 International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development (IJIRD)
ISSN (Online): 1753-0679 - ISSN (Print): 1753-0660
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IJIRD, a fully refereed journal, proposes exploration of thought and discussion on regional dimensions of innovation and development. Due to the acceleration of technological development and adoption, and greater market competition, innovation is a prerequisite for enterprises to survive. Such innovation could be in the shape of new product development, new system adoption, web-based collaboration, e-learning, and so on. The span of innovation activity spreads not only in the manufacturing sector, but to the service sector as well.
Innovation takes place at the local, regional and international context, and often occurs under the spell of an entrepreneurial spirit and within small firms. Furthermore, joint venture for innovation does happen between firms. Joint partnerships for innovation at various levels create the need to investigate innovation in its regional context as well as understand its impact on the economy. Regional synergies for innovation are a dynamic way to advance an entity’s research performance; these studies lead to the establishment of best practices .
IJIRD provides a multi-disciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in the field of innovation and regional development, and a means for sharing findings that promote innovation and therefore enhance economic, technological and regional development through new economic activities that stimulate generation of wealth, employment and growth and increase competitiveness.
 Objectives
The objective of IJIRD is to establish an effective channel of communication between policy makers, government agencies, academic and research institutions and persons concerned with latest research, scientific development and practice on innovation and regional development. Studies on new performance indices, benchmarking innovation activities, knowledge transfer and infusion, innovativeness of SMEs, bio-technology adoption, e-technology diffusion, new product development, supply network collaboration, joint ventures, and also problems such as fragmentation and integration of industrial clusters, will form part of the journal. IJIRD also welcomes study related to these areas that focus on regional development and innovation management. Comprehensive and critical reviews of the literature, experimentations, surveys, interviews, case studies, simulation modelling, and other similar methodologically-derived papers in the related areas will be suitable for publication. Readership
IJIRD provides a domain to assist professionals, academics, researchers, policy makers and practitioners, working in the field of innovation, regional development, economic, technological development, and knowledge transfer and infusion, to disseminate information and to learn from each other’s work, thus promoting developments in the field. Advancement of innovation is not a matter of technology or technology transfer per se but a combination of factors that places people at the centre of all interaction; thus special emphasis will be put on difficulties when designing and implementing innovative strategies as well as on regional training needs. Contents
IJIRD publishes original papers, review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries, and news. Special Issues devoted to important topics in innovation, regional development, economic and technological development as well as knowledge transfer and knowledge infusion, will be occasionally published. Subject Coverage
The domain of interest of IJIRD is large, and we encourage submission on any area within the scope of innovation and regional development. Topics that will be considered for publication include but are not limited to:
- Regional systems of innovation
- Regional innovation strategies
- Innovative cities and regions
- Regional competitiveness and development
- Knowledge transfer and infusion
- New process/product development
- Collaborative innovation
- Innovative supply chains
- Network collaboration
- Joint venture
- Business intelligence management
- Patenting
- Research and development in SMEs
- E-technology adoption
- Semantic web services
- Intelligent systems of innovation
- Knowledge economy/integration
- Technology transfer
- Biotechnology diffusion
- Uncertainty and risk in innovation
- Entrepreneurship
- SMEs’ competitiveness
- Innovative companies and clusters
- Virtual innovation environments
- Outsourcing and off-shoring
- Benchmarking and performance measurement
Specific Notes for Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently
under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may
only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has
been completely re-written).
All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors,
sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are
available on the Submission of
Papers web-page.
To submit a paper, please go to Submissions of Papers
AUTHORS MUST SUBMIT THEIR PAPERS THROUGH THE ONLINE SUBMISSION SYSTEM, OTHERWISE THEIR PAPERS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION All papers must be submitted online. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com,
describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your email the title of the Journal.
Editors and Members of the Editorial Board
Editor Prof. Panayiotis H. Ketikidis
CITY - Affiliated Institution of the University of Sheffield
Department of Computer Science, Information Services
13 Tsimiski Street
54624 Thessaloniki
GREECE
ijird@seerc.org Associate Editors Prof. Dr. Elias G. Carayannis
Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Center (EURC); Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global and Entrepeneurial Finance Research Institute
George Washington University
Department of Management
School of Business
Washington DC 20052
USA Prof. Siau Ching Lenny Koh
University of Sheffield
Management School
9 Mappin Street
Sheffield S1 4DT
UK Editorial Board Members Prof. Ari-Veikko AnttiroikoAr
Adjunct Professor
University of Tampere
Department of Regional Studies
FIN-33014 Tampere
FINLAND Prof. Devinder Kumar BanwetDe
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Department of Management Studies
Vishwa Karma Bhawan
Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg
New Delhi - 110016
INDIA Mr. David CattonDa
Managing Director
Sheffield University Enterprises Limited (SUEL)
The Innovation Centre, 217 Portobello
Sheffield S1 4DP
UK Dr. Tommy King-Lun ChoyTo
Assistant Professor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Hung Hom
HONG KONG Dr. Irini EfthimiadouIr
Managing Director
Intelligent Innovation Systems (INTELIN) S.A.
