Organizational Innovation Performance Research Articles

A Nexus among Strategic Orientation, Social Network, Knowledge Sharing, Organizational Innovation, and MSMEs Performance

A Nexus among Strategic Orientation, Social Network, Knowledge Sharing, Organizational Innovation, and MSMEs Performance

Influence of Implicit Followership Cognitive Differences on Innovation Behavior: An Empirical Analysis in China

The innovation behavior (IB) of followers is vital for individuals and organizations. It is not only an important part of individual performance but also an essential foundation of organizational innovation. In general, understanding the formation mechanism of followers’ IB could enhance organizational innovation performance and sustainable competitiveness. The innovation of this study includes the following points. First, in the previous research on the antecedent variables of the IB of followers, the key factor of implicit follow cognitive difference (IFCD) was not examined. We add this key factor to the independent variables of our formation mechanism. Second, in the relationship between IFCD and followers’ IB, we investigate the mediating role of psychological empowerment (PE) and the moderating role of person-organization Fit (P-O Fit), further shown as a mediation model with moderating variables. Third, this study adopts a longitudinal research design, and the data were obtained from 1:1 matched leaders and their followers of large and medium-sized enterprises in China. To avoid deviation in the homologous method, this study gathers data at three-month intervals to ensure that leadership’s influence on followers is effective. In this study, Amos 24.0 and SPSS 24.0 are used for empirical research. The results show IFCD has a negative effect on the IB of followers; PE has a partial mediating effect on the relationship between IFCD and IB of followers; P-O Fit plays a positive regulatory role in the relationship between IFCD and PE, and P-O Fit moderates the mediating effect of PE on the relationship between IFCD and IB. Based on our empirical research, we put forward some feasible suggestions for company managers to increase sustainability in market competition by promoting the formation of the IB of followers.

Contributory role of dynamic capabilities in the relationship between organizational learning and innovation performance

PurposeThe direct impact of organizational learning (OL) on organizational performance has been studied over the past two decades. However, how OL contributes to organizational innovation still remains under-researched. Based on the knowledge-based view of the firm and dynamic capability theory, we developed a theoretical framework in order to empirically examine how OL offers organizations the essential tools for creating dynamic capabilities (DCs), which pave the way for innovation performance (IP).Design/methodology/approachThe authors apply a time-lagged, multisource and survey-based research designed to test the proposed model in the pharmaceutical industry where knowledge is a source of innovation. The data collected from companies operating in such an industry were analyzed by utilizing hierarchical regression analysis to explore how OL could lead to IP through DC.FindingsThe results indicated that OL is positively, significantly associated with DCs, as well as its dimensions of learning, integrating and reconfiguring capabilities. The findings showed that these capabilities are significant predictors of innovation performance. In addition, the findings revealed that innovation culture significantly moderates the relationship between DCs and innovation performance.Originality/valueBy dedicating more time and resources, managers can reinforce dynamic capabilities as a strategic tool to generate new knowledge and distribute it across the organization, which can go a long way toward boosting innovation performance in the pharmaceutical industry. This study offers researchers and practitioners invaluable insights into how effective OL can enhance firm-level innovation performance through dynamic capabilities.

The multiple mediation effect of absorptive capacity on the organizational slack and innovation performance of high-tech manufacturing firms: Evidence from Chinese firms

