Management Innovation Capability Research Articles

Entrepreneurial Orientation and Transformational Leadership for the Development of Innovation Capabilities

Purpose: This paper aims to analyse the impact of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) through the relationship of transformational leadership (TL) for the development of dynamic capabilities (DC) for organisational innovation. Methodology/Approach: Under a qualitative method, and a single case study strategy, data were obtained from interviews with 15 senior managers and leaders of innovation activities; the document review and data triangulation method was used to analyse causality relations proposed in the theoretical framework. Findings: The empirical results confirm that the EO and TL have a positive relationship with the development of innovation capabilities. Findings indicate that risk-taking, proactiveness, assimilation, and exploitation of internal and external knowledge remain the main difficulties in improving innovation capabilities and adaptability in the technological environment. Research Limitation/implication: The present paper gathered data from a specific organisation in the field of EO. The research allowed us to better understand the incidence of EO, TL, and DC regarding the relationship between variables, and it should be considered a potential source for enhancing innovation management capabilities. Originality/Value of paper: This work is the first that integrates the concepts of EO with other related disciplines into a single case strategy, within a specific entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem context in a large automotive industry.

Sustainability‐oriented innovation in manufacturing firms: Implementation and evaluation framework

AbstractIn this paper, complementary perspectives from innovation management capabilities (IMC), the natural resource‐based view (NRBV) and the social resource‐based view (SRBV) are revisited in order to lay the theoretical foundation for developing evaluation framework for sustainability‐oriented innovation (SOI). Six dimensions of SOI are identified, as innovation focus, sustainability focus, integration intra‐organisation, integration inter‐organisation, ambidexterity, and emphasis on physical life cycle — which then lead to developing the key parameters for the evaluation framework. The proposed framework is validated through analysis of 25 cases from the manufacturing sector in Indonesia. Data were primarily collected through semi‐structured interviews and analysed using a polar diagram. This approach offered a comprehensive understanding of the qualitative data by assessing all six SOI dimensions simultaneously, presenting an effective visualisation of the firms' approach to SOI. The findings suggest that the majority of firms tend to adopt an operational optimisation approach when developing their SOI, while only a few opt for organisational transformational, and none choose the system building approach. This research paper makes a significant contribution to literature by introducing transition phases among SOI approaches, which were previously not explored in literature. The framework developed in this study would provide valuable support to practitioners in implementation and enhancement of their SOI practices.

The Mediating Role of Dynamic Capability on the Relationship between E-Leadership Qualities and Innovation Management: Insights from Malaysia’s Medical Device Industry

The current research plans to investigate the role of e-leadership qualities in managing innovation with dynamic capability as a mediator with the aim to assess and measure how the rapidly changing demands are fulfilled for business sustainability through innovation management. Data have been obtained from a quantitative survey of 145 respondents using the stratified random sampling method. The samples were obtained from the medical device manufacturers located and registered in Malaysia. Data analysis was performed using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The results show a significant influence of e-leadership qualities on innovation management indirectly with the mediating role of dynamic capabilities. Dynamic capabilities have a strong relationship with innovation management. This research shows the importance of different dimensions of e-leadership qualities in managing innovation for policy makers and practitioners and the impact of dynamic capabilities. Policy makers and managers can use these findings to use their resources to enhance their qualities and capabilities to perform better in managing innovation, which is among the top priorities of Malaysia at the national level. The results extend the literature on e-leadership qualities by empirically testing the relationship between innovation management and dynamic capability and by adding new contextual knowledge to the medical device industry.

Micro-foundations of digital innovation capability – A mixed method approach to develop and validate a multi-dimensional measurement instrument

Digital innovation refers to the creation or adoption value-adding novelty through the incorporation of digital technology. Digital innovation challenges established product-centric companies whose innovation management capabilities are insufficient to manage the reconfiguration and transformation necessary for digital innovation and technology. Recent research has introduced different concepts of for example, digital readiness, digitalization capabilities, and digital innovation readiness. However, these concepts have two shortcomings for use in practice and empirical research: most concepts are theoretical in nature, with limited empirically validated measures. As such, this study takes a dynamic capability view to synthesize prior literature on the organizational antecedents of digital innovation and develops a framework for the micro-foundations of digital innovation capability. By applying a mixed-method approach, existing concepts are extended through qualitative research and then translated into a multi-dimensional measurement instrument. This multi-item operationalization is then subjected to scale validation using quantitative research methods. The results show that a company's digital innovation capability is founded upon seven micro-foundations – digital focus, digital innovation process, digital mindset, digital innovation network, digital technology capability, data management, and overcoming digital innovation resistance – that facilitate established companies in sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring digital innovation.

Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic: Enhancing Sustainable Supply Chain Performance through Management Innovation, Information Processing Capability, Business Model Innovation and Knowledge Management Capability in Pakistan

The advent of the novel coronavirus, also called COVID-19, caused widespread disruptions worldwide. This unprecedented health crisis led to major disruptions in supply chain networks; therefore, innovative strategies and capabilities have the potential to alleviate its impacts. Considering this situation, this study examined how COVID-19 impacted management innovation, the information processing capability, business model innovation, knowledge management capability, and sustainable supply chain performance (SSCP) in Pakistan. To test hypotheses, data were collected from companies in Pakistan engaged in supply chain management or supply chain departments within manufacturing companies, and investigations were carried out employing structural equation modeling. Based on empirical results, COVID-19 outbreaks negatively impacted SSCP, but not management innovation, information processing capability, business model innovation, or the knowledge management capability. Additionally, COVID-19 and SSCP are mediated by management innovation, the processing capability, business model innovation, and the knowledge management capability. By underlining the significance of the resource-based view, dynamic capability, and organizational information processing theories, this research contributes to the body of knowledge on sustainable supply chains. The conceptual model presented in this research may be used in supply chain (SC) and logistics management to reduce COVID-19 disruptions in SC operations and boost profitability during a pandemic.

Analysis and elaboration of enterprise management innovation path based on logistic regression perspective

Abstract Based on the lack of management level and other problems in enterprise management innovation, this paper analyzes the innovation pathway of enterprise management by logistic regression algorithm. Firstly, the management pathway is set as a data set, and the feature vector of the model is defined, the probability model of logistic regression is derived from the input data vector, and the model defines the likelihood probability of the training set. Then the log-likelihood function of the logistic regression model with beta distribution is calculated, the feature weights of the data set are obtained using this function, and finally, the effective countermeasures of enterprise management innovation pathways under logistic regression are obtained according to these weights. The results show that by examining the variance comparison of different enterprise properties, private and sole proprietorship enterprises have the highest scores in the external organizational management factors, 3.86 and 3.72, respectively. The factors in the strategic technological capability have the lowest scores compared with other factors. It can be seen that the construction of comprehensive innovation management capability of enterprises is a long-term accumulation process, and the logistic regression algorithm helps enterprises to develop feasible innovation management pathway strategies according to their capabilities.

Impact of enterprise ambidexterity capability and experience learning on cross-border M&A performance: evidence from China

Research background: Through cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), enterprises in China can improve their technological innovation and organizational management capabilities to make up for the disadvantages of outsiders and enhance their international competitiveness. However, due to the lack of experience, the success rate of cross-border M&A of China enterprises is low, and the performance changes after M&A differ. How to maximize the advantages of cross-border M&A in obtaining technical resources and how to improve the performance of cross-border M&A are important issues that China?s cross-border M&A enterprises and academic circles need to solve. Purpose of the research: The aim of this study is to analyze the mechanism and boundary conditions of firms? capability to exploit resources (RTC) and capability to explore resources (REC) with regard to cross-border M&A performance from the perspective of experience learning based on organizational learning theory and resource-based theory. Methods: With 173 China A-share listed companies with cross-border M&A events from 2010 to 2020 as samples, this study uses hierarchical regression analysis to test the impact of REC and RTC on cross-border M&A performance and its mechanism. In the robustness test, this study adopts the measures of changing dependent and independent variables lagged for one year for analysis. In the mechanism test, this study uses intermediary and mediation effect models. Findings & value added: The results show that RTC and REC have positive effects on the performance of cross-border M&A. Prior experience learning (PE) and vicarious experience learning (VE) increase the probability of companies making cross-border M&A decisions and have positive effects on cross-border M&A performance. Moreover, PE and VE play a partial mediating role in the positive impact of REC and RTC on cross-border M&A performance, respectively. Formal and informal institutional distance weaken the positive effects of REC and RTC on the performance of cross-border M&A. Enterprises in emerging economies should adapt to the institutional environment of the host country to reduce the negative impact of institutional distance while taking advantage of experience learning when carrying out cross-border M&A.

An analysis of relationship between innovation management capability and sustainable development pillars: empirical study on an Algerian port company

An analysis of relationship between innovation management capability and sustainable development pillars: empirical study on an Algerian port company

Research on the Influence Factors of the Performance of corporate Mergers and Acquisitions based on the perspective of management innovation

Enterprises will generate mergers and acquisitions to expand their value, which will have far-reaching effects on both parties' current benefits and future development. Moreover, from the perspective of management innovation capability, the study of mergers and acquisitions performance influencing factors is essential for enterprises to improve internal control management and increase value creation. This paper first uses the mixed cross-sectional data of listed companies as the research sample. Then, based on the volatility and conflict perspective of the indicators, we quantified the corporate management innovation capability using information weight, independence weight, and the TOPSIS method. Then, operating cash flow, firm size, and mergers and acquisitions size were used as control variables to investigate the effect of management innovation capability on corporate mergers and acquisitions performance using a robust linear regression model, and a robustness test was conducted. The empirical results show that management innovation capability has a significant positive relationship with mergers and acquisitions performance, which confirms that management innovation capability is a requirement for firms to create practical value. Finally, this paper puts forward relevant suggestions for enterprises to achieve high-quality development and improve mergers and acquisitions performance.

