Synopsis: Education: School:


NHS Prescription Services - the impace of legacy ICT - National Audit Office UK 2013.pdf.txt

accreditations to deal with the risks of cyber threat, fraud and other security threats 6 Part One NHS Prescription Services:

manager and Capita, who hold current ISO 20000 accreditation, a recognised service management standard. The Capita contract is in its third year

accreditations to deal with the risks of cyber threat and fraud and other security threats Technology

standards (accreditation) in a cost-effective manner and its security controls ensure the confidentiality, availability and integrity of data.


OECD _ ICT, E-BUSINESS AND SMEs_2004.pdf.txt

inquiries, but also make business processes and knowledge accumulation more efficient. All personnel can share valuable business knowledge and experience, once entered into the office computer, simultaneously

The company was started in 1997 to supply local students with inexpensive but professional violins, but this market was saturated soon.

Canada Student Connection Programme It hires and trains university and college students as student business advisors to provide

customised Internet and e-commerce training to SMES. Since its start in 1996, more than 3 000 students have been hired

and more than 64 000 business people have been trained Greece Go Online The project of the Ministry of Development aims to introduce 50 000 SMES to the digital

contributes to building computer and Internet literacy in SMES United kingdom Learndirect SMES are a priority group for the on-line service.

and employees to tailor their learning according to their immediate needs. Service users can contact the trained staff in local Learndirect centre for


Online services, including e-commerce, in the Single Market.pdf.txt

http://www. iwf. org. uk/members/funding-council/code of practice-practice 41 •In The netherlands, ISPS, national enforcement authorities and associations of right

-and-takedown code of conduct for all content that is punishable or unlawful; 128 •In December 2009 several French internet platforms and right holders agreed on a

literacy across the Member States, social groups and generations are also key to the development of online services. 145

Typical trustmark systems consist of an accreditation mechanism with an independent supervisor for an online trader to meet the trustmark's requirements (including


Open Innovation - The Good, The Bad, The Uncertainties - Eliza Laura Coras.pdf.txt

Phd Student Eliza Laura CORAS Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania eliza. paicu@yahoo. com

Professor Phd Adrian Dumitru TANTAU Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania ad tantau@yahoo. com Abstract

for organizational learning Figure no. 1 summarizes the main four drivers for companies to start open partnerships:

Knowledge acquisition can also accelerate the organizational learning of a firm as part of their strategic processes to develop internal capabilities

since learning about the other partner†s competitive advantages does entail additional costs. Too much diversity among partners, protecting internal knowledge

Southwestern Cengage Learning 2. Brunold, J. and Durst, S. 2012)" Intellectual capital risks and job rotation",Journal of


Open Innovation 2.0.pdf.txt

and learning, the conference attendees used the process of Open Innovation 2. 0 itself to create the

There is a common learning process in here, shared by the Commission introducing new instruments and

David Teece, Professor of Global Business at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of

William Mitchell, Professor at the Medialab and School of architecture and City planning at MIT argued that a Living Labs (LL) represents a user

-ledge elements for the experiential learning aspects specifically the â€oecognitive†elements; Social elem -ents for the usage of the Iot system as a persua

Students discover by practice the way to drive user co-creation and the impact of dif

The Interdisciplinary studies Journal (ISJ Special issue on Smart Cities, Vol. 3, No. 4, pages 331

Dr Gohar Sargsyan, MBA Partner, Senior Business Consultant CGI Group Inc gohar. sargsyan@cgi. com

the nature, dynamics, scale and scope of learning and innovation as significant locally as it is impact

developing the capacity for higher order learning at the macro-,meso-and micro-levels and embed

learning/teaching new skills, and a possible shift of power between different players (European Com

and more resilient learning, learning-to-learn and learning-to-learn-how-to-learn dynamics (24.

