bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Activated carbons from common nettle as potential adsorbents for CO2 capture
Authors: Szymańska Alicja , Skoczek Amelia , Przepiórski Jacek
Published: March 2019

Activated carbons (ACs) prepared from common nettle (Urtica Dioica L.) were studied in terms of carbon dioxide adsorption. ACs were prepared by KOH chemical activation in a nitrogen atmosphere at temperatures (ranging from 500 to 850°C). The pore structure and the surface characterization of the ACs were specified based on adsorption-desorption isotherms of nitrogen measured at –196°C and carbon dioxide at 0°C. The specific surface area was calculated according to the BET equation. The pore volume was estimated using the DFT method. The highest values of the specific surface area (SSA) showed activated carbons produced at higher carbonization temperatures. All samples revealed presence of micropores and mesopores with a diameter range of 0.3–10 nm. The highest value of the CO2 adsorption, 4.22 mmol/g, was found for the material activated at 700°C.
Application of Chosen Data Mining Methods in Predicting Abnormal Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents
Authors: Sowińska Anna , Miechowicz Izabela
Published: March 2019

Hypertension is a common disease in highly industrialized societies, more often perceived as a health problem in adults rather than children. However, epidemiologists are currently paying more attention to the possibility of idiopathic hypertension during childhood. This article compares three classification models (logistic regression, classification trees and MARSplines) in order to determine the best classification model and distinguish the parameters that are most important in the detection of abnormal blood pressure in children. The study group consisted of 1,378 children aged between 7 and 18. After making comparisons between the methods, it was determined that MARSplines is the model that best assigns subjects to classes and can be an alternative in cases when traditional statistical methods cannot be used due to a lack of fulfillment of conditions. For prediction of abnormal blood pressure in this age group, the most important parameters were the heart rate and selected indicators of body proportions.
E-Textbook Technologies for Academics in Medical Education
Authors: Ren-Kurc Anna , Roszak Magdalena , Mokwa-Tarnowska Iwona , Kołowska-Gawiejnowicz Mirosława , Zych Jan , Kowalewski Wojciech
Published: March 2019

Public universities in Poland receive fairly limited financial support for creating e-textbooks (interactive online textbooks) and lack the appropriate ICT competences among teaching staff, especially in the case of non-technical universities. The authors propose a pedagogical and technological paradigm for e-textbooks in medical education using open source software with minimal IT skills required. Technologies used to develop e-textbooks are connected with: publication and distribution of e-textbooks, e-book readers, and editing tools. The paper also discusses a survey that targeted students of medical sciences, which focused on their understanding of their educational needs that can be met through new online resources as well as their expectations of how such e-textbooks should be like.
Population Structure of Ungulates in Waterberg National Park, Namibia
Authors: Kasiringua E. , Procheş Ş. , Kopij G.
Published: March 2019

A study on the seasonal variation in population structure of seven (7) ungulate species, African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), eland (Tragelaphus oryx), giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), oryx (Oryx gazella), sable (Hippotragus niger), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) and the greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) was carried out using the field census approach during the wet (February– April) and dry (July–September) season, and a water hole census (September) at seven waterholes in the Waterberg National Park, Namibia. Male warthog, oryx and black rhino on average comprised about 40 % of the population, whereas male sable, roan antelope, eland and buffalo comprised 30 % of the population. Male kudu and male white rhino comprised 20 % of the sex structure of the population, whereas male giraffe comprised more than 50 % of population. Age structure was dominated by adults, with 60 % of the total population in warthog, sable, eland and the white rhino, and 70 % in kudu, roan, buffalo, giraffe and black rhino on average. Oryx had the highest number of adults, with only 10 % of the population comprised of juveniles. Larger herds were observed during the wet season and smaller herds during the dry season. Animals were observed more abundantly in three of the vegetation types (Terminalia sericea — Melhania acuminata vegetation, Terminalia sericea — Thesium megalocarpum, Terminalia sericea — Blepharis integrifolia), with lower abundances in the rock-inhabiting Peltophorum africanum during both seasons.
Morphological and Biological Characteristics of Amidostomum Anseris (Nematoda, Amidostomatidae) from Anser anser domesticus
Authors: Yevstafieva V. А. , Stybel V. V. , Melnychuk V. V. , Prijma О. В. , Yatsenko I. V. , Antipov A. A. , Bakhur T. I. , Goncharenko V. P. , Pidborska R. V. , Shahanenko V. S. , Dzhmil V. I.
Published: March 2019

