Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Business Commons™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Technology and Innovation

Selected Works

2008

Innovation

Articles 1 - 3 of 3

Full-Text Articles in Business

Rfid As A Disruptive Innovation, Vlad Krotov Jul 2008

Rfid As A Disruptive Innovation, Vlad Krotov

Vlad Krotov

The first part of the paper discusses Wal-Mart’s adoption of RFID through the theoretical lens of the
Resources, Processes, and Values (RPV) innovation theory. This part makes a theoretical argument that Wal-
Mart adopted RFID as a sustaining innovation – an incremental improvement in supply chain identification
technology. The second part reviews a representative sample of IS literature in order to investigate whether IS
researchers have been influenced by Wal-Mart’s perspective on RFID. The literature review suggests that many
IS researchers have also adopted Wal-Mart’s perspective on RFID. The third part argues that RFID technology
has a potential to become …

Go to article

Firm Size And Innovation In European Manufacturing, Mario Pianta, Andrea Vaona Dec 2007

Firm Size And Innovation In European Manufacturing, Mario Pianta, Andrea Vaona

Mario Pianta

The paper investigates the differences between small, medium-sized and large firms regarding their performance in the introduction of new products and processes. After a review of the relevant literature, two models are proposed and tested in search for different business strategies and innovation inputs connected to product and process innovations. The empirical analysis uses innovation survey (CIS 2) data at the industry level for 22 manufacturing sectors, broken down in three firm size classes, for eight European countries. Special attention is devoted to tackling the issues of possible endogeneity of the regressors and of unobserved sectoral heterogeneity. The results – …

Go to article

New Process And New Products In Europe And Italy, Mario Pianta, Francesco Crespi Dec 2007

New Process And New Products In Europe And Italy, Mario Pianta, Francesco Crespi

Mario Pianta

This article investigates the differences in the mechanisms and strategies conducing to the introduction of new processes and products in Italy and Europe. After a review of the relevant literature, three models are proposed and tested in order to identify the different business strategies and innovation inputs associated to the successful implementation of new products and new processes. The empirical analysis uses innovation surveys (CIS 2-3-4) data at the industry level for 22 manufacturing sectors and 17 services sectors for 8 European countries, with a specific focus on the Italian case. The analysis shows that while the two types of …

Go to article