Integrated Innovation Model Research Articles

SME Instrument: an empirical analysis on the impact of the second phase on the performance of Italian enterprises

This article is part of the strand of research on evaluating the effectiveness of public funds in stimulating the growth of research and development activities in the private sector. The research focus is on the SME Instrument, in its original version born within Horizon 2020, and in particular Phase 2 of the instrument. The research question, therefore, is "Has the second phase of the SME Instrument had a positive impact on the Italian SMEs that have joined it? If yes, to what extent?" The evaluation will be based on quantitative data inherent in the innovation (and non-innovation) performance of individual firms. At the conclusion of the analysis, it can be concluded that the second phase of the SME Instrument did not produce significant additional effects on the performance of firms, approximated by the ratio of total sales to total assets. The only exception is for those enterprises aged between 6 and 15 years, for which there is a partially significant increase in the sales/assets ratio after receiving funding. Given the research results and given that public and private management share a common interest in making their investments effective and efficient by seeing a return on them, the implications for policymakers are twofold: personalization of policy and promotion of an integrated innovation model, both of which imply a rethinking of the instrument. However, like any research, the results obtained are never an end-point, but the starting point for new reflections from which to develop further research.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Themes and Network Structures for Future Research in SMEs Sustainability

Objective: This study aims to develop an integrated model of innovation and resilience by examining previous research and identifying opportunities for future research. Design/Methods/Approach: This study interprets the bibliometric analysis report for SMEs' sustainability from 2000 to 2022 based on peer-reviewed journal articles. We used the Scopus database as it is considered to have a broader range of journals. To identify the concept of the relevant topic area, we searched for the article title, abstract, and keywords of journals using keyword combinations' SME' AND 'Sustainability'. We discovered 553 articles, which consist of 1598 authors from 260 journals. Findings: This study discover three clusters based on the bibliometric coupling analysis, which discuss the strategies for SMEs' sustainability. The strategies cover 1) sustainable innovation practice, 2) expanding the role of innovation for sustainable development (from theory to practice), and 3) Supporting SMEs to reach their sustainability. These strategies construct our integrative model for achieving SMEs' Sustainability and develop three stages: early adoption, sustainable-based growth, and full implementation. Along with the identified strategies and model, we also attempt to present two significant elements, innovation and resilience, arguing that both are complementary processes in SMEs' Sustainability. Originality/Value: This research contributes to developing key trends in SME sustainability, delivering key clusters in this topic, and providing an integrative model for sustainability implementation for SMEs. By using bibliometric analysis, such as co-occurrence network, clustering, thematic map, and visualization of state of the art, this study may bring a valuable result in developing the literature by extending the study of innovation and resilience for business sustainability. Practical/Policy implication: The model presented provides a clear process for researchers, managers, and organizations to analyze and adopt the necessary stages to achieve sustainable growth for SMEs. This model is expected to be a practical solution for SMEs to implement a sustainability strategy effectively in their business and promote a sustainable future.

Innovation Integration: Fuyao’s Secret of Success

An innovation integration model is proposed to explain the reason for Fuyao Glass Manufacturing Group’s success in its market competition. Fuyao’s vertical innovation integrations help the firm to solve the problems of both top-down and bottom-up approaches: Fuyao’s horizontal innovation helps the firm to place process innovation at its core, meanwhile list the technological innovation, product innovation and service innovation as objectives as well as the outcome. Fuyao’s integrated innovation model helped the firm to achieve its high efficiency in its manufacturing and market success and avoid failure of the products in its business environment. The coherent relationships between innovation and market demands are the drivers of a firm’s success. This study contributes to the innovation of literature in two ways. First, both top-down and bottom-up approaches have weaknesses. Innovation integration is the only way an innovative firm can use to avoid the weaknesses of top-down or bottom-up approaches while utilizing the advantages of the two processes. Second, different types of innovation do not stand along, instead, they may be able to complement each other.

Innovation potential of megaprojects: a systematic literature review

The interest in megaproject management and the role of innovation is increasing. However, the literature on this subject is fragmented, with studies focussing on ‘standard’ projects, failing to recognize the different nature of megaprojects, or discussing innovation dimensions as distinct components. The main aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive understanding of innovation in megaprojects. By means of a systematic literature review this paper synthesizes and analyzes the current academic literature on innovation in megaprojects and identifies potential research gaps. The paper presents the results of the descriptive and content analysis of the identified body of knowledge. We contribute to the literature by developing a theoretical integrated model of innovation in megaprojects, identifying dimensions of innovation, and deriving some propositions on these dimensions as well as the interactions between them. Key findings of the paper for the successful implementation of innovation in megaprojects include the planning for dynamic capability bundles and an innovation process that fits with the innovation package and its actualizing and complementary innovation interactions.