Morphological characteristics were studied in adult and embryonic Amidostomum anseris (Zeder, 1800) obtained from domestic goose Anser anser domesticus Linnaeus, 1758. The studied characters included species-specific morphometric indices of male and female specimens and differential characters of sex-related dimorphism in that species. Stages and periods of embryonic development, and viability of the nematodes were studied at laboratory conditions. Size dimorphism in A. anseris was considerable, females were significantly larger (by 10.09–27.98 %) than males by 11 parameters. Additional metric characters were proposed to enhance effectiveness of differentiation of female and male A. anseris specimens. Under laboratory conditions, embryonic development of A. anseris occurs in four stages: blastomere cleavage; larval formation; formation of non-infective larvae I and II; formation of infective larva III which hatches from the egg. Infective larvae develop at 23 °С in six days, and their viability was up to 78.33 ± 2.08 %.
Length-Weight Relationships and Condition Factors of the Naleh Fish, Barbonymus gonionotus (Pisces, Cyprinidae) Harvested from Nagan Raya Waters, Indonesia
Authors: Batubara A. S. , Muchlisin Z. A. , Efizon D. , Elvyra R. , Irham M.
Published: March 2019

The objective of the present study was to examine the growth pattern and condition factors of the naleh fish, Barbonymus gonionotus Bleeker, 1849 in Nagan River, Nagan Raya District, Aceh Province, Indonesia. The sampling was conducted for 12 months from January 2016 to December 2016 using the explorative survey method. The sampling locations were determined based on the information given by local fishermen. A total of 761 fish samples were collected during the study. The Linear Allometric Model (LAM), Fulton’s and Relative Weight conditions factors were utilized to analyze the length-weight relationship and condition factor of the fish using growth parameters. The results showed that the highest coefficient of b was recorded in December, where the b value of males were 3.82 and 4.23 for the females with the average b value of males and females were 2.92 indicating an isometric growth pattern. The average Fulton’s condition factor (K) was 2.28 and the average Relative weight (Wr) condition factor was 100.59. It is concluded that fish had the isometric growth pattern and based on K and Wr value, the result implies that the waters are still in a good condition. Furthermore, the availability of food sources, low competitors, and low predators indicate that the aquatic environment is in a stable condition.
Koblinger mellem økonomi og uddannelse
Authors: Ydesen Christian , Andreasen Karen E.
Published: March 2019

Public administration of education systems after World War Two has been characterized by the increasing involvement of various forms of evaluation and performance measurement. By taking up such a central role, the various forms have had considerable impact on school pedagogy. At the same time, education systems have more and more come to be seen as levers for economic growth and prosperity, which in turn has strengthened and expanded these practices of evaluation and performance measurement. We argue that post-war educational accountability practices have taken on a new character where quantification, in light of economic concerns, gradually have taken pride of place. Paradoxically, the emerging welfare states have been committed to democratic ideals about inclusion and equal access to education. Such ideals are naturally followed by questions about social differentiation; and in that sense, they question whether an economistic approach to education in fact challenges the democratic values and processes expressed in the very purpose of education. Using Denmark as an example, the article explores these processes and questions by looking at the development and historical roots of the Danish public-school system.
Psykiatri og professionssamarbejde – betydningen for differentiering i skolesystemet i Danmark i 1930-1950
Authors: Hamre Bjørn
Published: March 2019

The focus in this article is an analysis of the development of psychiatric practices in relation to the school system in Denmark in the period 1930-1950. The differentiation of schoolchildren in this period took place not only due to new and advanced testing practices but also due to the emerging collaborations between different professions, such as educationalists, psychologists and psychiatrists. The article examines these types of differentiation through an investigation of the forms of psychiatric institutionalizations related to the school system in 1930s and onward. These processes of differentiation developed because of a societal need to sort schoolchildren, thereby relating the shaping of new disciplines and professions within education, psychology and psychiatry. In line with Michel Foucault, the emerging collaboration is examined as an expression of biopower managing the life of the population and defining standards of normality and deviancy. The sources applied in the articles include a selection of documents from the key agents of the period.
Educational history in the age of apology
Authors: Norlin Björn , Sjögren David
Published: March 2019

Reconciliation processes – wherein governments and other organizations examine their past institutional practices to understand contemporary problems in relation to minorities or indigenous groups – have become a widespread international phenomenon in recent decades. In Sweden, such an ongoing process is the reconciliation work between the Church of Sweden and the Sami. In this process, which recently resulted in the publication of a scholarly anthology (or a “white book”), educational history has come to play a vital part. The present article uses the Church of Sweden’s White Book as an empirical object of study to examine in more detail the role and significance of knowledge of educational history for this specific reconciliation process. By focusing on various scientific complexities and epistemological tensions that tend to arise in these kinds of undertakings, this paper also aims to problematize the white book genre itself as a path to historical knowledge. By doing this, this article’s overall ambition is to contribute to future scholarly work in reconciliation activities, white papers and truth commissions. This study applies a qualitative content analysis and connects theoretically to the growing field of transitional justice research.
Cyberphysical Design Automation Framework for Knowledge-based Engineering
Authors: Tanik Urcun John
Published: March 2019

