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THE EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUAL ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND SELF-EFFICACY DIMENSIONS ON PROJECT PERFORMANCE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-12-18 ARSALAN SAFARI, MAHOUR PARAST, ILIJANA PETROVSKA, OSAMA S. AL-KWIFI
The literature on corporate entrepreneurship has discussed the role of entrepreneurship orientation (EO) and self-efficacy in enhancing venture creation and a firm’s growth. In contrast, the effect of EO and self-efficacy on project performance outcomes has been relatively overlooked. In this study, we examine how an individual’s entrepreneurship orientation (IEO), entrepreneurship self-efficacy (ESE)
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AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF MODERATING INFLUENCES OF ORGANIZATIONAL SLACK ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TMT CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR FIRMS’ DEGREE OF SEARCH RISK-TAKING International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-12-16 OSAMU SUZUKI
One remaining challenge in research on variable risk-taking by organizations is to reconcile mutually contradictory arguments on associations between organisational slack and organisational degree of risk-taking. We focus on moderating (rather than moderated) influences of organisational slack to argue that slack governs the strength of the association by unleashing the discretion of top management
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ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY FOR INNOVATION MANAGEMENT CONTROL: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM HYBRID PRODUCT-SERVICE BUNDLES International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-12-07 MARIO SCHAARSCHMIDT, EUSTATHIOS SAINIDIS, THOMAS MATHEUS, DANIEL EL KOHLI
This paper examines the antecedents and consequences of a firm’s absorptive capacity for innovation management control (ACIMC). Absorptive capacity, defined as an organisational-level capability to identify, assimilate, and exploit external knowledge, has predominantly been applied to technological knowledge. In this paper, we focus on external knowledge in relation to innovation management control
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LEADING IN THE DIGITAL AGE: CONCEPTUALISING DIGITAL LEADERSHIP AND ITS INFLUENCE ON SERVICE INNOVATION PERFORMANCE International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-11-04 TOBIAS SCHUSTER, TIMO J. J. BRUNNER, MALTE H. G. SCHNEIDER, CLAUDIA LEHMANN, DOMINIK K. KANBACH
Although firms rely on employees’ innovative work behaviour and effective leadership to achieve service innovation performance, these relations remain underexplored, especially regarding digital leadership. We conceptualise a digital leader’s capabilities and explore influences on innovative work behaviour and service innovation performance, using the dynamic capabilities view as a theoretical lens
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ORGANISING DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES: THE CASE OF PRODUCT–SERVICE SYSTEMS International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-10-31 TOR HELGE AAS, KARL JOACHIM BREUNIG, MAGNUS MIKAEL HELLSTRÖM, KATJA MARIA HYDLE
This study addresses the development of new integrated product–service systems (PSSs). Most empirical research on the organisation of development processes has focussed on new product development, new service development, software development and new business model development in isolation; however, the development of new, complex PSSs that require the integration of these development efforts has received
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GREEN INNOVATION LAUNCH VERSUS EXPANSION: DO THE PUBLIC POLICY SUPPORTS NEEDED VARY BY FIRM SIZE? International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-10-30 JUSTIN DORAN, GERALDINE RYAN, NÓIRÍN McCARTHY, MARI O’CONNOR
Green innovation is garnering increasing attention in business, academic and policy circles as a route to sustainable growth and development. Governments have introduced a range of policies to encourage and enable firms to introduce and expand their offerings of environmental friendly goods and services. While environmental regulation has been shown to be an important driver of green innovation, little
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EXPLORING THE ROLE OF DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS ON THE FIRMS’ INNOVATION PERFORMANCE: MEDIATING ROLES OF TECHNOLOGY AND MARKET-SENSING CAPABILITY International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-10-19 ANAS OSAMA HAKEEM
Purpose: This study aims to analyse the influence of dynamic environments on technology and market-sensing capability. It also aims to examine the influence of technology and market-sensing capability on innovation performance. Besides, it aims to explore the influence of innovation performance on the organisation’s financial performance. It also aims to examine the influence of technology and market-sensing
