International Journal of Innovation Science: Volume 15 Issue 5

The quality of life in an urban innovation ecosystem: analyzing talents’ perception in Southern Brazil

Cristian Rogério Foguesatto, Bibiana Volkmer Martins, Fabiane Aparecida Tavares da Silveira, Kadígia Faccin, Alsones Balestrin

Talented people with interpersonal skills and competencies are pivotal for creating knowledge, innovation and organizational effectiveness, contributing to local development. In…

Evaluating the determinative factors driving patents and foreign technologies acquisitions in Visegrád countries

Samuel Amponsah Odei, Michael Karikari Appiah

This paper aims to empirically examine the factors driving the acquisition of patents and foreign technologies in 2,198 firms spanning multiple industries in Visegrád countries.

Venturing and managing disruptive digital innovations: financial management concept motivated propositions

Tasadduq Imam

There are uncertainties concerning how innovators can successfully venture into disruptive innovations and how incumbents can react to the emergence of such innovations…

Transformational leadership, employee self-efficacy, employee innovativeness, customer-centricity, and organizational competitiveness among insurance firms

Faisal Iddris, Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe, Emmanuel Mensah Kparl

This study aims to assess how employee innovativeness, employee self-efficacy and customer-centricity intervene in the relationship between transformational leadership and…

Effect of institutional support and entrepreneurial knowledge on women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy and venture performance in a developing country

Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed, Bahadur Ali Soomro, Naimatullah Shah, Ummi Naiemah Saraih

Women’s entrepreneurship has become an essential movement in developing economies and is accepted in all working areas. This study aims to propose the effect of institutional…

The influence of strategic flexibility on SME performance: is business model innovation the missing link?

Makhmoor Bashir

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of strategic flexibility on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance, and how such effects are mediated by…

Understanding drivers of innovation in information technology companies using a grounded theory approach

Mugdha Vinod Dani, Aradhana Vikas Gandhi, Anshu Sharma

Innovation is a process that enables organizations to sustain and prosper in a competitive business environment. This study aims to understand the key drivers of innovation within…