{"title":"Innovation network and technological capability development in the Thai SME sector: The case of the Thai dessert industry","authors":"Nattaka Yokakul, G. Zawdie","doi":"10.1386/TMSD.9.1.19_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/TMSD.9.1.19_1","url":null,"abstract":"This article looks into the triple helix system as a basis for promoting technology and innovation in the Thai small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, with particular reference to the Thai dessert industry. The article draws on the significance of networking and social capital development for cultivating the indigenous knowledge base of the Thai dessert industry with the aim to improve prospects for technological capability development and long-term growth of firms in the industry. Best practice cases in knowledge acquisition and use are discussed in the context of network development, innovation and technology improvement in three cases of community based business. Network facilitators or leaders play a crucial role in promoting the development of entrepreneurship and social capital in the community. They act as ‘gatekeepers’, acquiring knowledge from outside the community and making it accessible for members to use and engage in knowledge sharing and exchange. The aim is to build a culture of trust to stimulate interactive learning, creativity and innovation within the evolving social network.","PeriodicalId":38310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development","volume":"9 1","pages":"19-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/TMSD.9.1.19_1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66559017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving access to health technologies by the poor: the social context in Tanzanian bed net production and delivery","authors":"R. Hanlin, Lois Muraguri","doi":"10.1386/IJTM.8.3.237/1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/IJTM.8.3.237/1","url":null,"abstract":"This article considers the factors that determine the ability to innovate health technologies in order to make them available to those who need them most in developing countries and rid populations of disease. It uses the case of Tanzanian bed/mosquito nets – particularly those treated with insecticide – which are promoted as a key prevention mechanism in the fight against malaria. Reviewing the success story of Tanzania in the production, distribution and use of bed nets, the article asks questions regarding the future ability to sustain progress. Using the concept of ‘social technologies’, the article highlights the importance of understanding the social context of the bed net innovation process. It therefore highlights the need to consider the bed net story as one not merely of effective distribution but, more significantly, of the whole innovation value chain from inputs to the textile factories making the nets to consumer needs and demands. It enriches our understanding of the complex nature in which the physical technologies (bed nets) are accessed by the poor and how this relates to the overall health system.","PeriodicalId":38310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development","volume":"8 1","pages":"237-248"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/IJTM.8.3.237/1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66717269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Water shortages in Queensland: are businesses ready to meet the challenge?","authors":"P. Hyland, B. Miles","doi":"10.1386/IJTM.7.2.149_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/IJTM.7.2.149_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development","volume":"7 1","pages":"149-168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/IJTM.7.2.149_1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66716943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing regional clusters in India: The role of national laboratories","authors":"Santanu Roy, P. Banerjee","doi":"10.1386/IJTM.6.3.193_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/IJTM.6.3.193_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development","volume":"6 1","pages":"193-210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/IJTM.6.3.193_1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66716643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Livestock R&D in East and Southern Africa: An innovation systems perspective with special reference to the International Livestock Research Institute","authors":"N. Clark, James R. Smith, M. Hirvonen","doi":"10.1386/IJTM.6.1.9_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/IJTM.6.1.9_1","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of 'innovation system' is used increasingly in current science policy discourse as a metaphor to indicate the need for a much wider perspective on relevant decision-making procedures than has been the case in the past. This paper explores its use from the standpoint of the behaviour of an international agricultural research institute located in Africa and focused on two vector-borne livestock diseases, trypanosomiasis and theileriosis, which form case studies for this paper. The paper argues that adopting an innovation systems perspective could open up new possibilities for research institutes of this type with impacts on both socioeconomic development and scientific quality that are likely to be positive.","PeriodicalId":38310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development","volume":"25 1","pages":"9-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/IJTM.6.1.9_1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66716456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Development of SARS Vaccine in China - a reflection on public and private sector roles","authors":"Xiaobai Shen, Y. Duan","doi":"10.1386/IJTM.6.1.25_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/IJTM.6.1.25_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development","volume":"6 1","pages":"25-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/IJTM.6.1.25_1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66716836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Continuous innovation in a complex and dynamic environment: The case of the Australian health service","authors":"G. Davison, P. Hyland","doi":"10.1386/IJTM.5.1.41/1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/IJTM.5.1.41/1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development","volume":"43 4 1","pages":"41-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/IJTM.5.1.41/1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66716441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technology and institutional arrangements in the delivery of public sanitation and solid waste services in Ghanaian cities","authors":"N. Awortwi","doi":"10.1386/IJTM.5.3.221/1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/IJTM.5.3.221/1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development","volume":"5 1","pages":"221-239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/IJTM.5.3.221/1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66716138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wastewater treatment in Brazil: Institutional framework, recent initiatives and actual plant performance","authors":"S. C. Oliveira, J. Parkinson, M. Sperling","doi":"10.1386/IJTM.5.3.241/1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/IJTM.5.3.241/1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development","volume":"5 1","pages":"241-256"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/IJTM.5.3.241/1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66716179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The adoption of HIV/AIDS orphans and food security in rural Ingwavuma, South Africa","authors":"E. Schroeder, T. Nichola","doi":"10.1386/IJTM.5.2.173_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/IJTM.5.2.173_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38310,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development","volume":"5 1","pages":"173-187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1386/IJTM.5.2.173_1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66716074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}