclic Innovation Model (CIM), the innovation system was able to evolve by developing new innovations, although initially Class 1 and 2 type of innovations. In the future, the Thixomolding® innovation system will compete on a European scale, and it is expected that products will be developed for many different industries.

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The Cyclic Nature of Innovation: Connecting Hard Sciences with Soft Values
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1048-4736(07)17008-9
ISBN: 978-1-84950-433-1

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Publication date: 1 January 1989

Scientific‐Technological Innovation Processes — A New Field of Applied Systems Analysis

Hans‐Georg Lauenroth

The aim of the applied systems analysis of scientific‐technological innovation is to identify the most effective innovation fields and to develop innovation strategies…

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The aim of the applied systems analysis of scientific‐technological innovation is to identify the most effective innovation fields and to develop innovation strategies. This cannot be achieved without the development of theoretical foundations, practical methods and principles, a heuristic algorithm and a computer‐aided decision system. Such a system is described in this article, and represents, it is claimed, the first steps towards a computer‐aided decision system for innovation strategies.

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Kybernetes, vol. 18 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005805
ISSN: 0368-492X

Keywords

  • Algorithms
  • Systems Analysis
  • Technological Innovation

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Book part
Publication date: 12 April 2012

Chapter 3 The Extent and Scope Dimensions of Process Innovations

Seleshi Sisaye and Jacob G. Birnberg

Sisaye and Birnberg (2010a, 2010b) have described the extent and scope of the innovations dimensions as the degree to which learning has affected the organizational…

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Sisaye and Birnberg (2010a, 2010b) have described the extent and scope of the innovations dimensions as the degree to which learning has affected the organizational structures and processes of the organization. Within this framework, extent has been defined as the degree to which the innovation affects the organization's management accounting administrative structures, systems, and behaviors of members or units within the organization. Extent is synonymous with the two types of learning identified by Argyris and Schon (1978) discussed earlier. Thus, the learning in the extent dimension varies from a technical change within an existing system (single loop) to the adoption of an entirely new administrative system (double loop). While this continuum extends from technical changes that affect a single process or task to administrative changes that affect organization-wide systems and structures, we will treat them as though they are dichotomous. As indicated earlier (Chapter 2), extent is associated with two types of learning: single loop (technical change within an existing system, i.e., gradual-incremental) and double loop (the adoption of an entirely new system, i.e., radical-transformational) (Argyris & Schon, 1978, 1996).

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An Organizational Learning Approach to Process Innovations: The Extent and Scope of Diffusion and Adoption in Management Accounting Systems
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3512(2012)0000024007
ISBN: 978-1-78052-734-5

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Publication date: 6 May 2003

PROCESS INNOVATION AND ADAPTIVE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE STRATEGIES IN MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ACTIVITY BASED COSTING AS ADMINISTRATIVE INNOVATION

Seleshi Sisaye

Accounting for quality and improved organizational performance has recently received attention in management control research. However, the extent to which process…

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Accounting for quality and improved organizational performance has recently received attention in management control research. However, the extent to which process innovation changes have been integrated into management control research is limited. This paper contributes to that integration by drawing from institutional adaptive theory of organizational change and process innovation strategies. The paper utilizes a 2 by 2 contingency table that uses two factors: environmental conditions and organizational change/learning strategies, to build a process innovation framework. A combination of these two factors yields four process innovation strategies: mechanistic, organic, organizational development (OD) and organizational transformation (OT).

The four process innovation typologies are applied to characterize innovations in accounting such as activity based costing (ABC). ABC has been discussed as a multi-phased innovation process that provides an environment where both the initiation and the implementation of accounting change can occur. Technical innovation can be successfully initiated as organic innovation that unfolds in a decentralized organization and requires radical change and double loop learning. Implementation occurs best as a mechanistic innovation in a hierarchical organization and involving incremental change and single loop learning. The paper concludes that if ABC is integrated into an OD or OT intervention strategy, the technical and administrative innovation aspects of ABC can be utilized to manage the organization’s operating activities.

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Advances in Management Accounting
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-7871(02)11011-2
ISBN: 978-1-84950-207-8

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Book part
Publication date: 6 November 2012

Radical Innovation Strategies of Environmental-Technology Entrepreneurs in the Dutch Greenhouse Horticulture Sector

Maikel Kishna, Simona Negro, Floortje Alkemade and Marko Hekkert

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to gain insights into strategies used by entrepreneurs developing radical innovations to influence the system surrounding them…

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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to gain insights into strategies used by entrepreneurs developing radical innovations to influence the system surrounding them. Specific attention is given to determine the differences between environmental-technology entrepreneurs (ETEs) and non-eco radical innovation entrepreneurs.

Methodology/approach – Ten entrepreneurs (five ETEs) in the Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector are selected for this case study. Their motivations and strategic actions are determined through interviews. The results are analysed using an innovation system function approach.