In 2010 a group of students at Aalto University, just outside Helsinki, embarked on the most

constructive piece of student activism in the history of the genre. They had been converted to the power of entrepreneurialism during a visit to the Massachusetts institute of technology

The student revolution was part of a wider reconsideration of the proper relationship between government and business.

learning (L3)( 45) and metrics, measurement management (M3)( 46) for growth? The S3 †Europe 2020 strategy is intended to enable

•Impacts of transnational learning on the locally based dynamics, structure and pro -cesses inside the Triple helix.

of Technological Learning, CRC Press, Boca raton, FL further references:(24 23) Carayannis, E g.,, Campbell, D. 2006.

of Technological Learning, Published Doctoral (further references:( (45 25) Carayannis, E g.,, Provance, M. 2008. Measuring

that learning and smart steps in innovation do not rely on offi -cial university education; that risk taking is a key

through entrepreneurship, open innovation learning environments, or corporate venturing? What would be the right model for entrepreneurial education for

a university professor who also would like to start a company but it will also be different for a publicly

and in particular the Contextual Learning Jour -ney, a summer †crash course†in entrepreneurship Climate-KIC offers EIT-labelled degrees, including

if a student drops out of the programme to start a business, this is considered a success. The KIC

students and alumni, who have formed an alumni association that has become an official KIC partner

•Expert professors •Mixed team (technicians+MBA /entrepreneurs •Coaches •Business/Management frameworks

•Entrepreneurs courses •Equity/Management team/Company •Marketing/consulting experts •Access to Finance

-nificant part of their students are non-Europeans Actually the most important asset of the KICS, their

real value are students. Europe needs young entre -preneurial engineers and scientists, able to collab

Mobility of students and faculty across countries and between academia and business as well as the sharing of infrastructure and

Early Learning, Next Steps & Future Perspectives of the EIT and its KICS As of 2014, the three existing KICS operate as net

-kets and from students to entrepreneurs in the areas of high societal need through the Knowledge

-grating research, companies, and foremost students into the forefront innovation processes of Europe Another issue is that KICS have to understand their

If professors would like to start companies rather than continue university careers, should the system punish them,

bring to students as well as to their research a real life experience, a critical perspective and personal

-ing to the external review ordered by the Euro -pean Commission (13), the main areas for improve

learning capabilities Information-based Based on debates: Increasing emphasis on dialogue Limited to information distribution and formal

-moil provide some insights for bench learning in the future. The co-development of intangible national

-ate almost 200 000 jobs, thousands of students were and will be benefited from the 9 500 schools

Professor Department of Business Administration National Chengchi University, Taiwan yehyunln@nccu. edu. tw 90 O P E N I N N O V A t I O N y E A r B o O k 2 0 1 4

-tinued growth of students and teachers, integral education and especially in the development of their talent

should finish and today†s college students should be imbued of the idea of graduating from university

Changes introduced by the leaders require learning and adaptability by employees in order to be executed smoothly inside the organisation.

Changes in classrooms are required also to leave room for innovation. According to Curtis W. Johnson expectations regarding education have changed

Clearly the scheme where pupils sit for hours watching a teacher speaks no longer works. Most

students are digital natives and they are accus -tomed to a completely interactive world where

more students centric, enhancing the development of each student on topics that are of their interest

allowing them to perform real-world projects rather than passing exams, focusing on applied, modern technology, with classes and materials delivered on

Israeli students to work in a company, their prefer -ence is to work on their own developing own ideas

We can prepare our students to be the leaders in extracting advantage of data analysis Europe is a knowledge-intensive society but mostly

prepare our students to be the best in data analysis Social benefits of data analysis In addition to the benefits in terms of employment

the role of leadership, learning motivation and productivity. Management Decision 36/5 (1998) 289†301. Available from:

8. Using rapid experiential learning, insights, and knowledge to co-evolve human stakeholder ex -periences of value

Professor Ross School of business www. venkatramaswamy. com venkatr@umich. edu 105 Oulu Innovation Alliance †an Open Innovation Ecosystem

-ple to teaching/learning and tourism Living Lab Activities in Oulu One part of CIE open innovation and end-user per

-ing of Real People †not just students †who are willing and ready to give their contribution to the

Grantees who successfully graduate from the programme with a marketable application will receive support for access to finance (accelerator

Value Producer Lighthouse & Professor Knowledge Transfer in Product Innovation at The hague University of Applied sciences

learning mechanisms (7 Let†s look at a way in which co-creation was uti -lised by a large corporate organisation.

