Kind Of Innovation Research Articles

A brief review of innovations in the education system and teaching languages to marine engineers

Trends in entrepreneurship education have been the focus of this research. Numerous recent trends have included the expansion of entrepreneurship education across primary, secondary, high, and higher schools. The increase of the implementation of the new teaching approach in education programs and teaching activities worldwide and the growth of entrepreneurship education across all the levels within educational systems are also mentioned. Entrepreneurship education is believed to be one of the most appropriate approaches that encourage students to develop useful professional skills that could be helpful both in everyday life and career. Thus this paper aims to review the general knowledge base regarding the recommendation by reporting the reasons activated the interest in entrepreneurship in education, as it is a kind of innovation in professional non-economic education and is not popular among school teachers and university lecturers. The authors underline that multidisciplinary teaching techniques are becoming more popular as they explore a recent tendency of universities to create a new curriculum for entrepreneurship and innovation activities for professional subjects. The paper begins by considering so-called Clip-thinking researches as this specific mindset is thought to be one of the urgent reasons that make it necessary to work out the entrepreneurship approach in teaching. It then considers some literature that can be used in teaching English both everyday and professional, the design and construction of which is identified by the demands of Clip-thinking peculiarities. Then the researchers inform why and how entrepreneurship approach should be implemented in teaching professional English for Maritime engineers and how the creation of such activities can be ‘successful’. There is also presented a list of pedagogical approaches to be used in the classroom and in outclass activities. The goals of the above mentioned educational approach are enlisted as well.

Efficient energy harvesting scheme with power optimization strategies over cognitive radio networks

A wide growth of wireless communication and it's associated technologies innovates many innovative and robust systems. These kinds of innovations over wireless technologies highly depend on energy efficiency and power saving procedures over communication scenarios. These wirless technologies update its nature day-by-day based on the user needs, so a dynamic wireless communication medium is essential to tolerate and resolve this kind of robust needs. Cognitive Radio Networks, an intelligent dynamic programming scheme as well as which has powerful network configurations to choose the efficient wireless network channel for proceeding the communications without any interruptions. This kind of dynamicity and robustness requires more energy to manipulate the sensor node and routing details as well as their presence in every time to check the node availability for further communications. In this paper, we concentrate more on energy harvesting issues and power optimization procedures occurred over Cognitive Radio Networks. In this proposed system, the energy efficiency is preserved and power optimization over CR Networks is handled by means of three intelligent factors/strategies such as: (i) Efficient Route Reporter (ERR), (ii) Dynamic Channel Optimizer (DCO) and (iii) Power Efficiency Handler (PEH). These three strategies are collectively called as Dynamic Optimization Law over CR Networks (DOL-CRNs). By using these DOL-CRNs, we can easily manipulate the issues and provide best resolution to optimize the CR Networks to enhance the network lifetime, throughput, reduce the delay over CR Networks communication and maximize the frame success ratio. For all the proposed DOL-CRNs assures the efficiency of Cognitive Radio Networks as well as its communication robustness with the help of three associated strategies.

Editorial.

