Purpose

Assessing the antecedents of innovation implementation holds importance for companies, as previous studies have shown that without proper implementation the innovation is doomed to fail. Over the past few years, research on innovation implementation is growing. However, the evidence on the antecedents of innovation implementation is inconsistent. The purpose of the study is to conduct a review of the literature using meta-analysis to summarize the divergent views present in the literature.

Design/methodology/approach

A meta-analysis technique is adopted for reviewing the literature. The literature search was conducted with selected keywords in different databases and top journals from the ABDC list (A* and A).

Findings

The results of the meta-analysis that summarize evidence from 42 papers, 100 effect sizes and 32,223 organizations show the significance and homogeneous/heterogeneous opinions of the past studies. Results reveal the homogeneity in antecedents such as transformational leadership, business collaboration, employee competency, leader competency, absorptive capacity and business size and heterogeneity in the antecedents such as communication, customer collaboration, internal entrainment, external entrainment, implementation climate and strategic resources.

Research limitations/implications

The results imply that managers attempting to implement innovation in the organizations need to first focus on homogenous antecedents followed by heterogeneous antecedents for successful implementation.

Originality/value

This study advocates research on innovation implementation. It tests the significance, nature of the relationship and summarizes the divergent views on antecedents of innovation implementation in an organization. The results of this study can also be used in the theoretical advancement of management innovation literature.

中文翻译：

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创新实施的先决条件：荟萃分析文献综述

目的

评估创新实施的先决条件对公司至关重要，因为先前的研究表明，如果没有正确实施，创新注定会失败。在过去的几年中，关于创新实施的研究正在增长。但是，关于创新实施的先例的证据并不一致。本研究的目的是使用荟萃分析对文献进行综述，以总结文献中存在的分歧观点。

设计/方法/方法

采用荟萃分析技术对文献进行回顾。文献检索是使用ABDC列表（A *和A）中不同数据库和顶级期刊中的选定关键字进行的。

发现

荟萃分析的结果总结了42篇论文，100个效应量和32,223个组织的证据，显示了以往研究的重要性和同质/异质见解。结果揭示了诸如变革型领导，业务协作，员工能力，领导者能力，吸收能力和业务规模等前提条件的同质性，以及诸如沟通，客户协作，内部培训，外部培训，实施环境和战略资源等前提条件的异质性。

研究局限/意义

结果表明，试图在组织中实施创新的管理人员需要首先关注同质先例，然后才是成功实施的异质先例。

创意/价值

本研究提倡对创新实施的研究。它测试了关系的重要性，性质，并总结了对组织中创新实施的先决条件的不同看法。研究结果也可用于管理创新文献的理论发展。