Purpose – Market strategies and technology strategies are two sides of the same coin that drive innovation efforts. This paper argues that combining them as a balanced force is crucial for innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach – Using an inductive case study with in-depth...

One of the major driving forces behind a firm’s success can be attributed to its meme management. Memes, analogous to the biological gene, are self‐replicating. They represent the knowledge, views, perceptions, and beliefs communicated from person to person. In a business context, memes can...

Purpose – Through a case study of the Jiangsu Little Swan Group Company in the People's Republic of China aims to describe the transition from initial attempts at imitation of products through to the realisation that innovation would need to be purchased Design/methodology/approach – Relates...

Purpose – Scientists are known for their good ideas, but packaging those ideas into a commercial format requires skills, funding, and processes for which many scientists and their research institutions are all too often not equipped. The Victorian Government of Australia has developed a...

Authors and researchers have enthusiastically extolled the benefits of innovation for business and other organisations for a number of years. Ironically, although most of today’s organisations claim they encourage innovative and creative behaviour, many are in reality unable or unwilling to...