Editorial Ruth Oldenziel The production of this issue coincided with the Covid-19 pandemic unfolding across the globe. The health crisis has focused our minds on what we as scholars could thankfully still do from home in an ICT-rich environment, while others could not. Front-line personnel in healthcare, along with warehouse, food-processing, and delivery employees made it possible for us to work in the safety of our homes: networking with and facilitating a global network of scholars. Crises like Covid-19 bring into focus what is usually hidden from view. The technological history of flawed utopias— futures where innovations like information age technologies promised to be the answer to all social ills—should remind us that any kind of innovation has unequal benefits. Airplanes making the world accessible for elites carry the virus; the Internet’s ability to share information in the widest possible fashion has been the conveyer belt of conspiracy theories, as well as the favorite tool of autocratic regimes to quell dissent. Technology is thus a two-edged sword. This issue comes to you at a time when the topic of racial inequality is occupying center stage in the public debate, as historic numbers of protesters take to the streets, beginning in the United States after the murder of George Floyd. The debate and the protests are now global: what does racial inequality mean in the context of colonial legacies? Technology is part of that story. In the United States, militarized police forces armed with assault weapons and ICT-technologies like body cameras enforce but bear witness to police brutality in new ways. Space technologies like remote sensing, GIS, and GPS paired with smartphones help farmers in India and the Sahel increase their crop yields, but governments also use these tools to kill their enemies with unprecedented precision. In nineteenth-century Europe, trains crossed borders, carried food, and helped emigrants escape pogroms and persecution; the reverse was also true: the train system became a cog in the killing machines of Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. Technologies can be tools to both maintain and undermine inequalities as social movements use them in unintended ways. Technology, though, is not just politics by other means, as scholars of technopolitics like Gabrielle Hecht, [End Page ix] Paul Edwards, and Anique Hommels argue. Technologies and political practices produce new forms of power and agency that shape a world of inequality in ways that are hard to “un-make.” As historians of technology, we are in a position to offer the much-needed reflection, context, and longterm perspectives on our contemporary challenges. As incoming editor, I extend an invitation to continue this debate within the journal’s pages. Finally, this issue also has been produced at a time of transition in editorial leadership. We are grateful for Suzanne Moon and her team’s excellent work over the past decade. After sixty years, the journal is still standing on the broad shoulders of Mel Kranzberg, whose expansive vision continues to inspire and whose large shoes subsequent editors have sought to fill. Moon has succeeded in broadening the journal’s geographical coverage, in creating a nurturing environment for emerging scholarship, and in devoting attention to early career scholars has generated a wealth of research articles. Under her guidance, T&C has doubled in size in terms of sheer scholarship production. In the early days, the journal averaged twenty-five research articles a year, while today T&C publishes close to fifty—a rich harvest indeed. Moon also took the lead in creating Technology’s Stories—the site that makes technology scholarship in a range of formats available to all without a paywall. We are indebted to her achievement in making the journal a place where scholars find a welcoming home for their scholarly work. Under her guidance, the journal represents a vibrant community of scholars with an ever expanding range of knowledge. It falls to us to protect what is precious about the journal, while looking forward as our publishing environment alters rapidly and requires new responses. One area demanding our attention is nurturing our community of readers. Reading habits are changing for several reasons. The exploding volume of scholarly work poses...

Exploring the profit model of servitising manufacturers: a resource-based perspective

Servitisation is a kind of business model innovation, and the profit model of servitisation is the core elements of this innovation. In this paper, a comparative case study of two servitising manufacturers was carried out through analysing and cross-comparing different types of servitisation profit models for different product-service offerings within both firms. We classify servitisation profit models into four categories, and then delineating basic profit model elements and finally exploring the relationships between these elements and a firm's resources, capabilities and product-service offerings. The conclusions are that, the effective integration of resources is the prerequisite to foster key capabilities so to build relevant revenue streams, thus forming appropriate servitisation profit models. Understanding the basic logic between elements within the servitisation profit model and the relationship between resources, capabilities and business offerings is critical when the manufacturer is seeking successful transition towards servitisation.

Exploring the profit model of servitising manufacturers: a resource-based perspective

Servitisation is a kind of business model innovation, and the profit model of servitisation is the core elements of this innovation. In this paper, a comparative case study of two servitising manufacturers was carried out through analysing and cross-comparing different types of servitisation profit models for different product-service offerings within both firms. We classify servitisation profit models into four categories, and then delineating basic profit model elements and finally exploring the relationships between these elements and a firm's resources, capabilities and product-service offerings. The conclusions are that, the effective integration of resources is the prerequisite to foster key capabilities so to build relevant revenue streams, thus forming appropriate servitisation profit models. Understanding the basic logic between elements within the servitisation profit model and the relationship between resources, capabilities and business offerings is critical when the manufacturer is seeking successful transition towards servitisation.

Design of Power Monitoring Application

the usage of electrical energy has increased significantly. Awareness of increasing electricity consumption has motivated many researchers to create various kinds of innovations to help reduce the energy crisis in Indonesia. So, it is necessary to consider educating the civilization to monitor the intensity of energy consumption as a good culture to monitor electricity consumption efficiently. This research aims to design an Android-based application based on the Internet of Things (IoT) that can monitor electricity consumption and trace the history of electricity consumption data. The monitoring application can calculate both the power used per hour and the estimated costs incurred. Application was made to monitor kWh meters using IoT, electronic design by using ACS 712 current sensor and NodeMCU 8260. Based on the experiments conducted, it was concluded that the Design of Monitoring Kwh Meter Monitoring Application with ACS712 Current Sensor Using Ubidots IoT Platform successfully worked to control the monitoring of the amount of electrical energy usage through IoT, which has only 0.35 % error.

