Organizational Innovation Adoption Research Articles

Tantangan Penerapan Inovasi Budaya Organisasi dalam Pengelolaan Alokasi Dana Nagari/Desa dalam Rangka Mewujudkan Pemerintahan Desa yang Baik

Nagari/village funds are an important instrument that can be used to improve community welfare, reduce regional disparities, and strengthen local economic empowerment. However, in practice, the implementation of organizational culture innovation in nagari/village government structures is often faced with a number of complex challenges. Nagari/village leaders and officials who have skills in organizational culture innovation can help in developing a better nagari/village fund management system, such as using information technology in reporting and monitoring the use of funds, or applying the principles of good governance in decision making. This research uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods to explore the challenges associated with implementing organizational culture innovation in managing nagari/village funds in order to achieve the goals of good nagari/village governance. A qualitative approach provides an appropriate framework for understanding in depth the cultural context of organizations at the nagari/village level and the dynamics involved in dealing with change. The research results show that the role of nagari/village leaders and officials is very crucial in encouraging the adoption and implementation of organizational culture innovations in managing nagari/village funds. Resistance to change is still a significant challenge faced by many nagari/villages in implementing organizational culture innovation. Factors such as discomfort with the status quo and lack of understanding of the benefits of innovation can hinder efforts to improve the effectiveness of nagari/village fund management.

Explaining Variation in Adoption of Organizational Innovation: A Social Network Approach

Explaining Variation in Adoption of Organizational Innovation: A Social Network Approach

O USO DE TI E A INOVAÇÃO FRUGAL COMO VANTAGEM COMPETITIVA NO BRASIL

This study aimed to evaluate how the use of IT contributes to the adoption of Frugal Innovation in Brazilian organizations. It has been an important factor of competitive advantage in developing countries such as India and China, which have significant cases of business model success with this approach, even in their scenarios of limitations and resource constraints. Through the analysis of two organizations, this multiple case study allowed us to understand how Frugal Innovation contributes to the competitiveness of these Brazilian organizations, since the development of innovations in Brazil differs from developed countries. The pandemic context, which occurred during the elaboration of this work, increases the importance of this study, given the discussions of organizations and the scientific community to find a scenario of reconfiguration of their models and the necessary economic recovery after this complex period in which the world population is living. DOI: 10.18226/23190639.v10n2.04

How "gutsy" does an organization have to be to absorb new information?

Absorptive capacity was first defined in 1990 by Cohen and Levinthal as “an organization’s ability to identify, assimilate, and integrate new knowledge.”1(p.128) In 2002, Zahra and George2 expanded on this definition to emphasize the active process of transforming and exploiting that new knowledge.3 Their extended definition provided the basis for the 4 components of absorptive capacity: i) identify the new knowledge, ii) assimilate the knowledge, iii) integrate the knowledge into the existing knowledge base, and iv) use the new knowledge to change the organization in some way.3 The concept of absorptive capacity has its origins in biology4 and refers to the capacity of the gastrointestinal tract to absorb digested nutrients into the body. Somehow, this term leaked out of the gut and has been adopted by the business world where it is used to help understand and monitor an organization’s capacity to absorb new or innovative knowledge.1 In due course, the health care system also adopted this concept, hence the reason behind our review published in this issue of JBI Evidence Synthesis.3 In preparation for our scoping review, we engaged with all stakeholders and explored our understanding of the concept of absorptive capacity. Then, we examined the literature, seeking to establish how absorptive capacity is conceptualized and measured in the adoption of innovations in health care organizations. A scoping review methodology was deemed the most appropriate methodology to pursue this investigation, as it facilitated the breadth of inquiry required to inform both of these related issues. The review was conducted through the Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Evidence Alliance5 and was initiated by the Knowledge Translation Unit, Strategic Policy Branch of Health Canada. Colleagues from Health Canada were involved at multiple key points throughout the review.6 Most importantly, the entire team, including the Health Canada library scientist, Health Canada director, the Queen’s Collaboration for Health Care Quality research team, SPOR Evidence Alliance staff, and several graduate students, collaborated over multiple meetings to generate and refine the research question. Knowledge-user experts in the field of organizational change were also invited and included in the meeting discussions. Beyond refining the question, this integrated knowledge translation approach7 involved title and abstract screening, full-text review, and editorial contributions to the final report.6 None of the articles included in this review generated a new definition of absorptive capacity; rather, they investigated the influence of local health care contexts on this process. Each context required a different focus on the 4 components of absorptive capacity, and organizations drew attention to the factors that they found valuable to their particular process. It appears that organizations need to be more than just “gutsy” to absorb new information; expertise in each of the components of absorptive capacity is important to the success of this process, and understanding the contribution of context is essential. Measurement of the progress is crucial, and using the domains of absorptive capacity as a framework is beneficial in guiding this process of planning for and assessing the adoption of knowledge within the organization and any change that ensues as a result.