Strategies for improving innovation management capabilities of high-tech enterprises based on organizational model reform: case study of Huawei’s organizational structure reform

Strategies for improving innovation management capabilities of high-tech enterprises based on organizational model reform: case study of Huawei’s organizational structure reform

Impact of entrepreneur's gender on innovation activities. The perspective of small businesses.

This paper analyses the female gender as a one of the factors that may influence product and process innovativeness of small enterprises. The data discussed come from an empirical study of 1017 small enterprises from the Kujawsko-pomorskie region in central-northern Poland. The theoretical framework suggests three areas of factors that may influence small enterprises innovativeness: the entrepreneur’s gender, innovation management capability, and firm characteristics. The results of the study suggest that the female gender of the entrepreneur has a positive impact on the product and process innovativeness of small enterprises. In the group of small enterprises managed by female entrepreneurs the chances of introducing product innovation are higher by 83.7%, process innovation by 56%, and product and process innovation together by 82.1%.

Audit Manajemen Inovasi Organisasi Agar Lebih berdaya saing

The goal of this research is to audit and compare the innovation management capabilities of the two organizations using the audit tools proposed by Tidd and Bessant (Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change, 5th ed. Wiley, West Essex, 2014) which consists of from five dimensions: Strategy, Innovation Process, Learning, Innovative Organization, and Linkages. The sample was selected from each organization from the High Suggestion Department (HSD) and the Low Suggestion Department (LSD). Audit questionnaires were distributed to respondents. The results obtained from this study were processed and analyzed. Comparisons were made between the two organizations in terms of their innovation management capabilities. In addition, comparisons were made between HSD and LSD in each organization. Of the five tested dimensions of Audit has a high score; Therefore, it can be concluded that the organizations in this study have a higher innovation management capability. In addition, every organization must keep the various components of innovation management in balance to maintain them.

The Impact of Entrepreneurship on Managerial Innovation Capability and Business Performance: Focusing on SMEs

Purpose - The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between the sub-elements of the entrepreneurial spirit and the sub-elements of management innovation capability. And also the study attempt to explore the relationship between management innovation capability, business satisfaction and performance. The sub-elements of management innovation capability are strategic planning, research and development, and technology commercialization. Design/Methodology/Approach - 390 subjects responded to this study questionnaire, and the study sample comprised managers of SMEs from Korea. Findings - The sub-elements of the entrepreneurial spirit is closely related to the sub-elements of management innovation capability. The sub-elements of management innovation capability activities showed a statistically significant result on business satisfaction and performance. Business satisfaction had a significant positive influence on enterprise management performance. The results of the study focus on the innovative activities of enterprise’ internal management, which fundamentally becomes a source of competitive advantage for innovative small and medium-sized businesses. Research Implications - The results would also contribute to continuous research and organizational development of the enterprise to improve its innovation capability.

Innovation capabilities of women enterprise in informal settings

PurposeThis paper aims to explore how women entrepreneurs in informal settings, especially in the fishing sub-sector in rural communities, relate to different dimensions of innovation. Specifically, this paper examines how women entrepreneurs engage in process, managerial and technological innovations. This paper also examines how they fund their business, develop their products across the value chain innovatively and how it influences their business output and welfare.Design/methodology/approachA face-to-face structured interview was administered among 100 women entrepreneurs in the fishing agriculture sub-sector in the Anam community, Anambra East LGA, in Anambra State. The study uses the multiple logistic regression model, descriptive analysis technique and it is quantitative in approach. The research is situated within the Local Innovation Systems and adopts diffusion innovation theory.FindingsThe study established the following: level of education and learning capabilities are significant predictors of process innovation capabilities among women-owned enterprise in informal settings; level of education, years of fishing experience and learning capabilities are significant predictors of technological innovation capabilities among women-owned enterprise in informal settings; and level of education is the only significant predictor of management innovation capabilities among women-owned enterprise in informal settings.Originality/valueThis paper focuses attention on the issue of innovation by women who operate in the informal sector of the fishing sub-sector in the agricultural value chain with attention for their productivity and welfare.

