Without successful implementation, the benefits of open innovation strategies will not materialize.
Interviewee C reported an important concern related to company growth: they learned different benefits during the time of implementation, "The benefits were better perceived when we were smaller".
When communities are engaged in programme development and implementation, the benefits extend beyond the scope of the project itself, promoting the kind of self-confidence and self-reliance that accelerate the fight against poverty.
He said: "If we do it that way, it would push back the implementation of the benefit.
John Savill, chief executive of the Medical Research Council (MRC), said that there was often a long pathway from scientific discovery to implementation for the benefit of patients.
Some councils have warned that the lack of clarity over the timetable for implementation of the benefit is causing staff great problems, but Pleasant said it was inevitable that the dates might not be very clear.
"The inevitable result of the implementation of the benefit cap for women as they leave refuges is that some families will suffer destitution, some will become homeless again very quickly, and some will choose not to leave refuges, with all the resulting difficulties for refuges".
"It's true that you can't immediately say that those experiments will translate into human health but, nevertheless, it is obvious that having an understanding of human memory is going to be important for human health". John Savill, chief executive of the Medical Research Council (MRC), said that there was often a long pathway from scientific discovery to implementation for the benefit of patients.
Obviously, as with all measurement systems, there has to be a clear cost-benefit analysis in order to ascertain the costs of implementation versus the benefit of the measurement system.
Specifically, a joinpoint analysis of smoking prevalence among Massachusetts Medicaid benefit-eligible members (age 18 64) from 1999 through 2008 found a decreasing trend that was coincident with the implementation of the benefit.