An Alternative Strategy for Sustaining Innovations Management of Incumbent Firms

Innovation is a prominent phenomenon that enables a firm to gain a competitive advantage against its rivals. However, this does not mean that being innovative allows a firm to perform better. Although innovation has been investigated in the literature, the types of innovations still remain esoteric. As discussed, there are different types of innovations. Different kinds of innovation require different kinds of a business model and may have varying impacts on consumer product decisions. First, this study seeks to highlight the distinction between sustaining and disruptive innovations. Second, this study offers a conceptual framework for the antecedents of sustaining innovations. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed in the light of observations.

Distributional innovations of copyrighted works under conditions of sustainability

Our research in the field of intellectual property has focused on selected innovative forms of distribution and protection. In examining classical innovations, we found different perspectives on their nature. Recently, we have witnessed social challenges and phenomena, which theory, practice and respondents understand as "social" innovations. The results of research into robotics, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and communication technologies need to be radically improved. The current epidemiological situation also significantly affects intellectual property in relation to sustainability. In terms of intellectual property records in society, our research is based primarily on generally binding internal standards, in particular our own and, in part, external resources in the field of intellectual property and innovation. Our research on boars also focused on the distribution of intangible products in pandemic conditions. We used the methodology of quantitative survey and quantitative statistical methods. Data were collected as metadata and also by direct collection. Subsequently analysed by statistical program by correlation and regression analysis. The results show that companies are aware of the importance of all kinds of innovation, intellectual property products and a significant change in distribution channels.

Investigating the Impact of Process and Product Innovation Strategies on Business Performance Due to the Mediating role of environmental dynamism using Structural Equations Modeling

- Goal: the main purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of process and product innovation strategies on business performance due to the dynamic environmental mediator role.
 - Design / Methodology / Approach: The research method was based on purpose of applied research and in terms of data collection and analysis method was survey-correlation. The statistical population of this study consisted of 36 managers of Iranian banking industry. Questionnaires were used for data collection. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data.
 - Results: the results showed that process and product innovation strategies have a positive and significant effect on business performance. Also, Sobel test results indicated that at 95% confidence level, process and product innovation strategies through dynamic mediator variable. Environment has a positive and significant impact on business performance.
 - Limitations of the investigation: One of the limitations of the present study was the existence of different views on the topic of research among the members of the statistical community can influence the results of the research to some extent.
 - Practical implications: The research findings can be used to improve the business performance of companies active in the banking industry through the implementation of innovation strategies.
 - Originality / Value: The product innovation strategies are more visible than process innovation strategies so that the customers can easily feel their presence and this kind of innovation creates a situation where the organization can create a new market for its business.

Role of ICT in Managerial Effectiveness in the Changing Era of Technology: A Quantitative Investigation

Information and Communication Technology is one of the vital forces important for the growth and survival of an organization. It is crucial for every organization to perceive the idea of ICT. ICT in today’s technological era is more than just a study; it is a kind of innovation and new business style which is important for the managerial effectiveness of an organization. It is vital for the top managers to successfully implement the notion of Information and Communication Technology. It doesn’t matter whether the organization is small, medium or large ICT is essential for the smooth running of the business. In a capital intensive business ICT helps in the efficient functioning of the business. As the world is drastically transforming towards digitization ICT has emerged as a tool to bring effectiveness in the managerial activities of an organization. This paper will highlight the role of ICT in managerial effectiveness and some of the issues and challenges related with the same.

PECULIARITIES AND RESULTS OF INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES IN UKRAINE

The article considers the essence of innovative activity and presents results of the study of innovative processes, conducted by agricultural enterprises of Ukraine. To detect peculiarities of those processes, the researchers used results of examination of the innovative activity of agricultural enterprises in the Lviv region. The work confirms a rather high level of innovative activity of agricultural enterprises, compared to the enterprises of other branches of the economy of Ukraine. It secures positive transformations in the system of agrarian production of the country. The work demonstrates expansion of some kinds of innovations (in product, process, organization, and marketing) by agricultural enterprises of the Lviv region. The authors of the research have analyzed changes in the expenditures of agricultural enterprises, arguing the dependence of innovative activity on resource attraction. The article suggests perspective directions of some kinds of product innovations at agricultural enterprises.

