Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Ilhami Yildiz
Author-X-Name-First: Ilhami
Author-X-Name-Last: Yildiz
Title: Innovation and commercialisation dynamics in agri-food industry under contemporary forcing functions
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Innovation and commercialisation turned into a more collaborative activity due to the shrinking technology life cycles and the current complexity of emerging technologies dispersing across different industries and therefore exceeding beyond the internal capacities of most firms. Agri-food innovation and commercialisation can be fully studied within the context of three main clusters: global agri-food and health demand, bioeconomy, and the environment, each adding spatially and temporally varying value to the overall industry. A well designed and established bioeconomy will bring agri-food production, agricultural biomass, energy and the environment all together for economically, environmentally and socially sustainable operations and rural communities while the industry is adapting to a warmer and more variable climate and many other forcing functions around the globe. This article examines the research, innovation and commercialisation dynamics in agri-food industry under contemporary forcing functions such as climate change, environmental consciousness, growing populations, rising incomes, and changing lifestyles.
Journal: Int. J. of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
Pages: 1-21
Issue: 1
Volume: 3
Year: 2020
Keywords: research and development; invention; innovation; diffusion; commercialisation; agri-food industry; forcing functions; climate change; consumer acceptance; adaptation; resistance.
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Zekâi Şen
Author-X-Name-First: Zekâi
Author-X-Name-Last: Şen
Title: Human engineering for innovative research and commercialisation directions
Abstract:
Research, development, innovation and engineering features are among the human activities that are essential ingredients for any society to have future aspirations in social, economic, environmental and justice improvements on the pavement for humanity to pace stable, reliable, trustable, mutual interests and support for human rights in any domain. Human individuals are equipped with mind, intellect, intuition, and belief abilities and capabilities as defaults, which are ingredients of human intelligence given by Allah (God) as gifts. The main goal of this paper is to reflect human engineering aspects in research and technology subjects to trigger the basic concepts for better improvements. Human engineering concepts drive knowledge and information accumulations towards dynamic features, which might end up with acceptable conclusions that are useful to the society. Human and engineering aspects are important aspects for innovative generative idea inventory that should combine science, philosophy, logic and engineering prospective also for beneficial commercialisation.
Journal: Int. J. of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
Pages: 22-32
Issue: 1
Volume: 3
Year: 2020
Keywords: engineering; geometry; human; innovation; logic; philosophy; science; technology.
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Author-Name: Reza Bandarian
Author-X-Name-First: Reza
Author-X-Name-Last: Bandarian
Title: Explaining the evolution stages of strategic roles of research and technology management
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In today's hyper competitive environment, research and technology organisations (RTOs) require comprehensive and extraordinary ability in research and technology management (RTM) through adoption of strategic approaches to survive and fulfil their mission effectively. By taking a strategic approach, strategic roles of RTM in activities of RTOs with a four-stage evolutionary model in a continuum from a completely neutral and passive position to an active and highly influential position is analysable. Hence in this paper, the evolution and development stages of the strategic roles of RTM and characteristics of each stage are discussed. Then, the essentials to move towards development stages of RTM are described and suggestions on managing the required changes are presented. Finally, managerial implications for the managers of RTOs who aim to move to the fourth stage of the evolution of RTM are discussed.
Journal: Int. J. of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
Pages: 33-46
Issue: 1
Volume: 3
Year: 2020
Keywords: research and technology management; RTM; strategic roles of RTM; evolution stages.
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Alberto Boretti
Author-X-Name-First: Alberto
Author-X-Name-Last: Boretti
Title: COVID-19 effect on the research-innovation-commercialisation phenomena
Abstract:
The COVID-19 epidemic and the policy response is disrupting life around the world, with significant impacts also on the economy. This economic downturn will impact R%D expenditure, and therefore, on innovation and commercialisation. Apart from specific sectors that could receive more funds, for example, pharmaceuticals more than health, surveillance and defence, communications, digital markets, and distant education, investments in every other sector are expected to plunge. The opportunity to innovate and commercialise new products, process, or methods in a free market economy is expected to follow the dropping investments.
Journal: Int. J. of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
Pages: 73-82
Issue: 1
Volume: 3
Year: 2020
Keywords: research and development; R%D; innovation; commercialisation; gross domestic product; GDP; COVID-19 measures.
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Author-Name: Yunus A. Çengel
Author-X-Name-First: Yunus A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Çengel
Title: On the ontology of life and mind: a proposed paradigm shift
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The hard problems of distilling life out of lifeless matter and extracting non-physical mind out of physical brain are often dubbed as the impossible problems in biology and neuroscience. The reasons for this pessimism are ideological perspectives that limit existence to the physical realm, and view subjective existence as an illusion. There is a need for a paradigm shift to broaden existence that includes both physical and non-physical subjective realms. We need to be open to radically different ideas about life and mind if we are to have any chance of unveiling their secrets and developing a true understanding of them. Once life and mind are correctly characterised as non-physical entities, then we can concentrate on how material and immaterial things interact and how the process can be manipulated. This may lead to the development of tools to explore the mysterious nature of both life and mind. The paper focuses on inferences made by inductive reasoning, and falls into the category of the philosophy of science.
Journal: Int. J. of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
Pages: 47-72
Issue: 1
Volume: 3
Year: 2020
Keywords: ontology; existence; life; brain; neuroscience; mind; perception; five senses; vision; smell.
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