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LINKING ENGAGEMENT FOR INNOVATION WITH INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE: THE ROLE OF DISCRETIONARY EFFORTS AND KNOWLEDGE-SHARING BEHAVIOUR International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-10-11 ASIF NAWAZ, SHUAIB AHMED SOOMRO, YASIR MANSOOR KUNDI
Drawing on the Conservation of Resources and Social Exchange Theories, this study examines the relationship between employee engagement for innovation (EEI) and innovative performance (IP) through discretionary efforts (DE) and knowledge sharing (KS). We collected data from 202 peer dyads of 15 universities in Pakistan and used SmartPLS 4 for hypotheses testing. Results indicated a significant positive
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DO ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT AND INNOVATION INFLUENCE EXPORT INTENSITY? FIRM-LEVEL EVIDENCE FROM TUNISIA International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-10-09 HANEN SDIRI
This study examines the influence of environmental commitment (EC) on Tunisian firms’ export intensity and utilising the resource-based view (RBV) framework. Using firm-level data from the 2020 World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES), it explores the direct and indirect effects of EC on export intensity through product and process innovation. The findings highlight that EC plays a crucial role in fostering
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IMPLEMENTATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF INNOVATIONS SIDE BY SIDE: CASE OF SMEs IN FINLAND International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-08-24 TIMO TOHMO, ESA STORHAMMAR, HANNU LITTUNEN
The aim of this study is to analyse how firms combining the use of all types of innovation during a certain period differ from other firms. Zhang (2022) argues that side-by-side innovation practices are understudied in the innovation literature. The paper is based on the OECD typology of innovation (product, process, marketing and organisational). This study offers a new and timely perspective on the
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DRIVEN BY EMOTIONS: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF SOCIOEMOTIONAL WEALTH DIMENSIONS ON THE LINK BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND INNOVATION PERFORMANCE IN FAMILY FIRMS International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-08-21 DAVID M. LEHMANN, MATTHIAS MROŻEWSKI, RENÉ MAUER
This study examines the influence of socioemotional wealth (SEW) dimensions on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and innovation performance in family firms. Based on an analysis of a dataset comprising 145 family firms, our findings provide evidence that SEW positively moderates the association between EO and innovation performance. Notably, the dimension (E) emotional attachment
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THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS ON DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: A MESO LEVEL ANALYSIS International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-08-19 JAIANDRA DA SILVA GUIMARÃES, CRISTINA FERNANDES, PEDRO MOTA VEIGA, CARLA AZEVEDO LOBO
This work aims to study the impact of meso-level variables of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) on digital transformation. Statistical analysis was used to evaluate the research hypotheses, based on multiple linear regression, with a sample of 172 organisations. The results show that actors from the meso dimension of EEs positively impact digital transformation through knowledge, discoveries, guidance
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SOCIAL CAPITAL AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IN TUNISIA: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF SOCIAL INNOVATION International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-08-19 ABIDI HANA, BICHRI RIDHA
The last two decades represented a scarce discussion of social capital and its effect on social enterprises’ organizational performance in developing economies like Tunisia. The main objective of this research is to analyze the effect of social capital on the organizational performance of social enterprises working in the context of developing economies. This research tested the mediating role of social
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DESIGNING A FRAMEWORK OF INFLUENCING VARIABLES ON OPEN INNOVATION IN STARTUP COMPANIES International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-08-17 SABA SALIMI, MOHSEN SHAHRIARI, BEHROOZ ARBAB SHIRANI
Purpose — The goal of this research is to create a model of influencing factors of open innovation (OI) in startups. This research has also looked into how OI affects gaining a competitive advantage by taking into account the moderator role of environment dynamics. Design/methodology/approach — Possible factors influencing OI in startups, determined through research background studies and interviews
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WHAT DO WE KNOW? FDI INFLOWS, MANAGERIAL SPILLOVERS AND INNOVATION OUTCOMES OF LOCAL FIRMS DURING GLOBAL CRISES International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-08-05 MONICA RIVIERE, PETER ZAMBORSKY
