Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management: Volume 13 Issue 2

Editorial: “Innovation, technology and the green transition: towards a more resource-efficient and competitive economy”

Patricia Ordoñez de Pablos

Positive and negative affect during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine in Portugal

Eulalia Santos, Vanessa Ratten, Ana Diogo, Fernando Tavares

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly around the world and Portugal is no exception. Positive and negative effects are extremely important in individual's life experiences and…

Role of key performance indicators on agile transformation of performance management in research institutes towards innovative commercial agriculture

Prabath Chaminda Abeysiriwardana, Udith Krishantha Jayasinghe-Mudalige

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are in use to determine how and the extent to which the business objectives of an organization are achieved. This paper aims to evaluate the…

A dynamic business model for Turkish techno parks: looking through the lenses of service perspective and stakeholder theory

Gülçin Polat

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the business model of techno parks (TPs) in Turkey and shed light on the value co-creation in TPs in the light of the service perspective…

An exploratory study on innovation policy in eight Asian countries

Taeyoung Park, Jun youn Kim

This study aims to investigate the evolution of eight Asian countries’ innovation policy instruments during three economic development phases. Another goal is to examine common…

Comprehensive evaluation of Iranian regional innovation system (RIS) performance using analytic hierarchy process (AHP)

Ali Asghar Sadabadi, Zohreh Rahimi Rad, Kiarash Fartash

This study aims to to provide a model based on the context and conditions of the regions in Iran for monitoring regional innovation systems (RISs).

Contribution of green manufacturing for realizing business performance in Indian small and medium scale organizations (SME’s)

Mahakdeep Singh, Kanwarpreet Singh, Amanpreet Singh Sethi

The current manuscript is focused on evaluating the capabilities of green practices that affect various business performance (BP) parameters of small and medium scale Indian…

Emerging technologies in Indian mining industry: an exploratory empirical investigation regarding the adoption challenges

Som Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Yash Shah

Emerging technologies have been transforming most industries. A wide range of emerging technologies such as blockchain, internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI)…

What drives e-hailing apps adoption? An analysis of behavioral factors through fuzzy AHP

Manoj Arora, Harpreet Singh, Sanjay Gupta

In the era of digitalization and technology, tremendous changes have taken place in the taxi industry worldwide. The traditional taxi service has transformed into the latest…

Adopting open innovation for SMEs and industrial revolution 4.0

Muhammad Anshari, Mohammad Nabil Almunawar

Industrial Revolution 4.0 is still evolving. The purpose of this paper is to assess the progress of Indonesia in achieving an initiative for Industry 4.0. As the largest country…

An empirical investigation of the relationship among agile manufacturing practices and business performance: a pilot study

Rahul Kumar, Kanwarpreet Singh, Sanjiv Kumar Jain

Agility addresses vibrant solutions for running companies to meet the dares of customers asking for high quality and low- cost goods and services. The purpose of this study is to…

Determinants and outcomes of e-business adoption among manufacturing SMEs: Insights from a developing country

Muneer Abbad, Ibrahim Hussien Musa Magboul, Kholoud AlQeisi

In response to a turbulent industrial environment, especially for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), organizations have widely adopted e-business to improve their processes…

Design and application of data analytics in an internet-of-things enabled warehouse

Silvia Sagita Arumsari, Ammar Aamer

While several warehouses are now technologically equipped and smart, the implementation of real-time analytics in warehouse operations is scarcely reported in the literature. This…

Book review

Patricia Ordoñez de Pablos