This paper discusses the relationship between the implementation of Total Quality
Management (TQM) and innovation performance. The discussion arises primarily based on …

Innovation has been cited as one of the key factors that affects competitiveness. Yet despite
widespread agreement about its benefits, innovation is still poorly understood. Definitions …

Innovation is everywhere. In the world of goods (technology), but also in the world of words:
innovation is discussed in the scientific and technical literature, but also in the social …

First published in 1997. Massive technological development has changed the face of
industry drammatically. This text provides an analysis of the trends and dynamics of …

The systems of innovation approach is considered by many to be a useful analytical
approach for better understanding innovation processes as well as the production and …

Recently, innovation processes towards sustainable development have received increasing
attention in academic literature. This research introduces the combination of insights from …

New types of knowledge, and new ways of organising the production of it, may emerge as
knowledge producers respond to the challenges posed by a changing society. This paper …

This paper investigates obstacles to innovation faced by French manufacturing firms. Using
CIS2 data, we distinguish between obstacles in postponed projects and obstacles in …

This article considers not just traditional “low-tech” industries but also those classified by the
Organization for Economic and Co-operation Development (OECD) as “medium-tech.” It …

In order to learn which factors stimulate SMEs towards greening their products and which
factors hamper them, an empirical study on the ecodesign behaviour of 77 Dutch SMEs was …