21B, Antonis Tritsis str
Thessaloniki GR-570 01
GREECE Mr. Guido GiebensGu
Managing Director
Antrim BVBA
Brussels
BELGIUM Prof. Dr. Noel P. GreisNo
Director, Center for Logistics and Digital Strategy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Kenan Center CB#3440
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3440
USA Prof. Joze GricarJo
Director, eCenter; Chair
University of Maribor
Department of Informatics
Kidriceva cesta 55a
SI-4000 Kranj
SLOVENIA Prof. Angappa GunasekaranAn
Director, Business Innovation Research Center (BIRC)
University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
Department of Decision and Information Sciences
Charlton College of Business
285 Old Westport Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300
USA Prof. Robert HugginsRo
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Centre for International Competitiveness
Cardiff School of Management
Colchester Avenue
Cardiff CF23 9XR
UK Dr. Gülgün KayakutluGü
Assistant Professor
Istanbul Technical University
Department of Industrial Engineering
İşletme Fakültesi
Endüstri Mühendisliği Bölümü
34367 Maçka, Istanbul
TURKEY Dr. Petros KefalasPe
CITY College
Department of Computer Science
13, Tsimiski Street
54624 Thessaloniki
GREECE Mr. Stelios KehaghiasSt
Head of Business Admistration and Economics
CITY College
Department of Computer Science
13, Tsimiski Street
54624 Thessaloniki
GREECE Mr. Michael KilcommonsMi
Programme Manager
European Agency for Reconstruction Operational Centre
Enterprise, Vocational Training, and Employment Development Sector
Belgrade Vasina 2-4,
11000 Belgrade
SERBIA Prof. Nicos KomninosNi
Director
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Urban Development and Innovation Policy Research Unit (URENIO)
P.O. Box 491
GR-541 24 Thessaloniki
GREECE Mr. Michel LacaveMi
Lacave Allemand & Associés
29 rue Foch
F-34000 Montpellier
FRANCE Mr. Mikel LandabasoMi
DG Regional Policy; Deputy Head, Unit F1 - Spain DG Regio
European Commission
Rue de la Loi 200
B-1049 Bruxelles
BELGIUM Prof. Vicky ManthouVi
University of Macedonia
Department of Applied Informatics
156 Egnatia Street
GR-540 06 Thessaloniki
GREECE Prof. Ian McCarthyIa
Canada Research Chair in Management of Technology
Simon Fraser University
Segal Graduate School of Business
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
CANADA Prof. Roumen NikolovRo
Director, Centre of IST
Sofia University
Department of Information Technologies
P.O. Box 48, 5 James Bouchier
Sofia 1164
BULGARIA Prof. Dr. Leon OerlemansLe
Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa and
Tilburg University
Department of Organisation Studies
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
P.O. Box 90153
NL-5000 LE Tilburg
NETHERLANDS Dr. Radmil PolenakovikRa
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University
Department for Industrial Engineering and Management
PO Box 464
1000 Skopje
MACEDONIA Mr. Alasdair ReidAl
Director
Technopolis Group, Belgium
Avenue de Tervuren 12 (1st floor)
B-1040 Brussels
BELGIUM Dr. Premaratne SamaranayakePr
Senior Lecturer
University of Western Sydney
School of Management
Parramatta Campus
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith South DC, NSW 1797
AUSTRALIA Prof. Slavica SingerSl
Head, Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship
J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek
Faculty of Economics
Gajev trg 7
HR-31000 Osijek
CROATIA Dr. Peter C. Van der SijdePe
University of Twente
Nikos, Dutch Institute for Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship
Postbus 217
7500 AE Enschede
NETHERLANDS Prof. Collin WilliamsCo
University of Sheffield
Management School
9 Mappin Street
Sheffield S1 4DT
UK Dr. Choy Leong YeeCh
Head, Centre for Quality and Operations Management
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Faculty of Management and Marketing
43400 UPM Serdang
Selangor
MALAYSIA Mr. Nikos ZaharisNi
Director
South East European Research Centre (SEERC)
17, Mitropoleos Street
54624 Thessaloniki
GREECE Mr. Sotirios ZigiarisSo
Researcher on Innovation Systems
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Urban and Regional Innovation Research Unit
University P.O. Box 491
54124 Thessaloniki
GREECE
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