Cyberphysical system design automation utilizing knowledge based engineering techniques with globally networked knowledge bases can tremendously improve the design process for emerging systems. Our goal is to develop a comprehensive architectural framework to improve the design process for cyberphysical systems (CPS) and implement a case study with Axiomatic Design Solutions Inc. to develop next generation toolsets utilizing knowledge-based engineering (KBE) systems adapted to multiple domains in the field of CPS design automation. The Cyberphysical System Design Automation Framework (CPSDAF) will be based on advances in CPS design theory based on current research and knowledge collected from global sources automatically via Semantic Web Services. A case study utilizing STEM students is discussed.
The Horizon 2020 framework and Open Innovation Ecosystems
Authors: Salmelin Bror
Published: March 2019

Horizon 2020 will be the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness. Planned to run from 2014 to 2020 with an €80 billion budget, the EU’s new Programme for research and innovation is part of the drive to create the conditions for new growth and jobs in Europe. It has been approved on 3rd December 2013, with many interesting new initiatives supporting the whole innovation process. Interlinking the new Horizon 2020 actions with the findings of the Dublin Open Innovation 2.0 conference findings and the Dublin Declaration for new European narrative for innovation we end up with very interesting new opportunities for all stakeholders in the innovation, including the societal dimension. In this short article I will elaborate some of the findings from Dublin Declaration and interlink those to the responses we see in the Horizon 2020 Programme.
Why is the Entrepreneurial University Important?
Authors: Hannon Paul D.
Published: March 2019

Entrepreneurship in higher education is now recognized as important as a major driver to underpin innovation. It is also viewed as an appropriate response to succeeding in highly turbulent and unpredictable environments. However confusion remains over its conceptualization, meaning and value as institutional leaders seek ways to understand where this strategically fits within the organization and educational leaders seek to understand how best to embed entrepreneurship within its education and learning opportunities. This paper highlights the challenges faced by universities in becoming entrepreneurial and in creating environments within which entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviors are developed.  The author builds on work undertaken in his previous role as CEO of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education in the UK, current work with the European Commission and highlights practices undertaken in his new role to build an entrepreneurial university.
Technology Portfolio Dynamics
Authors: Kortelainen Samuli , Kutvonen Antero , Lättilä Lauri
Published: March 2019

Innovations are significant source of competitive advantage for firms. They are also a major source of dynamics that forces firms to adapt their capabilities to sustain competitiveness. In this study we analyzed how firms manage their technological portfolio in mobile phone industry. Our first finding is that firms have focused differently their technology portfolios. Then we identified that most firms change their technology portfolio over time. And finally we conclude that firms in mobile phone industry have different levels of dynamics where some firms change their technology portfolio faster than others. This research identifies new challenges in dynamic capabilities research related to the appropriate level of dynamics in technology management. This information is crucial in practice in order to correctly manage the firm’s dynamic processes.
Financial literacy and its influence on young customers’ decision factors
Authors: Fraczek Bozena , Klimontowicz Monika
Published: March 2019

Dynamic changes in economic environment, especially regarding financial markets, cause the necessity to develop financial skills of societies. Despite the large number of different initiative in this field, the financial education level around the world is rather low. This state is influenced by many factors and differs in particular target group of financial education. The paper focuses on the young people as the most important group for further development of societies. The purpose of the article is to verify the influence of financial knowledge and skills on financial decision factors. It presents the results of a pilot survey which was conducted at the turn of 2013 and 2014 in selected European countries combining descriptive theoretical and empirical methods. The survey assesses the level of young customers’ financial literacy, examines young customers’ decision factors and correlation between them and basic financial knowledge and skills.
A networking culture to benefit from open innovation - a comparison between technology and business services industries in The Netherlands
Authors: Prud'homme van Reine Peter
Published: March 2019

This paper aims to improve our understanding of why some companies are more successful in implementing open innovation strategies than others, by building a framework of capabilities required to benefit from open innovation. It argues that companies can benefit from open innovation when they have the capabilities to connect closed and open approaches to innovation. This requires building a culture conducive to developing networking capabilities. In the article, a comprehensive set of networking capabilities is developed intended as an analytical tool to evaluate to what extent companies are equipped to benefit from open innovation. As a first step to further validating the framework, empirical research has been carried out in The Netherlands to compare networking capabilities of companies in the technology industry and in the knowledge intensive business services sector. The results indicate that according to the framework, technology companies are in the lead in benefiting from open innovation, which may be explained by their previous experience in innovation networking. The results suggest that the networking capabilities framework is a promising tool for analysis that can help companies to become better equipped to jointly create value and capture value in innovation networks. The research has policy implications for regions as well, because it indicates that regional open innovation strategies need to address the development of networking capabilities of companies and other actors in the regional innovation system.
Exploring the cultural basis of innovation
Authors: Burdon Stephen , Dovey Kenneth Anthony
Published: March 2019

