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title: "Innovation"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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Given its effects on efficiency, quality of life, and productive growth, innovation is a key driver in improving society and economy. Consequently, policymakers have worked to develop environments that will foster innovation, from funding research and development to establishing regulations that do not inhibit innovation, funding the development of innovation clusters, and using public purchasing and standardisation to 'pull' innovation through.
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For instance, experts are advocating that the U.S. federal government launch a National Infrastructure Foundation, a nimble, collaborative strategic intervention organization that will house innovations programs from fragmented silos under one entity, inform federal officials on innovation performance metrics, strengthen industry-university partnerships, and support innovation economic development initiatives, especially to strengthen regional clusters. Because clusters are the geographic incubators of innovative products and processes, a cluster development grant program would also be targeted for implementation. By focusing on innovating in such areas as precision manufacturing, information technology, and sustainable energy, other areas of national concern would be tackled including government debt, carbon footprint, and oil dependence. The U.S. Economic Development Administration understand this reality in their continued Regional Innovation Clusters initiative. The United States also has to integrate her supply-chain and improve her applies research capability and downstream process innovation.
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Many countries recognize the importance of innovation including Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT); Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research; and the Ministry of Science and Technology in the People's Republic of China. Russia's innovation programme is the Medvedev modernisation programme which aims to create a diversified economy based on high technology and innovation. The Government of Western Australia has established a number of innovation incentives for government departments. Landgate was the first Western Australian government agency to establish its Innovation Program.
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Some regions have taken a proactive role in supporting innovation. Many regional governments are setting up innovation agencies to strengthen regional capabilities. Business incubators were first introduced in 1959 and subsequently nurtured by governments around the world. Such "incubators", located close to knowledge clusters (mostly research-based) like universities or other government excellence centres – aim primarily to channel generated knowledge to applied innovation outcomes in order to stimulate regional or national economic growth.
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Governments use their own public procurement and that of the agencies they direct to promote innovation. The UK Government's report Competing in the Global Economy - The Innovation Challenge (DTI: 2003) called for public sector agencies to boost innovation and saw public bodies' procurement activities as a means to achieve this. Capturing Innovation offered a guide on how this could be achieved without sacrificing value for money. A subsequent report, Driving innovation through public procurement (2009) stated thatTo maximise the potential to make a difference to our national performance on innovation, public sector organisations need to consider innovative solutions for their everyday business and to address innovation professionally in the procurement process.
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In 2009, the municipality of Medellín, Colombia created Ruta N to transform the city into a knowledge city.
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== Counter-hegemonic views on innovation ==
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Innovation in the prevailing hegemonic view today mostly refers to 'innovation under capital', due to the prevailing capitalist nature of the global economy. In contrast, Robra et al. (2023) propose a counter-hegemonic view on innovation. This alternative lens revises the centrality of capital accumulation as the primary goal of innovation. Instead of being solely driven by profit motives, a counter-hegemonic understanding sees innovation as a means to create user-value, with a focus on satisfying societal needs. This view on innovation is underpinned by open access to knowledge, adaptability, repairability, and maintenance of products as well as Eco-sufficiency, defining progress not by efficiency but by staying within planetary boundaries, thereby challenging the hegemonic belief in limitless growth. This perspective is exemplified by commons-based peer production (CBPP), offering an alternative vision of innovation that prioritizes conviviality over relentless competition. In essence, this counter-hegemonic view describes a more socially and ecologically conscious approach to innovation, striving for a balance between technological progress and human wellbeing.
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== See also ==
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Chief innovation officer – Executive-level position
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Chief idea officer – Executive role focused on ideation and creativity management
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Communities of innovation (CoI) – Communities that support innovation
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Creative problem solving – Mental process of problem solvingPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
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Diffusion (anthropology) – Archaeological theoryPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
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Eco-innovation – Development of products and processes that contribute to sustainable development
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Hype cycle – Graphical presentation of the maturity of specific technologiesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
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Induced innovation
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Information revolution – Industrial shift to information technologyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
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Innovation leadership – Philosophy and technique
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Innovation system
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International Association of Innovation Professionals
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ISO 56000 – Family of standards for innovation management systems
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Knowledge economy – Approach to generating value
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Obsolescence – State of being obsolete
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Open Innovation – Term for external cooperation in innovationPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
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Open Innovations (Forum and Technology Show)
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Outcome-Driven Innovation – Strategy for customer-defined value creation
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Participatory design – Active involvement of all stakeholders in the design process
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Product innovation
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Pro-innovation bias – Belief that innovation should be adopted by the society without the need for alterations
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Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 9) – United Nations goals for people for 2030
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Technology Life Cycle – Development, ascent, maturity, and decline of new technologiesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
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Technological change – Process of invention, innovation and diffusion of technology or processes
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Technological innovation system
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Theories of technology – Factors that shape technological innovation
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Timeline of historic inventions
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Toolkits for User Innovation – Design methodPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
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UNDP Innovation Facility – Global development network of the UNPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
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User Innovation – Revolutional resourcePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
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Virtual product development – Development of products in a digital environment
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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Bloom, Nicholas; Jones, Charles I.; Van Reenen, John; Webb, Michael (April 2020). "Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find?". American Economic Review. 110 (4): 1104–1144. doi:10.1257/aer.20180338.
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Gitta, Cosmas and South, David (2011). Southern Innovator Magazine Issue 1: Mobile Phones and Information Technology: United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation.
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Steven Johnson (2011). Where Good Ideas Come From. Riverhead Books. ISBN 978-1-59448-538-1.
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Sonenshein, Scott (2017). Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined. Harper Business. ISBN 978-0-06-245722-6.
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Kochetkov, Dmitry M. (2023). "Innovation: A state-of-the-art review and typology". International Journal of Innovation Studies. 7 (4): 263–272. doi:10.1016/j.ijis.2023.05.004. hdl:1887/3631559.
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Śledzik, K.; Szmelter-Jarosz, A.; Schmidt, E. Kalpazidou; Bielawski, K.; Declich, A. (December 2023). "Are Schumpeter's Innovations Responsible? A Reflection on the Concept of Responsible (Research and) Innovation from a Neo-Schumpeterian Perspective". Journal of the Knowledge Economy. 14 (4): 5065–5085. doi:10.1007/s13132-023-01487-3. |