Relatively little attention has been paid to the understanding of process innovation,
compared to the well-researched product innovation. This paper contributes to improve our …

This study tackles the initiation of industry convergence to develop a patent-level framework
aiming to anticipate convergence. Despite the vast amount of studies in the convergence …

This study explores the relationship between innovation competences and quality
management initiatives and considers how quality management initiatives infl uence both …

This research examines how intramural activities that are developed internally within the firm
and extramural activities that are undertaken in collaboration with an external partner lead to …

Innovation is considered by many researchers to be the inevitable outcome for the very
survival of the firm. Nonetheless, the focus of most research on innovation is on the ability of …

This article investigates the underlying factors that might shape the firm's choices with
respect to degrees of innovation novelty. Using a sample of 2983 firms observed under the …

Technological learning plays a crucial role in the development of a firm's technological
capability in late-industrialising countries. Based on the comprehensive case studies of five …

The idea of the project Dynamic Patterns of Innovative Activities among Finnish Firms was
that looking at firms' history and development over time can reveal information about the …

Achieving a well‐balanced innovation portfolio is an often advocated goal for R&D
managers, but guidelines how to achieve this are scarce in the innovation and management …

Economists typically define innovation as a process or practice that is new to an industry;
hence they emphasize a firm's speed of innovation relative to other firms in the industry …