Two Essays on Innovation - Related Issues

A discussion on design and methodological issues with researching knowledge management in
academic settings
Understanding the complex role of innovativeness in the firm: interaction with capabilities,
performance, and environment
This book is composed of two conceptual papers. The first is about a specific facet of an important
dimension of innovation process, namely knowledge management. It brings forth a discussion on
design and methodological issues with researching knowledge management in academic settings.
The other paper is about the framework wherein innovativeness operates. Innovativeness and
related concepts are defined, then their interaction with organizational and environmental variables
are discussed and propositions reflecting the relationships are formulated. Focusing on specific
innovation-related aspects -such as this study intends- may help to create new knowledge to better
comprehend the organizational innovation process which is fairly complicated with recursive,
dynamic, and uncertain movements.