Previous studies have been conducted on how organizational slack impact on the firms' innovation performance. However, there are few researches on how slack availability impact on the firms' innovation performance. In addition, absorptive capacity is also an important factor affecting innovation performance, but there is no literature focusing on the important role of absorptive capacity on organizational slack and firms' innovation performance. Therefore, it is necessary to combine organizational slack, absorptive capacity and innovation performance to analyze. In addition, high-tech manufacturing firms are the pillars of the country's economic development, and its development affects the country's international competitiveness. Therefore, it is very important to analyze the promotion mechanism of innovation performance for promoting national competitive advantage. Based on this, we classify organizational slack from the perspective of slack availability, and analyze the effects of different dimensions of organizational slack and absorptive capacity on innovation performance in high-tech manufacturing firms. Additionally, we compare and analyze the multiple mediation effects of two absorptive capacities on organizational slack and innovation performance. Using the data from Chinese high-tech manufacturing firms from 2016 to 2018, we construct a panel data model to conduct empirical analysis and obtain the following research findings: with the increase of available slack and potential slack, the innovation performance of high-tech manufacturing firms exhibits an initial increasing trend and then a decreasing trend. In contrast, with the increase of recoverable slack, the innovation performance of high-tech manufacturing firms exhibits an initial decreasing trend and then an increasing trend. In addition, we use the bias-corrected bootstrap method to test the multiple mediation effects of the two absorptive capacities, and find that available slack can influence the innovation performance of high-tech manufacturing firms through realized absorptive capacity. In addition, potential slack can influence the innovation performance of high-tech manufacturing firms through potential absorptive capacity and realized absorptive capacity.

The Mediating Effect of Innovation on the Relationship Between Organizational Culture and Performance of Large Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan

The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of innovation on the relationship between organisational culture and performance of large manufacturing firms in Pakistan. Data for the study was collected through a survey from 320 large manufacturing firms operating in Pakistan and responses were analyzed to assess the relationships between organisational culture, innovation, and firm performance. The results indicate that organisational culture is positively related to firm performance, and its positive relationship is mediated by innovation. These findings provide useful insights for organizations, particularly in the manufacturing industry, seeking to be competitive and responsive to environmental changes by successfully introducing innovations. Conclusions emphasize that mechanisms to encourage and foster an innovative culture in the organization are likely to facilitate the introduction, adoption, and diffusion of innovations which, in turn, is likely to result in the achievement of superior firm performance. In addition, a few scholars have considered innovation as a key driver of firm performance besides that, fewer researchers have studied innovations as being impacted by organisational culture. This paper makes a significant contribution to the prevailing literature by empirically examining the relationship between organisational culture, innovation, and firm performance.

Enhancing small and medium enterprises performance through innovation in Indonesia

通过创新提高印度尼西亚中小型企业(SMEs)绩效：论支持旅游的创意产业模型研究目的本论文旨在探究SMEs创业导向和组织文化对组织创新和组织绩效的作用, 这些SMEs从事创新产业以支持印度尼西亚的旅游业。研究设计/方法/途径本论文采用定量手段, 对183位直接生产和投放创业产业给顾客的SMEs业主分发问卷。采用方式为目的性采样法。问卷数据分析方式为PLS。研究结果研究结果表明, 创业导向和组织文化对创新有着显著影响, 从而影响绩效。有趣的是, 创新对绩效没有直接效果, 也不调创业导向与组织绩效直接的作用。研究理论意义本论文研究的创新问题是由很多影响因子衡量, 显示组织创新概念。未来研究可以研究其他具体创新类型。研究现实意义在未来中, 创业者和政府都应该建立更多科技支持、商业孵化中心、和咨询机构来提高绩效。研究原创性/价值社会-文化多样性, 比如创业导向和自然资源, 特别是印度尼西亚的文化, 能够启发创新产业继续创新、继而引领他们提高绩效, 特别在旅游方面。

Knowledge sharing direction and innovation performance in organizations

PurposeBecause the mechanism of how knowledge sharing affects organizational innovation is still unclear, the study focuses on the relationship between knowledge sharing and organizational innovation performance, with a focus on mediating role of absorptive capacity and individual creativity.Design/methodology/approachOn the basis of the knowledge base view and organizational learning theory, the study propose a model to verify the impact of inbound and outbound knowledge sharing on organizational innovation performance based on previous research. It also analyzed how these effects were mediated by individual creativity and absorptive capacity. The study collected 166 samples to verify the theoretical model.FindingsResults corroborate that inbound knowledge sharing cannot directly promote organizational innovation performance, and absorptive capacity has a full mediation effect between inbound knowledge sharing and organizational innovation performance. Knowledge outbound sharing, individual creativity and absorptive capacity can improve innovation performance. In addition, absorptive capacity and individual creativity have direct and significant impacts on organizational innovation performance. Moreover, absorptive capacity plays a partial mediate role between individual creativity and innovation performance. Finally, this study discusses the policy implications of the study and describes possible future research directions.Originality/valueThe paper creatively divides knowledge sharing into inbound knowledge sharing and outbound knowledge sharing and verifies that knowledge sharing does not directly affect organizational innovation performance. The mediating role of absorptive capacity and individual creativity was analysis.

