Field Of Innovation Management Research Articles

The differential effects of potential and realized absorptive capacity on imitation and innovation strategies, and its impact on sustained competitive advantage

Drawing on the knowledge-based view of the firm and the theory of resources and capabilities, this study attempts to (i) investigate the differential antecedent roles of knowledge-based capabilities such as potential and realized absorptive capacity on imitation and innovation strategies, and (ii) to assess how such interactions lead firms to achieve a sustained competitive advantage. Using quantitative data from 211 managers in middle and top managerial roles, we conducted structural equation modeling via partial least squares. This paper contends that imitation and innovation strategies might be complementary while yielding competitive advantages, and that the degree to which organizations absorb external knowledge has an impact on this connection. Contrary to previous research, this novel focus treats innovation and imitation strategies as distinct, but not opposing, notions. The results of this study fill a knowledge gap in the field of innovation management and provide empirical evidence for the interplay between absorptive capacity and the two complementary business strategies—innovation and imitation—which aids organizations in maintaining their competitive advantages.

Remote Innovation: How Remote Work Enables Open Innovation in Times of COVID-19

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated infection control measures imposed by governments caused a major disruption to traditional workflows, leading to an immense increase in remote work. At the same time, innovation activities became more collaborative and digitalized than ever before, as firms worldwide were forced to shift from physical to virtual innovation spaces literally overnight and suddenly had to adapt and practice “remote innovation”. By means of a systematic literature review based on 80 selected articles, this paper contributes to the academic discussion in three ways: First, the paper explores the synthesis between open innovation and remote work and uncovers a set of necessary determinants that form the basis for practicing remote innovation. Second, the paper offers a conceptual framework based on Chesbrough’s open innovation model and extended by various determinants of open innovation in a remote work environment to provide initial advice to managers on how to innovate in times of social distancing. Third, the study concludes by identifying several promising areas for future research in the field of remote innovation management, a hitherto under-researched but highly topical field.

УПРАВЛЕНИЕ ЗНАНИЯМИ В ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ НА ОСНОВЕ УНИКАЛЬНЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ КОМПЕТЕНЦИЙ НАУЧНО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКИХ КОЛЛЕКТИВОВ

The analysis of basic concepts in the field of innovation management and their transformation in connection with the use of mechanisms based on competencies in innovation management in modern conditions is carried out.

Innovation management in agricultural production in Kazakhstan

Abstract In modern conditions in agriculture, the main priorities in development are scientific and technological progress and innovation, which, based on the achievements of science and technology, allow the renewal of production, and their implementation and management are the relevance of the theme of the study. The purpose of the work is to identify trends in theoretical and methodological foundations and opportunities for enhancing scientific and innovation processes, as well as priorities of prospective development in innovation management in agricultural production in Kazakhstan. The subject of the research is innovation activity in agriculture. A set of special and general scientific methods was used in the research process. The theoretical basis of the research conducted was provided by the endpoints, and the main conclusions and basic recommendations are presented and substantiated by the research of scientists, also, the works of researchers in the field of innovative development and management in the research of international economic relations problems. The results of the study established that the priority direction in the agrarian policy of Kazakhstan in the field of innovation is the development and introduction of modern knowledge and technologies in the sector of the economy, an increase of financing of agrarian science, production of new crop varieties, development of new animal breeds, improvement of quality and efficiency of veterinary care, a system of field irrigation and soil treatment, reduction of crop production costs, genomic breeding.

Innovation management in conditions of intensive ecological and economic development

In modern conditions, without the implementation of projects related to the introduction of new technologies and developments, taking into account the environmental and social responsibility of business, it is impossible for companies to achieve sustainable development. The article studies the problems of innovative activity and submits the model of management in conditions of intensive development. The purpose of the creation of the model is in business activity streamlining. The proposed model of innovative activity management comprehends the influence of disruptive innovations and gaps caused by innovative technologies. Nowadays the lack of organizational mechanisms in the field of innovative activity management has negative influence on competitiveness of commercial organizations. Intensive development of technologies requires new mechanisms of management. The usage of the presented model creates conditions for rapid development of the most prospective ideas and implementation of new efficient innovative technologies.