Global crises have become our business reality. How can local firms continue to sustain their competitiveness during these crises through innovation? Previous literature emphasized the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, but was generally inconclusive. This study examines FDI and managerial spillovers as antecedents of innovation outcomes in 369 local firms in 12 Eurasian countries during
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A MEASUREMENT FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC SECTOR INNOVATION: ADVANCING THE OSLO MANUAL FOR PUBLIC SECTOR International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-07-29 SEBASTIAN SINGLER
Public sector innovation has become a ubiquitous theme in legislature plans and political debates. Subsequently, academia has become increasingly interested in the topic, and research on public sector innovation has grown in recent decades. Yet, research lacks a clearly conceptualised definition of public sector innovation, and a measurement framework that allows for more representative research and
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DIVERSIFY OR DOUBLING DOWN: CHOOSING A DIGITAL GROWTH STRATEGY International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-07-28 LARS ARVEI MOEN
Digital transformation has led to several improvements in performance and efficiency, but its impact on growth patterns needs to be clarified. Two schools of thought dominate the literature on digital growth strategies. One stream advocates that digital firms should focus only on scaling their core position, while the other contends that firms should envelop into multiple complimentary markets. This
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DIGITAL PRODUCT INNOVATIONS: THE IMPACT OF INTER-FIRM COLLABORATION AND MANAGERS’ ATTITUDES International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-07-28 KJERSTI VIKSE MELAND, RUNE DAHL FITJAR, MARTE C. W. SOLHEIM, TATIANA A. IAKOVLEVA
Although digital innovation is increasingly important for all types of firms, studies of the drivers of digital innovation rarely cover all sectors. Furthermore, organisational and individual factors are often overlooked. To address these gaps, we use data from a purpose-built cross-industry survey of 1,201 firms in Norway to examine how various types of collaborations and managers attitudes toward
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DOES INNOVATION EXPERIENCE AFFECT ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE FROM INTER-FIRM COLLABORATION AND R&D INVESTMENTS? International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-07-25 JARLE AARSTAD, FARAIMO JAY VAI, OLAV ANDREAS KVITASTEIN
Purpose: Previous research shows that inter-firm collaboration and R&D investments have positive effects on enterprises’ product innovation performance. This study aims to assess if the performance effects are moderated by enterprises’ innovation experience. i.e., does the experience increase or decrease the innovation performance from inter-firm collaboration and R&D investments? Methods: Norwegian
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DO ORGANISATIONS REFLECT THEIR UPPER ECHELONS WHILE RESPONDING TO DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION? International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-07-22 RANA BASSAM MADI-ODEH, BADER YOUSEF OBEIDAT
Purpose Utilising the upper echelon theory (UET), the purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of dynamic managerial capabilities (i.e., managerial human capital, managerial social capital (MSC), and managerial cognition (MC)) on organisations’ response strategies to disruptive innovation, under the mediating role of unlearning. Design/methodology/approach Following a deductive approach,
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INNOVATION ACTIVITY AND CUSTOMER COLLABORATION IN SMEs: TECHNOLOGICAL AND BUSINESS UNCERTAINTY International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-07-22 YUJI MINAMI, HIDENORI SATO, TAKEYASU ICHIKOHJI
The environment surrounding small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has changed dramatically due to rapid technological advances and the global and domestic impacts of pandemics and regional conflicts. This study identifies the relationship between customer collaboration and innovation activity under this environment. Our hypothetical model is based on relational view and analyses the relationship
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THE ROLE OF ETHICAL ORGANISATIONAL CLIMATE IN ENHANCING INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVES’ INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM CREATIVITY International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-07-22 ABDELAZIZ SWALHI, KAMEL MNISRI, AMINA AMARI, MAHRANE HOFAIDHLLAOUI
This research aims to investigate how creativity at individual and team levels relates to ethical organisational climate (EOC). A mediated and moderated model is proposed to explain the role of EOC in enhancing individual and team creativity of international business executives. Applying moderating-mediating model design, based on feedback from 302 employees, our research reveals and confirms that
