Transformational Innovation Research Articles

Enterprise Responses to Industrial Policy Adjustments Based on Resource-based Theory

This paper employs resource-based theory to investigate the strategies adopted by enterprises in response to significant changes in industrial policies. We select China's leading education and training industry player, New Oriental Education & Technology Group, as a case study to analyze a series of resource allocation adjustments taken in response to the major industry transformation in the education sector in 2021, brought about by the introduction of the "Double Reduction" policy. Using a combination of cross-sectional and longitudinal comparative analysis, we explore the strategies for resource allocation adjustments and innovation in the face of adverse industry policies. We categorize these response measures into three stages: "immediate response - strategic adjustments - transformational innovation," and analyze the changes in resource allocation. In conclusion, we provide general strategic recommendations for enterprises to navigate industrial policy adjustments, aiming to offer reference and guidance for managing policy risks and developing core competitive capabilities.

EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INNOVATION PORTFOLIO IN POLISH ENTERPRISES – RESEARCH RESULTS

A single innovation project has a low probability of success, while the company’s chances of gaining a competitive advantage are low. Only a properly diversified innovation portfolio gives a chance for market success. The aim of the article is to analyze the issue of the effectiveness of innovation portfolio management in Polish enterprises, due to various external and internal factors, and also to identify clues determining the success of the innovation portfolio among enterprises in the future. For this purpose, a literature review in the area of the innovation portfolio was conducted. Also the method of analysis and criticism of the literature was applied. In the research process, empirical articles and Statistics Poland reports were analyzed. As a result of the analyses, effective ways to build innovation portfolio efficiency were identified by pointing out factors that can contribute to key optimization decisions (e.g., proper planning and diversification of the innovation project portfolio). Enterprises, in order to achieve innovation portfolio efficiency in difficult market conditions, should reallocate their resources to less risky innovation projects, and at the same time accepting the risks associated with introducing a transformational innovation.

A task-oriented framework for generative AI in design

The intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Design disciplines such as Architecture, Urban Planning, Engineering and Product Design has been a longstanding pursuit, with Generative AI (GAI) ushering in a new era of possibilities. The research presented here explores how GAI can enhance creativity and assist Design practitioners with tasks to create products such as, but not limited to, renderings, concepts, construction techniques, materials, data analytics or maps. We apply a framework of combinational, exploratory and transformational creativity to organize how recent advancements in GAI can support each creative category. We propose a conceptual framework of GAI towards transformational creativity, and identify real-world examples to demonstrate GAI's impact, such as transforming sketches into detailed renders, facilitating real-time 3D model generation, predicting trends through analytics and creating images or reports via text prompts. Our work envisions a future where GAI becomes a real-time collaborator to complete certain automated tasks while liberating Designers to focus on transformational innovation.

Spatial Decision Support System Model for Economic Resilience in East Java Province

Economic resilience has many dimensions and aspects to consider. The complexity of studying resilience ultimately requires simplification in the form of a model that can be applied in spatial decision-making. This study aims to find a model and simulation of economic resilience policy priorities for East Java Province in the form of a Spatial Decision Support System. The calculation is done by applying the TOPSIS algorithm on the vectorMCDA plugin in a geographic information system and qualitative descriptive analysis. The results of the calculation indicate that the focus of economic resilience policy is on the aspects of recovery and transformational innovation, while the ideal resilience policy alternative is the most appropriate priority policy alternative.

AI Like ChatGPT, Users Like Us: How ChatGPT Drivers and AI Efficacy Affect Consumer Behaviour

Since OpenAI first unveiled ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-based chatbot service, to the public, expectations for high utility and various possibilities have attracted researchers, industry, and consumers. The current study identified the influencing factors of consumer acceptance of ChatGPT that approached transformational innovation. For research purposes, 251 innovative consumers who use ChatGPT were recruited online, and the research model was tested by employing PLS (partial least squares) analysis. The study demonstrated the impact of consumers’ perceptions of the two AI features (human-like characteristics and performance characteristics) on their intention to use AI through their efficacy in AI services and service satisfaction. Moreover, the serendipity experience could lead to positive use intention. Considering that few empirical studies investigated actual user behaviour since ChatGPT services are still in the early stages of the market, this study might provide several implications for researchers and practitioners.

