European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 27 Issue 9

Artefacts as boundary objects for concept development: a configurational approach

Federico Paolo Zasa, Tommaso Buganza

This study aims to investigate how configurations of boundary objects (BOs) support innovation teams in developing innovative product concepts. Specifically, it explores the…

Rethinking innovation through industry and society 5.0 paradigms: a multileveled approach for management and policy-making

Orlando Troisi, Anna Visvizi, Mara Grimaldi

Industry 4.0 defines the application of digital technologies on business infrastructure and processes. With the increasing need to take into account the social and environmental…

The struggle of sensor-based digital servitization: analysis and perspectives for organizational digital transformation in SMEs

Thomas Trabert, Luca Doerr, Claudia Lehmann

The organizational digital transformation (ODT) in companies presents small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – who remain at the beginning of this transformation – with the…

Better abstract or concrete, narrating or not: optimal strategies for the communication of innovation

Ernesto Cardamone, Gaetano Miceli, Maria Antonietta Raimondo

This paper investigates how two characteristics of language, abstractness vs concreteness and narrativity, influence user engagement in communication exercises on innovation…

Design and development of a digital diagnostic clinical pathway: evidence from an action research study

Armando Calabrese, Antonio D'Uffizi, Nathan Levialdi Ghiron, Luca Berloco, Elaheh Pourabbas, Nathan Proudlove

The primary objective of this paper is to show a systematic and methodological approach for the digitalization of critical clinical pathways (CPs) within the healthcare domain.

Combining topic modeling and bibliometric analysis to understand the evolution of technological innovation adoption in the healthcare industry

Nicola Cobelli, Silvia Blasi

This paper explores the Adoption of Technological Innovation (ATI) in the healthcare industry. It investigates how the literature has evolved, and what are the emerging innovation…

The urban transport companies in Spain: analysis of efficiency with data envelopment analysis

Sandra Flores-Ureba, Clara Simon de Blas, Joaquín Ignacio Sánchez Toledano, Miguel Ángel Sánchez de Lara

This paper aims to define the efficiency achieved by urban transport companies in Spain concerning the resources they use, considering the type of management used for…