... suggested that innovation prowess, human resources and operational capabilities are pieces of the puzzle of DA effectiveness, how these pieces fit together remains an open question. In this research, we study the mechanisms that explain value creation through DA implementation in firms, focusing on the use...

.../methodology/approach We propose a framework for analyzing pathways toward sustainable change in smallholder farming within developing countries. Specifically, we discuss how inventions may be transformed into innovations, which may facilitate learning and capability development. We call for OSCM-focused...

...Omar Alyasein; Chandan Acharya; Divesh Ojha; Fahian Anisul Huq; Amandeep Dhir Purpose The relationship between the error management approach and innovation is underexplored. Drawing upon error management theory, we offer a research model to explain how error management, organizational learning...

...Faris Alqahtani; Kostas Selviaridis; Mark Stevenson Purpose To investigate how providers of product-service bundles design and manage their contracts with upstream suppliers to incentivise incremental innovation for the benefit of their downstream customers, who contract the provider based...

... with exploitation, can also foster exploration and enable organizations to become ambidextrous. Specifically, we show how PMS can be structured and used in more agile ways and, in relation to innovation, we identify which PM practices should be introduced and with what effects and those that should be avoided. We...

...Iana Shaheen; Arash Azadegan; Donna Davis Purpose To effectively meet their social objectives, humanitarian organizations need to be more innovative and find novel ways to stay competitive. Yet there has been limited focus on innovation by humanitarian organizations. Part of the issue is the lack...

... for refugee populations. Operational innovations are needed to find sustainable solutions that ensure a higher quality of life and progress toward sustainability in refugee camps. Design/methodology/approach Through an abductive case study, the authors develop a theoretical framework on sustainable...

...Maneesh Kumar; Madeleine Pullman; Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva; Vasco Sanchez Rodrigues Purpose This paper explores how hub-firms in a regional industrial cluster orchestrate resources to enhance the innovation capabilities of member firms and how this role changes as innovation projects develop...

...) on organizations' capacity to innovate (Bititci et al., 2012 ; Koufteros et al., 2014 ; Müller-Stewens et al., 2020). Traditionally, PMSs have been regarded as tools whose primary functions are to understand and monitor performance and ensure alignment and stability in organizations...

... relationships with different stakeholders could shape the development of buyer–supplier–supplier innovation triads. Antony Potter can be contacted at: antony.potter@mbs.ac.uk 16 07 2018 15 01 2019 08 04 2019 12 07 2019 11 09 2019 16 10 2019 05 11 2019 © Emerald...

... in highly dynamic environments characterized by high levels of uncertainty and intensity of technological innovation. In fact, IoT greatly enhances dynamic information processing capability, which in turn endows the organizational decision makers with knowledge enabling them to produce better resource...

... that targets the relevant dimensions of the structural empowerment theory (Kanter, 1993): information, resources, support and opportunities. As the subsequent evaluation of the prototype shows, ICT allows employees to connect cross-functionally as this approach is seen to have a positive impact on innovation...

... product innovation, and buyer financial performance. Notably, this research also discovers that balancing the magnitudes of exploratory and exploitative activities on a relative basis produces negative effects on the innovativeness of the supply network. Originality/value Although ambidexterity theory...

... model to test hypothesised relationships between openness (breadth, depth and partner newness), product innovativeness, product competitive advantage and the appropriability regime. The authors find that each of the three dimensions of openness, depth, breadth and partner newness, have...

...Regien Sumo; Wendy van der Valk; Arjan van Weele; Christoph Bode Purpose While anecdotal evidence suggests that performance-based contracts (PBCs) may foster innovation in buyer-supplier relationships, the understanding of the underlying mechanisms is limited to date. The purpose of this paper...

...Nisha Paul Kulangara; Sherry Avery Jackson; Edmund Prater Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the interrelationship between trust, socialization, and information sharing on the buying firm’s innovation capability in the context of the buyer-supplier relationship (BSR...

... rights only The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of human capital (HC) on service innovation advantage (SIA) and business performance (BP) in service sector firms, and how external environmental factors influence these relationships. This study utilized a cross-sectional mail...

...Stefan Winter; Rainer Lasch Purpose – Companies have to assess the benefit of supplier innovation before realization. The specific situation of supplier innovation differs from conventional innovation evaluation because a supplier innovation refers to a subproduct for which the supplier...

... concepts (Laitinen et al., 2008 ; Meristö et al., 2007, 2009); and vision-oriented innovative product process (Lin and Luh, 2009). There are also methods with broader objectives than product vision, though these methods use product vision as a central element. They fall into two...

...Professor Brian Fynes and Professor Paul Coughlan; Robin von Haartman; Lars Bengtsson Purpose – The interest in global purchasing has increased significantly in recent years, but the impact on product innovation is not well understood. The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse...