Reconsidering a Creation and Diffusion Process of Innovations in the Knowledge-Based Society(<Special Issue>Fashion・Diffusion in the Internet Era)

Abstract

This study aims at proposing a model on a creation and diffusion process of innovations in the age when the knowledge-based society is coming with the remarkable development and full-fledged diffusion of information and communications technology (ICT), sometimes called the network age. This paper also mentions a framework to encourage the creation and diffusion of innovations, especially focusing on innovators and knowledge innovations.