Hi All,
I want to raise the following issue related to the innovation performance of the business, especially the problem with reporting research and innovation activities to national statistical offices and public incentives to increasing the level of data gathered in this field.
We call this phenomenon “Hidden innovation” – the good examples exist. Still, there is no official information about them in public space and official statistics, which is a problem in at least the following directions: 1) lack of awareness about “good practices” and missing opportunities for their dissemination; and 2) underestimated positions of the national economy within the framework of different international classifications and indices; 3) lack of evidence-based policies in the field of research and innovation and stemming from this inefficient public investment and unaddressed market and system failers.
It will be exciting and fruitful if you can share national practices in this area and what is most important – workable decisions for making innovative business more responsible in reporting data concerning their research and innovation activities.
Dear Teodora, This is indeed a very interesting question. I have worked on the concept of innovation and especially the 'dark' side of innovation in the sense of its destructive dimension, which is often overlooked in innovation policy literature. If you are purely interested in the empirical question you raised on hidden innovation, I guess I cannot be of help. But if you are interested in the conceptualization of this hiddenness of innovation and the various meanings it might have, we may explore further collaboration on this. For this dark or Faustian dimension of innovation, see one of our papers in the attachment. thanks for the inspiration. vincent
Innovation is rarely born ab ovo and there is much to be said for learning from the past. Good practice is a process or methodology that has been shown to be effective in one part of an organization and might be effective in another too. Leading organizations maximize opportunities to learn across all core knowledge activities: they do so by identifying and sharing good practice.
Article Identifying and Sharing Good Practices
Hidden innovationor Invisible innovation refers to innovation that is not captured or recognised by traditional indicators such as research and development (R&D) spending or number of patents. ... Locally developed, small-scale innovations that take place 'under the radar' and are therefore unrecognised or accounted for.
The discussion about innovation is very interesting and I hope that it will lead to some important and scientific conclusions based on concrete evidence rather than assumptions.As Raya Al-Naimi wrote I also agree with Oiivier Serrat.
Best Regards
Desalegn Abraha
Yes, I have written a lot about the subject. Here are examples of the latest:Article Geographic Influence on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Spillovers
Article Creating Innovation Policies that Leads to Positive Future S...
Article Social Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
You refer to a very important question in the field of innovation and growth strategies of companies! However, I know that some researchers started to develop own databases with regard to conduct and outcomes of Hidden champions in order to deal with the raised matters properly, many greetings, Axel Faix
The hidden innovation or irresponsible innovation is becoming one of the leading problems of today's era. Countries are still unable to implement any legal framework in this regard; however, different moves got started in the U.S and Europe. Of these moves, the most attractive and fascinating to me is the "Responsible Research and Innovation" (RRI) framework as presented by Stilgoe et al (2013). Although very few empirical researches have been carried out on the subject, yet this is one of the mesmerizing areas of research in the coming days. I am working on it from an emerging country's perspective; however, would be glad if someone from a developed country shares his experiences as well as supports in data collection.
Dear Dr Mohamed Buheji,
Thank you for publishing the two articles that you have written. I read both articles and I found them to be very relevant to the issue that is being discussed.
Best Regards
Desalegn Abraha
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