Implementation Of Innovative Processes Research Articles

The slow implementation of sustainable innovations in the asphalt paving sector: the role of actors and their interactions

International climate agreements and government policies, push the road construction industry towards more sustainable practices using alternative materials, new production techniques, and more efficient construction processes. Despite the broad availability of these sustainable solutions, their adoption is slow and uncertain. The reasons behind this remain unclear. This study employs a system innovation perspective to analyze the process that leads to the implementation of sustainable innovations in the Dutch asphalt paving sector. By exploring actors’ roles and their interactions at different stages of the process, we aim to identify key aspects influencing the pace and outcome of the innovation implementation process in the industry. The results highlight that (1) the asphalt paving sector is anchored in a project perspective that often overlooks long-term sustainability goals, (2) several key innovation roles are not fully fulfilled, and the absence of a coordinating role is leading to misunderstandings, and (3) monitoring at both the project and sector levels is lacking; there is no holistic assessment of the overall impact of innovations. Overall, the findings suggest that sustainable innovation processes in Dutch asphalt paving remain confined to the niche level, which can be overcome by redistributing actors' responsibilities, addressing the lack of system monitoring, and overcoming the project perspective could help address the challenges in the process.

Management of innovative activities of technological and industrial territorial systems

Management of innovative activity in technological and industrial territorial systems (TITS) becomes particularly relevant in the context of globalization and increasing competitiveness. This study focuses on exploring methods of innovation management within TITS, including strategic planning, implementation of innovative processes, and cooperation among government structures, the private sector, and scientific institutions. The research aims to develop recommendations for managing innovative activities in technological and industrial territorial systems. The article delves into the essence of managing innovative processes at the territorial and industrial territorial systems level, exemplified by techno and industrial parks. It establishes fundamental principles of management, including the principle of foresight, the principle of integration of innovative processes, the principle of division of labor, specialization, and cooperation, the principle of delineation of competencies, the principle of informatization, and the principle of efficiency in managing innovative activities in a science and technology park. Management of innovative activity in technological and industrial territorial systems is carried out through stages such as forming a complete spectrum of tasks related to organizing innovative activity, providing detailed descriptions according to the chosen methodology, assessing interrelationships between tasks, and systematizing tasks by considering established criteria. The essence of managing innovative processes at territorial-technological structures is thoroughly investigated. Particular emphasis is placed on critical principles of managing innovative activity, which include the ability to forecast the development of innovative processes and adapt management decisions according to future trends; ensuring coordinated work of various innovative initiatives and projects to achieve a synergistic effect; optimizing the distribution of functions and tasks among participants of the innovation process to enhance overall efficiency; clear definition and distribution of authority and responsibility among different management levels and organizations; implementation of modern information technologies to support decision-making and enhance the transparency of innovative processes; focus on achieving maximum results with minimal resource expenditure. The essence of managing innovative activity in technological and industrial territorial systems is substantiated; principles of managing innovative activity are defined: the principle of foresight; the principle of integration of innovative processes; the principle of division of labor, specialization, and cooperation; the principle of delineation of competencies; the principle of informatization; the principle of management efficiency in regional innovation activity. The following stages for managing innovative activity in technological and industrial territorial systems are implemented: construction of a complete set of tasks for organizing innovative activity and their description according to the chosen scheme; assessment of the connection between tasks; grouping of tasks by given criteria. Keywords: innovation, innovative activity, management, technological and industrial territorial systems, social effect, cluster

THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION AND CREATIVITY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS

Sustainable development becomes a strategic goal of modern business organizations and an aspiration to ensure long-term economic growth through the creation of innovative products and services, saving resources and their sustainable use, nurturing the environment, and contributing to the creation of public welfare. It should be noted that communication and creativity constitutes a significant part of the innovation generation and implementation process. Promotion of idea generation, the interpretation of the need for innovation, the provision of opportunities for expressing new ideas, the development of relationships both within the team itself and with stakeholders are important in each phase of communication. The article presents the research, the purpose of which is to determine how creative communication solutions condition the involvement of the organization’s stakeholders, developing sustainability and creating sustainable innovations in Lithuanian business organizations. The applied research method is qualitative content analysis of the web pages of the largest Lithuanian business organizations, seeking to collect data on the essential organization of sustainable innovation development activities, challenges and features of stakeholder involvement. The data required for the research was collected by reviewing the publicly available information of 100 websites of Lithuanian business organizations in order to determine the essential communicated sustainability topics. Documents related to sustainable activities of organizations were also investigated (sustainability performance reports, corporate social responsibility reports, etc.). The results of the study show that Lithuanian business organizations consider the development of a sustainable activity strategy an important priority in the near term. However, although they understand the need for sustainable activities, developing sustainable innovations by involving stakeholders in these activities is difficult due to the lack of such practices and various organizational factors.

