International Journal of Innovation Studies
ISSN 2096-2487 | CN 10-1440/G3
Volume 1, Issue 1, March 2017
Quarterly, 4 issues per year


Prof. Dr. Jin Chen
Director of Research Center for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University
Editor-in-Chief ofInternational Journal of Innovation Studies
The Editor-in-Chief ofInternational Journal of Knowledge Management Studies;
The Associate Editor-in-Chief ofEngineering Management Review(EI), InternationalJournal of Technology Marketing,International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, andTechnological Forecasting and Social Change;
The editorial board members ofInternational Journal of Technology Management(SSCI),Science: Journal of Zhejiang University(SCI),International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management,International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development,Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, andFrontier of Engineering Management.
International Journal of Innovation Studiesis an international, interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed journal that seeks to advance our theoretical and managerial knowledge of innovation. It aims to provide a high-end platform for innovation researchers to generate new and exciting findings on the basics of innovation for human wellbeing (View Main Subjects Covered).
Aim & Scope
International Journal of Innovation Studies(IJIS)(ISSN 2096-2487, CN 10-1440/G3) is an international, interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed open access journal, which is sponsored by Science Press, and organized by Tsinghua University, with technical support of Elsevier’s ScienceDirect platform. We are pleased to inform you thatIJIShas successfully launched its inaugural issue in March 2017. On behalf of Prof. Dr. Jin Chen, EiC ofIJIS, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the editorial board members (View Editorial Board),advisors, and contributorswho have been involved in getting this wonderful journal officially off the ground.
In theIJIS, we would like to invite interdisciplinary researchers from economics, sociology, management studies, psychology, etc. to put forth their insights on innovations, so as to promote the incorporation of a broad and heterogeneous mix of research activities, as well as the engagement in fruitful intercourse with social scientists from different disciplines and fields.IJISinvites scholars to look forward and to discuss future directions of innovation studies.

We have been lucky enough to receive excellent submissions from elite scholars all over the world. The first ever issue ofIJISis an attempt to develop a new and multiple perspectives on innovation, which includes six quality and interesting papers.
Editorial
Towards New and Multiple Perspectives on Innovation
Jin Chen
International Journal of Innovation Studies, 2017, 1(1): 1-4
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Article
Enabling Open Innovation: Lessons from Haier
Arie Y.Lewin, Liisa Välikangas, Jin Chen
International Journal of Innovation Studies, 2017, 1(1): 5-19
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Article
Politicizing Responsible Innovation: Responsibility as Inclusive Governance
Andoni Eizagirre, Hannot Rodríguez, Andoni Ibarra
International Journal of Innovation Studies, 2017, 1(1): 20-36
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Article
A Quad Model for Assessing Innovation Potential: Toward a Theory of Innovation Orchestration Quality
Chester K. M. To
International Journal of Innovation Studies, 2017, 1(1): 37-56
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Article
Measuring the Effectiveness of the Chinese Innovation System: A Global Value Chain Approach
Douglas Zhihua Zeng
International Journal of Innovation Studies, 2017, 1(1): 57-71
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Article
Success Factors of Asia-Pacific Fast-Developing Regions’ Technological Innovation Development and Economic Growth
Elena Litsareva
International Journal of Innovation Studies, 2017, 1(1): 72-88
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Article
Indigenous Knowledge and Developing Countries’ Innovation Systems: The Case of Namibia
Jussi S.Jauhiainen, Lauri Hooli
International Journal of Innovation Studies, 2017, 1(1): 89-106
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Special Issues (SI):
1. SI: Knowledge Management(submission deadline: 30 June 2017)
(As official journal of the International Conference on Knowledge Innovation & Knowledge Management (KIKM2017) (held onTsinghua University, Beijing, China, 16–17 March 2017),IJISis currently running a SI entitled “Knowledge Management”.)
2. SI: Open and User Innovation (submission deadline: 30 September 2017)
We would like to sincerely invite you to submit your outstanding full research paper or comprehensive review to the SIs. Submitted papers should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. All the qualified manuscripts will be refereed through a fast-track rigorous review process and continuously published online asOA format as soon as accepted. Article Processing Charges (APC) are waived. (View Instructions for Authors)
To submit your paper, please use our online manuscripts system:https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/ijis.