A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL LINKING INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY TO IMPROVE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITY EFFICIENCY

Organisations implementing homogeneous and intellectual resource organisational capabilities, such as innovation (INNO) and knowledge management capability (KMC), suffer from organisational capability inefficiencies that are caused by multiple influences. The purpose of the study was to develop a structural equation model (SEM) for the alignment of INNO and KMC that would assist organisations’ managers to improve organisational capability efficiency (OCE) during implementation. Since very little consideration has been given to the analogous nature of INNO and KMC in either theory or practice, organisations have most often implemented these strategic initiatives in isolation or by using a departmentalised approach. A structured questionnaire was used and analysed, primarily by means of factor analysis, to contribute to the validation of the SEM. The findings revealed that organisations implementing INNO must consider KMC and align/synthesise them to attain OCE.

기업혁신과 경영성과 간에 혁신경영 역량과 혁신사업화 역량의 조절효과

[연구목적] 본 연구는 기업혁신과 경영성과 간의 관계를 분석하고, 이들 간에 혁신경영 역량과 혁신사업화 역량의 조절효과를 분석하는데 연구목적을 두고 있다. [연구방법] 연구를 위한 자료는 제조업체로부터 수집된 총 247개의 설문지를 활용하였으며, 변수의 측정을 위한 타당성과 신뢰성을 검증하였고, 다중회귀분석에 의한 가설검증을 실시하였다. [연구결과] 기업혁신 관련 모든 변수들은 경영성과에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 조절효과 분석에서는 기술혁신 및 제품혁신과 경영성과 간에 기술리더십, 혁신제품생산 및 혁신마케팅이 유의적인 정(＋)의 조절효과를 보였다. [연구의 시사점] 경영성과를 제고하기 위해서는 기업혁신을 추진하여야 하며, 이와 더불어 기업혁신, 특히 기술혁신과 제품혁신의 경우 이를 지원하는 혁신경영 역량과 혁신사업화 역량을 갖춤으로써 경영성과를 더욱 향상시킬 수 있게 된다.

Exploring Sustainability-Oriented Innovation Capabilities in the Indonesian Manufacturing Firms

Although the studies on sustainability-oriented innovation (SOI) have grown significantly in the last decades, to date research on specific SOI capabilities required by the firm to be a more sustainable innovator is still under-explored. Capability-based perspective is revisited to become a foundation for this empirical study. Specifically, capability theories linked to innovation and sustainability fields involved, including innovation management capabilities (IMC), natural resource-based view (NRBV), and social RBV (SRBV) with dynamic capabilities as overarching theory. As the nature of this research is exploratory, a qualitative approach is employed uses semi-structured interviews to 33 owner and manager of manufacturing firms in Indonesia, supplemented by site visit and archival documentation for triangulation. The findings suggested that around half of the firms studied adopting SOI with an operational optimisation approach. It is found from the data that transition is exists between SOI approaches. Firms operating at a higher level of SOI approach have specific dynamics capabilities above baseline ordinary SOI capabilities (production, marketing, environmental and social) that help them become a more sustainable innovator. These SOI dynamics capabilities include capture SOI idea, proactivity to SOI opportunity, mechanism to implement SOI, stakeholder management for SOI, SOI governance, and SOI continual learning.

The evaluation of the impact of innovation management capability to organisational performance

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of innovation management capability on organisational performance. Based on the resource-advantage theory, this study addresses: “To what extent do intellectual and emotional assets influence marketing management capability which loads to the organisation’s performance?”Design/methodology/approachTo understand the research objectives, the data was collected via 35 in-depth interviews with managers and academics from various multi-national companies and new empirical insights were offered.FindingsThis study recognised three components of intellectual and emotional assets (knowledge and competence; digital technology; and reputation) and their influences on business performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe focus on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) limits the generalisation of this study. To scrutinise the relations documented in this study, future research should be conducted in other country settings and different sector.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the sustainability literature by developing a conceptual model that explains the development and role of innovation management in a market context with its associated sustainability management outcomes. The results are of importance to both SMEs and policymakers. Clear need to investigate further how organisations can benefit from such capabilities for greater growth is identified.

혁신 및 기술경영 역량에 따른 중소기업의 고용효과 비교분석 - 기술금융 기술력 평가 대상 중소기업을 중심으로 -

혁신 및 기술경영 역량에 따른 중소기업의 고용효과 비교분석 - 기술금융 기술력 평가 대상 중소기업을 중심으로 -

Analysis of the relationship between open innovation, knowledge management capability and dual innovation

ABSTRACTThe essence of innovation lies in the utilisation of knowledge. To ensure innovation and sustainability, this study constructs an internal linkage framework for open innovation, knowledge management capability and dual innovation. Research results show that both open innovation and knowledge management capability have a positive influence on dual innovation. The impact of inward-oriented open innovation on exploitation innovation is more prominent than that of outward-oriented open innovation. Whereas the impact of outward-oriented open innovation on exploration innovation is more prominent than that of inward-oriented open innovation. Knowledge management capability partially mediates open innovation and dual innovation while open innovation influences dual innovation.