Research on the Diffusion Model of Innovation

In this paper, the model of competing technologies diffusion was set up in order to analyze the relationship of competing technologies in diffusion process, and the stability of diffusion model with two kinds of competing technologies was analyzed. It is concluded that dominator can hold competing vantage by suppressing its opponent, and besides, whether competing technology can gain superiority in diffusion process depends on the success rates of technology diffusion when the two kinds of technology match each other in strength.

Poly-view Analysis on Endogenous Innovation and Corporation’s Selection of Innovation Patterns

Today, there are still some amphibolous understanding on the concepts of endogenous innovation and its three patterns in academia field. Grasping the intension and extension of these concepts will contribute to direct the innovation undertakers engaging innovation and the governments establishing innovation system. In order to achieve such aims, we firstly introduced the concept of endogenous innovation and its three patterns. Secondly, this paper established a concept model to describe the typical route of a technology＇s forming. Based on this model, we went deep into analysis on original innovation, integrative innovation, and re-innovation after digesting the introduced technology from different views. Through these analyses, we also discussed which kind of innovation is suitable for different corporations. In the last part of this paper, we summarized our main conclusions and gave some suggestions to the corporations and governments.

Finite rate of innovation sparse sampling for a binary frequency-coded ultrasonic signal

To achieve sparse sampling on a coded ultrasonic signal,the finite rate of innovation(FRI)sparse sampling technique is proposed on a binary frequency-coded(BFC)ultrasonic signal.A framework of FRI-based sparse sampling for an ultrasonic signal pulse is presented.Differences between the pulse and the coded ultrasonic signal are analyzed,and a response mathematical model of the coded ultrasonic signal is established.A time-domain transform algorithm,called the high-order moment method,is applied to obtain a pulse stream signal to assist BFC ultrasonic signal sparse sampling.A sampling of the output signal with a uniform interval is then performed after modulating the pulse stream signal by a sampling kernel.FRI-based sparse sampling is performed using a self-made circuit on an aluminum alloy sample.Experimental results show that the sampling rate reduces to 0.5 MHz,which is at least 12.8 MHz in the Nyquist sampling mode.The echo peak amplitude and the time of flight are estimated from the sparse sampling data with maximum errors of 9.324%and 0.031%,respectively.This research can provide a theoretical basis and practical application reference for reducing the sampling rate and data volume in coded ultrasonic testing.

Freudenberg pushes the limits of innovation with Evolon~? New Generation

Building on the success of the company’s unique Evolon？product,Freudenberg Performance Materials has now pushed the limits even further by developing Evolon？New Generation.This high-tech textile is made from super-microfilaments that are half the thickness and twice the density of those used in the original Evolon？.Evolon？

Management of Innovation Process in Services： Micro and Small Enterprises of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas

This study aimed to explore how processes of innovation are perceived and managed in micro and small service-oriented companies in Campinas, i.e., verifying how people in these companies understand, identify, and manage innovation （what tools or methodologies）. Innovation is not a new concept, but its perception as a process, detached from randomness, is. This understanding is what allows its management as a tool to improve results and competitiveness, and to the perpetuation of the company. The research had a qualitative approach that consisted in the content analysis of structured interviews held with 10 respondents of five different companies, using eight innovation-focused questions, adapted from the Brazilian National Quality Foundation （FNQ）. After interviews, four categories were identified： innovation understanding, innovative ambience, innovation process management, and learning during the process--the first two regarding the subjective features of innovation and the latter two the objective features. Analysis outcome has shown that companies understand the concept and importance of innovation, but still do not see it as a process, which leads them to try isolated initiatives, usually executed by instinct only. Due to the fact that innovation is not considered as a process, most practices encourage generation of ideas, instead of goals, key performance indicators （KPIs）, and learning--this latter one, only occurs informally and over time.

Construction of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education and Practice Base in University--Based on HIT Racing Team

Cultivating college students’innovation and entrepreneurship is the most important part of college education.Meanwhile,the education and practice base for innovation and entrepreneurship is an indispensable teaching platform to enhance college students’consciousness of innovation and entrepreneurship.Focus on the reformation of college education and college students’competitiveness in employment,this paper is about analysis of the development of bases,discussion of the importance of bases and coming up with ways of the construction of bases.And the practical exploration is based on HIT Racing Team,which proves quite good.

A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF INNOVATION TO BE BUILT FOR WELCOMING THE ERA OF KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

Editor’s note: Not long ago, CAS headquarters put forward a proposal entitled "A national innovation system (NIS) to be built up towards the era of knowledge economy (KE)" in a bid to plot a chart for China’s development in the next century. The suggestion was highly valued by the CPC Central Committee and here we publish an extracted translation of its full text.