The paper explores the relationship between leadership, culture and innovation. Through an analysis of four enterprises, voted by their peers as having strong innovation-friendly cultures, we explicate the assumptions embedded in these innovation-supporting cultures, and outline the leadership practices that have created them. By locating the study within the interpretivist research paradigm and adopting the 'practice turn' perspective that has characterised recent leadership research, this study has been able to acknowledge and address the political dynamics involved in the creation of innovation-conducive cultures.
Using Twitter in the acceleration of marketing new products and services
Authors: Jaring Päivi , Bäck Asta , Komssi Marko , Käki Juha
Published: March 2019

The popularity of social media and microblogging services, like Twitter, has increased in a fast manner over the last couple of years.  Their use in innovation process and marketing has also gained a lot of attention. However, product and service acceleration -i.e. bringing a product or service faster to the market- with the help of social media and especially by using Twitter has not been researched much, in spite of the fact that new marketing techniques like growth hacking -which aims on low-cost and innovative alternatives to traditional marketing- have reached popularity. In this paper, we define the concept of acceleration and analyse via literature and a real-life, explorative case study, how Twitter could be used for accelerating products and services. Our case study analyses the experiences and data from four Twitter accounts created for accelerating two software applications. According to our research, Twitter has potential for product and services acceleration, but it requires taking into account many aspects and challenges that are summarized in this paper.
The Industry 4.0 revolution and the future of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
Authors: Almada-Lobo Francisco
Published: March 2019

Industry 4.0 dictates the end of traditional centralized applications for production control. Its vision of ecosystems of smart factories with intelligent and autonomous shop-floor entities is inherently decentralized. Responding to customer demands for tailored products, these plants fueled by technology enablers such as 3D printing, Internet of Things, Cloud computing, Mobile Devices and Big Data, among others create a totally new environment. The manufacturing systems of the future, including manufacturing execution systems (MES) will have to be built to support this paradigm shift.
The impact of leadership styles on innovation - a review
Authors: Kesting Peter , Ulhøi John Parm , Song Lynda Jiwen , Niu Hongyi
Published: March 2019

This paper reviews the insights that research offers on the impact of different leadership styles on innovation. To do so, we develop a framework, structuring research insights into four dimensions: people, means, effects, and goals/outcomes for innovations. Based on this framework, we review publications on: directive and participative leadership, interactive leadership, charismatic leadership, transformational leadership, transactional & instrumental leadership, strategic & CEO leadership, and shared & distributed leadership. We find strong indications that different innovation stages and types raise different demands on leadership. Against this background, transformational leadership is not the only style to lead innovations, but different leadership styles fit differently well with different innovation types and stages. However, the specification of this fit is still very incomplete and the answer to the question of how to lead innovations remains sketchy. In result of the review of this paper we map existing insights and research needs.
Communities and central nodes in the mobility network of US inventors
Authors: Kiss István Márton , Buzás Norbert
Published: March 2019

This study presents the basic features and community structure of the US inventor mobility network between 1999 and 2010, based on an analysis of patent documents. Since mobile inventors have proved to be among the most effective knowledge mediator entities, this mobility network can be seen as a knowledge diffusion network among innovative companies. During the investigation, we identified the basic features of the network, such as short effective diameter and scale-free degree distributions, and we also demonstrated the central nodes, community structure, and hidden core of the network. Our results indicate that there is a small number of nodes that can effectively absorb knowledge from the network and pool it. We also find that this core mostly consists of IT and semiconductor companies as well as the largest universities in the USA.
An Open Innovation Framework for collaborative food product design & manufacturing
Authors: Tsimiklis Panagiotis , Makatsoris Charalampos
Published: March 2019

