...Alina Stundziene; Vaida Pilinkiene; Mantas Vilkas; Andrius Grybauskas; Mantas Lukauskas Purpose This study aims to identify the key explanatory indicators and their consistency in facilitating various types of innovation in five consecutive waves of the Community Innovation Survey ( CIS ) from...

... transition. NCA further reveals that unless a minimum level of KS is reached, green outcomes cannot materialize – highlighting critical bottlenecks for managerial intervention. Originality/value This study advances innovation science by presenting a novel, theory-driven model that connects knowledge...

... investment ( FDI ) to transfer technology and skills to enable economic growth, Africa has remained a low performer in the global innovation index. This study aims to determine the effects of FDI and institutional quality on innovation in Africa. Design/methodology/approach A panel data set of 22...

... internationalization drivers, this research tackles the problem of lacking an integrated framework that considers demographic characteristics, entrepreneurial experience, innovation, financial needs and environmental engagement. Design/methodology/approach In 2022, the authors conducted a survey of 1,160...

... and building confidence in their actions – traits associated with personal innovativeness. This study aims to examine the interrelationship between personal innovativeness and eudaimonic well-being at the individual level, arguing that these factors are simultaneously determined and should not be analyzed...

...Shambhavi Pandey; Abhijit P. Deshpande; Mugdha Vinod Dani Purpose Innovation is a critical driver of organisational success, and leadership competencies play a pivotal role in fostering innovative practices. Drawing on the Upper Echelons Theory, this study aims to examine the moderating effect...

...Mahdevi Tiagarassa Pillay; Harshana Kasseeah Purpose This paper aims to examine the effect of financial constraints on different forms of innovation using a sample of 19,663 firms for the year 2019 and 14,668 firms for the year 2022 in 34 emerging economies. This study explores the link between...

...Yee Yee Sein; Fazal Ur Rehman Purpose This study aims to analyze the impact of institutional quality on economic growth along with the mediating role of human capital and innovation among OECD countries based on the new institutional economic and new economic growth theories. Design/methodology...

...Adam Dawidziuk Purpose This study aims to explore strategic parallels between military operations and research and development (R&D) project management. It demonstrates how military strategies – such as situational analysis, risk management and adaptive planning – can enhance innovation...

...Pham Tien Thanh; Cong Duc Tran; Le Thanh Tung Purpose Innovation is considered as a solution that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can adopt to improve their performance during the normal context and sustain their business during a crisis. There are limited studies on the association...

...Yaneth Patricia Romero Alvarez; Katherinne Salas-Navarro; Lisana B. Martínez; Ronald Zamora-Musa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic review of the literature on financing channels for innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The review aims to provide...

...Isabelle Lacombe; Salim Chouaibi; Jamel Chouaibi; Anis Jarboui Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain how financial transparency affect the level of business innovation. The study is based on innovation level in European companies from STOXX Europe 600 index. The authors test three...

...John Olatunji Adeoti; Olufemi Adebola Popoola; Joshua Adeyemi Afolabi Purpose Nigeria’s quest to industrialize has received major attention in recent times. Special economic zones (SEZs) are thus recognized as capable of providing opportunities for firms to improve innovation capability and export...

...Sisitha Rajapaksha; Piumika Yapa; Imalka Munaweera Purpose Innovation management in nanotechnology entails the strategic supervision of the entire process of creating and executing novel concepts, technologies and products at the nanoscale. By efficiently overseeing innovation in nanotechnology...

...Umar Farooq; Mosab I. Tabash; Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan Purpose Innovation is necessary to ensure consistent economic growth and to meet the global competition. In view of this, the purpose of this study to check the effect of governance quality as a tool for fostering innovation...

...Samuel Koomson; William Newlove Azadda; Abigail Opoku Mensah; Frank Yao Gbadago Purpose For a public servant (PS) to be innovative, he or she needs to gather and process enough vital information from budget setting processes. However, research addressing how budgetary participation (BP) can...

...Aurea Ysabel Murga Pinillos Purpose Given their capacity to generate knowledge, universities can be the primary external source of knowledge and innovation for companies. Despite studies on the potential drivers of open innovation, the actors involved in these projects beyond academics...

..., such as acquisition and exploitation, between intellectual capital and innovation within these educational institutions. Design/methodology/approach Grounded in the insights from a comprehensive literature review, the methodology uses a pre-tested questionnaire. Faculty members from private universities...

...Irfan Ullah; Mohib Ur Rahman; Aurang Zeb Purpose This study aims to inspect the impact of Chief Executive Officers’ (CEOs) education in a “specific field,” such as CEOs with science and engineering backgrounds on firms’ innovation. Based on agency theory, this study also reports how an endogenous...

... should strengthen their commitment according to individual needs and opportunities. The second is the meso level, where the decisive value is organizational moderation, and this suggests that a careful and restrained development is needed both in satisfying consumer needs and in innovation. The third...