User-Driven Innovation in Poland: Determinants and Recommendations

For many years different scientists have published the results of research related to the usage of UDI (user-driven innovation) concept and its impact on innovation activity of enterprises. None of them, however, concerned the relationship between various determinants for developing the R&D (Research and Development) sphere. It is the reason why the main purpose of the study is to present the empirical evidence in finding the determinants for usage of “user-driven innovation” concept (UDI). The work focuses on using this concept in R&D departments, which are very often responsible for introducing this kind of innovation in a firm’s practice. The use of the UDI concept in R&D in the enterprise will be influenced by various factors which, in the literature, are divided into external, independent of the enterprise; and internal, which can be a result of adopted strategies, action plans and/or operating standards. The implementation of UDI in enterprises gives a number of benefits resulting from interaction with the environment, but also encounters barriers and internal problems that need to be neutralized. It is why, in this paper, the internal factors will be considered. To present the relationship between the selected variables, the correspondence analysis which constitutes one of the methods for multidimensional statistical analysis, was applied. The results presented in the paper allowed to formulate several important conclusions about the potential level of implementation of UDI concept in R&D departments in Poland. Firstly, it should be noted that in Poland, the UDI concept is still seen as new. This is why there are no scientific publications on this topic, as well as a lack of system solutions and strategic documents encouraging entrepreneurs to conduct research and development activity based on contacts with users. That is why authors have made some recommendations regarding the promotion of activities related to the use of UDI in research and development processes. Our research supplements the current knowledge in the field of internal conditions affecting the implementation of the UDI concept in enterprises which are starting to implement this concept.

Innovation and Growth: Applying Clayton M. Christensen’s Theories to Academic Libraries

Academic libraries are facing many challenges as documents become digital objects on the network and services that were once their sole province are now provided by others at network-scale. Academic libraries will need to identify and develop new services if they are to remain vital. Using two theories from Clayton M. Christensen’s work, the first on different kinds of innovation and their impact on growth, and the second on the “jobs to be done” framework, can guide librarians in this task. Understanding the different types of innovation and the results they bring should shape budget and resource allocation strategies. Understanding the “jobs of be done” framework should provide the means of identifying new products and services that will be valued by students and faculty. The two theories, taken together, can provide academic libraries the means to assure their continuing relevance.

What is innovation? New lessons from biology

During the 19thcentury, evolutionary models of innovation followed a famous thesis of continuity, according to which methods and explanatory patterns of biology should have an important say in the social sciences. In the 20th century, this thesis was considered unacceptable as part of the sharp separation of biology from the social sciences. Recent advances in the biological sciences suggest a way in which a version of the thesis of continuity can be reinstated, to suggest new ways of explaining innovation in the social sciences. Key kinds of innovation can be explained in terms of the evolution of robust complex systems, interpreted as processes of path creation.

The Innovation of Worship Products for the Future Generation

The heyday of Islam began as early as the middle of the 7th century and once again proved that Islamic science was the forerunner of all kinds of creations and innovations in science and technology. However, today, we see Muslims struggling to make a name for themselves in pioneering science and technology. It should not be so since many of the creations enjoyed today are based on inventions from Islamic civilizations rather than Western ones. Therefore, to restore the past glory, a new plan must begin from now. Among others, through the development of worship products for the use of Muslims worldwide. Studies have shown that efforts to produce tangible products are still low due to the increased focus on non-tangible products such as banking systems, health, and beauty products. Therefore, to ensure the idea of developing this worship product is clearly understood, several examples of existing worship products are presented and discussed regarding their weaknesses from a design perspective. Four examples of the latest innovative products designed specifically for the needs of Muslims are described. The rationale for the need for innovations in worship products is also statistically discussed in light of the rapid growth of Muslims, with over 1.6 billion Muslims. Furthermore, as many as nine groups of worship products have the potential to develop, such as products for prayer, knowledge gathering, pilgrimage, and umrah. Finally, the design features that need to be considered for developing next-generation worship products to meet customer and market needs are also discussed. The results of this research are intended to raise awareness to the world about the golden age of Islamic science and that this innovation is still relevant today. Innovation is a catalyst for high-income economic development. In this regard, developing and producing innovative worship products can generate wealth to improve the quality of life of Muslims worldwide. Such is the initiative introduced by the professional design team in Faculty of Innovative Design and Technology (FRIT) at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) Malaysia that has developed a range of Islamic conceptual products. Based on the results of the observation technique during the pilot test, conducted in many states across the country, there are several issues that need to be resolved namely that Muslims in Malaysia desperately need innovative products that can help them to worship consistently and confidently. This means that there are still no well-built innovative Islamic-based products available in the local market. As such, the Muslim demographic group in the country as well as around the world, comprising senior citizens, adults, teens and children will be able to enjoy the contributions produced by FRIT at UniSZA.