Visualising, Illustrating and Communicating Future Water Visions to Support Learning and Sustainability Transitions

A global existential and interlocking environmental, climate and cooperation/equity polycrisis is being faced, which increasingly impacts and is impacted by water and land systems. As a result, transformations in response are gaining increasing traction. Advances in approaches to visualising and communicating how innovations and changes in landscape features enable shifts, transformations and transitions are more crucial than ever before. Visions help focus the actions, collaboration and alignment of multiple actors in working towards a common purpose, whilst also entering people’s consciousness at the deep level of values, transforming beliefs and consequently, thinking and action. They give direction to effort and pull on transformational innovation. The evidence-based ‘Water Visions Visualisation Platform’ presents an innovative and accessible way to illustrate, communicate and support future water visioning and strategising at the landscape scale based on composite paradigms, scenarios, horizons and concepts. Plausible visions of the future are envisioned, illustrated, narratively described and qualitatively assessed, as well as connected with real-world examples and resources through the interactive platform. This paper outlines the co-creation methodology, the architecture and the initial co-development of the platform, as well as a preliminary evaluation of its efficacy through literature-based criteria and the sharing of the platform with stakeholders.

The impact of policies on the diffusion of agricultural innovations: Systematic review on evaluation approaches

The demand for sustainable agricultural technologies still lags behind the supply confirming the demand articulation failure of transformational innovation change agricultural policies. To understand the reasons for demand shortcomings, the evaluation of developed policies is required. In the literature, there is little evidence on this topic, henceforth, this paper conducts a systematic review of the primary methodological approaches used to assess the influence of policies on the dissemination of agricultural innovations. The results showed that there are two clusters of evaluation; the first investigates how policies affect agricultural innovation adoption, and the second studies how policies affect yields and profitability. For the first cluster, 70% of the studies analyzed adoption decisions using the Double-hurdle, Probit, or Tobit models or captured changes in adoption levels over time using the Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool and discrete-time duration models. This cluster is related to the assessment of the input and output additionalities of innovation policies. In 58% of the studies related to the second cluster, the focus was the assessment of economic and environmental implications using mathematical programming models, particularly agent-based modeling. The purpose of evaluation in this cluster is more focused on behavioral additionality. There were no experimental or quasi-experimental methods among the methods utilized in this cluster. The majority of studies do not incorporate the evaluation of economic, social, and environmental aspects together; therefore, evaluation outlooks suggest increasing interest in sustainability impact. It is suggested that models from both clusters be used in combination to explore input, output, and behavioral additionalities simultaneously. Furthermore, including white-box evaluation approaches to evaluate demand-oriented innovation policy in the agricultural sector, in addition to usual black-box approaches, is a necessity.

A Healthcare System Looks Within to Improve Outcomes.

Healthcare organizations are facing exponential growth in change-not just to compete, but to survive. Amid the widening gap between expenses and reimbursements, hospitals must manage the adoption of expensive advanced technologies, continuous synthesis of emerging clinical knowledge, intensive regulatory readiness, and public ranking of quality outcomes. And they must handle all this as patient expectations grow. At Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH), we have approached these challenges by nurturing an organizational mindset of transformational innovation. The ability to harness the collective brainpower of 12,000 MLH associates to find cost reductions, operational efficiencies, and better ways to provide patient care has proven invaluable when facing the demands to do more with less. Achieving this degree of engagement began with full transparency of the challenges we face as an organization, clearly articulating the need to change, and providing a structured approach to capture and respond to suggestions from the workforce. The Power of One Idea program, a platform for listening and learning, has enabled the workforce to answer that call and make an impressive impact: $17 million in cost savings and previously untapped revenues. In return, the forward-thinking associates submitting those ideas have shared in those savings and realized more than $1.5 million in extra income. The Performance Excellence Award, a program to seek out best practices in safety, efficiency, or effectiveness, also has enriched the business with at least 100 proven approaches to advance care delivery.

Social innovation, transformation, and public policy: towards a conceptualization and critical appraisal

Abstract This article conceptualizes the role of social innovation (SI) in transformational innovation policy, identifies policy options, and points out potential risks of mobilizing SI for transformations. We illustrate our conceptual claims based on selected policy examples and propose a set of distinctions about the basic role of policy for SI in the context of transformation. We distinguish the importance of SI for the two policy approaches: transformative innovation policy and mission-oriented innovation policy. It follows that politics must differentiate between the various types of SI and their different significance for missions and transformations. To decide whether and how policy intervenes, ex ante and ex post analyses of the transformational effects of SI and the policies that act on them must be developed and applied. It is crucial to accompany and promote the diversity of SIs politically in such a way that they can constructively unfold their transformation potential.

