European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 25 Issue 3

Believe they can succeed, and they will: intrapreneurial behavior and leadership

Muhammad Farrukh, Fanchen Meng, Ali Raza

A leader's job is not to put greatness into people, but rather to recognize that it already exists and to create an environment where that greatness can emerge and grow (Smith…

Understanding how social responsibility drives social innovation: characteristics of radically innovative projects

Duygu Turker, Y. Serkan Ozmen

This study aims to analyze how corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives address sustainability challenges by focusing on the congruence between process and outcome…

TMT leadership ambidexterity: balancing exploration and exploitation behaviors for innovation

Eleanor T. Lawrence, Leslie Tworoger, Cynthia P. Ruppel, Yuliya Yurova

The purpose of this study is to explore balanced leadership behaviors, which exhibit ambidexterity, in a top management team (TMT) recognized for innovation and operational…

The effects of information technology capability and knowledge base on digital innovation: the moderating role of institutional environments

Shaobo Wei, Dabao Xu, Hua Liu

Based on the knowledge-based view, this study investigates how firms' information technology (IT) capability broadens and deepens their knowledge base, which consequently improves…

The impact of innovation on agribusiness competitiveness: the mediating role of technology transfer and productivity

Patient Rambe, Peter Khaola

The pre-eminence of innovation and technological transfer in promoting agricultural productivity and competitiveness in developing countries is widely acknowledged. However, the…

The adoption of inbound open innovation practices in developing countries: empirical evidence from the manufacturing sector

Amila Pilav-Velic, Hatidza Jahic

Literature suggests that open innovation approach of large firms shows different characteristics with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), so this paper tends to shed light…

High-performance work practices do much, but H.E.R.O does more: an empirical investigation of employees' innovative behavior from the hospitality industry

Muhammad Farrukh, Nabeel Yunus Ansari, Ali Raza, Fanchen Meng, Hong Wang

Drawing motivation from Lawrence Bossidy's quote and leaning on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, in this study, the authors aim to investigate the role of…

The impact of board gender diversity and foreign institutional investors on firm innovation: evidence from China

Qurat Ul Ain, Xianghui Yuan, Hafiz Mustansar Javaid

This study investigates the impact of board gender diversity and foreign ownership on innovation in Chinese firms.

Exchange of knowledge in protected environments. The case of university business incubators

María Redondo, Carmen Camarero, Peter van der Sijde

University business incubators (UBIs) are born as tools of the academic world to market research results, for the transfer of technology and to promote entrepreneurial spirit. In…

Intergenerational hybrid products in periods of discontinuous change

Wilian Gatti Junior, Alceu Salles Camargo Junior, Paul Varella

This study examines the role of hybrid products employed in companies' innovation strategy within three American industrial sectors: tires, typewriters and photography cameras.

The mediation effects of team information processing on new product development success: revising the role of innovation orientation and team unlearning

Adriana Andrea Amaya, Wann-Yih Wu, Ying-Kai Liao

Although previous studies noted the importance for organizations in establishing an innovation strategy, few have examined innovation orientation as a multidimensional knowledge…

The moderating effects of entrepreneurial orientation on technological opportunism and innovation performance

Boris Urban, Mandla Maphumulo

Research shows how with the evolution of technologies, technological opportunism enables firms to effectively identify and exploit innovations and opportunities through strategic…