TMT diversity and innovation ambidexterity in family firms

PurposeFamily firms that simultaneously engage in multiple levels of innovation – incremental and radical – are likely to enjoy performance advantages across generations. The purpose of this paper is to research under which management conditions (i.e. top management team (TMT) diversity in terms of generational or non-family involvement) family firms are more likely to achieve innovation ambidexterity. Also, the paper addresses the mediating role of open innovation (OI) breadth in this relationship.Design/methodology/approachA large cross-sectional sample of 335 small- and medium-sized family firms is used. The hypotheses were tested in a mediation model. The relationship between TMT diversity and ambidexterity is measured using a binominal regression analysis, the one between TMT diversity and OI breadth using a Tobit model.FindingsDrawing on the family firm upper echelon perspective, the results indicate that TMT diversity induced through external managers and multiple generations is positively related to innovation ambidexterity. As the mediation analysis reveals, the relationship can be explained by the higher propensity of diverse TMTs to get involved in OI breadth. The findings add to the discussion on family firm heterogeneity and its influence on different kinds of innovation.Originality/valueSo far, few studies have been concerned with ambidextrous family firms. Contrary to their reputation, this study identifies family firms as radical as well as open innovators. As such, this research takes account not only of the heterogeneity of family firms, but also of the heterogeneity of family firm innovation.

INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY OF THE ENTERPRISES OF RUSSIA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

The urgency of the theme is defined by the necessity of active transition of the economy to a new innovative way of development. In the article the level of innovative activity of the Russian enterprises is analyzed, dynamics of innovative production volume and expenses on the kinds of in-novations is characterized. Restrictions of innovative activity are revealed and the ways of its increase are suggested.

Inland aquaculture of carps in Poland: Between tradition and innovation

Abstract: This paper examines how the traditional carp sector in Poland developed during the recent period, paying a particular attention to the different forms of innovations that have been implemented. Mostly based on first-hand, face-to-face interviews, the paper shows that despite the fact that aquaculture of carp is still characterised by strong traditional and cultural features, different categories of economic agents along the value-chain engaged in various kinds of technical, market and institutional innovations. These innovative strategies could be further replicated and developed through collaborative process, where policy makers have a potential role to play. The research results showed the existence of huge potential for innovation in traditional carp sector in Poland, especially in terms of alternative ways of marketing products for small and medium scale farms.

Spatial sorting of innovative firms and heterogeneous effects of agglomeration on innovation in Germany

We examine the effects of agglomeration, differentiating between urbanization and localization economies, on four distinct types of innovation in manufacturing and services. Furthermore, estimating multilevel panel regression models, we investigate the sorting of highly innovative firms into dense urban and/or specialized regions by considering both observable and unobservable firm characteristics. The results indicate that spatial sorting is important. A large portion of the regional differences in firm innovation rates is due to firm characteristics. Estimates that ignore unobserved heterogeneity at the firm level still point to a positive and significant impact of localization economies on different types of innovation. However, once we include firm fixed effects and distinguish between manufacturing and services, only some weak indication for positive effects of localization on radical innovations of manufacturing firms remains. In addition, the probability to adopt an existing product by an manufacturing firm seems to be positively influenced by urbanization economies. For the service sector, in contrast, we find adverse effects of localization on different kinds of innovation and no important effect of urbanization.

The Creation of Technological Interactive Cerdik BM Series 1 as an Innovation of Pedagogical Tool to Support Malay Language Skills

Education is a process of growth and development as a result of individual interaction with the social and physical spheres. Basic skills such as reading and writing skills are important to children in the world including Malaysia. Therefore, the Literacy and Numeracy Screening (LINUS) program was introduced to help children achieve these two skills. LINUS children can be as successful as the mainstream students but they need some kind of pedagogical innovations to help, motivate and engage them in learning. As such, interactive pedagogical tool innovation helps in the dissemination of information by teachers to students. In this study, qualitative research method was used to gain LINUS teachers' and students' insights into the innovative application of Cerdik BM Series 1. Interviews with semi-structured protocols were conducted on ten LINUS teachers and six Linus students in Northern Malaysia. The results showed that LINUS teachers and students responded positively to the Cerdik BM Series 1. The application of virtual game-based learning approach can create an entertainment learning environment to stimulate LINUS students which helps to improve their literacy skills. Per se, an innovative pedagogical tool that integrates technology can increase the interest of students, especially primary school students.