An integrative conceptual model of innovation and innovative thinking based on a synthesis of a literature review

Innovation is an engine of growth and an important 21st-century competency. The cognitive process that leads to innovation is conceptualized as innovative thinking. The literature presents many non-unified definitions of innovation, and several definitions of innovative thinking, most of which are very general and are grounded in specific disciplines. Addressing this theoretical gap, the goal of this study was to define a comprehensive conceptual model of innovation and innovative thinking, particularly in relation to educational perspectives, through analysis and synthesis of a sample of 100 definitions of innovation from various disciplines. The synthesis yielded a conceptual model consisting of five cognitive competencies: define a need/problem, generate new/changed ideas, develop an outcome in accordance with new/changed ideas, implement a new/improved outcome, and adopt a new/improved outcome with added value. This integrative conceptual model of both innovation and innovative thinking can serve as a framework for developing an innovation competence to be implemented among learners of all ages.

System Identification Based on Output-Only Decomposition and Subspace Appropriation

Output-only identification methods have been developed on a stochastic framework, but for the first time, a subspace-based approach is proposed without using geometric and statistical tools. This aids the computational efforts to be significantly reduced and the range of input sources to be extended in a much realistic manner for future output-only analyses. The approach encompasses any input type and can properly work for systems excited by inputs with finite periods. It is demonstrated that the row space of the output sequences spanned by column vectors of the decomposed orthonormal matrix is sufficient to reconstruct the observations. The transient and steady-state portions of the output row space, afterward, can be captured to reconstruct an integrated innovation model. The advantages of the algorithm are highlighted through several numerical and experimental examples comparing with the traditional subspace identification algorithms.

Assessing impact of employee engagement on innovation and the mediating role of readiness for innovation

The causal relationship between employee engagement (EE) and innovation (INN) has of late received considerable academic attention, but research attempts to develop integrated model of EE and innovation is still fragmented. This research contributes to the existing literature by exploring the mediating role of readiness for innovation (RFI) between EE and INN. Data collected from 400 firms in the Sultanate of Oman were analysed using structure equation modelling. The findings indicate that employee engagement acts as significant predictor of innovation. Further, with the intervention of readiness of innovation factor, the predictability tends to be higher. Though a direct and positive relationship between employee engagement and innovation is established, an analysis of the indirect effects shows that readiness of innovation mediates this relationship. A comprehensive and an integrated model of employee engagement and innovation is developed and validated which advances knowledge in both the fields.

The Conflict between U.S. Patent Protection and Technological Innovation: Analysis and Problem Solving by Means of the Integrated Causal Model for Innovated Ethic

AbstractCriticisms of patent laws for technological innovations in the United States reveal a multifaceted milieu of problems centered around the protection of short‐term economic gain and individual property rights. In this article, we consider this a conflict between current patent laws and the innovation capabilities of organizations. We propose a solution that enables the company to assure its long‐term survival in the face of these restrictions. This presumes that the firm will at least maintain its innovation capacities while preserving the company's ethical values and those of its social environment. We offer a theoretical model that is designed to help managers and policymakers reorient their governance strategies for managing the innovation process, using the “ethics of responsibility,” which establishes the link to individual moral values at the beginning of a governance process as well as the consequences of a decision. Our integrated causal model of ethical innovation for patents is presented and implications for global organizations and possible solutions for patent law process failure are offered.

A Proposal for an Integrative Model of Academic Innovativeness: The Case of Business Schools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Based on previous research related to innovation at different levels, this paper will try to define an integrative model of academic innovation. In other words, we will propose a model which includes antecedents, dimensions and outcomes of academic innovation in business schools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).This research is based on 140 questionnaires from different business schools in KSA. In this case, our objective is not only exploratory. We can say that this research must provide us with an integrative model of academic innovativeness, but this concept seems to be an objective and a variable here.It is an objective because we are looking to explain its determinants based on organizational learning capacity. At the same time, if this innovativeness exists and is defined in business schools, what are its importance and its tangible effect? For this, we must consider innovativeness as a moderator variable with different dimensions, which can improve academic performance in both teaching and research.This study shows that creativity and the need for collaboration are considered to be specific attributes of innovativeness in this field, and academic performance is one of the major outcomes of this dynamic process of innovation, appreciated at two levels: individual and organizational.

Institutional Origins of the Development of China’s High-speed Railway

China’s high-speed railway (HSR) has experienced rapid development in the past five years. The author explains that institutional factors, namely national monopoly on market resources, a highly centralised management system and substantial support from various departments in the State Council, have contributed to the sector’s growth. Adhering to the independent innovation strategy and by means of “mobilising resources to accomplish large undertakings”, the state created an industrial development model known as the “government-oriented integrated innovation model”, which capitalises on the institutional advantages as mentioned above. Through this model, with the entire national railway network being operated under a unified command and dispatch system, China was able to acquire core technologies from the market, integrate a complex array of subsystems and develop a portfolio of production and research, all of which were conditions essential for achieving the rapid development of high-speed railway in China. This article, in analysing the institutional origins of China’s development of the high-speed railway, sheds light on China’s unique institutional advantages in shaping its national competitive advantages in the world economy today.