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TIME AND TIMING IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH: INSIGHTS FROM A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-07-05 YASMINA LICHTINGER, ANDREAS ENGELEN, TIMM TEUBNER
The factor of time has drawn considerable attention in entrepreneurship research for the past decades. There is widespread agreement among scholars that time plays a significant role in the development of new ventures: research on life cycle theory, timing of activities, and individual time perspectives had a lasting impact on the academic field. However, the broad interpretation of temporality extends
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SOCIAL CAPITAL, LEARNING FROM INNOVATION FAILURE, AND INNOVATION: SOME INSIGHTS FROM HIGH-GROWTH SMALL BUSINESSES IN A COLLECTIVIST CULTURE International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DONARD GAMES, RAMBAT LUPIYOADI, TRI SIWI AGUSTINA, ARES ALBIRRU AMSAL, RAYNA KARTIKA
The objective of this study is to examine the relationships between social capital, learning from innovation failure, and high-growth small business innovation in the context of a collectivist culture. This study employed a quantitative approach. Data were collected from 78 high-growth small businesses and were analysed using the Partial Least Squares (PLS). It was found that there is a strong link
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HOW DO THE COMPLEMENTARY ELEMENTS INFLUENCE THE VALUE OF MULTI-HOMING PRODUCTS IN PLATFORM ECOSYSTEM? International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-06-28 RUIYANG TANG, YUKI INOUE
In the field of product development, there is an increased focus on product complementarity. This study explores how the elements of multi-homing complementarity in the platform ecosystem (complementarity type, degree of platform complementarity, and degree of complementarity with other products) affect perceived product value. The data comprise 248 samples of smart-home multi-homing products, collected
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HOW DEVIATED ARE SLOGANS FROM ACTION? A CONFIGURATION ANALYSIS OF THE JOINT EFFECT OF MULTIPLE FACTORS THAT STIMULATE EMPLOYEES’ INNOVATION BEHAVIOUR International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-06-07 YUE YANG, LIMING ZHANG, CHANGBIAO ZHONG, QI CHEN, GUOQIAN XI
Most companies promote “innovation” as a core value, but this declared value is not implemented in employees’ behaviour. To address this disconnection between “slogan” and “action,” this paper explores the influence of multiple psychological needs on employees’ innovation behaviour from a value-based perspective. By employing fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to explore the synergistic
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DEVELOPING A PROGRAMME FOR EDUCATING MANAGERS IN SYSTEMATIC INNOVATION PRACTICES: A CASE STUDY International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-05-18 MIKAEL JOHNSSON, MIKAEL KLINTBERG, JAN OLDEBRING, ANGELINA SUNDSTRÖM
In this paper, we explore how an educational programme can be designed to support managers in learning systematic innovation practices, contributing to the Innovation Management community. Using the community of practice (CoP) concept, we developed a programme to educate managers in systematic innovation practices, including systematic innovation work, innovation climate, and the creation of innovation
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DYNAMIC MANAGERIAL CAPABILITIES AND R&D SPENDING: THE ROLE OF CEO FOUNDER STATUS International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-05-04 TIM HEUBECK, REINHARD MECKL
Today’s hypercompetitive economy challenges chief executive officers (CEOs) to make complex yet integral investments in research and development (R&D). Although research has widely discussed R&D spending due to its implications for competitive advantage, it omits whether and how managers’ dynamic capabilities materialise in these long-term investment decisions. This study builds on dynamic managerial
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EFFECT OF KNOWLEDGE ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ON INNOVATION ORIENTATION IN BUSINESS SERVICES International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-05-04 KRZYSZTOF BORODAKO, JADWIGA BERBEKA, MICHAL RUDNICKI, MARIUSZ LAPCZYŃSKI
The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of knowledge absorptive capacity (KAC) on innovation orientation in business services. An empirical analysis was conducted on two samples (scientific experts and—in the next step, business service companies). The authors applied one-way ANOVA, HSD Tukey’s post hoc tests, and structural equation modelling. Approached from a knowledge-based view, this
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USER ENGAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE LIVING LABS: A SCOPING REVIEW International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-04-26 GENEVIEVE CYR, MARIE-PASCALE POMEY, SHUAIQI YUAN, KARL-EMANUEL DIONNE
User engagement in innovation processes is crucial for the development of sustainable healthcare. One promising user-centred approach used to integrate users’ experiential knowledge in the development of innovations is the Living Lab (LL). However, we lack a systematic understanding of the processes, methods and factors that lead to more effective user engagement. The objective of this scoping review
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BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY? RELIGIOUS DIRECTORS AND DIGITAL INNOVATION International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-04-26 DAVID BENDIG, FABIAN ERNST
Digital innovation has become an important focus for corporations wishing to provide novel products and services to their customers. To achieve this, firms must maintain a disruptive organisational posture and promote risk-taking behaviours. In contrast, religious executives are generally seen in the literature as risk-averse and endorse conservative values, such as traditionalism, security, and conformity
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MUST HAVE OR NICE TO HAVE? NECESSARY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES TO ENABLE EMPLOYEES’ INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOUR International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-04-11 JENNIFER LIEHR, SVEN HAUFF
Encouraging employees’ innovative behaviour (EIB) is one of the most important leadership tasks and numerous studies have examined the relationships between leadership and EIB. However, the research field is highly fragmented and does not provide a clear answer as to which leadership competencies are actually crucial for EIB. To address this issue, we use a qualitative content analysis to examine which
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KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL AND INNOVATION ACROSS FIRMS IN ASIAN ECONOMIES: A BALANCED INVESTMENT APPROACH International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-04-11 MUHAMMAD AZHAR KHALIL, KRIDSDA NIMMANUNTA
The difference between knowledge capital and innovation and their combined impact on firm market performance remains a puzzle. Firms can utilise their accumulated stock of knowledge to create value, and at the same time, allocate their resources each year to create innovation, hoping to sustain their performance and make a better future. Using time fixed effects panel regression with industry and country
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DOES CULTURE EAT STRATEGY? THE EMERGENCE OF COOPERATION CAPABILITY IN YOUNG FIRMS International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-03-22 TOBIAS KOLLMANN, CHRISTOPH STÖCKMANN, LUCAS KLEINE-STEGEMANN, RAINER HARMS, PHILIPP BENEDIKT JUNG, ALEXANDER MICHAELIS
Young firms benefit from cooperations in their development and cooperation capability is a prerequisite for a successful cooperation with partners. Despite its importance, research has neglected how this dynamic capability emerges in young firms. This study examines how innovation championing behaviour affects the cooperation capability. We introduce innovation strategy and innovation culture as two
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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND AMBIDEXTERITY: A LITERATURE REVIEW ON EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION ACTIVITIES IN COMPANIES’ DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-03-18 S. HOESSLER, C. C. CARBON
One major challenge in the industries is digital transformation. Ambidexterity, the ability to optimise the existing and innovate new business concepts, is widely accepted as a critical concept of sustainable success. We conducted a literature review (period from 2010 to 2021) on what differential aspects of exploration and exploitation are needed to lead a digital transformation. With the help of
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QUESTIONING THE NOVELTY IN A NOVEL BUSINESS MODEL: HOW DOES STRATEGIC ORIENTATION TEMPER FIRM PERFORMANCE? International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-03-18 RANI SHAHWAN, TABISH ZAMAN
Building on a robust data set of 281 manufacturing and service firms in the UK, the paper offers an empirical analysis of relationship between the three strategic orientations and novel business model (BM). The paper plugs the gap around design and implementation of new BM and role of diverse strategic orientations. The empiric in the paper is supported by structure equation modelling and findings
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THE IMPACT OF FRUGAL INNOVATION ON SUSTAINABILITY: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-03-02 LEA FRANZISKA STÖBER, DANIEL SOMMER, BERND EBERSBERGER
Concerns about sustainability challenges are growing. Companies are under pressure to rethink existing innovation paradigms. In this context, research interest in the resource-constrained innovation concept, frugal innovation, has increased. In this paper, we examine the impact of frugal innovation on the economic, social, and ecological sustainability dimensions by conducting a systematic literature
