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Innovation and human resource management: a systematic literature review
Mariana Namen Jotabá, Cristina I. Fernandes, Marjaana Gunkel, Sascha KrausThis study aims to map scientific publications, intellectual structure and research trends in the development of human resource management (HRM) by adopting innovative practices…
How do large corporations manage disruption? The perspective of manufacturing executives in Finland
Arto Wallin, Matti Pihlajamaa, Nando MalmelinThe article explores what forms of disruption are prioritized by top executives of large manufacturing companies in Finland and what strategies they consider appropriate for the…
Adoption of green innovations by SMEs: an investigation about the influence of stakeholders
Antonio Thomas, Giuseppe Scandurra, Alfonso CarforaPursuing sustainable development has become a necessity for all types of businesses, owing to the increasing sensitivity of stakeholders towards pollution and environmental…
Landlords with no lands: a systematic literature review on hybrid multi-sided platforms and platform thinking
Daniel Trabucchi, Tommaso BuganzaThis article is based on a systematic and comprehensive review of the literature on two-sided platforms, the business structure based on the concept of matchmaking groups of…
The evolution of meanings: an empirical analysis of the social media industry
Silvia Sanasi, Daniel Trabucchi, Elena Pellizzoni, Tommaso BuganzaInnovation dynamics have been the object of study of several researchers, focusing in particular on technological innovation and the emergence of a dominant design. However, these…
Platforms' partner networks: the missing link in crowdfunding performance
Stefano Cosma, Alessandro Giovanni Grasso, Francesco Pattarin, Alessia PedrazzoliA network of partners helps and assists a crowdfunding platform (CFP) in scouting, assessing and selecting projects. This cooperation increases the number of successful projects…
The nexus between dynamic capabilities and competitive firm performance: the mediating role of open innovation
Asta Pundziene, Shahrokh Nikou, Harry BouwmanPrior research has reported the indirect implications of firm's dynamic capabilities on their competitive firm performance. Our attention now turns to open innovation since it has…
Microfoundations of SME open innovation: the role of help, knowledge sharing and hiding
Darija Aleksić, Kaja Rangus, Alenka Slavec GomezelThe purpose of this research is to better understand the human aspects of open innovation in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by exploring how intrinsic and extrinsic…
The role of image expectations in linking organizational climate and innovative work behaviour
Adalgisa Battistelli, Carlo Odoardi, Nicola Cangialosi, Gennaro Di Napoli, Luciano PiccioneThis study aims to explore whether expected image outcomes (risk and gain) represent a mechanism through which perceived organizational climates, in the dimensions of tradition…
Entrepreneurial crowdfunding backer motivations: a latent Dirichlet allocation approach
Jeremy St John, Karen St John, Bo HanThis study furthers one’s understanding of the motivations of the crowdfunding crowd by empirically examining critical factors that influence the crowd's decision to support a…
What drives the growth of start-up firms? A tool for mapping the state-of-the-art of the empirical literature
Roberto Pugliese, Guido Bortoluzzi, Marco BalzanoThis study aims to enrich the current theoretical debate on the growth of start-up firms by extensively investigating the ongoing empirical studies in this research stream…
Big data analytics in innovation processes: which forms of dynamic capabilities should be developed and how to embrace digitization?
Rosita Capurro, Raffaele Fiorentino, Stefano Garzella, Alessandro GiudiciThe purpose of this paper is to analyze, from a dynamic capabilities perspective, the role of big data analytics in supporting firms' innovation processes.