Technology Management: Developing an Innovation Model for Research Universities in Malaysia

Institutions of Higher Learning in Malaysia had been viewed as the source for new innovation. Hence, few universities in Malaysia had been upgraded to the status of Research University to reinforce the nations New Economic Model via research, development and commercialization of new innovation. As such, Technology Driven innovation model that traditionally used by academic in Institutions of Higher Learning is now insufficient to support the innovation work within the scope and definition of Research University, this is due to it is lack of focus on commercialization element. Therefore, this paper aims to propose an innovation model devotes to Research Universities in Malaysia. In line with this, the paper reviews the important elements of innovation, followed by comparison of elements in corporate and academic innovation models. Finding from this paper suggested that building-up innovation competency in Research University requires an innovation model that integrates all innovation elements from holistic business points of view. The paper proposed an integrated innovation model based on Total Innovation Management paradigm. The proposed model has descriptive value in terms of studying, classifying and defining the important elements and relationships that govern innovation process and management aspects in Research universities within Malaysia.

Health research, development and innovation in England from 1988 to 2013: from research production to knowledge mobilization

This paper presents a critical analysis of the development of government policy and practice on health research, development and innovation over the last 25 years - starting from the publication of a seminal report from the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee in 1988. We first set out to map and analyse the trends in ideas and thinking that have shaped research policy and practice over this period, and to put the development of health research, development and innovation in the wider context of health system reforms and changes. We argue that though this has been a transformative period for health research, rather less progress has been made in the domains of development and innovation, and we offer an analysis of why this might be the case. Drawing on advances in our understanding about how research informs practice, we then make the case for a more integrative model of research, development and innovation. This leads us to conclude that recent experiments with Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care and Academic Health Science Centres and Networks offer some important lessons for future policy directions.

Conceptualising educational changes: A social innovation approach

The intention of the authors in this article is to contribute to the discussion concerning educational change by implementing the concept of social innovation. We argue that the application of the concept of social innovation makes it possible to better understand the process of implementation as well as sustainability and the social impact of educational changes. In the article, an integrated model of social innovation has been constructed and applied in conceptualising two consequent radical educational changes accompanying the post-communist changes in Estonia. As a result, the authors conclude that the concept of social innovation provides a promising framework, which facilitates the understanding and analysis of radical educational change. The social innovation approach is useful in identifying the different levels of change and assessing how deep the changes have been. However, in education systems in neo-liberal countries, where competition is one of the basic values, educational changes, even though becoming part of the everyday practices of actors, may redistribute power, rather than having an empowering effect for the majority of the main actors.

Balancing growth and innovation in Indian biotech firms

PurposeBiotech companies are generally faced with the paradoxes of simultaneously managing growth and innovation, as well as addressing explorative and exploitative aspects of innovation. Scholars have urged them to re‐evaluate their business model. The purpose of this paper is to explore how biotech companies in emerging economies address these paradoxes, focusing upon the nascent biotech industry in India, in order to investigate their growth and innovation patterns, as well as identify the challenges that they may face.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative data collection, using in‐depth interviews with representatives of organizations that deal directly with improving the quality of the business environment for biotech industry in India, as well as biotech entrepreneurs and leaders were undertaken. A total of 13 interviews provided insights related to innovation and growth that is discussed in the paper.FindingsData indicate that Indian biotech companies are ambidextrous and have managed to transcend the aforementioned paradoxes by developing and maintaining distinct organizational capabilities. They were found to pursue an integrated model of efficiency and innovation and utilize both exploitative and explorative aspects of innovation to fuel growth and innovation. The authors also found evidence of some of the characteristics of the “India Way”, proposed by Cappelli et al.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors conclude that Indian companies offer an opportunity for learning for American biotech companies with respect to building new competencies and balancing growth and innovation in today's competitive environment.Originality/valueDespite being labeled as the “industry of the decade”, biotechnology has been neglected in technology and innovation literature. It is hoped that the paper's findings will generate interest in the study of biotech industries in emerging economies, to help scholars develop interesting new theoretical models of innovation and aid managers in coping with the innovation and change paradoxes that they are faced with in developing new products and services.

