Although researchers during the last 5 years have been doing a lot of study onemerging market innovations, and of which Frugal Innovation had its special place. They haveparticularly concentrated on this innovation type on how it re-emerged in the emergingcountries especially India and China and gave it new theoretical definition and a framework.Although this frugal innovation usage is constrained only to the firms located in those emergingmarkets and this innovation has not seen much application in the western smaller firms. In thisresearch our main idea is to develop a theoretical model on frugal innovation for the westernsmaller firms, where currently not much emphasis is given by the previous researchers in thiscontext. To achieve this we have been involved in an action research with a company lookingto enter an emerging market by using frugal innovation strategy for their product development.The output of this research is a theoretical framework model which is sequential and includesall the stages that a firm has to follow as part of a frugal innovation strategy having not muchknowledge of the emerging markets or its customers and who had to rely on external partnersin developing countries to successfully develop frugal innovations. We have also identifiedchallenges firms face in this context and listed out alternatives at each level of the strategy,finally concluded by listing out the future scope of research on frugal innovation in thisparticular area.

Cette recherche a pour objet d'exposer et d'analyser le processus de mise en oeuvre d'une innovation managériale dans un cadre intra-organisationnel. Elle s'attache à décrire de façon détaillée et exhaustive l'ensemble des actions mises en oeuvre par l'entreprise afin d'implanter durablement et avec succès une innovation managériale majeure : l'Animation à Intervalle Court (AIC). Notre recherche a également pour objectif de mettre en lumière les freins et les facteurs clefs de succès spécifiques au processus de mise en oeuvre de l'innovation managériale. Nos résultats tendent à montrer que plus l'innovation managériale est radicale, plus elle pourra être mise en oeuvre avec succès dans l’entreprise. Notre contribution porte également sur la démonstration de l'efficacité de l'innovation managériale ainsi que sur l’analyse du mode de relation qu'entretien l'innovation managériale avec les autres catégories d'innovations et leur impact sur la performance de l'entreprise. / This research aims to analyze and describe the implementation process of a management innovation in organizational context. It seeks to explain in detailed way all the actions developed by the company in a way to implement successfully and with a long lasting time a radical management innovation called : Short Management Interval. Our research aims to highlight the key factors success and the organizational constraints of management innovation implementation process. Our results demonstrate that the more radical the management innovation is, the more it will be implemented successfully. Our research contributes to demonstrate the positive effect of management innovation for the firm performance.

In this paper, we analyze, estimate and compare five prototypic models of innovation, from a simple learning-by-doing model to an elaborated model that includes financial, organizational and technological determinants of innovation. From the comparison of the five models we conclude that institutions - in particular the national system of innovation - and organizations matter. The importance of networks and the importance of information flows from different economic actors add to the explanatory power and gives the best model fit among all models specified. / Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series

Depuis la loi de l’hôpital, patient, santé et territoire (HSPT), les établissements de santé français ont montré de plus en plus d’intérêt à une meilleure offre de soin. L’utilisation des philosophies et des techniques d’amélioration de processus inspirée par le nouveau management public a été considérée comme un moyen d’augmenter la qualité des soins et de diminuer la durée d’hospitalisation. La télémédecine est une forme de pratique médicale à distance utilisant les technologies de l’information et de la communication et pouvant être considérée comme une innovation de processus dans le but d’améliorer le système de prestation de soins. Malgré l’intérêt apporté par les hôpitaux publics français à la mise en œuvre de la télémédecine, les facteurs de réussite et les obstacles influençant son implantation restent à développer. À travers cette thèse, nous tentons d’apporter les réponses à cette problématique par une recherche qualitative dans le secteur public de la santé. / Since the French law of the hospital, patients, health and territory (HSPT), the healthcare institutions have shown their interest for a better healthcare provision. The use of philosophies and process improvement techniques inspired by the new public management was seen as a way to increase the quality of care and reduce the length of hospital stays. Telemedicine is a kind of remote medical practice based on information technology and communication which can be considered as an innovation process in order to improve the healthcare delivery system. Despite the interest shown by the French public hospitals in implementing the telemedicine, success factors as well as barriers influencing its implementation need to be developed. By this work, we try to provide some answers to this problem by a qualitative research in the public healthcare sector.

Business Intelligence plays the crucial role in the question of serching for the truth in organizations. Trend of data growing defines the importance of analytical tools for organizations. Innovation is perceived as the only driver which leads to higher living standards in a society in the longterm run (according to the World Economic Forum). This thesis joins two areas: innovation and analytical field of business informatics (Business Intelligence, Big Data). The main goal of this thesis is to identify innovation trends of Business Intelligence and Big Data and to classify them using the Design-driven Innovation model. The thesis also provides a broad perspective of the innovation process in organizations and reveals the mutuality of innovation process, productivity and competitiveness.