Systemic Innovation

This chapter outlines the scope and potentials of an emerging landscape of systemic innovation. Systemic innovation has emerged and been predominantly used in the innovation studies and management field, with limited reference to the literature on systems thinking or systems science. Different uses of the concept in five different domains is described to understand and focus on systemic aspects of innovation in various ways; (1) innovations dependent on complementary innovations and adjustment in larger system; (2) national/regional system of innovation supporting/restricting micro level innovation initiatives, (3) transformative change and system transition e.g. in sustainability, (4) collaboration in innovation networks and ecosystems, and (5) processes enabling innovating actors to think and act systemically. In the last, least developed use systems concepts and practices can empower innovation to change thinking, boundaries, relationships, interactions, and actions by creating new synergistic solutions and transformations. The chapter proceeds by identifying opportunities to enhance the theory and practice of systemic innovation by drawing upon the literature and the range of methodologies on systems thinking, e.g. by enabling stakeholder dialogue and value-based boundary reflection. An example is given where soft systems methodology is enabling systemic innovation processes of creation of business models among stakeholders in ecosystems. Furthermore, systems thinking can help to clarify the meaning of innovating systemically; to innovate not only products and services, but also boundaries and identities, relations and interaction dynamics, whole–part organization, and perspectives and framings in processes aimed at enhanced synergistic value creation. At the same time, innovation activity can embed systems thinking into innovation as a leading change and transformation praxis today pointing to fourth wave systems thinking. Systemic innovation can help to further a praxis-oriented development of innovating boundaries, systems, relationships, and perspectives in co-creative, synergistic value-creation processes to democratically transform our interconnected world to the better.

Agile R&D Units’ Organization Beyond Software—Developing and Validating a Multidimensional Scale in an Engineering Context

Previous literature addressed organizations’ adaptiveness to ever-changing business environments and investigated the concept of agility. However, extant agility research primarily covers the corporate and project levels and is typically located in the information systems and operations management fields. Relatively little quantitative research in innovation management literature exists, and those studies approached the concept solely from an outcome perspective (i.e., increased adaptiveness) instead of elucidating how organizations should organize themselves to be agile (i.e., a capability perspective). This article addresses these shortcomings and adopts a capability perspective since no empirical studies have examined agile R&D units’ organization (ARDO). Drawing on dynamic capabilities theory, we develop a measure of ARDO, conceptualizing it as a second-order construct, consisting of six dimensions: a culture of agile values, customer integration, autonomy, an iterative work method, cross-functional capabilities, and flat hierarchies. We validated the measurement by conducting three studies to ensure content, structural, and nomological validity. We applied structural equation modeling on a sample of 175 R&D managers and cross validated our findings on different hierarchical levels via a sample of 454 R&D employees. The results confirm the second-order nature of the ARDO measure and provide evidence of its positive relationship with front-end success. We advance scarce quantitative research on agility's neglected capability perspective and contribute to the innovation management field by facilitating further empirical research on agile R&D units’ antecedents and outcomes in the context of physical product development.

Servitization innovation: A systematic review, integrative framework, and future research directions

Servitization has emerged as an important research topic in the fields of innovation and technology management that connects products and services with the purpose of enhancing competitive advantages of focal firms. The manifestation of servitization varies across industry sectors, as it began from the manufacturing industry with rapid expansion into the digital economy enabled by the advancement of digital technology. Servitization innovation denotes the innovative approaches by which servitization is organized from the organizational governance perspective. Despite the steady increase in scholarly attention and accumulated body of knowledge on servitization, it remains unclear what are the archetypes of servitization innovation and what are the differences between the actors, mechanisms and instruments for servitization innovation. This paper aims to synthesize the received wisdom and contemporary understandings on servitization innovation by undertaking a systematic literature review of the field. From the technology-oriented perspective, we articulate the characteristics of servitization innovation within a pure manufacturing context and a digital context by proposing a typology of servitization innovation, namely organic, relational, and system. We conclude this review by presenting future research directions to further develop servitization innovation, especially within the context of technological innovation.

