Paul Weaver, Leo Jansen, Geert van Grootveld, Egbert van Spiegel and Philip Vergragt
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Hong Jiang, Jingxuan Yang and Wentao Liu
This study aims to explore the effect of innovation ecosystem stability (IES) on innovation performance of enterprises through the mediating role of knowledge acquisition (KA)…
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Purpose
This study aims to explore the effect of innovation ecosystem stability (IES) on innovation performance of enterprises through the mediating role of knowledge acquisition (KA), and to study how these effects are moderated by unabsorbed slack.
Design/methodology/approach
This study draws on data from 327 Chinese enterprises and adopts the multiple linear regression method and bootstrapping method to explore the mediating effect of KA and its moderated mediating effect.
Findings
The results demonstrate that IES is positively associated with innovation performance of enterprises, and KA plays a partially mediating role. Moreover, unabsorbed slack negatively moderates the relationship between IES and KA as well as the mediating effect of KA.
Originality/value
This study investigates the relationship between IES and innovation performance, and the mechanism of influence, which has not been previously studied in the field of innovation ecosystem. This study also examines the interaction between unabsorbed slack and IES and further clarifies the mechanism and boundary conditions of the impact of IES on innovation performance.
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Elif Küçüksayraç, Renee Wever and Han Brezet
This paper aims to investigate the intermediary role of universities in spreading design for sustainability into industry.
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This paper aims to investigate the intermediary role of universities in spreading design for sustainability into industry.
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Three case studies were undertaken on Delft University of Technology, Design for Sustainability Program from The Netherlands; a center on sustainable consumption and production; and Prof. Göksel Demirer from Middle East Technical University, Environmental Engineering Department from Turkey.
Findings
The process and evolution of the intermediary roles of the cases are explained. Three types of structures, through which universities undertake intermediary role, are investigated via the cases studies, a program, a center and an individual scientist.
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This study is a first attempt to investigate the intermediary role of universities in the design for sustainability field.
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Saartje Sondeijker, Jac Geurts, Jan Rotmans and Arnold Tukker
To address lessons that specify the impact and contribution of current scenario methods when focused on facilitating transition management processes.
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To address lessons that specify the impact and contribution of current scenario methods when focused on facilitating transition management processes.
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Comparative literature review based on transition management and scenario development.
Research limitations/implications
Need of further systemic thought about the required criteria of transition scenarios and the embedding of scenario use in transition management processes.
Practical implications
Processes of transition management are in need of transition specific scenarios.
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Because transition management implies a complex and long‐term steering paradigm with which current scenario applications are not familiar, conclusions are drawn on the (changing) requirements of scenario development processes in transition management and on the need to innovate current scenario methods in the context of transition management.