Model of Innovation——Glimpse of Qingpu Prison

Having visited Tilanqiao Prison, I began to feel much better, with all the uneasiness and fears with "imnates" and "prisons" gone. On the way to Qingpu Prison I had learned that it is of a new model, quite civilized. The prison is a complex of white buildings surrounded by a wide stretch of garden, If not for the four Chinese characters "Qing Pu Jian Yu" on the gates, no one could guess that it is a prison. It is more like a university. From the production area to the living area, from the teaching building to the medical

Freudenberg pushes the limits of innovation with Evolon~? New Generation

Building on the success of the company’s unique Evolon?product,Freudenberg Performance Materials has now pushed the limits even further by developing Evolon~? New Generation.This high-tech textile is made from super-microfilaments that are half the thickness and twice the density of those used in the original Evolon~?.Evolon~? New Generation complements the original Evolon~? by opening up entirely new applications in the fields of bedding。

The nature and variety of innovation

What is our current understanding of innovation and how many types of innovation do we know?Broadly,innovation landscapes are characterized by well-established categories,such as product,process,organizational,and marketing innovation,explained and theorized in terms of their links with technological innovation.However global challenges and changes in the structure of knowledge production,have led to diverse innovations,and recognizing and classifying such innovations is more complex,fragmented,and geographically dispersed than ever before.The progressive incorporation of hidden and non-technological innovations,together with the emergence of the fourth industrial revolution,is contributing to change our understanding of innovation and its measurement.This paper provides an overview of the most salient types of innovation in recent decades,enabling both researchers and practitioners to navigate the complex web of innovation definitions and typologies.Innovation studies face the challenge of finding a comprehensive and inclusive definition that captures the significance of innovation,and overcoming the terminological‘Babel'ization and increased fragmentation of the field of innovation research.

Frugal innovation and the digital divide:Developing an extended model of the diffusion of innovations

Based on diffusion of innovation(DOI)theory and economic consumption analysis as well as the concept of frugal innovation,this study develops an extended DOI model that theorizes the characteristics of the diffusion of frugal information communication technologies(ICTs)and their impacts on the Internet diffusion.This model posits that frugal digital ICTs diffuse more rapidly in developing countries than in developed countries and significantly bridge the digital divide between them.The diffusion of frugal smartphones is investigated as a case of the diffusion of frugal digital ICTs,which provides empirical evidence for the theoretical model presented herein.

Effects of Team Structure on Innovation Performance： An Empirical Study

Teamwork is gaining increasing attention in a broader management research. In addition to previous research on the relationship between team structure and innovation performance, this study draws from an interesting experience-based theory advanced by Kelley and Littman （2005）, which examines teams from design thinking perspective, and tests its contributions and effects on team＇s innovation performance. According to Kelley and Littman any team should include the following team roles： The anthropologist, the experimenter, the cross-pollinator, the hurdler, the collaborator, the director, the experience architect, the set designer, the storyteller, and the caregiver. We develop theoretical logics to explain how team structure that includes these key team roles and competences lead to a better innovation performance, and propose pertinent hypotheses. Experimental-empirical research and quantitative analysis were used in the study. The study conducted multiple experiments on three samples： a group of foreign entrepreneurship students, a group of technical students, and an additional group of randomly selected individuals, aged between 20 and 58, with diverse backgrounds. A special approach was implemented and a new instrument was developed to evaluate individuals in teams. While the results show that team that possess the major competences proposed by Kelley and Littman are more innovative, preliminary results also show that not all team roles are equally important. Moreover, team roles should be allocated equally among members for better collaboration, member satisfaction, and quick response, and within one team, one prevailing personality is optimal in terms of innovativeness. We discuss the implications of our findings for future research and managerial practice.

Appropriation of Innovation and Patent Behaviors of Technological Firms in the Yangtze Delta Area

In the transition from ＂made in China＂ to ＂invented in China,＂ what is the motivation of Chinese firms in applying for patents？ Why do some firms bypass patents？ How is patenting developing within Chinese firms？ This paper attempts to answer these questions using data of Chinese firms in the Yangtze River Delta region. Results indicate that, for product innovation, obtaining the lead time for market entry is of top priority in innovation protection, followed by confidentiality and patent protection. As for process innovation, confidentiality ranks first, followed by patent protection and obtaining the lead time. There is a significant and positive relationship between prior experience of patent licensing and possibility of future patent licensing. Firms with painful patent litigation experience tend to avoid it in the future. It is also found that there are great differences in patent behaviors between Chinese enterprises and their foreign counterparts.

