Interdisciplinary Approach: A Lever to Business Innovation

Razmak, Jamil; Bélanger, Charles H.

doi:10.5430/ijhe.v5n2p173

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“…These concepts are, sometimes, used in a similar way, although they have subtle differences (Barthel, & Seidl, 2017;Stock, & Burton, 2011). Something similar happens regarding the concept of interdisciplinarity itself (Razmak, & Bé langer, 2016). In a concise way, and according to the purposes of this article, there is a difference in depth, but not only, between these four concepts.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…The importance and richness of interdisciplinary collaboration may, then, result in the creation of new scientific areas such as, for example, biochemistry, neuroscience, or business innovation (Razmak, & Bé langer, 2016).…”

Section: Importance Of Interdisciplinarity In Scientific Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Uncertainty and lower control resulting from an interdisciplinarity in which there is no established tradition, contrary to what happens in the consolidated scientific disciplines, call into question the existing disciplinary identity that is often expressed in institutionalised rigid boundaries (Bammer, 2016;Jay, Rose, & Milligan, 2017;Razmak, & Bé langer, 2016). Likewise, it hampers peer control (an essential element for science) (Huutoniemi, 2016).…”

Section: Implications Of Fostering Interdisciplinaritymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several authors highlight a growth of interdisciplinary in science and in academia (Andersen, 2016;Leahey, Beckman, & Stanko, 2017;Robinson, Vasko, Gonnerman, Christen, & O'Rourke, 2016;Razmak, & Bé langer, 2016). Political factors may also be related to this increasing promotion of an interdisciplinary perspective in order to legitimise public investment in science also in terms of its funding (Huutoniemi, 2016;Lowe, Phillipson, & Wilkinson, 2013;Gardner, 2014;Abramo, D'Angelo, & Di Costa, 2017;Evans, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Fostering Interdisciplinarity: Implications for Social Sciences

Serpa¹,

Ferreira²,

Santos³

2017

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At a time when interdisciplinarity is encouraged, the aim of this article is to analyse some of its implications in contexts of teaching, research and professional practice. For this purpose, and through a literature review, the concept of interdisciplinarity is discussed. Subsequently, the paper discusses its importance and the implications of its promotion, focusing on the following aspects: scientific disciplinary identity, institutional consequences, and professional consequences. It is concluded that interdisciplinary collaboration, while being, in general, difficult to achi eve, can, provided that it is controlled, be both a source of recognition and scientific and/or professional opportunities for social sciences. However, there are also potential risks not to be overlooked, being important to be aware of them.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 77%

Section: Importance Of Interdisciplinarity In Scientific Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Implications Of Fostering Interdisciplinaritymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fostering Interdisciplinarity: Implications for Social Sciences

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2017

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“…Based on the gained insights from previous chapter, cooperation initiatives based on identical priorities are available for all regions. However, business innovation potentials can be utilized more effective in interdisciplinary approaches [53], [54]. In addition, RIS3 implementation introduces complex multi-level actor involvement as well [55], [56].…”

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Cross-Border Cooperation Concept in Multifunctional Agriculture under RIS3

Meyer

Howe

Stollberg

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Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Multifunctional agriculture holds several potentials for applying new technologies and innovative processes to reduce its environmental impact in line with the European Green Deal. Though, new cooperation concepts are a sufficient tool to enhance these potentials, using interdisciplinary and cross-border approaches. Hence, Regional Innovation Strategies on Smart Specialization (RIS3) can play a key role on political level to foster regional innovation development on agriculture in rural areas. By analysing Smart Specialization priority areas, potential crossovers between this innovation policy and actual implementation in practice can be deduced for cross-border cooperation approaches. Thus, the conducted research offers a comparison of priorities for German regions involved into the RUBIN program as use cases, supporting rural and less developed regions. Through these introduced use cases and strategy analysis, the inductive and deductive research offers a cross-border cooperation concept for legume food production, exploiting spillover effects to other priorities related to multifunctional agriculture. The core element of the concept is the introduction of knowledge hubs with an interdisciplinary view to enhance and apply innovation potentials in line with RIS3, which create positive effects on the environmental impact from the start with legume as raw materials until an improvement of its product portfolio for consumption at the end.

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