New Technology Innovation Model Centered on Enterprises
Du, Jingshu Chen, Yufen Xie, K.
Du, Jingshu
Chen, Yufen
Xie, K.
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2008
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Science and technology management research
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28
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10
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184
Publication End page
188
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As the elderly care sector is characterized by several challenges, rethought and restructured organizations and institutions and thus innovation are necessary. This study investigated (1) what innovation in the elderly care sector means and (2) which factors determine the innovativeness of elderly care organizations. Our goal was to develop a framework to catch innovation and explain the capacity for innovation in the elderly care sector. Via case studies within five Flemish elderly care organizations, the applicability of the complex adaptive system (CAS) theory was examined. The results showed that organizations partially acted as CASs, but totally acting as CASs was restrained by top-down forces, procedures, and regulations.
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Operations & Supply Chain Management