..., all of which show significant positive effects. The outcomes are classified into innovation and performance, both positively associated with knowledge transfer. This study also finds that the positive effects of trust in emerging economies and tie strength in China on inter-organizational knowledge...

.... Innovation Infrastructure Entrepreneurship Sensemaking Narrative As early as 2002, Canadian government sources have portrayed innovation as a social process in a design sense, and this includes via entrepreneurship (Maxwell, 2003). Godin and Schubert, in writing about the history of innovation...

... mean by resource complementarity in service ecosystems. Design/methodology/approach This study was done via an in-depth qualitative case study in which a health service ecosystem co-creating technological surgery innovation was used as a unit of analysis. Findings The authors’ findings suggest...

...Ángel Martínez Sánchez; Manuela Pérez-Pérez; Silvia Vicente-Oliva Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze in a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms the relationship between agile manufacturing and the firm’s management capacities related to innovation and production flexibility...

... a mixed-methods approach, a pragmatic, thematic investigation of SMU-enhanced KM was facilitated. Findings Substantial benefits of innovative SMU, as a management tool towards SME entrepreneurialism, were witnessed. SMU enhances the administration of real-time knowledge, encouraging creativity...

...Armando Papa; Gabriele Santoro; Lia Tirabeni; Filippo Monge Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of social media usage on four knowledge creation processes, namely socialisation, externalisation, combination and internalisation, and innovation in small and medium enterprises...

... the firm’s knowledge and innovation competencies. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyzes data obtained from a sample of 201 technological firms located in Spain. Structural equation modeling with Lisrel is used to test the hypotheses. Findings This paper contributes to the literature...

...Heidi Olander; Mika Vanhala; Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen; Kirsimarja Blomqvist Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study how the motivation in firms to safeguard the prerequisites of innovation relates to the strength of the employee-related protection mechanisms that deal with knowledge leaking...

...Stefano Bresciani; Alberto Ferraris Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the degree of subsidiary’s external and internal embeddedness and the contribution on subsidiary’s business performance of a received innovation. In particular it focusses on dual...

... and to show how some soft systems approaches can support interdependence of knowledge and human values resulting in socially responsible innovative behavior, hence in success. Design/methodology/approach – The selected soft systems approaches are used to double-check the usefulness of the requisitely...

...Professor Vesna Bosilj Vukšić and Professor Mirjana Pejić Bach; Henri Tapio Inkinen; Aino Kianto; Mika Vanhala Purpose – Recent empirical studies have suggested that knowledge-based issues are closely related to companies’ innovation performance. However, the majority of research seems...

...Professor Catherine Cassell and Professor Gillian Symon; Ljiljana Božic; Ðurdana Ozretic-Došen Purpose – The relationship between market orientation and innovation has been the subject of numerous studies. While some find positive effects, the others argue negative effects of market orientation...

...Yong Cao; Li Zhao Purpose Given the changing role of patents within enterprises, this research aims to investigate the link between patent management and technological innovation performance in Chinese high‐tech enterprises. Also, from theoretical underpinnings this study highlights the managerial...

...George Puia; Joseph Ofori‐Dankwa Purpose There is an established link between national cultural differences and documented variations in technological innovations across countries. To move beyond a narrow emphasis on national cultures, scholars have suggested using within‐country diversity...

...Paavo Ritala; Kaisa Henttonen; Hanna Salojärvi; Liisa‐Maija Sainio; Sami Saarenketo Purpose Firms need to reach out for external knowledge in order to keep up with the pace of the markets and to renew themselves. Although research on open innovation and open knowledge search strategies...

... can users' experiences be transformed through research‐based theatre, in particular Forum Theatre, into a utilizable format in the front‐end of interpretative, user‐driven service innovation in public health care organisations? Design/methodology/approach Research‐based theatre (RBT) is introduced...

...Jaan Masso; Tõnu Roolaht; Urmas Varblane Purpose The aim of this paper is to study the linkages between inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) and the innovation inputs and outputs of domestic and foreign owned companies in Estonia, a small economy in CEE. Design/methodology...

...Pia Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen; Bruce Heiman Purpose The current innovation environment is characterized by complexity, networking and internationalization and calls for managerial approaches that not only foster value‐capture activities, but acknowledge value creation as equally important. The purpose...

...Francesco Ciabuschi; Oscar Martín Martín Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the effect that knowledge‐ambiguous innovations have on the subsidiary performance of multinational corporations (MNCs). Specifically, the paper sheds light on the relationship between knowledge ambiguity...

...Maaja Vadi; Rebekka Vedina; Kadri Karma; Triin Kask Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out how strategic decisions have resulted in innovation in the context of the organizational environment. The author studies connections between strategic decision making and innovation to find out...