The Impact of ISO 56000 Standard on Managerial Practices towards Sustainable Development - A Prospective Study on an Algerian International Port Company -

Abstract The ISO56000 innovation management standards were released in 2019 and 2020. These standards provide guidance to product and process organizations for the development, implementation, and utilization of innovation management systems. The businesses can advance the field of innovation management by putting this certification into practice. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between the leading innovative management companies and management-related businesses regarding the implementation of the ISO 56000 standard in the port company DJEN, Jijel, Algeria. Data was collected using questionnaires from a random sample of 26 respondents. A quantitative methodology has been chosen and treated by SPSS.v26. The effectiveness of the ISO 56000 standard’s implementation is the main topic of this study. The findings imply that the port organization must adopt the ISO 56000 standard in order to consistently balance the economics with the environment and enhance skills and staffs involved in the company.

Enhancing the understanding of ecosystems under innovation management context: Aggregating conceptual boundaries of ecosystems

New focal firms are increasingly building new ecosystems to sustain their competitive advantage. However, the mortality rate of these ecosystems is high, particularly in their nascent stages, due to the fact that new focal firms lack a holistic, in-depth understanding of ecosystems' systemic, dynamic, and complex nature. To enhance understanding in this domain, a metatheoretical-level knowledge of the conceptual boundaries of ecosystems, that is, the aggregation of ecosystems' key features, is required. By systematically reviewing and synthesizing 84 articles, the present study developed a theoretical framework indicating that the coherence of the nine key lower-order features of ecosystems can be aggregated into three higher-order dimensions: roles (self-organization, non-linearity, shared vision), structures (complementarity, modularity, coupling) and processes (emergence, co-opetition, co-evolution). These higher-order dimensions exhibit temporal differences across the ecosystem development process. Overall, this study provides a comprehensive and general framework of the aggregated conceptual boundaries of ecosystems that highlights the basic guiding principles of any ecosystem approach within the field of innovation management. It can thereby contribute to ongoing debates pertaining to the differences between innovation and business ecosystems as well as allowing for an explanation of the differences in the developmental stages of ecosystems, from birth to maturity.

Preface: 3rd International Conference on World Economy and Project Management (WEPM 2022)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 3rd International Conference on World Economy and Project Management (WEPM 2022) that was planned to be held from June 11 to 12, 2022 in Singapore was successfully held via an online platform.
 WEPM 2022 is the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of world economy, economic policy, financial investment, project management, innovation management, e-business management and social science. The events brought together researchers, scientists, experts and scholars from various areas to discuss problems and solutions in these fields, to identify new issues, and to shape future directions for research.
 WEPM 2022 was composed of 3 sessions with 9 keynote speeches and 45 oral reports presented in this conference. Each keynote speech and oral report took 20-30 minutes and 5-10 minutes, respectively. All papers included in the conference proceedings were peer reviewed according to international standards.
 We would like to deeply acknowledge all the parties involved in making WEPM 2022 successfully held: the conference session chairs, organizing committee and reviewers. Besides, we wish to thank all authors and participants for providing their valuable contributions for this proceeding as well as the reviewers for their constructive recommendations and criticism aiding to improve the presented papers.
 With best regards,
 WEPM Conference Organizing Committees
 Singapore

The Delphi Method as a Morphological Catalyst for Foresight-Oriented Design Research

Anticipating expository concepts could be complex in the field of innovation management. Designers confront methodological challenges when they lock into a future framework with rapidly changing variables. The system’s users, for starters, do not yet exist. Second, ongoing changes in critical components and their interconnections make it hard to conceptualise relationships and offer synthesizable data. There is a lack of evidence in the rational core for generating forecasts. The Delphi method and morphological analysis are both well-established methods in strategic foresight. This paper suggests that using a morphology-based Delphi approach that employs a mix of the Delphi Method and Morphological Analysis to forecast future results in creative, complicated enterprises is beneficial. Furthermore, one tool compensates for the theoretical and functional shortcomings of the other by showing transparent, value-based arguments in an iterative, customizable manner. This documentary study has adopted a comparative study-based methodology that compares morphological Delphi in the context of future-oriented design to related fields in terms of procedural and theoretical parallels and differences. The results demonstrate morphological Delphi techniques through different scales of studies to provide a learning experience that is based on research, application and interaction which can be employed in future context design.

