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The creation of social innovation labs, living labs, hackerspaces, makerspaces, fablabs and innovation parks indicates local, national, and international dynamics. China is unique in the rapid transformation of the maker movement, where the bottom-up initi ...
This paper is set out to establish the foundations for developing a framework to assess the potential impact of social policy innovation to contribute to the debate on the future of welfare systems. This calls in fact for monitoring the evolution of social ...
Computational nanophotonics has already made a disruptive impact on the photonic and optoelectronic industries and has dramatically influenced the ways today's optical engineers create, optimize, and use innovative materials and computer-aided services. Th ...
This special session will focus on innovative and disruptive implementations of online labs and the challenges of their management within educational institution infrastructures. A short presentation of a Draft IEEE Standard P1876(TM) on Networked Smart Le ...
This paper advances further the analysis of previous exploratory research conducted by the authors on how social innovation can foster resilience in a digital governance context. The process of innovation in social policy, as well as the building of resili ...
While executives play an important role in leading firm innovation, they may economize on efforts to innovate when protected from takeover threat. Middle managers may curtail the rate and scope of innovation when executives are expected to reduce their inn ...
A new EU initiative, Hydropower-Europe, is reported here. This work, soon to be launched, will provide a framework for the hydropower sector in Europe to define a research and innovation agenda, and technology roadmap. The initiative is expected to help po ...
In this article, we explore the use of hackathons and open data in corporations’ open innovation portfolios, addressing a new way for companies to tap into the creativity and innovation of early-stage startup culture, in this case applied to the food and n ...
Creative and innovative communities, hubs, clusters and industries are supporting and fostering exchange and innovation. China is often perceived as a model for innovation and economic development, countries from the Global South use China as a role model ...
This Master thesis is meant to be the first step toward working to quantify the environmental impacts of Swiss cleantech industry when implemented abroad and how this knowledge can help frame new policy approaches to foster this important industry. The red ...