Toward an integrated framework for developing European 6G innovation

This article contributes to the discussion on 6G and European policy development, outlining an integrated framework for Europe to benefit from 6G innovation in the future, both as a developer and user of 6G technologies. As 6G is envisioned as a general-purpose technology that can transform the whole of society, there is a need to adopt a broader perspective to innovation compared to earlier technology generations. This proposed framework comprises five elements: national and European sovereignty, triple bottom line sustainability, a competitive transformational innovation policy, European values-based anticipatory regulation, and trustworthy networks that addresses the privacy, security, and safety of users and resilience of 6G at the systems level. It is argued that Europe needs both ex ante and ex post actions to competitively develop and deploy future 6G technologies.

Innovative Public Procurement Failure: A Case Analysis from Poland

Objectives: The rising popularity of Innovation Public Procurement (IPP) raises questions about its effectiveness as a tool for transformative policies, including governance levels, coordination, and strategic development. The purpose of the article is to explore the failure of governance in a Polish IPP to present how IPP guidelines are implemented empirically. Research Design & Methods: The research article presents conclusions from the case study of first large-scale trial of public procurement procedure with respect to an innovative partnership in Poland. Findings: The case is a rarely analysed example of policy failure and shows that ignoring stakeholders’ needs, timeline constrains, and market capacity can result in policy failure. Programme history highlights that proper risk analysis and adaptation to the market context can prevent programme failure. Implications/Recommendations: The article opens up a field for considering what steps are crucial in formulating IPP, especially in country with lower level of innovativeness. The analysis leads to the main conclusion that transformative policy frameworks using demand-pull tools need to be embedded in the market realities and capabilities of national innovation systems. Contribution/Value Added: The article strives to fill a gap in the literature on implementing transformational innovation policies in peripheral countries, which are less frequently described. The other contributions refer to merging the DARPA’s approach and IPP. Article classification: research article Keywords: innovation policy, innovation public procurement, policy failure JEL classification: O380

Configuration of inclusive innovation systems: Function, agents and capabilities

Social exclusion represents a major challenge to policies advocating sustainable development in the Global South. Although this is a problem not prioritized in the realms of innovation policy focused on economic growth and competitiveness, it is now widely accepted that innovation may contribute significantly to the well-being of the social excluded. However, it is debated whether the innovation system approach is capable of informing transformational innovation policies aiming at overcoming social exclusion and other global challenges. This paper argues that the system innovation approach is adequate for facing this endeavour and identifies key constituent elements of innovation systems which are necessary for inclusion to emerge from the system dynamics. We illustrate the elements of this system configuration drawing upon the case of the appropriation of biorational approaches in pest management and precision agriculture techniques by a group of peasants in a rural village in Colombia. The proposal considers new elements that configure inclusive innovation systems in an agent-based, bottom-up perspective, such as new agents, capabilities, directionalities, and the integration of traditional knowledge with scientific and technology knowledge, elements that enable a new system function. In terms of policy implications, some reflections are made on favouring the sustainability paradigm and promoting inclusive learning processes.

와해성 혁신의 확장과 변혁적 혁신 유형

Automobile industry is under the transformational innovations. The module and part makers of the internal combustion engine and related parts are disrupted by the electric vehicles. Tesla is the leading innovator in this sector. An investor asked Prof. Christensen whether Tesla is a disruptive innovation. The answer was strictly “No!” The contradiction of the reality and the theoretical claim brings the idea of anomalies in theory. For sure, Tesla has the ‘Disruptiveness’ in a sense, but the rigorous judgement is contradictory. It is an opportunity to expand the innovation theory. This study is an ad-hoc expansion of disruptive innovation theory with four transformational innovation types: Avalanche Innovation, foundation innovation, disruptive innovation. and authentic innovation/ entrepreneurship. Here, two innovation axis are suggested to explain the process of transformation and authenticity of entrepreneurs leading innovation. The re-examination of Tesla innovation from Christensen’s theoretical perspective and categorize it as a new type of innovation. It is ad-hoc expansion named as avalanche innovation. There are several downward innovations with adaptive course of actions that brings avalanche of Innovation to the SMEs in automobile industries. The convertive innovation of Hyundai-Kia motors and the barricade innovation of the parts and module companies are discussed. Based on the case based theory building research, more development of responsive strategy to avalanche innovation for the survival of the incumbents. Research agendas are discussed for the future research possibilities.

