Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management: Volume 13 Issue 4

Editorial: Competitiveness in the digital economy: some lessons to learn

Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos

Effect of private and public investment in R&D on innovation in Mexico’s biotechnology firms

Rubén Oliver-Espinoza, Federico Stezano

In light of the controversy between the theoretical importance of financing biotechnology firms’ research and development (R&D), and the firms’ contradictory and ambivalent…

State, institutional entrepreneurship and the creation of the biopharmaceutical industry in a developing country

Ali Babaee, Ali N. Mashayekhi, Rouholah HamidiMotlagh

This study aims to explore the emergence and development of new industries, especially in the context of developing countries, by considering industry emergence and development as…

Study of awareness, adoption and experience of telemedicine technology services; perspectives during coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic crisis and associated economic lockdown in India

Som Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Prasad Vidyasagar Mandke

The purpose of this paper is to study the phenomenon of abrupt shift by both doctors and patients to telemedicine during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and associated…

Innovating with government digital platforms in low-income countries: the dynamic capabilities of Woredas in Ethiopia

Debas Senshaw, Hossana Twinomurinzi

This paper aims to identify the dynamic capabilities of government organisations in Woredas of Ethiopia that digitally innovate on the existing government digital platform, the…

Intellectual property rights policies of higher education institutions (HEIs) in India: a cross-sectional study

Vijay Kumar Sattiraju, Ravi Pandey, Ramjee Pallela, Anindya Sircar, Virendra S. Ligade, Pradeep M. Muragundi, Manthan D. Janodia

The purpose of this study is to assess the intellectual property (IP) policy and innovation practices of higher education institutions (HEIs) and to understand the impact of…

Is foreign technology acquisition to complement or substitute for internal technology development? A case of manufacturing enterprises in Vietnam

Ngoc Minh Nguyen, Huong Thu Dang, Minh Khac Nguyen, Mai Lan Mai PHung

This paper aims to examine whether foreign technology acquisition is complementary to internal technology development in the context of a developing country.

Why firms stop introducing innovations in the great recession: aggregate demand, financial constraints and risk

Javier Ortiz, Vicente Salas-Fumás

With Spanish Community Innovation Survey data, this paper tests two main hypotheses as explanation of the fall in business innovation output in the Great Recession: the aggregate…

Drivers and outcomes of green information technology adoption in service organizations: an evidence from emerging economy context

Samar Mouakket, Mohamed Aboelmaged

This paper aims to examine the technology-organization-environment (TOE) predictors of green information technology adoption in an emerging economy, namely, the United Arab…

Cloud doctrine: impact on cloud adoption in the government organizations of India

Kshitij Kushagra, Dr Sanjay Dhingra

Government is the biggest spender on cloud computing technology but a very limited study and data sets are available to assess the cloud adoption trends in government…

Safety first: extending UTAUT to better predict mobile payment adoption by incorporating perceived security, perceived risk and trust

Hanif Adinugroho Widyanto, Kunthi Afrilinda Kusumawardani, Helmy Yohanes

The purpose of this study is to investigate the antecedents of behavioral intention to use (BIU) mobile payment in Indonesia by extending unified theory of acceptance and use of…