Neuroscience approach for management and entrepreneurship: a bibliometric analysis
Valentina Cucino, Mariacarmela Passarelli, Alberto Di Minin, Alfio CariolaThis study focuses on the role of individuals in the innovation management process, by concentrating on leaders and associated behaviors. Specifically, Entrepreneurial Leadership…
Value capture in open innovation markets: the role of patent rights for innovation appropriation
Marcus Holgersson, Ove GranstrandThe role of patents for appropriating (capturing) value from innovation investments has for decades been of major interest to both practitioners and academics in innovation…
Alone but together: flow experience and its impact on creative output in LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®
Lukas Zenk, Dirk J. Primus, Stephan SonnenburgDo LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (LSP) workshops result in improved experience of flow components as well as higher levels of creative output than traditional meetings (MEET)? This research…
An open innovation approach to co-produce scientific knowledge: an examination of citizen science in the healthcare ecosystem
Maria Vincenza Ciasullo, Mariarosaria Carli, Weng Marc Lim, Rocco PalumboThe article applies the citizen science phenomenon – i.e. lay people involvement in research endeavours aimed at pushing forward scientific knowledge – to healthcare. Attention is…
The technological acquisitions paradox in the beauty industry
Silvia Rita Sedita, Fiorenza Belussi, Ivan De Noni, Roberta ApaWe address the following research questions: (1) Is the innovation trajectory of the acquirer affected by previous acquisitions? (2) In which direction knowledge recombination…
Boosting innovative business ideas through hackathons. The “Hack for Travel” case study
Stefano Franco, Angelo Presenza, Antonio Messeni PetruzzelliTechnological platforms encourage the exchange of knowledge and creation of new ideas that create new value for participating members who pool and combine their knowledge…
Uncovering value creation in innovation ecosystems: paths towards shared value
Marika Arena, Giovanni Azzone, Giulia PiantoniAlthough innovation ecosystems (IEs) are generally considered capable of creating shared value (SV), this potentiality has often been taken for granted and not deeply analysed…
Think human, act digital: activating data-driven orientation in innovative start-ups
Anna Visvizi, Orlando Troisi, Mara Grimaldi, Francesca LoiaThe study queries the drivers of innovation management in contemporary data-driven organizations/companies. It is argued that data-driven organizations that integrate a strategic…
Innovation in the supply chain and big data: a critical review of the literature
Piera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Livio Cricelli, Serena StrazzulloThis paper aims to propose a framework investigating the diffusion and adoption process of big data (BD) in the supply chain (SC) as a tool to manage process innovation at…
Data-driven innovation processes within federated networks
Aya Rizk, Anna Ståhlbröst, Ahmed ElragalWithin digital innovation, there are two significant consequences of the pervasiveness of digital technology: (1) the increasing connectivity is enabling a wider reach and scope…
Identifying contradictions in an incumbent–startup ecosystem–an activity theory approach
Stratos Baloutsos, Angeliki Karagiannaki, Katerina PramatariDiscussion regarding systems that promote innovation, aptly named innovation ecosystems, has been intensifying both in academia and business. The purpose of this paper is to…
Exaptive innovation in constraint-based environments: lessons from COVID-19 crisis
Silvia Rita Sedita, Silvia Blasi, Andrea GanzaroliThis paper explores how exaptive innovation process might be considered a useful innovation model in constraint-based environments. Through an in-depth case study, it illustrates…
Innovator or collaborator? A cognitive network perspective to vision formation
Federico P. Zasa, Roberto Verganti, Paola BellisHaving a shared vision is crucial for innovation. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of individual propensity to collaborate and innovate on the development of…
A review of the literature on innovation in the agrofood industry: sustainability, smartness and health
Barbara Bigliardi, Serena FilippelliFollowing the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, the main challenge for the agrofood sector is to innovate food production, offering sustainable, smart and safe solutions…
Business model innovation and digital transformation in global management consulting firms
Ernesto Tavoletti, Niloofar Kazemargi, Corrado Cerruti, Cecilia Grieco, Andrea AppolloniThis paper contains an exploratory analysis of the business model innovations (BMIs) that management consulting firms (MCFs) undertake to remain competitive during digital…
Customer participation in new product development: an Industry 4.0 perspective
Hafiz Muhammad Naeem, Eleonora Di MariaThe use of modern technologies of the fourth industrial revolution, commonly known as “Industry 4.0” (I4.0), is believed to have considerable potential for product customisation…
User innovation rings the bell for new horizons in e-health: a bibliometric analysis
Khatereh Ghasemzadeh, Octavio Escobar, Zornitsa Yordanova, Manuel VillasaleroThe study examines the amplifying role of users in the e-healthcare sector and holistically show its current state and potential. The paper aims at contributing to the scientific…
The fine line between success and failure: an analysis of open innovation projects
Marco Greco, Serena Strazzullo, Livio Cricelli, Michele Grimaldi, Benito MignaccaDespite the multiple calls for research on the dark side of open innovation, very few studies have approached the topic so far. This study aims to analyse successful and…
Innovating the supply chain in health-related crises: some evidence from ISINNOVA case
Mario Tani, Ciro Troise, Paola De Bernardi, Tian HanAdditive manufacturing (AM) technologies, also known as three-dimensional printing (3DP), is a technological breakthrough that have the potential to disrupt the traditional…
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) facing an evolving technological era: a systematic literature review on the adoption of technologies in SMEs