One of the most debated topics in actual global literature is Open Innovation. However, there are still many questions that have not been answered respecting the modern industry. One of them is the link between the corporate Open Innovation practices and the industrial structure of mature industries. Specifically, the food industry is a mature industry where its profit margins are thin and its R&D failure rate for new products is very high. Both facts indicate that a decent return on development investments cannot be provided and that the food industry still cannot rely on its traditional way of thinking and innovating. In addition, this sector recently perceived its end-users to be wary of radically new products and changes in consumption patterns. Hence, the main aim of that industry is to design new food products that consumers will buy and at the same time ensure that these products will reach them in time and at adequate quantity. Through a proposed conceptual framework which integrates a collaborative and shared knowledge framework based on “Open Innovation approaches”, we propose to work with both customers´ data and selected partners to design new food products that offer an integrated sensory experience of food and packaging, encompassing customization, healthy eating, and sustainability.
A Framework for Boosting Revenue Incorporating Big Data
Authors: Lynn Segarra Laura , Almalki Hamed , Elabd John , Gonzalez Jonathan , Marczewski Michal , Alrasheed Moaad , Rabelo Luis
Published: March 2019

Complex industry partnerships, innovative strategies, and cross-cutting industry competition, challenge business leaders in making strategic and operational decisions that support growth and competitiveness. Companies seeking to inform their business decisions by leveraging “big data” face challenges in processing and analyzing such large and rapid datasets. However leveraging big data can create value for businesses. Although various frameworks exist for implementing analytics, few accommodate the implementation of big data analytics. Our goal is to develop a framework by studying big data on a micro and macro level and examining how companies can use big data to boost revenue through creating value. This research is augmented by an in-depth examination of industry giant Amazon.com. Our results provide a framework that enhances traditional analytical frameworks through the integration of big data analytics. Our findings indicate that an integrated framework provides enhanced insights to decision makers seeking to create value for their businesses.
A System Dynamic Approach to Modelling the Endogenous and Exogenous Determinants of the Entrepreneurship Process
Authors: Teplov Roman , Väätänen Juha , Podmetina Daria
Published: March 2019

The importance of entrepreneurship for economic development and overall social well-being is widely recognised by researchers, experts, and policy makers. Researchers have identified a variety of endogenous and exogenous determinants, such as individual-level factors, external macro-level factors, and country-level cultural factors, which can moderate the raise in entrepreneurial activity. From the other side, there is a feedback loop between entrepreneurship affecting economic growth and being, in turn, affected by country wealth. The main objective of this study is to build a model to capture the relationship between entrepreneurship and external macro-level determinants, and to explore the possible effects of changes in entrepreneurship supply-and-demand factors. The research applies system dynamics simulation and proposes a dynamic macro-level model of entrepreneurship. The model equations are developed based on regression analysis. The results show that although entrepreneurship does have a positive impact on the economy, this effect can be mitigated by other factors. Furthermore, even though an improvement in the external determinants level results in increased entrepreneurship activity and consequent economic growth over a longer period, the effect may depend on factors such as overall country population development, and especially the proportion of adult populations, institutional factors, and individual intentions towards entrepreneurship.
Retail Medicine in an Era of IoT and Medical Errors in the Age of Ubiquitous Connectivity
Authors: Datta Shoumen Palit Austin
Published: March 2019

Digital diffusion in healthcare is poised to usher delivery of care in integration with software as a service to the edge. Time compression due to the latter may catalyze the convergence between "sense and response" in a manner which may enhance quality of service (QoS) or quality of care at the point of contact (PoC). Digital transformation is likely to influence the broad spectrum of instances ranging from high acuity patients to preventive care scenarios. Access to healthcare for individuals before they become patients may eventually lead to improved health and reduced healthcare cost.
Company Value Creation through Effective Innovation Process Management
Authors: Špacek Miroslav , Vacík Emil
Published: March 2019

Company value creation is considered a significant metric to measure corporate success. One possible method is the launch of innovative products that potentially attract new customers and capture a reasonable market share. This discussion highlights examples wherein heightening innovation activities through incremental increases in Research and Development spending, the number of innovative products in the sales funnel, as well as those innovative products in the marketplace impact company value. Yet, another company value driver, worthy of consideration, is the effective management of innovation processes. The Stage Gate Control Process embodies a recognized framework for effective innovation process management.  Central to this manuscript is the case of PharmaComm, a pharmaceutical company that developed a customized version of the Stage Gate Control Process.  By this way PharmaComm accelerated new products development and shortened time to launch.  In adapting this methodology, it multiplied company value during the acquisition process.
Studying Open Innovation collaboration between the high-tech industry and science with linguistic ethnography - battling over the status of knowledge in a setting of distrust
Authors: De Maeijer Els , Van Hout Tom , Weggeman Mathieu , Post Ger
Published: March 2019