Algorithm of innovation project risk management

Aim. To develop a risk management algorithm that can be used in risk management of innovations.Objectives. On the basis of the current international standards of risk management and scientific publications to study the existing practice of risk management, highlighting the main elements of the risk management process into a single generalized risk management algorithm; based on the results of the first task, as well as taking into account the identified features of the process of innovation implementation, to develop an algorithm for risk management of innovation projects.Methods. The work is based on the study of scientific publications in the field of risk management and analysis of international standards on risk management in order to adapt them to the peculiarities of innovation management.Results. The problem of risk management of innovation projects is one of the most difficult in project management because of the significant degree of uncertainty inherent in innovation. The article reflects the problem of investors’ acceptance of increased risk during the realization of an innovation project. The peculiarity of risk management of innovations is the need to accept increased risk, and in return the opportunity to present a new product or technology to the market. Taking into account the considered peculiarities, an algorithmic approach to risk management of innovation projects is given. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of applying the developed algorithm of innovation project risk management by economic entities, which will improve the quality of corporate risk management and increase the efficiency of resource utilization. The authors point out the necessity of selecting a project with positive NPV (discounted cash flow, DCF) and accepting the increased risk of the innovation project in the process of innovation management.Conclusions. The authors have created a comprehensive methodological approach to innovation project risk management in the form of a sequence of actions algorithm. The purpose of its application is to increase the efficiency of risk management and to achieve a successful result of innovation implementation.

Facilitators and barriers to implementation of telemedicine in nursing homes: A qualitative systematic review and meta-aggregation.

Telemedicine is an effective way to provide nursing home residents ease of access to consultations with healthcare professionals. It is safe, effective, and time- and cost-efficient, and can be used when there are movement restrictions, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic. This literature focuses only on healthcare professionals' experiences and perspectives on the use of telemedicine in long-term care facilities. This review concentrated on telemedicine programs that did not involve remote monitoring. It aimed to comprehensively appraise existing literature examining the facilitators and barriers in implementing telemedicine services in nursing homes. A systematic qualitative review was conducted with content analysis. Database searching was conducted in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, Scopus, and CINAHL. Hand searching for gray literature and reference lists of included papers was also performed. Qualitative studies or mixed-method studies with a qualitative analysis addressing implementation of telemedicine in any long-term care facilities were included. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme qualitative checklist was used to assess the quality of the included studies. The data were extracted and cross-checked between two reviewers. A third reviewer was consulted for any disagreements. Meta-aggregation was used to synthesize the results. Eighty-one findings were extracted, which informed 16 categories and 13 synthesized findings. The synthesized findings were related to the innovation domain, infrastructure, work processes, individuals, and implementation processes. This review highlighted factors that affect the successful implementation of a telemedicine service in nursing homes. These findings provide evidence to support the future utilization of this service in the nursing home setting. Further research should explore the best approach to address these barriers and facilitators.

ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIONS IN LITHUANIA INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES

With the ever-changing needs of consumers and technology, innovation is seen as an essential element of business to ensure the success and competitiveness of companies in the marketplace. The aim of this article is to identify and evaluate the factors determining the implementation of innovations in Lithuanian industrial enterprises. The article examines the concept of innovation, classification models and theoretical factors of innovation implementation. According to the developed research methodology, a questionnaire survey of companies in the engineering and technology industry sector was conducted. The analysis of the research data, which allowed to identify the most important factors for the implementation of innovations, identified problem areas. At the end of the study, a model of factors determining innovation implementation was created, based on the innovation implementation process, empirical research data and the disturbance management process. The model depicts the factors determining and hindering the implementation of innovations identified in the empirical research, integrated into the process of innovation implementation, and the process of eliminating disturbances proposed for the hindering factors. At the end of the article, the research conclusions and suggestions are presented.

