European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 16 Issue 2

Entrepreneurial tweaking: An empirical study of technology diffusion through secondary inventions and design modifications by start‐ups

Richard A. Hunt

Existing theories of innovation posit a split between incremental innovations produced by large incumbents and radical innovations produced by entrepreneurial start‐ups. The…

The organisation of innovation in the wine industry: Open innovation, external sources of knowledge and proximity

David Doloreux, Evelyne Lord‐Tarte

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the spatial organisation of the open innovation model in the wine industry in Canada.

The evolution of technological inequalities: country effect vs industry composition

Mercedes Gumbau‐Albert, Joaquin Maudos

Using the EU‐KLEMS database for 12 countries and 16 industries, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the differences in technological capital intensity (R&D capital stock as a…

Triple Helix in practice: the key role of boundary spanners

Heléne Lundberg

The purpose of this paper is to generate additional insight into how the Triple Helix approach can be practiced in a regional context.

Highly innovative and extremely entrepreneurial individuals: what are these rare birds made of?

Birgitta Sandberg, Leila Hurmerinta, Peter Zettinig

The purpose of this paper is to advance and clarify conceptualisations of innovative and entrepreneurial individuals through the analysis of their personality traits.

A corporate system for continuous innovation: the case of Google Inc.

Annika Steiber, Sverker Alänge

History is full of companies that were once innovative leaders but lost their innovative ability. The purpose of this paper is to explore, from a firm‐level perspective…