The thesis is focused on innovation of the state enterprise "Czech Post" from the perspective of employees. The basic concepts as innovation, types of innovation, innovation process, measurement, evaluation and funding innovation are defined in the theoretical part. The practical part starts with a brief characteristic of the "Czech Post" and its services. Further it discusses the different types of innovation with a view of managing employees and the importance of innovation for the company.

Diploma thesis deals with SCRUM methodology and its uses in innovation management. The main objective of the thesis is creation of a specific framework which will enable to use SCRUM methodology in the innovation process. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part presents theoretical framework important for the main research. This part contains literature review and research dedicated to the SCRUM methodology and innovation process. The second part of the thesis deals with mapping of the SCRUM methodology to Hladik's innovation process. This part also contains own design of the innovation management process. The third part of the thesis is dedicated to the case study. The case study uses described innovation management process for verification of the hypothesis saying that is possible to use SCRUM methodology in the innovation process. The author's contribution lies in creation of a framework which provides agile alternative to the classical innovation management models.

This thesis is focused on the meaning and importance of innovations for small and medium sized businesses. The theoretical part deals with the terms necessary to understand this issue, such as the definition of small and medium sized enterprises; the definition of innovations; and their connection with the strategy and competitiveness of the organisation. Also, the innovation processes, methods, techniques and the support for basic innovation within the EU is described here. In the practical part of my diploma thesis, research on a selected sample of small and medium firms is conducted. This research is concerned with the level of innovations these particular companies are focusing on; in which area of business activities are they innovating; what sources of financing they're reporting in their results.

This thesis focuses on innovations and innovation management in ma-nufacturing companies. Innovation process, including marketing re-search, product developing and its market introduction, is used in par-ticular product sector of shoe protection.

La gestion coordonnée de la logistique en contexte urbain est complexe. La mutualisation est une pratique considérée par les parties prenantes comme potentiellement source de performance de la logistique urbaine. Plusieurs expériences de mutualisation urbaine ont néanmoins échoué. Ce travail de thèse vise à appréhender les antécédents à l’adoption de la mutualisation urbaine en tant que facteurs explicatifs.La première partie propose une revue de la littérature sur le champ de recherche. Le chapitre 1 présente les problématiques de la logistique urbaine et de la mutualisation urbaine. Le chapitre 2 définit la notion de mutualisation urbaine en tant qu’innovation interorganisationnelle qui mène à la formulation de trois propositions de recherche. Le chapitre 3 porte sur l’identification et la mesure de l’influence des antécédents à l’adoption d’une innovation interorganisationnelle. Le recours à la théorie de la diffusion des innovations appliqué à l’adoption de l’innovation organisationnelle et interorganisationnelle mène à la formulation de dix propositions de recherche. La seconde partie porte sur l’étude empirique. La démarche méthodologique est développée dans le chapitre 4. Le chapitre 5 présente les cinq études de cas multiples réalisées sur des centres de consolidation urbains. Le chapitre 6 présente les principaux résultats obtenus au travers des entretiens exploratoires. Neuf antécédents à l’adoption de la mutualisation urbaine ont été validés : l’avantage relatif, la compatibilité, la possibilité de tester, l’observabilité, le caractère volontaire de l’utilisation, le risque perçu, la confiance, le pouvoir des partenaires et l’influence des acteurs publics. / The coordinated management of logistics in an urban context is complex. Pooling is a practice considered by stakeholders as a potential source of urban logistics performance. Several experiences of urban pooling have failed. This research aims to understand the antecedents to the adoption of urban pooling as explanatory factors.The first part of the thesis proposes a literature review of the research fields. Chapter 1 highlights the challenges and issues of urban logistics and urban pooling. Chapter 2 defines the notion of urban pooling as an inter-organizational innovation. This leads to the formulation of three research proposals. Chapter 3 presents the identification and measurement of the antecedents’ influence on the adoption of an inter-organizational innovation. The use of the Diffusion of Innovations Theory applied to the adoption of organizational and inter-organizational innovations leads to the formulation of ten research proposals. The second part presents the empirical study. The methodology approach is developed in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 shows the five multiple case studies of urban consolidation centers. Nine antecedents to the adoption of urban pooling are validated: relative advantage, compatibility, testability, observability, voluntariness of use, perceived risk, trust, power of partners and public stakeholders’ influence.