Промышленная политика и инновационный процесс в современной российской экономике

The article is devoted to the analysis of the relationship between effective industrial policy and the innovation process in the modern economic system. The industrial policy determines the specifics of the industries development, the competitiveness of individual industrial enterprises and is based on a set of economic policies implemented by the state; however, it also has its own features. Innovation and investment processes are the basis of effective industrial policy. The purpose of the study is to consider various approaches to determining the interdependence of effective industrial policy and the innovation process of foreign and Russian scientists, as well as to analyze the factors and conditions that ensure the effectiveness of the state industrial policy implementation. As part of the analysis of factors and conditions that ensure the effectiveness of the state’s industrial policy, the article assesses the advantages and disadvantages of the industrial policy implementation and its impact on the state’s to form and regulate the innovation process. The author uses methods of scientific analysis and synthesis. The positive and negative features of the industrial policy implementation in modern Russian economy in the context of globalization are identified, the underestimation of the business sector’s role in the innovation process implementation is revealed. The factors that reduce the effectiveness of the industrial policy innovative model implementation due to the inconsistency of the tools and methods are identified. The conditions for ensuring the long-term economic development effectiveness are revealed. Modern industrial policy requires consideration of the factors influencing its efficiency, as well as the specifics of the investment and innovation process implementation in the national economy’s industrial development in the context of globalization. The improvement of the existing scientific research and education systems will ensure the long-term advanced development of domestic industry, provide an opportunity to develop import substitution and occupy new niches in the global economic system. Industrial policy is determined by the peculiarities of the innovation process implementation in the economic system. An innovative model of industrial policy implementation can ensure the long-term development of the national economic system and increase its competitiveness.

Futures literacy in collaborative foresight networks: advancing sustainable shipbuilding

Businesses are facing increasing pressure from society and regulators to become more sustainable and do their part to address the climate crisis. These businesses will require continual sustainability innovation formulation and implementation processes to meet these demands. Collaborative foresight (CF) has high potential for helping business sectors produce a continuous stream of sustainability options to select and deploy in finished products. Recent developments in futures studies indicate that a capability called futures literacy (FL)—acts of individuals or groups switching their modes and purposes for imagining futures—is relevant to the production of innovation-related outcomes. FL may be key to driving the effectiveness of such foresight collaborations; however, little is known about its exact functions in such business networks and processes. This article examines this issue in the context of a luxury-cruise shipbuilding network in Finland. It analyzes research data from the foresight workstreams of a multi-partner consortium active across three sequential projects between 2016 and 2022. The foresight team took an interventionist research approach, conducting interviews and workshops as part of all three projects. In this article, we analyze the materials produced from these interventions for the appearances of FL enhancement. Based on this analysis, we found that FL can play key functions in CF, such as supporting actors in perceiving new developmental pathways, identifying new opportunities for innovation, and identifying alternative priorities built from new realizations and insights—a finding in line with existing claims by FL scholars and educators. This article contributes to ongoing discussions about the significance of CF and FL in addressing the most pressing environmental issues of our time. It offers an evidence-based argument for the relevance of taking a capabilities approach (i.e., introducing and developing FL) for business networks seeking to use foresight when engaging in sustainability innovation.

Research on Responsible Innovation Mechanism Based on Prospect Theory

In 2020, the new crown pneumoniaCOVID-19 epidemic swept the world, and it still has an impact on the production and lifestyle of various countries. Guiding enterprises to implement responsible innovation can enable enterprises to shoulder social responsibilities while innovating, resist the impact of the epidemic, accelerate countries to get out of the haze of the epidemic, and promote high-quality economic development. In this paper, three typical subjects of government, enterprise, and consumer are selected to construct an evolutionary game model, and prospect theory is introduced to explore the strategic choices and influencing factors of the three parties. Through the numerical simulation of MATLAB software, the following conclusions are obtained: in the early stage of policy implementation, the enthusiasm of enterprises to implement responsible innovation is not high; with the implementation of policies and the continuation of time, the enthusiasm of enterprises gradually increases; and the supervision role of the government and consumers gradually decreases. Appropriate government incentives and disincentives will promote enterprises and consumers to participate in responsible innovation. This paper explores the game process of government, enterprises, and consumers from a dynamic perspective, explores the decision-making process of all parties under the prospect theory, reveals the implementation process of responsible innovation and the factors affecting responsible innovation, and provides a theoretical reference for the implementation of responsible innovation model.