Dr Gohar Sargsyan, MBA Partner, Senior Business Consultant CGI Group Inc gohar. sargsyan@cgi. com


Open innovation in SMEs - Prof. Wim Vanhaverbeke.pdf.txt

Flanders DC focuses on entrepreneurs, teachers, students, policy-makers and the general public Among the many options Flanders DC offers are:

Bedenkers (The Inventors) classroom competition and an online game to discover how you score as

ï How entrepreneurial are our Flemish students, Hans Crijns and Sabine Vermeulen, November 2007, published in English

At the end of Chapters 2 to 6, we include key learning points. These lists of learning points can be consulted as a checklist

when you are setting up a new business with your innovation partners. These learning points are gathered at the end of each chapter

so you can easily check them whenever you want a quick review of what you have learned

learning process led by sleep experts. The QOD case illustrates that developing a successful business model that ultimately changes the industry starts with nothing more than the conviction of a well

Key Learning points ï Analyzing open innovation in SMES in traditional industries starts with conceiving and

such as a learning innovation network, design networks, research programs, and so on. Design was the second step.

Key Learning Points Open innovation as an integral part of business model innovations In the past, the open innovation literature has focused too much on the direct benefits of open

ï Small firms should do their homework before they start collaborating with large companies Some large companies are trustworthy innovation partners because they recurrently

One of the major learning points to emerge from the cases is that open innovation networks are sustainable only when the value that is jointly created is

and deepen learning about open innovation among entrepreneurs One way to accelerate the use of open innovation in small firms is to diffuse successful cases using

Networks of learning in biotechnology, Administrative Science Quarterly, 41,116-145 32 In 2006, Netflix, a major movie rental company, organized a crowdsourcing contest on the Internet.


Open innovation in SMEs Trends- motives and management challenges .pdf.txt

missing external inputs into the learning process which the firm itself cannot (easily provide (Romijn and Albaladejo, 2002;

H200703 26-1-2007 Family orientation, strategy and organizational learning as predictors of knowledge management in Dutch SMES


Open innovation in SMEs Trends, motives and management challenges.pdf.txt

standards, to proï t from infringements, to realize learning effects, and to guarantee freedom to operate by establish

The ï rst component reï ects the practices of employee involvement, external involve -ment and external networking.


Open innovationinSMEs Trends,motives and management challenges.pdf.txt

standards, to proï t from infringements, to realize learning effects, and to guarantee freedom to operate by establish

The ï rst component reï ects the practices of employee involvement, external involve -ment and external networking.


Open-innovation-in-SMEs.pdf.txt

Flanders DC focuses on entrepreneurs, teachers, students, policy-makers and the general public Among the many options Flanders DC offers are:

Bedenkers (The Inventors) classroom competition and an online game to discover how you score as

ï How entrepreneurial are our Flemish students, Hans Crijns and Sabine Vermeulen, November 2007, published in English

At the end of Chapters 2 to 6, we include key learning points. These lists of learning points can be consulted as a checklist

when you are setting up a new business with your innovation partners. These learning points are gathered at the end of each chapter

so you can easily check them whenever you want a quick review of what you have learned

learning process led by sleep experts. The QOD case illustrates that developing a successful business model that ultimately changes the industry starts with nothing more than the conviction of a well

Key Learning points ï Analyzing open innovation in SMES in traditional industries starts with conceiving and

such as a learning innovation network, design networks, research programs, and so on. Design was the second step.

Key Learning Points Open innovation as an integral part of business model innovations In the past, the open innovation literature has focused too much on the direct benefits of open

ï Small firms should do their homework before they start collaborating with large companies Some large companies are trustworthy innovation partners because they recurrently

One of the major learning points to emerge from the cases is that open innovation networks are sustainable only when the value that is jointly created is

and deepen learning about open innovation among entrepreneurs One way to accelerate the use of open innovation in small firms is to diffuse successful cases using

Networks of learning in biotechnology, Administrative Science Quarterly, 41,116-145 32 In 2006, Netflix, a major movie rental company, organized a crowdsourcing contest on the Internet.