Organic agriculture: A fountain of alternative innovations for social, economic, and environmental challenges of conventional agriculture in a developing country context

• How organic agriculture-based innovations overcome societal challenges in Kenya was assessed. • Adoption of product, process, marketing, organizational and institutional innovations was noted. • These innovations overcome social, economic, and ecological challenges. • However, policy innovation is still limited. • The limited policy innovation requires more government effort. The discontent with the agri-food system changes prompted a shift from the modernization paradigm to the sustainability paradigm and the emergence of alternative innovations. This study identified organic agriculture-based innovations and assessed how they overcome the social, economic, and ecological challenges of conventional agriculture in a developing country context. Using data collected from Kenya, the study identified a range of innovations. Financial innovations were adopted, a peer learning system emerged, some organic farms diversified into a new non-conventional agricultural activity of agro-tourism, and resource use was deepened by turning resources once considered as wastes, weeds, and foodstuffs into more valuable products for controlling pests and diseases and maintaining soil fertility. New interdependent marketing channels, namely: organic farmers’ markets and basket delivery schemes were introduced. Online and peer advertising techniques were adopted to promote organic products. A participatory guarantee system of organic certification was adopted and new product standards were created. These innovations are overcoming many challenges in the organic sub-sector, including limited information, market risk, limited access to financial services and dependence on external markets, and limited policy integration. However, policy innovation is still limited. This requires an urgent effort from the Government of Kenya.

Modeling trucking industry perspective on the adoption of connected and autonomous trucks

This paper predicts the future adoption of Connected Autonomous Truck (CAT) among freight transportation organizations by incorporating the distance decay function-based phenomenon of peer effects into an integrated choice and latent variable model (ICLV). We surveyed 400 freight transportation organizations operating within the United States to capture their preferences and perceptions towards adopting level-3 CATs. By analyzing the responses, we are able to generate a prediction for how quickly freight transportation organizations will choose to test and adopt CATs. Through ICLV, the authors captured the impact of organizations' optimistic attitudes towards their inclination to adopt CATs. The results showed that organizations with an optimistic attitude towards CATs, having members advocating CATs and nationwide coverage, are more likely to adopt CATs. In contrast, organizations with an average trip length of regular trucks of >500 miles are more likely to reject CATs. The peer effect results imply that the future adoption rate of level-3 CATs will be doubled (29%) or quadrupled (57%) from 13% based on the different peer effect coefficient values varying from 0.70 to 0.90. This study will provide key takeaways and policy inputs to planners, policymakers, and researchers to frame and implement plans to bolster the organizational adoption of innovations like autonomous technology.

How Social Networks Influence Organizational Innovation Adoption

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework that explains the interdependency of organizations and different social networks in the process of organizational innovation adoption (OIA). We first develop a taxonomy of social networks relevant to OIA and then a conceptual framework based on a review of existing frameworks. Furthermore, a case study was conducted with two cases and six embedded units of analysis. The review of existing frameworks for OIA shows that the importance of social networks has not yet been fully addressed. The analysis of the cases reveals four types of influence (comparison, argumentation, reciprocal learning, and alignment) through which social networks influence the OIA on micro, meso and macro levels. Our results help to better understand how the adoption of innovations proceeds in organizations against the background of the increasing importance of social networks and concepts such as open innovation.