Inclusive innovation in just transitions: The case of smart local energy systems in the UK

Inclusive innovation addresses the challenges and aspirations of poor and marginalised groups in society. Attention towards these groups is also important for social justice in sustainable transitions. How can research insights from inclusive innovation contribute to just transitions? In this paper, based on original mixed methods data, analysis built around levels of inclusion is applied empirically to the case of smart local energy systems in the UK. Despite innovators acknowledging inclusiveness as significant for their decarbonised, decentralised and digitalised transition goals, inclusion operates currently at low levels owing to the prevalence of a liberal-individualist approach to justice in the electricity regime. Noting efforts (and constraints) in higher-level inclusion in some demonstration projects, we discuss whether and how social-collectivist approaches to justice open up more transformative possibilities. The case illustrates how analysis of relations between justice and inclusion can invite more transformational innovation policies.

The future of evolutionary medicine: sparking innovation in biomedicine and public health.

Evolutionary medicine - i.e. the application of insights from evolution and ecology to biomedicine - has tremendous untapped potential to spark transformational innovation in biomedical research, clinical care and public health. Fundamentally, a systematic mapping across the full diversity of life is required to identify animal model systems for disease vulnerability, resistance, and counter-resistance that could lead to novel clinical treatments. Evolutionary dynamics should guide novel therapeutic approaches that target the development of treatment resistance in cancers (e.g., via adaptive or extinction therapy) and antimicrobial resistance (e.g., via innovations in chemistry, antimicrobial usage, and phage therapy). With respect to public health, the insight that many modern human pathologies (e.g., obesity) result from mismatches between the ecologies in which we evolved and our modern environments has important implications for disease prevention. Life-history evolution can also shed important light on patterns of disease burden, for example in reproductive health. Experience during the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has underlined the critical role of evolutionary dynamics (e.g., with respect to virulence and transmissibility) in predicting and managing this and future pandemics, and in using evolutionary principles to understand and address aspects of human behavior that impede biomedical innovation and public health (e.g., unhealthy behaviors and vaccine hesitancy). In conclusion, greater interdisciplinary collaboration is vital to systematically leverage the insight-generating power of evolutionary medicine to better understand, prevent, and treat existing and emerging threats to human, animal, and planetary health.

Experience of developing a mission-oriented STI for SDGS roadmap in Ukraine

The subject of the study: mission-oriented policy in the field of science, technology and innovation, to achieve the SDGs in Ukraine. Purpose: defining the STI policy missions (priority directions) to respond to societal challenges and SDGs; developing the roadmaps for STI policy missions as a tool ensuring their coordination with strategic documents’ measures regarding the SDGs achieving. Methods: policy analysis, foresight research, statistical and scientific-metric analysis, business and information analytics. Results of the work: The objectives of six policy missions in the STI field were determined based on the foresight study, analysis of challenges, scientific and technological potential and stakeholder consultations. For the first time, six STI for SDGs roadmaps were developed for six concrete missions according to a single structure, which includes the situation and trends analysis in the relative sectors, scientific and technological and entrepreneurial potential, the key strategic documents’ measures for the SDGs implementation. The road map content has been agreed with 17 interested authorities. A comprehensive STI for SDGs roadmap has been developed as a toolkit for coordinating regulatory, organizational and financial measures regarding SDGs in Ukrainian strategic documents with the STI policy tools. The research results are the basis for determining the priority directions for the development of science and innovative activities for 2023, approved by the resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 283 of March 30, 2023 and No. 463 of May 9, 2023. Scope of application of the results: legal regulation in the STI field, transformational innovation policy. Conclusions. Defining the tasks of six policy missions in the field of STI to respond to national challenges and SDGs allowed for a more thorough analysis of the problems and risks of not achieving the SDGs and their relations with the strategic policy planning in the relevant sectors. The mission-oriented STI for SDGs road map becomes a more effective tool for coordinating the priority directions (missions) of the STI policy with measures for their implementation in strategic development documents. Further research will be aimed at strengthening the roadmap’ coordinating role during the implementation of STI policy measures and tools in the sectors of the national economy, as well as developing the appropriate indicators for monitoring and evaluating the progress in the STI for SDGs roadmap implementation.