Open Innovation collaborations often pit academia against industry. Such inter-organizational collaborations can be troublesome due to different organizational backgrounds. This paper investigates what kind of knowledge a multinational high tech company and a research institute share with each other, how they collaborate to innovate and what role trust plays in this process. Linguistic ethnography is used to analyze the relationship from within, based on the interaction between the parties during project meetings. Tracing the knowledge status of the topics discussed during project meetings and interviews with participants across social time and space, we tease out how (dis)trust develops and shapes the ongoing interaction. Debating which knowledge can be project harvested, reveals an interactional dynamic of distrust. The company tries to control the proceedings of the meeting and expresses distrust in the research institute. Its project management minded approach pushes the institute in a position where the latter has to prove its value. This dynamic is due to the level of operational secrecy, the short time to market, and the exploitative nature of the collaboration. Openness is highly valued by the participants, yet the type of knowledge that is allowed to be harvested as project knowledge determines how open – or closed – the collaboration process is in real time. Finally, flexibility and dedication are found to not necessarily lead to more trust, openness or sharing.
Taming the Beast: A Scientific Definition of Fintech
Authors: Schueffel Patrick
Published: March 2019

There is currently no consensus about what the term Fintech means. This paper explores the complexity of Fintech, and attempts a definition, drawn from a process of reviewing more than 200 scholarly articles referencing the term Fintech and covering a period of more than 40 years. The objective of this study is to offer a definition which is distinct as well as succinct in its communication, yet sufficiently broad in its range of application. As the origins of the term can neither be unequivocally placed in academia nor in practice, the definition concentrates on extracting out the quintessence of Fintech using both spheres. Applying semantic analysis and building on the commonalities of 13 peer-reviewed definitions of the term, it is concluded that Fintech is a new financial industry that applies technology to improve financial activities. The implications as well as the shortcomings of this definition are discussed.
Innovation labs: leveraging openness for radical innovation?
Authors: Gryszkiewicz Lidia , Lykourentzou Ioanna , Toivonen Tuukka
Published: March 2019

A growing range of public, private and civic organisations, from Unicef through Nesta to NHS, now run units known as “innovation labs”. The hopeful assumption they share is that labs, by building on openness among other features, can generate promising solutions to grand challenges of systemic nature. Despite their seeming proliferation and popularisation, the underlying innovation principles embodied by labs have, however, received scant academic attention. This is a missed opportunity, because innovation labs appear to leverage openness for radical innovation in an unusual fashion. Indeed, in this exploratory paper we draw on original interview data and online self-descriptions to illustrate that, beyond convening “uncommon partners” across organisational boundaries, labs apply the principle of openness throughout the innovation process, including the experimentation and development phases. While the emergence of labs clearly forms part of a broader trend towards openness, we show how it transcends established conceptualisations of open innovation (Chesbrough, 2006), open science (David, 1998) or open government (Janssen et al., 2012).
Antecedents of organizational creativity: drivers, barriers or both?
Authors: Blomberg Annika , Kallio Tomi , Pohjanpää Heikki
Published: March 2019

This paper reviews academic journal articles and scholarly books focusing on organizational creativity and constructs a schematic representation of the antecedents of organizational creativity, i.e. of the associated drivers and barriers. The literature on organizational creativity is reviewed using a traditional review technique. The focus is especially on more recent developments of the discourse, and therefore this work can be labeled as a state-of-the-art review. The review shows that drivers have clearly been studied more extensively than barriers. It was also recognized that the predominant approach among organizational creativity scholars is to dichotomize the factors influencing organizational creativity, more specifically to discuss the antecedents of creativity mostly from the viewpoint of drivers. In some cases, the antecedents are discussed from the perspective of barriers, but only rarely has it been recognized that the very same factor may either enhance or inhibit creativity. In this paper, such factors are called ‘either-or factors’. The paper suggests that the organizational creativity discourse should acknowledge that it is not enough to understand what enhances organizational creativity but also which kind of issues inhibit it and, especially, which factors may work either against or toward creativity under different circumstances. The review suggests that the majority of factors are most likely either-or by nature, although it has been overlooked in the discourse due to the dichotomizing tendency.
Prescription for Profit
Authors: Datta Shoumen Palit Austin
Published: March 2019

AI is being marketed as a panacea solution or a complex “black box” by the PR spin doctors. How to profit from AI in business applications is still unclear. The lack of understanding of knowledge representation, data structures and feature engineering, are a few of the core underlying problems, devoid of easy solutions. This short guide is a note on strategy with respect to the use of AI tool kits. What is necessary for rational use and integration of AI tools with business are humans.
Experiences of presence in advancing innovation towards a holistic approach
Authors: Alise Koskela Virpi
Published: March 2019

This article focuses on experiences of presence and their potential to increase creativity. The question posed is about whether singular experiences of presence are constituents of creativity and innovation, and if so, what we can learn from them. The material studied includes descriptions of the experiences of presence of 418 around in Finland. Certain main characteristics were found between the experiences, such as finding new perspectives, being connected, and meaningfulness. Many experiences recalled in the descriptions, and the three main themes, seem to be related to the inner shift, which is the necessary part of the new approaches of creativity introduced in this paper. Due to the interconnectedness of the founded themes of the experiences of presence and also to the more broad and multifaceted approaches of innovation, it is possible to think that the experiences of presence could be one of the key factors towards more creative, and more sustainable future.
How Chinese commercial banks innovate: process and practice
Authors: LIAN WOO KOK
Published: March 2019