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Managing distributed innovation: strategic utilization of open and user innovation

Research from a variety of perspectives has argued that innovation no longer takes place within a single organization, but rather is distributed across multiple stakeholders in a value network. Here we contrast the vertically integrated innovation model to open innovation, user innovation, as well as other distributed processes (cumulative innovation, communities or social production, and co-creation), while we also discuss open source software and crowdsourcing as applications of the perspectives. We consider differences in the nature of distributed innovation, as well as its origins and its effects. From this, we contrast the predictions of the perspectives on the sources, motivation and value appropriation of external innovation, and thereby provide a framework for the strategic management of distributed innovation. Keywords: open innovation; user innovation; cumulative innovation; communities; social production; co-creation; open source software; crowdsourcing Acknowledgements: Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the User and Open Innovation Workshop 2009, and the UC Berkeley Center for Open Innovation. 1 Introduction 2 2 Divergent Views of “Innovation” 3 2.1 Innovation Attributes: Knowledge, Components and Complements 3 2.2 Varying Degrees of Innovativeness 6 3 Integrated and Distributed Models of Firm Innovation 8 3.1 A Vertically Integrated Model of Industrial Innovation 10 3.2 Open Innovation 11 3.3 User Innovation 13 3.4 Other Distributed Processes 14 3.5 Applications of the Perspectives 16 4 Strategic Management of Distributed Innovation 18 4.1 Identifying/Searching for Distributed Innovation 18 4.2 Maximizing/Motivating the Supply of Distributed Innovation 20 4.3 Appropriating Value from Distributed Innovation 22 5 Discussion 24 5.1 Implications 24 5.2 Opportunities for Future Research 26 6 References 28 7 Tables and Figures 39

Managing Distributed Innovation: Strategic Utilization of Open and User Innovation

Research from a variety of perspectives has argued that innovation no longer takes place within a single organization, but rather is distributed across multiple stakeholders in a value network. Here we contrast the vertically integrated innovation model to open innovation, user innovation, as well as other distributed processes (cumulative innovation, communities or social production, and co‐creation), while we also discuss open source software and crowdsourcing as applications of the perspectives. We consider differences in the nature of distributed innovation, as well as its origins and its effects. From this, we contrast the predictions of the perspectives on the sources, motivation and value appropriation of external innovation, and thereby provide a framework for the strategic management of distributed innovation.

Design innovation and marketing strategy in successful product competition

PurposeTaiwanese computer and electronic products possess advantages in design, innovation, rapid response, and global market flexibility. This study aims to examine Taiwanese computer and electronics firms to explore the product marketing strategies they adopted to deal with global competition. Furthermore, it is intended to analyze firms in different marketing strategic groups in terms of their product design strategies and how they incorporated design and marketing strategies into design innovation. This analysis is applied as an integrated innovation model for allocating design and marketing strategies.Design/methodology/approachBased on a questionnaire survey and case studies, the marketing strategies adopted by the Taiwanese computer and electronics industry can be classified into the categories of “market leader”, “market focus”, “market challenge” and “market niche”.FindingsFirms employing different marketing strategies employed different design innovation strategies in product design. The design strategies adopted by enterprises in the market leader group incorporated aggressive innovation; those in the market focus group were characterized by focus innovation in product design; those in the market challenge group exhibited strong innovation integration in product design; and those in the market niche group exhibited flexible innovation in product design.Originality/valueThe innovation models adopted by the Taiwanese computer and electronics industry were related to enterprise scale, business type, and product development category. Results of this study provide a valuable reference for enterprises with regard to R&D and marketing in relation to product innovation.

Research on Innovation Mechanism and Model of Logistics Enterprise

As a new field in the service industry, logistics is growing rapidly and is regarded as a fundamental industry in a national economy. Its development is an important symbol of a country’s modernization and national strength. It also works as an accelerator in economic development. At the initial stage of transforming traditional logistics service to a modern logistics service in China, logistics enterprises have encountered many difficulties and problems including an imbalanced supply and demand, distempered industrial structure, faultiness of serving process and backwardness of logistics technology since 2005.Compared with developed countries, there is a great gap between Chinese logistics enterprises and advanced countries’ in the aspects of service concepts, model, and content and techniques. Therefore, based on the service innovation driving model theory, the authors analyze the integrated innovation model of logistics enterprises, logistics technology and network model, and the value-added service model. The authors select Shenzhen China Overseas Logistics Co. LTD (COL) as the empirical object to analyze its operation of technology and non-technology innovation and summarize its inner and outer driving force on promoting service innovation.

Integrated Innovation: A Model for A New New Product Development Curriculum

This paper provides an overview of a new new product development (NPD) curriculum developed on the foundation of what is called Integrated Innovation. The Integrated Innovation model creates a context of cognitive tension that is resolved by answering several pertinent questions. Cognitive tension is the result of trying to resolve multiple intellectual challenges simultaneously, where each challenge has equal prima facie priority. The curriculum that has been developed on the Integrated Innovation model is designed to help create a new generation of NPD professionals who have an enlarged role within the globally competitive enterprise. This paper provides insight into the Integrated Innovation model and its corresponding curriculum. It includes suggestions for future research and curriculum development.