ОСОБЕННОСТИ РЕЗУЛЬТИРУЮЩИХ ЭФФЕКТОВ ФАКТОРНОГО ВЛИЯНИЯ НА ИННОВАЦИОННЫЕ РЕШЕНИЯ В РАЗЛИЧНЫХ ОТРАСЛЯХ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ

The article examines the importance of the influence of external and internal environmental factors on the implementation of innovative processes in various industries in the context of increasing production efficiency and increasing the degree of competitiveness of a business entity. The ambiguous effects of various factors are analyzed, the key interrelations of the necessary conditions for economic growth and the tools used in the processes of developing innovative solutions are highlighted. The actualization of an in-depth study of the problems of the multidimensional influence of factor impact on the efficiency of the functioning of business entities in the innovative development sector is justified.

Процесний підхід в розвитку конвергентності інвестиційних процесів на підприємстві в умовах диджиталізації

The article considers the essence and components of convergence of both the subjects of creation and the subjects of consumption of innovative values. It is proved that convergent investment processes mean not only technological unification, but also integration of different sectors, resulting in creation of conditions for integrated development and use of synergy. It is proposed to consider the convergent components through the convergent field that represents a dynamic and interacting environment in which various factors are combined to achieve common goals and create new opportunities. This made it possible to identify them and substantiate the essential and functional load in the implementation of innovative processes at the enterprise in the context of digitalization. It is determined that the organization of convergent investments involves the formation of cross-functional teams that cooperate to optimize resources and achieve the maximum value of the enterprise, based on the process approach. An important part of the functional structure is the definition of possible competence interaction in the implementation of technological innovations that allow combining multi-level processes and approaches in the intellectualization of labor. The structuring of the convergence of interacting elements in the implementation of innovations in a dynamic business environment is carried out on the basis of coherence and effective solution of problems within the framework of convergent investment processes, which contributes to the creation of innovative solutions and ensures the competitive advantages of the enterprise in a dynamic business environment.

Сучасні тренди у фінансуванні інноваційного розвитку підприємств промисловості в Україні

Nowadays, the role and importance of scientific developments in financing the innovative development of enterprises in Ukraine is growing more than ever because innovations are becoming the driver of all transformations. Despite the significant scientific output of Ukrainian researchers, the dominant problem that must be solved immediately is the search for effective sources of financial resources to ensure the development of innovative activities of industrial enterprises since they form the lion's share of the real GDP of the state. The article aims to assess current trends in financing innovative activities of industrial enterprises to substantiate how to ensure their innovative development in preserving competitive advantages on the market. The results of this study were obtained by analyzing and summarizing the conclusions made by Ukrainian scientists in previous studies and are the basis for substantiating the financing mechanism for the innovative development of industrial enterprises. In particular, it was established that the level of innovative development of enterprises in the real sector of the economy is influenced by general economic indicators, such as the level of innovative activity and the innovative capacity of the state. Ukraine's position in international rankings based on indices of innovation capacity was evaluated. The peculiarities of forming financial resources to ensure innovative development at the macro level were revealed. The results of the analytical assessment of the sources of financing of innovative activities of industrial enterprises show that the state's share in the financing of innovations is insignificant. Instead, the vast majority of innovations are financed by the funds of industrial enterprises, which is a negative trend in wartime. Several measures were proposed that will help increase the level of innovative activity of industrial enterprises by optimizing the funding sources for the innovation implementation process. The implementation of the measures listed in the article will be a catalyst for the innovative development of industrial enterprises. It will create a stable platform for financing innovations in Ukraine.