This paper describes the financial innovation approach and process adopted by large commercial banks operating in China. Data are collected from three case firms using a qualitative case study method. The research shows that regulation can be a catalyst or a hindrance to financial innovation, depending upon the degree of coherence between a bank’s innovation strategy and local government policy. Performance pressure helps drive innovation, whereas organisational bureaucracy and trajectory are major barriers to innovation. Banks adopt different approaches to the innovation process due to differences in institutional arrangement and institutional environment. Practitioners should consider the institutional effects when engaging in financial innovation. This research contributes to current practice by pointing out an integrated approach to financial innovation and regulatory dialectic.
Sticky Transformation – How path dependencies in socio-technical regimes are impeding the transformation to a Green Economy
Authors: Clausen Jens , Göll Edgar , Tappeser Valentin
Published: March 2019

Many works in innovation research use path dependencies to explain the fact that change is often difficult to achieve. With regard to a transition to a green economy specific path dependencies are identified in the sectors of energy, mobility, housing and food in Germany.  The paper looks into technological, economical, organizational, user-specific and legal path dependencies. For a successful transition to a green economy, the role of the state seems to be central. In many areas of transition, transitional regulation is full of loopholes and does not work. Activity of lobby groups prevents society from setting path-changing regulation.
Leveraging robo-advisors to fill the gap within the SRI marketplace
Authors: Salampasis Dimitrios
Published: March 2019

The SRI marketplace has been experiencing continuous growth, despite the limited understanding and comprehensive tools for assessment, reporting, measurement and profiling of the investment portfolios, the risk and the generated impact. The materialization of robo-advisors, a new offering within the fund management industry, in the light of continuous technological developments, brings a new wave of innovation that aims at assisting the industry towards institutionalizing SRI strategies for the purpose of social good.
Assessment of Technological Innovation Climate in Organizations
Authors: Hassan Abdel-Razek Refaat , Battal Alharbi Fawzah
Published: March 2019

The ability to develop a work environment climate supporting technological innovation does not occur suddenly or unexpectedly. The objectives of this paper is to assess the technological innovation climate in one of the largest oil and gas company in the world, to compare the results with published standards, and to suggest recommendations to improve the innovation climate in the company. The study used the situational outlook questionnaire to assess nine key dimensions of innovation climate. The results showed that the extent to which each of the nine dimensions is applied were: debate (70%); idea support (67%); challenge/involvement (67%); trust and openness (59%); freedom (57%); idea time (56%); playfulness/humor (52%); risk taking (50%) and conflict (46%). These results were compared with published norms and the results revealed that the company is categorized as innovative in debate, idea time, idea support and trust; categorized as average in challenge and risk taking; and as stagnated in freedom, playfulness and conflict. The comparison using the t-test confirmed the results. Recommendations and details of the actions required for improvement were outlined.
Success Rates in Horizon 2020
Authors: McCarthy Seán
Published: March 2019

Horizon 2020 is the name of the European Union’s research and innovation programme. In the first three years of the programme (2014-2016) over 100,000 proposals were received. 10,456 proposals were selected for funding. This success rate (11%) sounds very low and can discourage researchers from applying to the programme. This article argues that this success rate is not a reliable indicator for researchers. This article will show that a more realistic success rate is 29%. In one sub-programme (Energy) a success rate of 47% was measured. The message from this paper is that the chances of success in Horizon 2020 depends on two main criteria: a) having an excellent scientific idea; and b) having a thorough understanding of the evaluation process.
Stuck in the Middle: Using Middle-Status Conformity to Unravel Conflicting Results in Innovation Diffusion Patterns
Authors: Guy Earle Andrew
Published: March 2019

Studies of diffusion have found conflicting patterns of inter-organizational innovation adoption. This paper uses the concept of middle-status conformity to propose a model of diffusion that helps to make sense of these conflicting results. This model is developed by combining the status-competition model (Podolny, 1993) with the audience-candidate interface model (Zuckerman, 1999). The integration of these models yields two distinct diffusion patterns characterized by status differences in originating and adopting organizations. Additionally, five empirically testable propositions are developed in order to lay the groundwork for testing this hybrid model.
Unleashing the new Wealth Of Nations
Authors: Datta Shoumen Palit Austin
Published: March 2019