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DIGITALISATION AND INNOVATION IN SMES: INFLUENCES ON THE ADVANTAGES OF DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-02-28 MARGARIDA RODRIGUES, MÁRIO FRANCO, RUI SILVA
Firms focus on digital entrepreneurship to face the challenge of survival in turbulent times, a continuing challenge for their leaders, specifically those in charge of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This means these leaders have to be manufacturers and digital at the same time, to avoid digital, technological and innovative illiteracy. This study aims to determine how digitalisation and
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FROM ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO OPEN INNOVATION, A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-02-15 FRANCISCO ROMERA, JOAQUIN ALEGRE, EUGÉNIE LE BIGOT
The aim of this paper is to review and analyse the connection of entrepreneurship with open innovation (OI) through a systematic literature review (SLR) over the 2003–2022 period. To this end, a sample of 152 articles obtained through a systematic process was used. This SLR provides analytical data on the studies that were processed and identifies different areas and levels of study such as the spatial
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SME OPEN INNOVATION: DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE SIMILAR ACROSS THE R&D INTENSITY SPECTRUM International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-02-14 LAWRENCE DOOLEY, GILLIAN BARRETT, DAVID O’SULLIVAN
Innovation management theory has its origins heavily grounded in studies of the routines and practices of large-scale and research and development (R&D) intensive enterprises, with a reduced understanding of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) context. Through a cross-case analysis of 12 case studies along the R&D-intensity spectrum (6 low-medium technology (LMT) and 6 medium-high/high-technology
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DEPLOYMENT OF INNOVATION METHODOLOGIES AS SUPPORTING INSTRUMENTS FOR THE PRODUCT INNOVATION PROCESS IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-02-13 THOMAS LAGER, ANDERS FUNDIN
Previous empirical research on the industrial use and usability of methodologies and tools for product innovation is often based on national samples, and generally focuses on a few select industry sectors and typically lacks a perspective on methodologies as supportive instruments for the product innovation work process. Moreover, even if some studies recognise the problems with low company methodology
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HOW FORMALISATION AND CONNECTEDNESS MODERATE THE EFFECT OF FORESIGHT ON RADICAL INNOVATION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM EUROPEAN COMPANIES International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-02-04 DJORDJE PINTER, KARL-HEINZ LEITNER, FIONA MARIA SCHWEITZER
While strategic foresight is relevant for radical innovation, many companies fail to produce radical innovation despite blown-up foresight units. We take into consideration the extent of formalisation and social connectedness in a firm to consider how they moderate the effect of strategic foresight on a firm’s ability to produce radical innovations. In a multi-industry study among 212 European companies
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CHARACTERISTICS OF INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS’ GOVERNANCE: AN INTEGRATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-02-04 MICHELINE GAIA HOFFMANN, ELISA PEREIRA MURAD, DANNYELA DA CUNHA LEMOS, JOSIVANIA SILVA FARIAS, BEATRIZ LANCELLOTTI SANCHES
The research aims to systematise governance characteristics of innovation ecosystems (IE) through an integrative literature review from SciELO, Scopus, and WOS since there is little research discussing governance applied to IE. The following categories emerged from the content analysis: governance approach; actors and roles; the relationship among actors; coordination mechanisms; common objective and
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THE CONCEPT OF BUSINESS MODELS–DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-02-04 BERND W. WIRTZ, WILHELM M. MÜLLER, PAUL F. LANGER
This research aims to systematically analyse literature reviews on business models to determine which and to what extent specific business model (BM) research topics receive attention. The systematic meta approach allows 23 selected studies to be examined on the basis of their content by comparing their research approach, focus and results, citation success and stated research directions. In this context
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TECHNOLOGY PURCHASE, IN-HOUSE R&D, AND PATENTING: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FIRMS IN HIGH- AND MEDIUM-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES IN INDIA International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-01-31 MOHAMMAD DANISH, MADAN DHANORA, M. D. HARISH