The human side of innovation management: Bridging the divide between the fields of innovation management and organizational behavior

AbstractThe human side of innovation management focuses on the people that are carrying out innovative endeavors in organizations. It marks the intersection between research on innovation management and organizational behavior. However, these two research areas are not well integrated in the current literature, despite the many promises such an integration holds to address the challenges innovative organizations, as well as their employees, are facing in general and in times of uncertainty and transformation in particular. This editorial provides an overview of the special issue and illustrates the divide between research on innovation management and organizational behavior. Applying bibliometric analysis, we point to the need to bridge research in these two areas. Aimed to act as a catalyst for such bridging efforts, this special issue on the human side of innovation brought together research based on different theoretical perspectives and diverse methodological approaches. In this regard, the analysis of the intellectual structure of the special issue articles, reported in this editorial, provides evidence the effectiveness of the intended catalysis.

New Schemes for Investment in of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of China: Role of Access to Finance, Innovation, and Sustainability.

Firm innovation relies heavily on financing, which is why it is a hot topic in the fields of finance and innovation management. Organizations can make strategic investments in production factors to develop competitive advantages because they have access to financial resources. This study investigated how financial literacy, innovativeness, and environmental sustainability influence the sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This was set as the primary objective in order to better understand the nature of the impact of financial literacy and innovation on the sustainability of SME firms. To test the hypotheses, structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied using data collected from 300 small businesses firms in China. The results revealed that financial literacy and innovativeness significantly influence small firms’ sustainability. Additionally, social inclusion significantly affects small firms’ sustainability, and sequentially has a significant effect on their performance. Research findings suggested that small businesses incorporate sustainability models into their operations and enhance financial knowledge in order to maintain sustainability.

Knowledge integration and entrepreneurial firms’ frugal innovation in the service industry

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine how knowledge integration influences entrepreneurial firms’ frugal innovation in the service industry. This study builds a moderated mediation framework to investigate the effect of knowledge integration on frugal innovation via entrepreneurial bricolage and under moderations of competitive intensity and government support.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a two-wave survey study among 278 entrepreneurial firms from the service industry in China.FindingsThe findings reveal that knowledge integration positively influences entrepreneurial firms’ frugal innovation via entrepreneurial bricolage. Competitive intensity strengthens both the direct effect of knowledge integration on entrepreneurial bricolage and the indirect effects of knowledge integration on frugal innovation via entrepreneurial bricolage. Government support buffers the effect of entrepreneurial bricolage on frugal innovation but does not influence the indirect effect of knowledge integration on frugal innovation.Practical implicationsThis study advocates for managers in entrepreneurial firms to cultivate knowledge integration to improve frugal innovation through activating entrepreneurial bricolage strategy and to pay attention to competitive intensity and government support in the transformation process from knowledge integration to frugal innovation.Originality/valueWhile the link between knowledge integration and frugal innovation of entrepreneurial firms in the service industry remains unexplored in the fields of knowledge and innovation management, this study contributes to the knowledge and innovation management literature by exploring the mediating role of entrepreneurial bricolage based on a knowledge-based view and the moderation roles of competitive intensity and government support in this relationship.

Tokenization, blockchain and web 3.0 technologies as research objects in innovation management

Tokenization, blockchain and web 3.0 technologies as research objects in innovation management

HRM work and open innovation: evidence from a case study

This paper proposes a framework for firm use of HRM when engaging in open innovation. Whereas open innovation has gained wide recognition in the innovation management field, as firms open their boundaries to knowledge inflow and outflow to advance innovation, very few empirical papers link the HRM literature to this phenomenon. We base our analysis on an exploratory qualitative study of the pharmaceutical corporation AstraZeneca and its implementation of an open innovation initiative called BioVentureHub. We identify three main areas of HRM work: inbound, outbound, and coupled HRM work. Furthermore, we illustrate how these HRM activities relate to the development of the open innovation initiative and to current HRM and open innovation literature. The framework identifies HRM activities that target not only internal employees, but also external human resources engaged in the open innovation initiative. This HRM work is mainly conducted through informal means, separate from the host corporation’s business as usual. Our empirical study contributes to the limited and mainly conceptual research connecting open innovation with HRM, increasing our knowledge of how corporations use HRM work to manage open innovation initiatives in practice.