Oxford_ European competitiveness in information technology and lon term scientific performance_2011.pdf.txt

mechanisms that foster severe selection of scholars from a large base, student and researcher mobility and strong institutional complementarity with user industries.

Andrea Bonaccorsi is professor of economics and man -agement at the University of Pisa, Italy.

-mance criteria, and learning curves What is the relationship between technological progress in this industry and scientific progress in

-tion of graduates who sought employment elsewhere, universities served as sites for the dissemination and diffusion of innovation

dean of the School of engineering and then provost at Stanford, promoted large military patronage in electronics and then supported graduate engineers in

the creation of new corporations (for a critical view see Lowen, 1997. Other studies have confirmed, but

how Stanford students benefitted from updates in technology provided by companies located in the area, creating two-way technology flows

(or have their students develop software code in order to test their results. This is fa -cilitated by the fact that the test of theories can be

-ments, populated with visionary professors, hard -working Phd students, brilliant undergraduate stu -dents, rather than of corporate laboratories.

The role of abstraction is crucial here. In technical terms, ab -straction means that there are sets of definitions that

students. The two reputational processes reinforce each other and make it credible to raise government or private money for research

supporting the entrepreneurial attitude of students and graduate researchers. Also, deep and radically new ideas often originated in academic environ

step towards the Phd for talented students. Very in -terestingly, the geographical distribution is much

good 15%of students come from Asia and 10.9 %from other countries. It seems that the US academic

graduate students from all over the world, offering Master and Phd degrees as intermediate steps towards a scientific career

-riod, probably a manifestation of the accumulation of weaknesses It is highly informative to examine the identity of

students target top universities because there they have the opportunity to meet and to work with the

-ented students to confirm their reputation. Postgrad -uate education seems to be a promising candidate to

a key for policy learning When examining the distribution of universities granting the Master degree the top list is slightly dif

-cond, contributing with 34 undergraduate students to the flow of future star scientists. Interestingly, here we find many more universities outside the USA

students sufficient motivation to emerge. After that stage, however, future top scientists must be chan

-uate students to be selected and sent to top US uni -versities. European universities, in contrast

actively practice endogamy, by selecting students from internal Master programmes, which in turn se -lect bright students from the Bachelor.

With few exceptions, European postgraduate education in computer science is not globally competitive. If it were competitive we would see more students mi

-grating from Asia and the rest of the world into Europe, instead of the USA, and we would see

more students moving from the USA to Europe. In other words, Europe seems to play a game of lim

graduate students in physics who are recognized as key leaders in computer science Not surprisingly, computer science is number one

Students may start with a degree in fundamental dis -ciplines (mathematics, physics) and find this new

-sented, students with a background in human scienc -es (literature, linguistics, psychology) and social sciences (economics) may combine their domain

to learn, to have good colleagues and students, to strengthen their CV and to increase their reputation

professor (or researcher in other academic systems or equivalent), from assistant to associate, from as

young researchers, then the best young professors Without strong competition among universities Table 7 Ranking of top 15 affiliations (only academic

professor 412 0 36 4. 89 5. 33 As associate professor 336 0 40 5. 39 4. 175

As full professor 348 0 44 11.51 9. 05 European competitiveness: IT and long-term scientific performance

enter top class universities as students, change affili -ations several times in their career, combine differ

competition for students and researchers worldwide Knowing how severe these demands are, top class universities fight to attract the best students and try

to offer the best conditions to professors. But Euro -pean universities have not been attractive for top

computer scientists and increasingly have also be -come less attractive for students. Among well -reputed old European universities, just a few have

international visibility at the top These findings support the importance of foster -ing the reform agenda for European universities

institutional learning on which it was possible to capitalize. The entrepreneurial process started much later in Europe, partly because of the lack of compe

-vice companies the learning curve, in the same peri -od, was much less favourable. Consistent with this


Policies in support of high growth innovative smes.pdf.txt

-graduates from Singapore universities with growth-oriented SMES; and the Business leaders Ini -tiative to enhance management capacity in SMES.

