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Abstract

Innovation is critical for enterprises and the country’s economy, and it has resulted in an improvement in living standards. There may be appropriate lessons to learn from other countries, but their adoption must be assessed due to education and living standards variations. This paper aims to build an in-depth understanding of the stimulating factors for ICT innovations from Sweden, and examines their adoption in the context of a developing country, Sri Lanka. ICT innovations significantly impact development in other sectors, as they can ease doing business and other essential services. This study is based on seven interviews, including key people leading innovation activities in Sweden. Then, it critically analyses and presents the application of stimulating factors in Sweden to the context of a developing country, namely Sri Lanka. The results indicate that education and mindset, a risk-taking environment, embracing failures, digitalisation and collaboration are the critical determinants of ICT innovations in Sweden. This research is vital for educational policymakers in universities, technology transfer offices, and governmental policymakers.

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Title
Determinants of ICT Innovations: Lessons Learned from Sweden and Sri Lanka
Author
Wijesinghe, Chaminda 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Hansson, Henrik 2 ; Love Ekenberg 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-16407 Kista, Sweden; [email protected] (H.H.); [email protected] (L.E.); Department of Data Science, Faculty of Computing, NSBM Green University, Homagama 10200, Sri Lanka 
 Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-16407 Kista, Sweden; [email protected] (H.H.); [email protected] (L.E.) 
 Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-16407 Kista, Sweden; [email protected] (H.H.); [email protected] (L.E.); International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria 
First page
135
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20763387
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2612717401
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.