Does openness to innovation matter? The moderating role of open innovation between organizational ambidexterity and innovation performance

ABSTRACT Based on organizational ambidexterity theory and knowledge-based view, this study presents a conceptual framework that links organizational ambidexterity, open innovation and innovation performance together and tested this framework by distributing questionnaires to senior managers in East and Mid-China to assess related variables. The empirical study analysis based on 274 returned questionnaires finds a non-linear relationship between organizational ambidexterity and innovation performance and the moderating effects of inbound and outbound open innovation on the ambidexterity-performance relationship. To effectively use organizational ambidexterity, firms need open innovation to use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and to take advantage of both internal and external paths to market.

Establishing a knowledge-based organisation

Purpose Studies on knowledge management (KM) and its effect on organisational innovation and firm performance have been carried out and subsequently proven. However, the consequence is that KM programmes did not achieve the expected results that they were designed for. Considering the issue mentioned above, a KM shortfall and its underlying challenges seem to exist. The purpose of this study is to assess the current practices of KM, lesson learnt and KM challenges in Malaysian organisations from various types of industries. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted with information gathered through a focus group of managers with different hierarchical levels, different types of companies, from multinational corporations to state organisations. This inductive approach was adopted to gain a grounded, rich, local and lived understanding of the process based on the case studies of eight Malaysian organisations that represent the major industries in the Malaysian economic sectors. Additionally, the information gathered was further supported with secondary data that consisted of a case study report of the eight organisations on their KM programmes’ implementation. Findings The overall results showed that the practice of KM in Malaysian organisations typically displays the following two challenges: (1) process and infrastructure issues and (2) cultural issues. Organisational culture remains the main obstacles faced by most of the organisations in adopting KM. As a lesson learnt, managers should also focus on the after-effect of KM programmes on soft human issues such as employees’ satisfaction and well-being. Research limitations/implications The authors believe that further research is required considering KM challenges and employee satisfaction or well-being to improve KM performance among different groups of employees through such methods as research survey. Practical implications The findings can act as a guideline for any organisations to address when adopting KM. Identification of the KM challenges provides the basis for organisations to attach considerable importance to employees’ satisfaction and well-being to enhance the chances of successful KM programmes. Managers should take a proactive approach in creating an appropriate atmosphere to cultivate KM culture among employees. Originality/value This study offers not only challenges in implementing and sustaining an effective KM system within organisations but also promotes moving the KM literature to the next stage where there is a lack of concern on KM implementation effect on “soft” human issues from the perspectives of employees. This is due to organisations tend to eradicate people’s performance in terms of employee well-being and satisfaction and to the author’s knowledge, this has been largely unexplored in previous research.

Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organizational Innovation, And Lpd Performance In Badung Regency

Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organizational Innovation, And Lpd Performance In Badung Regency

Increasing Innovative Performance through Organization Culture, Work Satisfaction and Organization Commitments

This research was conducted to measure innovative performance of teachers at the State Vocational High School Kolaka, Kolaka District, Southeast Sulawesi Province. Variables used in this study are organizational culture, job satisfaction, organization commitment and innovative performance. Organization culture, job satisfaction as an independent variable in analyzing organization commitment variables. While other variables namely innovative performance as the dependent variable. Sampling technique in this study was to use a census method with a total of 98 respondents, while those collected were 82 questionnaires. Data analysis in this study uses smart PLS (Partial Least Square). Finding of this study found that organizational culture and job satisfaction have positive relationship on organization commitment. Moreover, organization culture, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment have positive relationship toward innovative performance.