Identifying the Selection Criteria for Elite Lecturer in Medical Education: A Qualitative Study

Background. The main purpose of this study was to determine standard criteria for selecting elite lecturers in medical science universities. Methods. A qualitative research method with a content analysis approach was employed to conduct the study. The study was done in one of the top ranked universities in Iran. Data gathering was performed by Purposive sampling method. Data were collected from individuals who had experience working in the deputy of education and education development center (EDC) in the field of teacher evaluation. Focused group discussion sessions continued until data saturation was achieved. Results. Based on the analysis of the interviews, four criteria were identified for selecting elite teachers; including: "The dynamics of education", "Research and educational innovation", "Evaluation of fair treatment, discipline and professional ethics," "accountability in Transformational Innovation Packages in education". The score of clinical teachers and basic sciences teachers were considered 94 and 100, respectively. Conclusion. In this study, in order to observe educational justice and encourage teachers to perform their various roles and tasks, a standard tool was designed to select elite teacher. The results of this study can be used as a standard tool in other medical universities in Iran.

Systematic Literature Review: Inter-Reletedness of Innovation, Resilience and Sustainability-Major, Emerging Themes and FutureResearch Directions.

RationaleResearch has been using resilience, sustainability and innovation interchangeably, but there is a lack of research that would provide an insight into how they are related to each other. This systematic literature review thus investigates research on sustainability, innovation and resilience, how they are related to each other, and also identifies major, emerging themes and future research directions on these topics.ProcedureWe used Bibliometrix software to visually describe articles with the highest number of citations, to present the thematic evolution of the field and present a historical map. The triangulation and thematic groups were identified and compared by two independent researchers. ResultsResilience is involved in processes, sustainability is concerned with the outcomes, while innovation represents a pathway to achieving both resilience and sustainability. Resilience can ensure the provision of the system functions in the face of shocks and stresses and sustainability can ensure the adequate performance of the system in general. Three major themes were identified, ‘socio-ecological systems’, ‘transformational innovation’ and ‘political governance’, as well as three emerging themes, ‘food security and agriculture’, ‘businesses and finance’ and ‘interconnected systems’. There is a need for longitudinal, multi-scale and interdisciplinary research that would explore various aspects of integrating these concepts. ConclusionThere is a great overlap between the concepts of resilience, sustainability and innovation. Future research could study these concepts in relation to each other. Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43615-022-00187-5.

Transformational innovation in home energy: How developers imagine and engage with future residents of low carbon homes in the United Kingdom

Decarbonisation and climate change targets require multiscale sociotechnical energy transitions that include significant changes to housing stock. In the UK, the development of Active Buildings, which directly seek to be efficient energy producers, have zero carbon emissions and provide grid flexibility, has the potential to make a significant contribution to meeting these targets. Active Homes as a particular type of Active Building represent a potentially transformational innovation by altering how energy is produced, distributed and consumed, in addition to how homes are designed, constructed and then lived in. In this paper we draw on insights from qualitative interviews with stakeholders involved in the development of different Active Homes to consider motivations for development, and their views on how residents will reside in and interact with the homes. We highlight a potential conflict between a desire to prioritise the needs of residents with a belief amongst some that to do so, user engagement with technology should be minimised. This has implications for design decisions, which in turn influence how residents experience and live within the homes. In illuminating these narratives, we indicate the necessity of ongoing engagement with residents to understand how Active Homes – with particular emphasis on the operation and control of technologies – are experienced, in order to inform the successful rollout of current and future developments.

Exploration challenges of the implementers of Iran's transformational innovation plan in medical education.

BACKGROUND:The Health System Reform Plan, especially in medical education, has undoubtedly caused changes in the university. The continuation of this project requires recognizing the challenges confronted by those in charge of its implementation. This study aimed to explore the challenges of the implementers of the Transformation and Innovation Plan in Medical Education in the universities of Macroregion 5.MATERIALS AND METHODS:The qualitative research was conducted using the content analysis method. Semi-structured interviews with health and medical education managers were used to collect information. Participants were 11 educational leaders of universities who were selected by purposeful sampling. Data collection continued until data saturation was reached. Data analysis was performed continuously and simultaneously with data collection. The Graneheim and Lundman methods were used to analyze the data.RESULTS:From 11 interviews, one theme, five categories, and 12 subclasses were obtained. Five categories include lack of proper groundwork, weak leadership, structural problems, inability to fund, and inadequate monitoring.CONCLUSION:Innovation and transformation in medical education are one of the critical missions and admirable actions of the Ministry of Health in the field of education, but a review of this plan can, in addition to identifying shortcomings and problems, pave the way for success, and progress in future programs.