Determinants of open innovation adoption in public organizations: a systematic review

ABSTRACT This article presents a synthesizing framework of the determinants of open innovation adoption in public organizations. We examine the fragmented literature and integrate earlier results. To provide a theoretical foundation to our understanding of open innovation adoption, we categorize determinants identified in the literature based on three theoretical perspectives on organizations: transaction cost theory, resource-based theory, and institutional theory. Our study finds that a resource-based rationale is dominant in the literature. Considerations regarding transaction costs and institutional pressures have received less attention. We end the article with suggestions for future research.

Efficiency of Wood-Processing Enterprises—Evaluation Based on DEA and MPI: A Comparison between Slovakia and Bulgaria for the Period 2014–2018

The ongoing transition to a low-carbon, sustainable forest-based economy, and the adoption of circular bioeconomy principles in the wood-processing industry is associated with the optimization of natural resources, application of environmentally sustainable production technologies, adoption of technological and organizational innovations, and increased economic efficiency and competitiveness. The implementation of all these measures can help to reach the biggest challenge of our time in the fight against climate change in a cost-effective and competitive way. The aim of this study was to estimate the technical efficiency of wood-processing companies in the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Bulgaria by applying data envelopment analysis (DEA) and the Malmquist productivity index (MPI), and to reveal some factors for efficiency improvements. The economic efficiency evaluation based on official data was performed using selected indices of four wood-processing companies in each country in the period 2014–2018. The study implemented an output-oriented DEA model with constant returns to scale as a nonparametric linear approach for measuring the efficiency of production decision-making units (DMUs). The results obtained revealed that the studied Slovak companies were more efficient with better management in terms of machinery planning and overhead utilization. Markedly, the Bulgarian companies achieved better materials management and current planning quality. Increased economic efficiency of wood-processing enterprises in both countries can be realized through investments in innovative technological improvements, and enhanced research and development activities.

A Heuristic Approach to Use Behavioral Models to Design for Change

PMD is a method to design for sustainable behavior change within organizations concerning the introduction of innovation. An earlier evaluation of PMD among users and a use case resulted in the need for refinements. In this paper, the authors describe the refined version of PMD and validate this in another case, in which a solution based on the interaction elements resulting from the PMD method was created for a company. Based on data acquired, they designed models of current and requested behavior. They selected the right interaction elements to facilitate the target audience in a change of behavior. After implementing the solution at the pre-fab concrete company, the authors observed a change in behavior among users, growing towards the behavior required to reach the set business objectives. The research allowed for the creation, evaluation, and validation of the PMD method itself in a real-life situation and showed that it is possible, at least in the use case in this research, to design for a required behavior change to increase adoption of innovations in organizations.

Theory, Practice and Challenges of Agroecology in India

ABSTRACT With the Green Revolution in Asia, the gap in agricultural yield with the developed world has been closed, while the gap in farm labour productivity has greatly widened. This reveals a deepening agrarian and environmental crisis in India. The industrial mode of production has led to the massive use of costly industrial inputs to increase yields and offset economies of scale that are almost impossible to achieve in this densely populated country. Such a development path is a trap for millions Indian micro-farmers and their natural capital. We then unveil the promises of a type of agroecology called ‘natural farming' that has developed in Andhra Pradesh, a State in South India. Andhra’s natural farming has pioneered the adoption of technical and organizational innovations that could lead to the first large-scale agroecological transition in the world. But in 2019, these local innovations were accused of following a regressive path and endangering the country’s food security. This attack reveals the current omnipotence of the industrial sociotechnical regime over science, as well as a conception of science and progress antithetical to agroecology.