The Effect of Organizational Quality Specific Immune on Innovation Performance in Manufacturing Enterprises

Based on the coordination of research issues of organizational quality specific Immune and innovation performance through literature research, this study uses fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis to evaluate the innovation performance based on product innovation and process innovation from the perspective of organizational quality specific immune. Based on the idea of membership degree, the quantitative components such as comprehensive evaluation value and clustering are added to process the data, finally three paths affecting innovation performance are obtained from the perspective of organizational quality specific immune.

Organizational learning capability, innovation and organizational performance

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to introduce a comprehensive, delineated and integrated conceptual model which includes organizational learning capability, innovation and organizational performance (OP). Then, an empirical investigation is undertaken to test the relationships among the proposed study model variables.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 274 questionnaires were completed and returned. Statistical techniques employed included confirmatory factor analysis to examine the validity of the measurement model, and structural equation modeling to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe findings of this study suggest that OLC influences innovation and innovation affects OP. Finally, the results show that OLC affects OP indirectly through innovation (mediator).Research limitations/implicationsFuture research should pay more attention to the influence of different mixture (variables) of influences on innovation and also examine other consequences of introducing innovation in organizations. In addition, more empirical papers supporting (or rejecting) the results in different contexts would be welcomed, especially longitudinal studies.Practical implicationsThe results of this study help managers to ascertain the managerial practices that can be employed as well as determine the level of effort and resources necessary to enhance OLC. Additionally, managers should shed additional light on the innovation’s positive implications for OP.Originality/valueThis study focuses on the conceptualization of OLC and effects of these capabilities on innovation. It conceptualizes innovation as a multidimensional construct and tests its relationship with OP. Finally, the relationship between learning capability and OP, although implied, needs to be addressed empirically in the research literature, an objective that this study tries to achieve.

Network characteristics and organizational innovation capability: A study of the inter‐organizational collaboration network of new drug development in Shanghai, China

AbstractThe size of organizational network, organizations' betweenness centrality and structural hole exert positive effects on organizational innovation capability. The intermediary effect of structural hole on organizational innovation capability is not significant. These outcomes enrich the understanding of the promoting effect of the inter‐organizational network on organizational innovation performance in general. The findings contribute to business practitioners in high‐tech clusters on their capability development.

Organizational Personality as a Moderating Variable of the Relationship between Organizational DNA and Innovative Performance

This paper attempts to highlight the influence of types of organizational personality as a moderating variable of the relationship between organizational DNA and innovative performance.

Fuzzy impact of quality management on organizational innovation performance

Fuzzy impact of quality management on organizational innovation performance

The Effects of CEO’s Compassionate Rationalism Leadership Strategies on Innovation Activities and Business Performance in SMEs

Domestic SMEs play a key role in production and employment, accounting for 98.9% of total enterprises, 74.4% of employment, 50.8% of production, and 49.0% of value added (as of 2016). However, they are faced with difficulties of survival because of continuous decrease in profitability, shortage of funds and manpower, insufficient accumulation of technology, minimum wage increase, and 52-hour workweek. In order for SMEs to continue to develop in such a difficult environment, we must constantly innovate our organization by making full use of our knowledge, information, experience and ability. To do this, CEO (management) leadership is very important to ensure that the best people are focused on the organizational innovation and management performance without moving the company. In this study, we wanted to establish empirically how the newly emerging compassionate rationalism leadership of SMEs business managers affected the innovation activities and management performance of companies. Research has shown that management’s compassionate rationalism leadership has a positive and significant causal relationship with the innovation activities and management performance of the enterprise. Therefore, SMEs managers need to learn the bottom eight strategic factors of compassionate rationalism leadership and use them strategically to make efforts to create positive emotions for the organization so that members can be immersed in innovative activities and management performance creation.

