Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Fahrettin Ozturk Author-X-Name-First: Fahrettin Author-X-Name-Last: Ozturk Author-Name: Tuncay Bayrak Author-X-Name-First: Tuncay Author-X-Name-Last: Bayrak Title: Evaluation of barter system in the defence industry Abstract: This study attempts to explore whether barter can be employed in the defence industry as a viable and alternative system of exchange. This study argues that bartering involves difficulties and inconveniences that may make it a less desirable payment option. However, various developing countries experiencing a shortage of hard currency and cash may want to consider bartering as an option to buy military equipment. This study further suggests that although extra human resources would be needed to assign a monetary value to the goods or services to be purchased in exchange, which may cause more complex bureaucratic processes, a barter system may be employed by the defence industries in various developing economies as a means to continue the trading of goods and services in times of economic instability, monetary crisis or currency devaluation. Journal: Int. J. of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation Pages: 1-15 Issue: 1 Volume: 4 Year: 2022 Keywords: barter system; defence industries; counter trade; barter between countries. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125888 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijric:v:4:y:2022:i:1:p:1-15 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Filippo Reale Author-X-Name-First: Filippo Author-X-Name-Last: Reale Title: 'Selling the monster' or the relevance of cultural-cognitive conditions in creating demand for innovation: the case of COVID-19 vaccines and beyond Abstract: Starting from the current, problematic inertia in citizens' demand for coronavirus vaccinations, the article argues that public demand for innovations crucially depends on consumers' ability to cultural-cognitively process the degree of novelty that the innovation brings about. This is not only of major importance for entrepreneurs who aim to commercialise innovations or otherwise create markets and demand, but as importantly, it concerns innovation and industrial policy who have a responsibility to establish and maintain reliable demand structures. Lastly, it strongly concerns contemporary 'mission-oriented' or transformative innovation policy, since 'grand challenges' can be addressed, and transitions performed only if the technological dynamics involved are accepted on a wide scale. The proposition is that, given the cultural-cognitive origins and the emotive form of certain impediments to demand, rational incentives are largely ineffective remedies for them. Instead, in the short run, social structures are necessary by which to comfort and 'solace' potential consumers. Journal: Int. J. of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation Pages: 16-30 Issue: 1 Volume: 4 Year: 2022 Keywords: coronavirus; COVID-19; vaccine; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine reluctance; innovation; technological change; market formation; commercialisation; generalisation; innovation policy; technology policy; entrepreneurship; mission-oriented innovation; grand challenges. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125891 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijric:v:4:y:2022:i:1:p:16-30 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Randi Elisabeth Taxt Author-X-Name-First: Randi Elisabeth Author-X-Name-Last: Taxt Author-Name: Øystein Stavø Høvig Author-X-Name-First: Øystein Stavø Author-X-Name-Last: Høvig Author-Name: Inger Beate Pettersen Author-X-Name-First: Inger Beate Author-X-Name-Last: Pettersen Title: The relational dynamics in the extended teams of academic spin-offs: a Norwegian case-study Abstract: This research investigates technology transfer offices executives' role in commercialising academic spin-off projects. The study does also include other actors in the process, including academic entrepreneurs, department leaders, the chief executive officers of the companies, and investors. This group of actors is given the name <i>the extended team</i>. These actors possess different roles, identities, and competencies and need to cope with inherent challenges, conflicts, and dilemmas in the process of performing third mission activities of the university. By taking a relational approach to commercialisation processes, this qualitative study contributes to the literature by showing how an extended team of various actors communicate and co-create in a dynamic process, displaying balancing roles and tensions. The research also demonstrates that actors gaining experience within the field in turn will initiate systems and build capabilities within their universities to support commercialisation activities including the development of academic spin-offs. Journal: Int. J. of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation Pages: 31-51 Issue: 1 Volume: 4 Year: 2022 Keywords: academic entrepreneurs; academic spin-offs; ASO; building capabilities within universities; commercialisation of research; qualitative study; communication and learning; extended team of academic spin-offs; knowledge and technology transfer; relational dynamics; technology transfer executives; third mission activities. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125895 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijric:v:4:y:2022:i:1:p:31-51 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mustafa Özilgen Author-X-Name-First: Mustafa Author-X-Name-Last: Özilgen Title: Research innovation and commercialisation incentives on the beginning and development of engineering education in the West and in Turkey Abstract: Research, innovation and commercialisation loop runs infinitely under global effects and describes the influence of every contributor of the process, including the engineers who run it, the materials and the standards. England benefited the most from the discovery of the steam engine. Turkey learned about the consequences of the European technological advances in the battle fields and suffered the most, because of its proximity to the West, and then made efforts to keep up with the new technology. India and China were also among the losers. Japan did not lose as much, due to its far away geography. Journal: Int. J. of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation Pages: 52-62 Issue: 1 Volume: 4 Year: 2022 Keywords: feed-back control loop; research; innovation and commercialisation loop; training of the engineers; competition between countries; Turkey. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125896 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijric:v:4:y:2022:i:1:p:52-62 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Tuncay Bayrak Author-X-Name-First: Tuncay Author-X-Name-Last: Bayrak Title: Defining characteristics of the most innovative companies Abstract: In this study, a text analytics approach was employed to analyse the mission statements of the most innovative companies to help uncover emerging trends and unlock the value of unstructured textual data. The tools that were used to conduct this analysis were R and SAS Enterprise Miner. The dataset that is used for this analysis contains the mission statements of the top 50 most innovative companies ranked by Boston Consulting Group. Valuable information was extracted by classifying, clustering, and visualising the most frequently appearing and significant terms found across the mission statements of the most innovative companies. Journal: Int. J. of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation Pages: 63-73 Issue: 1 Volume: 4 Year: 2022 Keywords: innovation; innovative companies; mission statement; text analytics; unstructured data. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125897 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijric:v:4:y:2022:i:1:p:63-73