Shenzhen——City of Innovation

In 1979, Shenzhen was a small frontier town that was home to about 30,000 people. After 30 years of development, it has be- come one of the most vibrant, modern and economically diverse cities in the world. As the first special

Diversity: Driver of Innovation and Growth

Diversity management is a popular buzzword for several years.'Diverse project teams deliver better projects for a better world'is the motto of the 1st Diversity in Project Management Congress2017 of IPMA in the Netherlands.But what does this organizational development concept“diversity”mean for the discipline of project management?What makes the success of diversity for projects?

Overconfidence and the adoption of robo-advice:why overconfident investors drive the expansion of automated financial advice

Adaptive online platforms,powered by artificial intelligence,commonly referred to as robo-advice,steadily increase their market share.Yet these comparably new financial services are critically understudied.Little is known about why some investors adopt robo-advice for something as essential as asset allocation.The current paper tries to close this gap by shedding light on the causal effect of investor overconfidence on the propensity of using robo-advice.The study proposes a theoretical framework that combines the divergence of opinion hypothesis with consumer behavior insights and information technology diffusion research.The framework is empirically tested on the Investor Sample of the 2015 National Financial Capability Study,a subsample of 2000 US investors.The results from a series of generalized linear,structural,and semipara-metric models show that in a pre-chasm market,overconfident investors have a significantly higher propensity of adopting robo-advice.While higher financial literacy seems to decrease robo-advice uptake,unjustified confidence in one’s knowledge causally increases it.Willingness to take financial risk cannot account for the significantly increased adoption of robo-advice among overconfident investors.The findings help managers to better position robo-advice by offering behavioral insights into their user base.In addition,the results outline a managerial tool to take demand-side actions to increase the likelihood of an end-user innovation crossing the chasm.

Optimal control of pricing strategy for diffusion model

This study presents a conceptual framework based on the new product diffusion and demand theory models. The proposed framework was creating a probability of demand function. Considering effectiveness of demand function transmitted by adopters, the optimal control policies of pricing are conducted according to the optimal control theorv.

Should the Companies Invest in Innovation？

In the beginning, this template describes the actual situation on the market. As a second point, there is a description and a classification of the different kinds of innovation. The object of this template is a scientific examination of the interrelation between innovation and the companies＇ future development. Today＇s markets are changing rapidly. The environment alters faster and faster. Business companies are forced to adapt to these changing conditions. They have to develop new and adjusted products to be successful on these markets. Companies are offering their products on markets. The more customers＇ requirements those products fulfil, the more likely they will be bought. Innovation can be described as a process of transforming a concept into a product, good, or service. Real innovation is seldom, though. More often, innovation is a result of a known solution being transferred into a new context. There are different forms of innovation. In general innovation can be classified in： basic innovation, product improving innovation, product adjusting innovation, imitation and pretended innovation. These different kinds of innovation can occur within a company as a process, or in a market as a newly developed product. The future of a company depends in many ways on the newly developed products, which in turn are depending on the needs of the customers. Those needs are not always known and needs could also be generated by inventing new technologies. Companies have to consider the development of new products and manufacturing processes in order to stay successful.

An Investigation on Telecommunication Staff＇s Acceptance of E-Learning Technology

As the information on telecommunication products updates rapidly, using E-learning in staff training becomes an edge for company operation. However, previous studies showed that staff＇s attitude toward E-learning significantly affected the outcomes of training. The purpose of this study is to investigate the acceptance of E-learning in a telecommunication company. The researchers adopted the technology acceptance model （TAM） and diffusion of innovation theory to evaluate the perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use on E-learning, in addition to employees＇ self-directed learning motivation, attitude toward computers, and organizational influence. We randomly chose 571 employees of the telecommunication entrepreneur at the Taichung office in Taiwan to participate in this survey. The result showed that employees＇ background factors such as age, job position, marital status, education level and the scale of job unit had the significant impact on behavioral intention to use E-learning. Employees＇ self-directed learning, attitude toward computers, and organizational influence respectively also had positive effects on perceived usefulness of E-learning and perceived ease of use of E-learning. Furthermore, employees＇ perceived usefulness of E-learning and perceived ease of use of E-learning also had a positive effect on behavioral intention to use E-learning systems.

An Empirical Research About Corporate Governance on Enterprise Innovation

Enterprise innovation is the core driving force of national development.As the core of the modern enterprise system,corporate governance has a significant impact on enterprise innovation.Through particularizing the issue of corporate governance and then analyzing thoroughly about the interaction between the structure of corporate governance and the level of enterprise innovation by means of the method of empirical research,the article aims to ascertain the critical factors in the mode of corporate governance which have an impact on the level of enterprise innovation,thereby providing the relative references for the reform of corporate governance in China and promotion of enterprise innovation.