This study examines the relationship between technology purchase, in-house R&D, and patenting activities of firms in India’s high- and medium-technology industries. The study is divided into two periods, i.e., 1995–2005 and 2006–2015, based on the pre- and post-product patent amendment1 act, 2005. We employ a negative binomial model with fixed and random effects to estimate the impact of technology
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THE ROLES OF FORESIGHT IN LEVERAGING THE INNOVATIVENESS OF ORGANISATIONS International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-01-11 AMANDA CAINELLI, RAQUEL JANISSEK-MUNIZ
Incorporating foresight practices into the innovation process is relevant to enhance the competitiveness of companies in dynamic and complex environments. From a systematic literature review, this paper maps three roles that foresight assumes when associated with innovation and that help leverage the innovativeness of firms: the informational role concerns monitoring weak signals that indicate future
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EXPLORATORY INNOVATION THROUGH GAINING KNOWLEDGE FROM ALLIANCE PORTFOLIO: INTERPLAY BETWEEN NETWORK STRUCTURE AND KNOWLEDGE COMPOSITION International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-01-05 S. JOSEPH YOON, GIL S. JO, JINA KANG
Building an alliance portfolio is an important knowledge-sourcing strategy for firms to create exploratory innovation. By proposing a framework of knowledge flow and search flexibility, we examine the effects of a firm’s network position and knowledge composition of the alliance portfolio on the creation of exploratory innovation. Particularly, we explore their interactions that create synergy and
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FIRM SIZE, FIRM AGE AND BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION IN RESPONSE TO A CRISIS: EVIDENCE FROM 12 COUNTRIES International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DAWIT Z. ASSEFA, ANA COLOVIC, BISRAT A. MISGANAW
Exogenous shocks and environmental changes may force small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to change and innovate their business models. However, their readiness and ability to do so could depend on firm-level characteristics. This paper investigates how two firm-level factors—size and age—impact SMEs’ engagement in business model innovation in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Using World Bank
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THE LIMITS TO INTERNATIONAL OPEN INNOVATION WITHIN SMEs: THE ROLE OF DISTANCE International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-12-21 CARENE TCHUINOU TCHOUWO, SOPHIE VEILLEUX, DIANE POULIN
This paper examines the limits to adoption of open innovation (OI) within SMEs in an in-ternational context. In-depth interviews were conducted with managers at 40 Canadian SMEs that operate internationally. The results show that these limits are a function of in-ternational distance, which has cultural, institutional, economic, and geographic dimen-sions. We also found that individual factors (international
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EFFECT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF OPEN INNOVATION AND ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-12-06 SINDA BEN SEDRINE DOGHRI, AMNA GHANNEY, SAMAH CHEMLI HORCHANI
Transformational leadership is an important factor affecting organisational performance. Many studies have shown that transformational leadership has positive and significant influence on organisational performance. Based on a literature review and previous work, this study aims to investigate the impact of transformational leadership on organisational performance and to examine whether organisational
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MANAGING KNOWLEDGE EMBEDDEDNESS FOR SYNERGETIC INNOVATION PERFORMANCE IN STRATEGIC ALLIANCES: IMPLICATIONS FROM KNOWLEDGE FLOW AND STRATEGIC REACTIVENESS International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-12-06 JIANYU ZHAO, KE LI, LEAN YU, XI XI, DETONG CHE
Knowledge embeddedness may exert a crucial role in improving synergetic innovation performance in the knowledge economy era. However, theoretical deduction and empirical investigation on the effects of knowledge embeddedness have not yet reached a consensus. One primary reason caused this result is that the different levels of knowledge embeddedness for synergies have been neglected to examine. To
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A QUANTUM LEAP? THE CASE FOR RADICAL INNOVATION International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-11-21 JOE TIDD
Incremental innovation has become the norm as the influence of business and management disciplines and functions have come to dominate research and practice—for example, standard processes for product development, design-thinking to improve existing user practices and superficial business model variations. Such incremental approaches to managing innovation have merit, and can result in significant
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MANAGERIAL PRACTICES WITHIN MULTILATERAL AND PUBLIC-FUNDED R&D COLLABORATIONS International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-10-31 SOUFIANE KHERRAZI, KARIM SAÏD
