European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 18 Issue 3

The outset of U-I R & D relationships: the specific case of biological sciences

Miguel Linhares Pinheiro, José Carlos Pinho, Cândida Lucas

The purpose of this paper is to draw insights from the actors-resources-activities (ARA) model and social capital literature to identify relevant activities shared by…

The influence of research and development policy: the case of Estonia in the EU

Janno Reiljan, Ingra Paltser

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the international position of Estonia among the member states of the EU and countries closely associated with the EU, from the perspective…

Transactional dynamics in European R & D networks: an assessment of Eureka

Bruno Brandão Fischer, José Molero

The purpose of this paper is to verify the impacts of the transaction costs rationale on economic agents’ innovative results when they engage in European R & D networks…

Bridge and redundant ties in networks: the impact on innovation in food SMEs

Ghasem Shiri, Loïc Sauvée, Zam-Zam Abdirahman

The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of networks diversity on innovation activity of firms. It aims to review the structural issue in innovation networks and to…

Selecting ideas for new product development: Comparison of monadic test and adaptive concept screening under the G theory framework

Geng Cui, Ling Peng, Laurent Pierre Florès

New product concept screening, i.e., selecting a few viable innovative concepts from numerous candidates, involves high stakes and is complicated and resource intensive. Over the…

Innovative behaviour in the workplace: The role of HR flexibility, individual flexibility and psychological capital: the case of Poland

Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek, Dariusz Turek

The purpose of this paper is to describe and explain the manner in which HR system’s flexibility, in combination with employees’ individual flexibility (IF) and their positive…