Connes, 53, is a veritable Chopin of math, hailed for the power, richness, depth, and innovativeness of his work.
Unlike journal publications where one may expect that impact will depend on both a suitably chosen venue and the innovativeness of the work, for patents there is only a single venue, the US patent office.
In addition to examining general tendency to adopt innovation (i.e., innate innovativeness), this study adopted the scale for motivated consumer innovativeness (MCI) which was introduced by Vandecasteele and Geunes (2010) to measure different aspects of innate innovativeness.
In 1986, Dr. Stephen Lock, then editor of The British Medical Journal, wrote, "Editors, the arbiters of rigor, quality and innovativeness in publishing scientific work, do not apply to their own work the standards they apply to judging the work of others".
Similar to findings from prior research on consumer innovativeness, this study demonstrated the role of innate innovativeness and its influence on domain-specific innovativeness.
In addition, PI had a positive impact on work-unit innovativeness over time.
The goal was to design a learning based audit process that supports the companies to independently continue their work for increased innovativeness after the formal assessment process.
The original TCI tool comprises 38 items grouped into four scales - vision, participative safety, task orientation and support- derived from the four factor theory of work group innovation [ 21, 23] that are proposed to predict team climate for innovativeness.
Apart from these aspects, the questionnaire covered various other company characteristics, such as the economic performance, innovativeness, or the role of unions and work councils.
The innovativeness of any organization depends upon the values, work environment, leadership qualities, the creative contributions of its employees and the policies or existing systems to taps the creativity of its talented employees.
