European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 11 Issue 1

Into the drivers of innovation adoption: What is the impact of the current level of adoption?

Maryse J. Brand, Eelko K.R.E. Huizingh

The two main objectives of this study are to systematically and formally test for differences in the impact of various determinants of e‐commerce adoption depending on the current…

Language mining: Analysis of the innovation of dominant product languages in design‐intensive industries

Claudio Dell'Era, Alessio Marchesi, Roberto Verganti, Francesco Zurlo

The main objective of this article is to propose an interpretive model that attempts to decipher a product's values in terms of functionality, usability and meaning. This model…

Management of innovation networks: a case study of different approaches

Jukka Ojasalo

The literature includes a vast amount of research on both innovation and business networks; however, the empirical knowledge of their intersection – innovation networks and their…

Images of new product success: a case study in search of local validity

Derk Jan Kiewiet, Marjolein C. Achterkamp

This paper aims to measure new product success within a Dutch mailing company and to hypothesize that there exists no definition of new product success which is generally…

Data, information and knowledge in regional innovation networks: Quality considerations and brokerage functions

Helinä Melkas, Vesa Harmaakorpi

The purpose of this article is to investigate data, information and knowledge in regional innovation networks. Emphasis has been put recently on regional innovation systems, where…

Organizing R&D in a global environment: Increasing dispersed co‐operation versus continuous centralization

Anders Richtnér, Jon Rognes

This paper aims to highlight that there are different levels of analysis and that there are different types of influence on the choice of R&D location and organization…

Online innovation: the case of open source software development

Sladjana Vujovic, John Parm Ulhøi

The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of online networking during the innovation process, including its role(s) in communication, cooperation and coordination. The…