Development of performance indicators for sustainable enterprises

The sustainable development of industrial enterprises presupposes a qualitatively new investment level aimed at the transition to the cleanest, least resourceintensive and most waste-free production possible through a continuous process of innovation and investment projects implementation. At the same time, the current conditions for real investment are generally associated with increasing uncertainty (in particular, due to globalisation and progressive technical development), and therefore are accompanied by a high risk level, which certainly affects the ongoing projects results. The purpose of this study is to develop indicators for assessing the enterprises effectiveness, taking into account the changing external environment, the processes of transition to sustainable development of the economy. The methods of analysis, synthesis and generalisation have been applyed. The results can serve as a justification for the widely used today in practice and in economic science, but insufficiently substantiated position that in market conditions the economic efficiency of an income-generating object can be assessed by its market value. The asset owner is always interested in increasing the market value, therefore, it is generally accepted that an increase in the market value over a certain period is also an indicator of the economic efficiency of the object use by the owner, and vice versa, a decrease in the market value of a facility indicates the presence of factors impeding effective operations.

Innovative management – modern anti-crisis management

The definition of innovative management as a tool of anti-crisis management is researched in this article. The main tasks of modern anti-crisis management are constant monitoring and forecasting of the external and internal risks impact, which may negatively affect the company's activities and cause its crisis. The basic factors of the enterprise crisis are formulated in the conditions of martial law. Also, the key methods and tools of anti-crisis management are listed. Taking into account the variety of crisis occurrence and the multivariate nature of their manifestation, it is possible to use different methods of anti-crisis management both in relation to individual parameters of the crisis and to the crisis situation as a whole. The methods of the first group are tactical methods, aimed at quickly improving the company's financial indicators and overcoming the consequences of the crisis: downsizing, sanitation, monitoring, controlling. However, in most cases, these methods are not enough to eliminate the main cause of the crisis, which requires using of longer-term activities. Namely, the application of strategic methods: diversification, regularization, reengineering, restructuring, merger, liquidation, modernization. The examples of innovations, which are using by companies in various crisis situations, the ways of crisis overcoming and the obtained results are studied. In addition, there are presented the research of the CEOs readiness for innovative activities during the business activity decrease and dynamics of changes in the innovation index of world countries during the periods of the crisis. The priority actions, advantages and disadvantages of innovative management as a tool of anti-crisis management are determined. It is noted in conclusion, that innovative management is an important component of anti-crisis management. The process of innovation implementation has advantages and disadvantages and in practice, the development of innovative activity is significantly reduced during a recession. However, the analysis of crisis overcoming examples proves, that innovative management in a complex with anti-crisis management is able not only to help cope with the crisis, but also to stimulate sustainable development in the future. Now, more than ever before, the future of most Ukrainian companies depends on making the right strategic decisions, internal transformation, skillful anti-crisis management combined with innovation, clear assessment and analysis of risks, building a stable platform for further growth using new opportunities.

Integration of innovation development and implementation processes in defence industry according to a demand — supply format

The purpose of this study is to investigate the development and implementation processes of defence innovation in a demand – supply format. The main research methods are the dialectical and systematic approach, the method of formalisation and modelling, logical-functional and logical-structural analysis. The result of the study is the design of a lifecycle matrix for the development and implementation phases of defence innovation that visualises the objectives, functions, indicators, key deliverables by phase and stage of the innovation lifecycle. The matrix is intended for managers as a tool to help formulate the functions of the participants in the innovation process and to monitor and analyse problem areas in the innovation system. A business model of the innovation system of the defense complex in the demand – supply format is proposed, including elements that create supply and demand for innovative products, implement mediation mechanisms between participants that generate supply and demand. The results obtained are aimed at developing a methodology for organising and managing the development and implementation of innovations in the defence industry and can be used by authorities in the innovation policy formation, in developing and improving the programmes for the defence industry development in Russia.