Findings – Radical innovations in the sector encounter barriers due to the lack of relevant knowledge and subsidies that support the old system. To overcome this, the studied entrepreneurs focus their strategies on building new innovation systems. Interestingly, ETEs receive more governmental support and try to improve the sector as a whole. However, sustainability alone is not enough to create added value.

Social implications – Policy makers can provide better support for radical innovations by increasing the availability of relevant knowledge and creating a level playing field. Alternatively, they can present these pioneering entrepreneurs as examples for others to follow. Sustainability has been important in the sector for some time, but until now has not changed the nature of business.

Originality/value of paper – In innovation systems research, the micro-level actions of entrepreneurs have not received much attention. Furthermore, the insights regarding motivations and strategies of radical innovation entrepreneurs in the context of a mature system are novel. Finally, the results regarding barriers for ETEs are an original addition to the theory of barriers for eco-innovations.

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Social and Sustainable Enterprise: Changing the Nature of Business
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7246(2012)0000002006
ISBN: 978-1-78190-254-7

Keywords

  • Entrepreneurs
  • environmental technology
  • strategies
  • innovation systems
  • horticulture
  • case study

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Book part
Publication date: 16 October 2006

Innovation and Technology Transfer Intermediaries: A Systemic International Study

David Pollard

This chapter considers the role of technology transfer intermediaries (TTIs) in the processes of innovation in networks involving universities, research and development…

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This chapter considers the role of technology transfer intermediaries (TTIs) in the processes of innovation in networks involving universities, research and development centres, and business firms from an international perspective. A diversity of types of TTIs is recognised in terms of their particular interests in the operation of innovation processes and the conditions they impose in transactions involving intellectual property. It will identify the various objectives of sponsoring stakeholders as differentiating the missions and accountabilities and, in turn, determining the focus and roles of different types of TTIs and the interactions and networking between them, both formal and informal.

In discussion, the chapter will propose that the significance of systemic influence on the processes of technology transfer and innovation should be researched at two levels. At the micro-level of personal interactions, examining how systemic influences shape tacit knowledge transfer between and learning by individuals engaged in research and innovation processes. Second, at the level of national cultures, examining the ways in which the cultural context institutionalises patterns of innovation and technology transfer networking.

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Innovation through Collaboration
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1572-0977(06)12006-3
ISBN: 978-0-76231-331-0

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Article
Publication date: 28 August 2019

Blockchains and institutional competition in innovation systems

Brendan Markey-Towler

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the notion of blockchain as an institutional technology, defend the idea of National Innovation Systems as institutional systems…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the notion of blockchain as an institutional technology, defend the idea of National Innovation Systems as institutional systems, and then make use of the theory of institutional competition to characterise challenges posed by innovation public policy by blockchain technology.

Design/methodology/approach

The approach is to consider the nature of blockchain technology as an institutional technology, and to consider the nature of National Innovation Systems as institutional systems. The author then applies a theory of institutional competition developed elsewhere to appraise the interaction of the two.

Findings

The author expects for there to emerge sustained competition for National Innovation Systems from innovation systems implemented using blockchains. There will be pressure exerted by the latter upon the former to become more integrated, secure, usable and to greater support profit expectations for entrepreneurs.

Originality/value

The theory of institutional competition upon which this work is based makes use of cutting-edge behavioural and institutional economics. It has hitherto only been applied at a general level and has not been applied to a specific set of institutions such as National Innovation Systems.

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Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, vol. 9 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEPP-03-2019-0015
ISSN: 2045-2101

Keywords

  • Evolution
  • Technology
  • Diffusion
  • Innovation systems
  • Blockchain
  • D02
  • D71
  • H11
  • P16
  • P48
  • P50

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Article
Publication date: 1 November 2010

Systems of innovations as a conceptual framework for studying the emergence of national renewable energy industries

Yasser M. Al‐Saleh

This conceptual paper articulates an analytical framework, which collectively borrows from the concepts of Sectoral, National and Technological Innovation Systems, for…

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This conceptual paper articulates an analytical framework, which collectively borrows from the concepts of Sectoral, National and Technological Innovation Systems, for examining the prospects for the emergence of renewable energy industries in a given country. In order to examine the dynamics within the national energy system under consideration, a list of system functions has also been compiled from the literature. It is believed that the adoption of such a functions approach has the potential to enhance our understanding of the process of, and drivers behind, the emergence and transformation of energy innovation systems. Towards the end of this paper, other theoretical concepts are acknowledged as also relevant for investigating the potential establishment of renewable energy industries. While every theoretical approach has its strengths and weaknesses, an effort has been made in this paper to justify the adoption of a suitable framework that is based on the systems of innovation approach.

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World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, vol. 7 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/20425945201000020
ISSN: 2042-5945

Keywords

  • Innovation systems
  • Functional analysis
  • Renewable energy policy
  • Sustainable innovation

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