Seyedeh Zahra ZamaniThis paper aims to map the influential concepts on technology adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through conducting a systematic literature review and finding a…
Innovation adoption in inter-organizational healthcare networks – the role of artificial intelligence
Chiara Cannavale, Anna Esempio Tammaro, Daniele Leone, Francesco SchiavoneThis paper explores innovation adoption in inter-organizational healthcare networks. The authors develop theoretical speculations to investigate better the role of artificial…
Board industry expertise and innovation input: evidence on the curvilinear relationship and the moderating effect of CEO
Fabrizia Sarto, Sara SaggeseThe study empirically investigates whether the board of directors' expertise in the focal firm's industry has implications for innovation input. Additionally, it explores how this…
Research on the impact of digital finance on the innovation performance of enterprises
Ziyu Jiang, Guojian Ma, Wenyue ZhuThe purposes of this paper are to analyze whether digital finance can contribute to enterprises' innovation performance and to determine the mediating effect of government…
How do human relationships change in the digital environment after COVID-19 pandemic? The road towards agility
Paola Bellis, Daniel Trabucchi, Tommaso Buganza, Roberto VergantiThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a global digitalization of organizational activities: the pandemic forced people and organizations to profoundly review…
Managing the complexity of green innovation
Andrey Abadzhiev, Alexandre Sukhov, Antti Sihvonen, Mikael JohnsonGreen innovation can promote both environmental sustainability and economic growth. However, its development and implementation can be complex due to the need to align innovation…
New emerging capabilities for managing data-driven innovation in healthcare: the role of digital platforms
Maria Cristina Pietronudo, Fuli Zhou, Andrea Caporuscio, Giuseppe La Ragione, Marcello RisitanoThis article aims to understand the role of intermediaries that manage innovation challenges in the healthcare scenario. More specifically, it explores the role of digital…
More capable, more innovative? An empirical inquiry into the effects of dynamic managerial capabilities on digital firms' innovativeness
Tim Heubeck, Reinhard MecklManagers play a critical role in shaping the development of firms due to the risky and long-term nature of innovation. Although the managerial effect on strategic change has long…
Unleashing family firms' potential to do more with less: product innovation efficiency, family involvement in TMTs and technological collaborations
Rubén Martínez-Alonso, María J. Martínez-Romero, Alfonso A. Rojo-RamírezThis paper aims to examine the influence of family involvement in TMTs on product innovation efficiency and the contingent role of technological collaborations, combining insights…
Board diversity and firm innovation: a meta-analysis
Teemu MakkonenIt is commonly stated that increased board diversity leads to the heightened financial performance of firms via the impact that it can have on innovation, but the latter…
How do non-economic goals and priorities affect family firm’s propensity to innovate in automation? The role of ownership, board of director, young successor and generation
Mariasole Bannò, Giorgia Maria D'Allura, Emilia Filippi, Sandro TrentoThis study examines the propensity to innovate in automation of family firms (FFs) based on the socio-emotional wealth (SEW) perspective.
Frugal innovation and sustainability outcomes: findings from a systematic literature review
Valentina De Marchi, Maria A. Pineda-Escobar, Rachel Howell, Michelle Verheij, Peter KnorringaAdvance the state-of-the-art on how frugal innovation links to sustainability outcomes and based on content analysis of empirical publications in the field of frugal innovation…
The innovation potential of Islamic crowdfunding platforms in contributing to sustainable development
Stefania Testa, Thaer Atawna, Gino Baldi, Silvano CincottiThis paper aims at explaining variances in the contribution of Islamic crowdfunding platforms (ICFPs) to sustainable development (SD), by adopting an institutional logic…
The virtuous cycle of trust. Unveiling clues to successful innovation in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods industry
Belén Derqui, Teresa Fayos, Nicoletta OcchiocupoThis paper aims to shed light on features of successful innovation and on the role played by downstream open innovation (OI) dynamics in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG…
Economic and social LMX and innovative work behaviour: the moderating effect of paradox mindset
Marcel F. van Assen, Marjolein C.J. CaniëlsIn this study the authors investigate the relationship of both social (SLMX) and economic (ELMX) leader–member exchange with innovative work behaviour (IWB) and the potential…
Is any open innovation pattern emerging in the Italian fashion field? Preliminary evidence from some case studies
Barbara Bigliardi, Eleonora Bottani, Serena Filippelli, Leonardo Tagliente, Karen VenturiniThe aim of this paper is to explore whether open innovation is emerging in the Italian fashion industry.
Managing open innovation within supply networks in mature industries
Niloofar Kazemargi, Ernesto Tavoletti, Andrea Appolloni, Corrado CerrutiThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how focal firms in supply networks manage weak and strong ties for exploration and exploitation innovation in mature industries. In…
Academic spinoffs team formation process: unfolding three micro-phases under the lens of effectuation and causation
Giulia Tagliazucchi, Gianluca MarchiBy using the lens of effectuation and causation, this paper aims at exploring how the team is formed in high-tech academic spinoffs, by looking specifically at decisional…
Investigating the association between universities' corporate governance structure and the knowledge transfer performance outcomes
Stefania Veltri, Pina Puntillo, Francesca PierriThe aim of this paper is to provide evidence of the relationship between the governance structure of universities and the universities' knowledge transfer (KT) performance…
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