establishing"a learning community of SME coaches and intermediaries, strategically sharing proven operational know-how "sme-MPOWER materials are freely available under an open license arrangement

ï strengthening encouragement of start-up activities of professors, researchers and students ï improved support to spin-offs by executives and employees of large enterprises

2008, and there are now five graduate schools specialising in the venture business. However, figures for 2009 may indicate a decline caused by the worldwide economic crisis

established by professor or researcher 582 1, 555 Number of graduate schools for venture business 0 5

Venture capital in 100 mio KRW New venture investments 7, 870 12,041 Newly established venture funds 4, 929 11,954

interest in learning for Korea†s SME policies from the EU, especially from Germany and France

and Invited Professor of Korea University, on behalf of the INNO-Grips. Sources Interviews ï Dr. Lee, Joon Ho, Senior Research Fellow, International Economic Analysis, KOSBI (Korea Small Business In

Scholarships were awarded and 45 Executive Development Scholarships were awarded ï The Business Advisors Programme was created to attach experienced professionals, managers, ex

-ecutives and technicians as business advisors to potential high-growth SMES. In 2009,93 business advisors were matched with 63 SMES

Targeting local university graduates, SPRING will co-fund these SMES to train the graduates to run core and expanding operations of the company.

EIP seeks to expose local university and polytechnic students to the dynamic and rewarding working environment of high-growth SMES

through short term internships, co-funded by SPRING. This programme will complement MAP in in -fluencing young entrepreneurial talents during their school days to consider SMES as an attractive

This innovation policy summary has been authored by Dennis Tachiki, Tamagawa University, Graduate School of management, Tokyo, Japan. Sources

Graduate school of Business, SPRIE and STVP Available at http://www3. weforum. org/docs/WEF ENTREPRENEURSHIP REPORT 2011. pdf

Shepherd, Dean A. 2009: Building an integrative model of small business growth. In: Small Business Economics, Vol. 32, pp. 351†374


Policies in support of high-growth innovative SMEs - EU - Stefan Lilischkis.pdf.txt

-graduates from Singapore universities with growth-oriented SMES; and the Business leaders Ini -tiative to enhance management capacity in SMES.

establishing"a learning community of SME coaches and intermediaries, strategically sharing proven operational know-how "sme-MPOWER materials are freely available under an open license arrangement

ï strengthening encouragement of start-up activities of professors, researchers and students ï improved support to spin-offs by executives and employees of large enterprises

2008, and there are now five graduate schools specialising in the venture business. However, figures for 2009 may indicate a decline caused by the worldwide economic crisis

established by professor or researcher 582 1, 555 Number of graduate schools for venture business 0 5

Venture capital in 100 mio KRW New venture investments 7, 870 12,041 Newly established venture funds 4, 929 11,954

interest in learning for Korea†s SME policies from the EU, especially from Germany and France

and Invited Professor of Korea University, on behalf of the INNO-Grips. Sources Interviews ï Dr. Lee, Joon Ho, Senior Research Fellow, International Economic Analysis, KOSBI (Korea Small Business In

Scholarships were awarded and 45 Executive Development Scholarships were awarded ï The Business Advisors Programme was created to attach experienced professionals, managers, ex

-ecutives and technicians as business advisors to potential high-growth SMES. In 2009,93 business advisors were matched with 63 SMES

Targeting local university graduates, SPRING will co-fund these SMES to train the graduates to run core and expanding operations of the company.

EIP seeks to expose local university and polytechnic students to the dynamic and rewarding working environment of high-growth SMES

through short term internships, co-funded by SPRING. This programme will complement MAP in in -fluencing young entrepreneurial talents during their school days to consider SMES as an attractive

This innovation policy summary has been authored by Dennis Tachiki, Tamagawa University, Graduate School of management, Tokyo, Japan. Sources

Graduate school of Business, SPRIE and STVP Available at http://www3. weforum. org/docs/WEF ENTREPRENEURSHIP REPORT 2011. pdf

Shepherd, Dean A. 2009: Building an integrative model of small business growth. In: Small Business Economics, Vol. 32, pp. 351†374


Policy recommendations for adapting, diffusing and upscaling ICT-driven social innovation in public sector organizations.pdf.txt

Learning from Innovation in Public sector Environments Work Package 5 European) Policy) Brief)#)5)))2 Learning!

