In a last few decades, innovation research scholars proposed several new concepts, one after another, but independently, and in a chronological sequence: technology fusion; digital convergence; disruptive technology; open innovation; and IoT (Internet of Things). Each concept has its own...

Innovation has been and continues to be an important theme in management literature, and almost any improvement upon the status quo could be regarded as some sort of innovation. Such an improvement could be made in terms of an increase of efficiency for an existing process or the creation of...

In the era of Industry 4.0, the basis of competition and innovation increasingly shifts from individual product’s cost, differentiation, and flexibility attributes towards network of connected products and insights from product data analytics. As products are connected to the Industrial...