Configuring absorptive capacities through organizational practiced routines: evidence from Brazilian digital technology-based SMEs

Absorptive capacity (ACAP) is currently one of the most dynamic themes in the knowledge literature. This is confirmed by the growing number of references associated with the fields of innovation, organizational learning and strategic management. However, despite the efforts of researchers, the main processes, routines and practices associated with the notion of ACAP remain unclear. Underpinned by in-depth case studies carried out in 2 companies operating in the field of digital technology in Brazil, we analyze the processes that structure ACAP, in search of operational configurations allowing the absorption of knowledge. The study builds on the notion of meta-routines as higher-level routines that define the general and abstract purpose of ACAP routines. These meta-routines are expressed by practiced routines of ACAP, which are firm-specific, idiosyncratic and observable. Findings reveal the evidence of interdependencies between these practiced routines, suggesting the existence of complementarity attributes among their related meta-routines. Moreover, the proposed framework highlights the sequence of these practiced routines and their adequacy to ACAP sub-capacities. From a managerial point of view, these results provide new perspectives for building ACAP in organizations. Implications and suggestions for future studies are included.

Impact of Digitalization on Entrepreneurship Development in the Context of Business Innovation Management

The article discusses current digitalization trends from the perspective of business innovation management, the relevance of which has increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The relationship between the innovative and digital profile indicators and the level of entrepreneurship development is analysed and substantiated based on the world and European experience in general and Azerbaijan in particular. The study's main goal is empirical confirmation, formalization, and evaluation of digitalization's impact on entrepreneurship development in Azerbaijan, some European and Asian countries to improve public policy in the areas under study. For achieving the study goals, scientific methods of statistical, analytical, graphical, correlation and regression analysis, and economic and mathematical modelling using Excel and Stata software products were applied. The information base of the study is formed from scientific papers and publications in the field of innovation management, digital economy, and entrepreneurship, as well as World Bank data for a sample of 14 countries in Europe and Asia (Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, and Ukraine) for 2006-2020. The author characterized trends in the total number of new firms, the overall density of business and the density of new business in the countries included in the sample, and indicators of the relative cost of procedures and the time to start a business in the studied countries. Particular attention is paid to the export and import of ICT goods, communication and computer services. A panel data regression model with fixed effects has been built to determine the influence of digitalization parameters on the business sector's development parameters. Evaluating the impact of digitalization on entrepreneurship development in Azerbaijan and other European and Asian countries could be useful to scientists, researchers, public authorities and local governments, business structures, and entrepreneurs.

COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS IN UKRAINE: CURRENT STATUS

Commercialization of innovations is a fundamental condition for the development of both micro- and macroeconomic aspects in the context of their impact on the creation of competitive advantages and economic development. Moreover, the commercialization of innovation is perhaps the most important challenge that all companies face. innovation goes beyond science or technology; it is something that is able to create value through the commercialization process. Commercialization acts as an important "intermediary" between scientific and technical development and the object of purchase and sale and is an effective lever thanks to which the newly created innovative development brings profit. The topic of commercialization of innovations has obviously received increased attention recently, but this subject of research is quite fragmented and distributed among different fields of research and disciplines. As a result, a variety of theoretical and empirical findings need to be explored, organized, and aggregated. The purpose of the article is to study the level of commercialization of innovations in Ukraine compared to world trends and to identify the problems of reducing the number of innovators-enterprises. Commercialization is a basic condition for the successful implementation of the results of innovative activities of high-tech enterprises in any country, therefore the article examines the rating of Ukraine according to the Global Innovation Index and identifies world leaders. The dynamics of the introduction of innovations at industrial enterprises of Ukraine in 2014-2020 were formed. The rating of the Top 5 most innovative companies of Ukraine in 2021 was analyzed. The result of the study was the identification of problems that significantly weaken the place of innovators-companies of Ukraine among world leaders. The article will be useful for specialists and scientists in the field of innovative marketing, management, logistics, teachers and students of higher educational institutions. For those who are interested in deepening their knowledge in the field of innovative development of Ukrainian enterprises in the context of product commercialization.