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James Sumberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • systems of Innovation Theory and the changing architecture of agricultural research in africa
    Food Policy, 2005
    Co-Authors: James Sumberg
    Abstract:

    Abstract This paper examines the on-going evolution of the organisational architecture of agricultural research in Africa. Once considered a rural backwater populated by agronomists, extension agents and farmers, agricultural research is now being explicitly placed within global debates about Innovation, technology, institutions and development. This is reflected in a growing interest in the use of systems of Innovation Theory to both understand and reform Innovation processes within agriculture. The basic argument put forward in the paper is that the conception of a global agricultural research system, and associated efforts to create a coordinated, multi-layered, supra-national research infrastructure, are at odds with both the realities of research at national level, and the bio-physical and socio-economic heterogeneity that characterises rural Africa. It is suggested that a less directive approach to support for agricultural research is required to allow national characteristics and differences to come to the fore, and to give more room for the development of the all important demand-side.

  • Systems of Innovation Theory and the changing architecture of agricultural research in Africa
    Food Policy, 2005
    Co-Authors: James Sumberg
    Abstract:

    This paper examines the on-going evolution of the organisational architecture of agricultural research in Africa. Once considered a rural backwater populated by agronomists, extension agents and farmers, agricultural research is now being explicitly placed within global debates about Innovation, technology, institutions and development. This is reflected in a growing interest in the use of systems of Innovation Theory to both understand and reform Innovation processes within agriculture. The basic argument put forward in the paper is that the conception of a global agricultural research system, and associated efforts to create a coordinated, multi-layered, supra-national research infrastructure, are at odds with both the realities of research at national level, and the bio-physical and socio-economic heterogeneity that characterises rural Africa. It is suggested that a less directive approach to support for agricultural research is required to allow national characteristics and differences to come to the fore, and to give more room for the development of the all important demand-side. © 2004 Elsevier LTd. All rights reserved.

David S Mandell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • bridging the research to practice gap in autism intervention an application of diffusion of Innovation Theory
    Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
    Co-Authors: Hilary E Dingfelder, David S Mandell
    Abstract:

    There is growing evidence that efficacious interventions for autism are rarely adopted or successfully implemented in public mental health and education systems. We propose applying diffusion of Innovation Theory to further our understanding of why this is the case. We pose a practical set of questions that administrators face as they decide about the use of interventions. Using literature from autism intervention and dissemination science, we describe reasons why efficacious interventions for autism are rarely adopted, implemented, and maintained in community settings, all revolving around the perceived fit between the intervention and the needs and capacities of the setting. Finally, we suggest strategies for intervention development that may increase the probability that these interventions will be used in real-world settings.

Christine E Murray - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Johan Olaisen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • aspects of Innovation Theory based on knowledge management
    International Journal of Information Management, 1999
    Co-Authors: Jonarild Johannessen, Bjorn Olsen, Johan Olaisen
    Abstract:

    The objective of this paper is to develop some rudiments of Innovation Theory based upon organizational vision and knowledge management, i.e. facilitating the development-integration and application of knowledge. The Theory is systematized in the conclusion with assumptions, a system of propositions and implication for organizational Innovation.

Hilary E Dingfelder - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • bridging the research to practice gap in autism intervention an application of diffusion of Innovation Theory
    Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
    Co-Authors: Hilary E Dingfelder, David S Mandell
    Abstract:

    There is growing evidence that efficacious interventions for autism are rarely adopted or successfully implemented in public mental health and education systems. We propose applying diffusion of Innovation Theory to further our understanding of why this is the case. We pose a practical set of questions that administrators face as they decide about the use of interventions. Using literature from autism intervention and dissemination science, we describe reasons why efficacious interventions for autism are rarely adopted, implemented, and maintained in community settings, all revolving around the perceived fit between the intervention and the needs and capacities of the setting. Finally, we suggest strategies for intervention development that may increase the probability that these interventions will be used in real-world settings.