A Developed Framework Of Mediating Role Of Inbound Innovation Strategy Between BOS And Innovation Performance

Innovation research has got a very significant value in modern research. In contemporary galvanized world, supremacy of new innovation strategies has taken over older strategies. Inbound and outbound innovation strategies have moved from resources based closed innovations within the organization to relation based innovations via interaction with outside world of organizations and customers. There have been research on the relationship of these open innovation strategies with organizational performance and innovation performance. But there was a great need of the empirical research on the impacts these strategies make on innovation performance in Malaysian manufacturing industries. As Malaysia is on slide on world innovation index from 31st to 37th in last five years, an alarm for academics, researchers, industry and government. This endeavor meets that objective. After introduction of the main constructs, a detailed literature review is presented. And a research framework is designed on the basis of the literature. AN updated model of innovation is proposed for BOS and innovation performance. This is an empirical study so the hypothesis are formulated. It is a quantitative research study so data was collected from all over the Malaysian manufacturing and services sector to have a detailed view of the industry. Appropriate different statistical tests are applied to display results considering the requirements of industry, academia and other stake holders. In the end results are presented, and the conclusion is provided for the benefits of Malaysian industries and government. Some insights in the future research area are also provided for the researchers.

Developing ships’ repair OI and OP in the Omani dockyard: co-association of proficiency, efficiency and concentration in the knowledge environment

Maintaining knowledge and competencies in a public organization remains a challenging approach. The purpose of this study is to test and engage the organization through continuous ‘proficiency’ and ‘efficiency’ as the independent variables (IV), and ‘concentration’ as the mediating variable (MV), to understand the practitioners for development of organizational innovation (OI) and organizational performance (OP) as the dependent variables (DV). The paper intends to develop an understanding of the constructs’ relationships and their contributing effects to ships’ OI and OP in the Sultanate of Oman using a dedicated research framework. The mediating role of concentration drove and assisted all the variables. Proficiency, innovation and concentration employ single- and double-loop learning (adaptive and generative learning) to envision the entire process. Statistical methods were used to analyze the opinions of a large population (n = 362) for improvement. The research instrument was adapted/modified to suit the required study, following a “probability—simple random sampling design”. The hypothetical research framework was designed on the perceptions of understanding the practitioners/behaviour of the variables to develop OI and OP and to strengthen the availability of operational ships in a knowledge environment. The positive relation of IV, MV and DV were noted and, using Sobel mediation of MV, the results were found to be directly and indirectly significant leading to rejection of proposed hypotheses. These results were required to learn from the practitioner and to encourage further work on the necessary disciplines of naval ships’ repair innovation and performance for the participation and application of distinctive disciplines associated with knowledge and competencies (K&C). The requirements are outlined in both the discussion and conclusion, superimposed by K&C frameworks to contribute and develop improvement of OI and OP in the knowledge environment.

Green supply chain collaborative innovation, absorptive capacity and innovation performance: Evidence from China

Abstract Green supply chain collaborative innovation (GSCCI) is about the utilization of specific advantages of individual organizations in a holistic manner along the supply chain through collaboration for jointly solving green management problems. This paper presents a conceptual model for better understanding the relationship between GSCCI, absorptive capacity and innovation performance in organizations. Taking 206 foreign trade organizations in China as the survey object, this study empirically tests and validates the conceptual model using multiple regression analysis. The study shows that organization-organization collaborative innovation, organization-government collaborative innovation, and organization-institution collaborative innovation have a significant positive effect on innovation performance. It reveals that absorptive capacity has a significant positive effect on innovation performance. Furthermore, the study finds out that absorptive capacity plays a partially mediating role in the relationship between organization-organization collaborative innovation and innovation performance and between organization-institution collaborative innovation and innovation performance. This study illustrates the mechanism of GSCCI and its impact on innovation performance which provides guideline for foreign trade organizations in China to better compete in the international market through collaborative innovation.