Impacts of credit constraints on innovation propensity and innovation performance: evidence from China and India

ABSTRACT In the literature, researchers generally focus on the impact of credit constraints on innovation activities as a whole. In this study, we investigated how a firm’s financial status affects its adoption of product, process, or organizational innovations and the contribution of the individual innovation activities to innovation performance. Our empirical results indicate that financial constraints restrain Chinese firms’ engagement in all types of innovation, reduce Indian firms’ motivation to engage in product innovation, and force Indian firms to undertake organizational innovation. Consistency between the impacts of financial status on innovation propensity and innovation performance is further discussed.

Sustainability of Cluster Organizations as Open Innovation Intermediaries

The purpose of the paper is to identify the most important open innovation practices used by cluster organizations (COs). To reflect these practices, the paper uses the concept of the trajectory of relationship development in COs, applied in the Interizon cluster organization. Additionally, this paper introduces the potential sustainability-related implications of open innovation adoption in cluster organizations. An in-depth direct interview and secondary data analysis were the basic techniques used for data collection. The study demonstrates that cluster organizations can play the role of open innovation intermediaries, implementing a set of different open innovation practices, depending on the level of advancement of cluster cooperation. The use of these practices leads to the development of ever stronger relationships between cluster members, thus conditioning access to the increasingly valuable resources of information and knowledge which are most relevant for the future sustainability-pursuing context. The good effects of multidimensional cooperation in the studied cluster organization prompted the authors to formulate a recommendation for sustainable diversity in the CO. The research goes beyond the state-of-the-art knowledge in the concept of industrial clusters by exposing a broader view on cooperation developed within cluster organizations. The study links the issue of clustering with the concept of open innovation, shedding new light on the processes of supporting knowledge and information flows in COs. Additionally, it contributes to developing a broader comprehension of the context dependencies of open innovation for potential sustainable innovation.

Absorptive capacity in the adoption of innovations in health care: a scoping review protocol.

To explore how absorptive capacity has been conceptualized and measured in studies of innovation adoption in health care organizations. Current literature highlights the need to incorporate knowledge translation processes at the organizational and system level to enhance the adoption of new knowledge into practice. Absorptive capacity is a set of routines and processes characterized by knowledge acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and application. Absorptive capacity, a key concept in organizational learning theory, is thought to be critical to the adoption of new knowledge and innovations in organizations. This scoping review will include primary studies (ie, experimental, quasi-experimental, observational, and qualitative study designs) and gray literature that broadly focus on the adoption of innovations at the organizational level in health care, and frame innovation adoption as processes that rely on organizational learning and absorptive or learning capacity. Data sources will include comprehensive searches of electronic databases (eg, MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Scopus), gray literature, and reference scanning of relevant studies. Study abstracts and full texts will be screened for eligibility by two reviewers, independently. Data extraction of relevant studies will also be done independently by two reviewers. All discrepancies will be addressed through further discussion or adjudicated by a third reviewer. Synthesis of the extracted data will focus on descriptive frequencies, counts, and thematic analysis and the results will be reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR).

Network analysis of the concept of health promotion capacity-building

ABSTRACT Health promotion capacity-building (HPCB) emerged in the public health literature in the 1990s. The objective of this study was to examine the origins and show the developments of the concept in the twenty years following the seminal work. Citation network consisting of 230 texts was constructed in two phases. Texts identified in Phase A were articles with all of the words health, promotion, capacity, and building in their title (n = 79). In Phase B all texts that were cited by more than one phase A text (n = 151) were added to the population. Three quantitative methods - main-path analysis, k-core decomposition, and community detection - were used to identify the strongest path, the core of the network and distinct cliques within the network, respectively. The intellectual source was traced to the diffusion of innovations theory. All dimensions of HPCB could be traced back to the seminal work on the adoption of innovations in organizations. The single strongest path of more recent applications focused on global level HPCB. However, the majority of the more recent texts highlighted in the analyses were associated with community capacity-building. Other recent developments detected were organizational development, workforce development, health promoting schools, and a German Kapazitätsentwicklung application. These results suggest that HPCB has on the one hand given birth to a global-level core competencies approach, while on the other hand it has mostly focused on community capacity-building. As a consequence, other scenarios have received considerably less attention.

