The role of user firms in the innovation of machine tools: the Japanese case

Article Abstract:

Previous research has determined that users greatly influence the innovation process. However, the role of users in the exploitation of the economic benefits of innovation have not been tackled in past studies. To remedy this problem, the role played by Japanese user firms in machine tool innovation is studied. Results indicate that users' capital investments influence innovation in the machine tool sector and that user firms have always been ready participants in the innovation of machine tools.

Metalworking Machinery, Machine Tools, Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing, Innovations, Japan, Tool industry

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Evaluating technology innovation programs: the use of comparison groups to identify impacts

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A study was conducted on the use of alternative comparison groups for evaluating technology innovation programs. The Dept. of Energy's Energy-Related Inventions Program (ERIP) was chosen as the sample program. Analysis indicated that ERIP-supported technologies achieved substantial commercial success due in part to support from the ERIP. Results also showed that simultaneous program participant tracking and a matched comparison group can effectively isolate program effects from other factors.

Technology and state, Technology policy

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A socio-cognitive approach to innovation

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A socio-cognitive framework for studying the innovation process at the firm level is introduced. The approach unites K.E. Weick's social psychological model of organizational behavior with D.J. Teece's knowledge base-based model of the firm. It thus characterizes technological innovation as a cognitive process that leads individuals within the firm to create something out of cognitive elements taken from the firm's technological base and existing markets.

Scientific creativity, Creative ability in technology

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