'The'LIPSE'project'(Learning'from'Innovation'In'public'Sector'Environments)' identifies'drivers'and'barriers'to'successful'social'innovation'in'the'public'sector.'

'Project-Name-Learning'from'Innovation'In'public'Sector'Environments'(LIPSE ''Coordinator -Prof. (Dr. Victor (Bekkers,'Erasmus'University'Rotterdam,'Department'of'Public'Administration:'


Presentation - 3D and Cultural Assets - Horizon 2020.pdf.txt

interpretation, scholarship and innovation in curation and dissemination This should lead to a better understanding of European tangible

mutual learning exercises and studies, including design studies for new infrastructure and may also include


Recommendation on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation.pdf.txt

-commercial purposes †for uses such as developing learning and educational content documentaries, tourism applications, games, animations and design tools, provided


Regional Planning Guidelines_SouthEastIreland.pdf.txt

post graduate places in the Southeast Regional Planning Guidelines for the Southeast Region 2010-2022

regional or national centres of learning through the establishment of a University of the Southeast and

Having a sufficient supply of graduates, especially in the Science, Engineering and Technology areas, is of para

the future through the provision of graduates from full-time courses in the areas of Engineering, Business, ICT and

Educational attainment to leaving certificate and third and fourth-level has increased within the Southeast, but the region continues to exhibit a relatively high level of early school leaving (below Leaving certificate) and relatively

lower levels of attainment to third and fourth-level. The profile of industry in the region, with a strong tradition of

•Bus à ireann school bus services operated on behalf of the Department of education and Science •Private mini-bus services

-ers, ferry passengers, students etc Short -term RP5 Infrastructural investment along the Rosslare Europort-Waterford-Limerick Junction line

The EPA Code of practice: Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems Serving Single Houses (Cop) establishes 92 Regional Planning Guidelines for

-ry and secondary schools and the capacity of existing schools to absorb additional pupil numbers. Develop


REINVENT EUROPE.pdf.txt

Professor RÃ diger Iden, Senior vice president, BASF SE Jan Lamser, Member of Board of directors and Senior Executive Offi cer, CSOB Bank

Professor Maureen Mckelvey, Professor of Industrial Management, School of business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg The panel would like to thank all those who participated in the online consultation from July to

Andreas Pyka, Professor in Innovation Economics, University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim; President of the Lisbon Civic Forum

in experimental policy, in creating learning loops about policy at all levels, but above all, in driving forward

but also to speed up learning -Able to engage citizens as co-creators 3 http://www. whitehouse. gov/the press office/President

ways of work, play, learning activity 20 We propose •Every household, business and public building

-long and advanced learning. Assuring access and providing signifi cant investment in digital infrastructures are necessary to realise the vision

learning in universities and colleges Why smart grids Smart grid delivers electricity from suppliers to consumers

This is about learning from each other, but also about identifying new problems and new solutions where future products, services and ways of working create

We urge businesses, researchers, public servants, NGOS, students, retirees, to participate in this process and together to create the future we want

Professor RÃ diger Iden Senior vice president, BASF SE Dr Anne Stenros Design Director (Vice president, Design), KONE Corporation

Professor Maureen Mckelvey, Professor of Industrial Management School of business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg 30

This appendix is written by the rapporteur, Professor Maureen Mckelvey. It places the concepts and ideas

mechanisms and eff ects (Salter and Martin 2001). ) The usual classifi cations from the OECD

policy focus upon knowledge, learning and systemic benefi ts, which moves the focus away from traditional economics arguments of market

should be capable of learning and also of adjusting behavior and programs, in response to what has been learnt

•Providing a platform for learning and experimentation •Providing an infrastructure for strategic intelligence •Stimulating demand articulation, strategy and vision development

†Analysis of Chain-link Eff ects of Public Policy Eff ects on Research and Industry in Swedish Life sciences within Innovative Food and Medical

Technologyâ€. Report for the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems. VINNOVA report series available at www. vinnova. se


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