This paper addresses the issue of managerial practices within multilateral R&D collaborations subject to public sponsorship. The aim is to design a model of organisational, economic and social-based practices to manage public-funded consortia, while taking into account the interaction among these practices as well as the moderating effects of relational risks. Relying on a sample of 232 firms involved
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TEAM-BASED INNOVATION CONTESTS FOR CROWDSOURCING: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON IDEACONNECTION PLATFORM International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-10-31 MOKTER HOSSAIN, MARIANGELA PIAZZA, ERICA MAZZOLA
Crowdsourcing for innovation contests represents a promising mechanism to access and integrate external ideas. Among various crowdsourcing types, online, team-based contest is one of the most prominent one. The objective of this study is to deepen the understanding of team-based crowdsourcing by exploring specifically the issues that characterise the innovation process of crowdsourcing in a virtual
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DOES OPEN INNOVATION ENABLE OR HINDER CROSSING THE VALLEY OF DEATH? International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-10-27 IOANA STEFAN
The Valley of Death (VoD) highlights the challenging crossing from research and development to technology commercialisation. While some studies argue that open innovation (OI) might be beneficial in bridging the VoD, there is lack of consensus on whether and when OI is an enabler or hinder for the VoD. By reviewing literature on the intersection of these topics, this study identifies contexts when
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LINKING THE USE OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND EMPLOYEE CREATIVE PERFORMANCE: THE INFLUENCE OF CREATIVE PROCESS ENGAGEMENT AND MOTIVATION International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-10-27 TOBIAS D. HERBST, J. PIET HAUSBERG
Although prior studies have examined the positive direct effect of using knowledge management systems (KMS) on firm performance, scholars have devoted scant attention to their impact on creative performance at the employee level even though individuals primarily provide creative outputs. To investigate the impact of using KMS on employee creative performance and help clarify the relevant contingencies
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HOW DO PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECT INNOVATION AND ADOPTION DECISIONS? International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-10-20 TIM STROH, ANNE-LAURE MENTION, CAMERON DUFF
Interest in the significant impact of psychological factors on innovation outcomes is growing rapidly. Our understanding of cognitive processes is, however, evolving, and research on the specific forms and role of these factors within innovation-related decisions is limited. We propose a theory of decision-making that offers consilience across research areas, is grounded in both physical and social
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HOW DO TECHNOLOGICAL FRAMES FEEL? BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION IN PRE-DIGITAL COMPANIES AND THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-10-19 FABIAN ARNOLD, PASCAL P. BREITENMOSER, TOBIAS RÖTH, PATRICK SPIETH
The disruptive character of digital technologies can lead to an existential threat for pre-digital firms when their managers do not assess the opportunities new digital technology can provide. Strategic actors rely on their technological frames to interpret a specific technology and whether and how they can benefit from it, which can explain why there is heterogeneity in such technology-driven Business
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A PROCESS-BASED FRAMEWORK AROUND “LIGHTHOUSE PROJECTS” FOR BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-10-19 LEANDRO BITETTI
Despite the extant literature studies on business model innovation in response to a single (rather than multiple) strategic goal, entrepreneurs mostly approach the business model innovation process as a portfolio of parallel initiatives and solutions to the problems that are to be implemented. In the VUCA (i.e., volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) context, a problem-solving roadmap for business
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CREATING BALANCING SPACES FOR DIGITAL AMBIDEXTERITY: IDENTIFYING DIVERGENCE AND COMPETING DEMANDS IN HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVES International Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2022-10-19 PETER E. JOHANSSON, IOANA STEFAN, KARIN AXELSSON, TOBIAS SÖDERBERG, KATARINA FORSBERG
Digital transformation is crucial for the healthcare sector, yet research shows that it also possesses a series of challenges at system-, organisational-, and individual levels, which require balancing. In this study, we adopt paradox theory to understand the balancing practices and requirements for digitalisation in healthcare. Based on gaps in previous research and practice, this paper aims to explore