International Journal of Innovation Science: Volume 9 Issue 2

Another new year in a strange new world

Brett E. Trusko

A pragmatist perspective on entrepreneurial opportunities

Joseph Rubleske, Nicholas Berente

This paper aims at advancing a pragmatist perspective on entrepreneurial opportunities as an alternative to the traditional and predominant constructivist and objectivist…

Leveraging innovation and intrapreneurship as a source for organizational growth

Michael James Rivera

Change is normal in a healthy economy, and is intrinsically driven by continued acquisition of new knowledge – both scientific and otherwise (Drucker, 1985). Continued…

Innovating product appearance within brand identity

Martin Ondra, David Škaroupka, Jan Rajlich

This paper aims to study the appearance of drills from one brand by using currently available design tools. It aims to find and discuss the relationship between appearance…

Scientific or technological driving force? Constructing a system of national innovative capacity

Shu-Hao Chang, Chin-Yuan Fan

Innovation plays a pivotal role in a national economy and in the research and development of science and technology. Because the elements, capability and development direction of…

Inter-organizational cooperation and organizational innovativeness. A comparative study

Ivan Pouwels, Ferry Koster

This paper aims at integrating previous studies investigating the relationship between inter-organizational cooperation and organizational innovation. Earlier research provides…

R&D investment behavior of US pharmaceutical firms

Michal Jirásek

The behavioral theory of the firm (BTOF) has been used to explain the research and development (R&D) investment behavior of firms in numerous multi industry studies. However…