Network characteristics and the adoption of organisational innovation in the food sector

The purpose of this article is to assess the impact of network characteristics on non-technological, i.e., organisational innovations (hereafter OI), adopted by food companies. In the food sector context, we specifically put forward the importance of partnerships and networking activities, where this question is relevant. Indeed, relatively little is known about the importance of network characteristics, such as the diversity of partners or categories of networks (business clubs, technology parks, industry associations, …), for the adoption of OI. Based upon a sample of 348 European food companies we were able to test hypotheses linking network characteristics with the adoption of OI in the food sector. The results of the research highlight the positive effects of network competence, of heterogeneity of members and of the category of club networks on the adoption OI by food companies.

Network characteristics and the adoption of organisational innovation in the food sector

The purpose of this article is to assess the impact of network characteristics on non-technological, i.e., organisational innovations (hereafter OI), adopted by food companies. In the food sector context, we specifically put forward the importance of partnerships and networking activities, where this question is relevant. Indeed, relatively little is known about the importance of network characteristics, such as the diversity of partners or categories of networks (business clubs, technology parks, industry associations, …), for the adoption of OI. Based upon a sample of 348 European food companies we were able to test hypotheses linking network characteristics with the adoption of OI in the food sector. The results of the research highlight the positive effects of network competence, of heterogeneity of members and of the category of club networks on the adoption OI by food companies.

Swedish construction MSEs: simply renovators or renovation service innovators?

ABSTRACTTo address the renovation needs of detached house stock in Sweden, micro and small-sized enterprises (MSEs), a subgroup of small and medium-sized enterprises, are expected to introduce more comprehensive house renovation solutions. One-stop-shop (OSS) is an innovative Product-Service System model that can enable MSEs to offer comprehensive renovation packages instead of existing fragmented solutions. We have applied a conceptual framework for innovation adoption in organizations and conducted an interview of 21 construction MSEs in three different geographical areas in Sweden to examine their perceptions and preparedness to adopt the OSS business concept. Findings showed that the examined MSEs are positive towards OSS as it could address the needs for the comprehensive renovation of detached houses. However, presently, are not prepared to take the coordinator’s role in such a concept mainly due to the perceived business risks, the lack of flexibility to organizational restructuring, and lack of resources and management competency to coordinate multiple tasks and actors. Those organizations lacked awareness of existing policy support and access to funding mechanisms to try new business models. As a solution, they proposed an external coordinator to be the provider of OSS, on the trial phase, whose role and characteristics need to be further examined.

Adoption of Social Media by Small-and Medium-sized Healthcare Enterprises

Social media such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter can affect the way healthcare providers deliver their services. As low-cost tools, their use by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the healthcare sector could deliver competitive advantages. Several studies have shown that these tools are still underutilized by companies in this segment. Thus, the objective of the present study was to investigate which factors lead to the adoption of social media by SMEs in the healthcare sector in Brazil. To this end, a model for the adoption of organizational innovation was used in a causal study. A survey was conducted with 211 healthcare SMEs. The data analysis method was structural equation modeling (SEM), and SmartPLS 2.0 M3 software was used for the analyses. The results showed that both the perceived characteristics of the social media and the characteristics of the adopter are factors that contribute to the adoption of these media by the enterprises. Environmental influences were shown to not be relevant for the adoption of the media by the enterprises in the sample.

A Critical Review of Innovation Adoption and Diffusion

The innovation diffusion and adoption literature explores multiple topics including stages of innovation decision-making, diffusion networks, rate of innovation adoption, categories of adopters but there are still opportunities for continued theory building and research on diffusion and adoption within and across organizations. This paper will discuss the innovation diffusion and adoption literature focusing on diffusion models, adoption categories, the adoption process, and innovation adoption and diffusion in organizations.