R&D Cooperation and Investments concerning Sustainable Business Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Polish SMEs

The empirical literature provides strong evidence supporting the relation of various innovation activities, including business innovation. The literature, however, continues to be limited in the context of developing countries, especially considering different types of business innovations. The aim of the present research is to fill the gap in the literature concerning the impact of research and development (R&D) cooperation and various types of investments in innovation for the creation of sustainable business innovation in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Particular emphasis in this study is placed on the differences in types of business innovations. The research is based on cross-sectional data (n = 406) collected by the CATI (Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview) method in a Polish peripheral region (Subcarpathian Voivodeship). To examine the relation between different innovation activities and the creation of business innovation, logistic regression was employed. The results show that the outputs of both R&D cooperation and investments are highly dependent on the innovation type. The outcomes suggest that R&D cooperation might be a driver of the implementation of development activities and organizational innovation, while the expenditures on machinery and equipment lead to a greater probability for the implementation of process innovation and development activities. We also found that expenditures on marketing activities and investments in the implementation of new solutions may have an impact on business innovation implementation.

Implementation Process of Business Model Innovation – Research Results

Implementation Process of Business Model Innovation – Research Results

Framework for Measuring Process Innovation Performance at Indonesian State-Owned Companies

Several state-owned companies (SOEs) have successfully implemented process innovation. This paper examines the success factors that influence the successful implementation of process innovation in Indonesian state-owned companies. The present study used the three stages of an online questionnaire in the Delphi method to obtain consensus from experts. The consensus was measured based on the mean and standard deviation of the assessment answers provided by our respondents. Based on the development of process innovation implementation frameworks shown in previous studies, we obtained 28 factors that influence the successful implementation of process innovation. Our panelists believed that human resources and organizational factors, such as leadership, problem understanding, strategy, and culture, affected the success of process innovation in SOEs, even more than the research and development budget, support, and commitment factor of a given company. Meanwhile, cost efficiency was the main factor driving a company’s motivation to implement process innovation. The success factors in implementing process innovation are an essential consideration for the management of other SOEs eager to improve their company’s innovation performance, especially process innovation. Success factors were carried out comprehensively for all implementation indicators of process innovation, including inputs, process (idea generation, idea selection, and idea implementation), outputs and outcomes, diffusion, culture, strategies, and push and pull factors.

Resistance to contact tracing applications: The implementation process in a social context

The success of new technologies such as contact tracing mobile applications depends on large-scale end-user adoption. However, the implementation may encounter resistance, since the uncertainty surrounding novel technology may raise anxiety, and persuasion efforts to promote use can evoke reactance. Thereby, anxiety and reactance are two forms of resistance to new technology. Little is known about the role of resistance over the course of the innovation implementation process, in a social environment where technology functionality depends on adoption by others. Therefore, this four-wave longitudinal study followed adoption of the Dutch COVID-19 contact tracing app during four months (N = 1120), and explored the time dynamics and interplay of reactance to freedom threat, anxiety, and perceived social norms on app use. Mixed-effect analyses showed that anxiety and, subtly, reactance decreased with time; initial freedom threat predicted later reactance. App use related negatively to reactance and anxiety; and positively to positive social norms. Over time, the norm effect was mediated by lower reactance and anxiety. The results imply that resistance is pervasive, suggest that self-perceived app use norms may be key to overcoming resistance to new applications, and demonstrate that theories predicting innovation or technology acceptance benefit from studying predictors over time.

Possibilities of innovative processes infrastructural support in industry at the present stage

Structural transformations in the external and internal environment of production and economic systems at the present stage affect almost all areas of their activities. They are especially acute in the implementation of innovative processes, due to the key characteristics of their essence. The composition, relations structure, interaction directions and ensuring patterns the possibility and implementation effectiveness of these processes are changing rapidly and significantly. Article describes the role of infrastructure support in the implementation of innovative processes, the implementation of which is necessary to increase the competitiveness of the state in the conditions of the modern world economy. Various interpretations of the concept of innovation infrastructure proposed by domestic and foreign authors are considered. The features of the innovation infrastructure in the modern conditions of a changing and poorly predictable environment are highlighted: network nature, developed information environment, functioning in the conditions of the knowledge economy, in>depth specialization, the use of informal networks of innovative culture. Based on the trends of transformation of the external environment and the subjects themselves, the tasks of developing innovative infrastructure at the regional level are highlighted. The subject of the research in the article is the possibilities of infrastructural support of innovative processes. The results of the study are to identify the importance of the information environment, its structure and functioning features to ensure the effectiveness of the implementation of innovative processes at the present stage. The authors have substantiated various dynamic transformations taking place within the innovation infrastructure and leading to its transformation.