Economic growth and wealth creation was once exclusively a product based operation, through sale of goods (cattle, cars, planes, trains, parts). Today, it is also based on services. Economic growth through services, naturally, started with financial services, circa 1300. In the 20th century, economic value from the use of "data as a service" was made possible by the creation of the Atanasoff-Berry computer in 1942. Geographic limits on the export of knowledge was rendered agnostic, when the internet was publicly released by the NSF, in 1995. In the 21st century, the information economy is still crawling, with 60\% of the world not yet connected to the internet. Those who are connected may not have the necessary access. Expert knowledge arbitrage, combined with data as a service, are major economic drivers, which is far from its utilization potential, in the US. Therein, lies vast opportunities. Reasonable weather, low incidences of natural disasters, and basic infrastructure makes certain locations more attractive. Dynamic demographics, academic institutions and cultural liaison to large external markets, are other positive features, for the future of wealth creation.
Unlearning at the Individual Level: An Exploratory Case Study in a High Power Distance Country
Authors: Watanabe Wilbert Julieta Kaoru , Durst Susanne , Aisenberg Ferenhof Helio , Selig Paulo
Published: March 2019

This paper presents a case study that addresses factors that influence unlearning at the individual level. These factors were studied in a public sector organization located in a country characterized by high power distance. The case organization went through a change process of a daily routine caused by the introduction of a new technology. Data were collected through semi structured face-to-face interviews with shop floor agents in the state of Santa Catarina/Brazil. The results highlight the strong influence of the support of formal leaders on the unlearning process of individuals, suggesting that managers operating in a high power distance environment have to make bigger efforts compared to their counterparts in small power distance settings to promote unlearning processes of employees. The study advances the limited body of knowledge regarding unlearning in general and unlearning at the individual level in particular. It also stresses the influence of the national cultural dimension on the unlearning process of individuals.
Opening up Corporate Foresight: What Can We Learn from Open and User Innovation?
Authors: Korreck Sabrina
Published: March 2019

Organizations find themselves in a fast-paced and increasingly complex and uncertain environment. Hence, they engage in foresight to understand weak signals and developments that may affect them in the medium to long run and build up "strategic preparedness". Literature on open and user innovation has described methods to tap into external knowledge sources and some have potential to enhance foresight results, but research has not yet fully benefitted from these insights. Thus, the aim of this article is to synthesize findings from both literatures and explain why users and user collectives are a valuable knowledge source for foresight. The contributions of the paper are twofold. First, the paper provides a typology of methods, which are suitable for drawing on user knowledge. Second, the identified methods are compared with regard to their advantages, disadvantages and boundary conditions.
Innovation in the First Mission of Universities
Authors: Fernández Loreto , Fernández Sara , Rey Lucía , Bobillo María
Published: March 2019

There is an extensive literature on characteristics of “entrepreneurial” or “innovative” universities. As both terms have generally been used to refer to the same condition, different rankings of entrepreneurial universities use indicators universally recognized for innovative activity and primarily related to research and knowledge transfer (scholarly production, patents granted and licensed, number of firms created to exploit research results, etc.).

Innovation is essentially grounded in an entrepreneurial mentality, but an innovative university (hereafter, IU) is one that transmits this mentality to all of its members, including the foremost among its central missions: education. The IU is a university that becomes a driver of economic and social development in the region in which it is established, seeking to improve society through knowledge.

In recent years, various attempts have been made to “measure” this innovative/ entrepreneurial character in a more technical way. In a prior study, we proposed a characterization of an entrepreneurial and innovative university. Here, we build on that study to define the IU. The originality of this proposal stems from its inclusion of the so-called third and fourth missions (knowledge transfer and social responsibility, respectively) as transversal elements implicit in the university’s two central missions. In an IU, therefore, the university’s relationship with and impact on its surrounding agents are essential aspects entwined with its two basic functions.
MODELOVANJE SKLADIŠNIH SISTEMA PRIMENOM SIMULACIJA
Authors: Radaković Dragana , Bojić Sanja Pavao
Published: March 2019

U ovom radu predstavljen je odabir odgovarajućeg skladišnog sistema koji će biti instaliran u već postojećem skladišnom objektu. Postoje tri predloga rešenja, od kojih je izabran optimalan pomoću simulacija koje su rađene u softveru Enterprise Dynamics.
PRINUDNE OSCILACIJE VIBROUDARNOG SISTEMA
Authors: Tošić Petar
Published: March 2019

U radu je analiziran vibroudarni sistem pobuđen kretanjem. Izvršena je analitička i numerička analiza slobodnih, prigušenih i prinudnih oscilacija. Prikazani su amplitudno frekventni dijagrami prinudnih oscilacija i  izvršeno je poređenje analitičkog i numeričkog rešenja.