...Yi-An Chen Purpose This research aims to address the critical need to understand how external feedback mechanisms (online reviews) drive innovation in the context of varying external institutional environments and firm-level capabilities. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on organizational...

...Peng-Yu Li Purpose This study aims to examine how top management team ( TMT ) digital orientation and firm digital capabilities influence innovation in dynamic markets. Design/methodology/approach This research used computer-aided text analysis to examine TMTs’ digital backgrounds and firm...

... across various industries reporting the presence of dominant suppliers in their respective fields. Findings The results from both methods indicate that relationalism with dominant suppliers positively impacts buyer firms’ profitability while negatively affecting their innovation. The survey further...

...Philip Adu Sarfo; Jianhua Zhang; Gladys Wauk; George Nyantakyi; Ophelia Amankwah; Francis AKo Lassey Purpose This study investigates the mediating role of innovation in the relationship between knowledge-sharing practices and firm performance, focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs...

...Anastasia Pojiltov; Tuija Mainela Purpose This study aims to understand multi-actor value co-creation in a Nordic healthcare innovation network. This study answers the question: how healthcare innovation collaboration embeds multiple organizational goals and societal objects in the value co...

...William H. Murphy; Ning Li Purpose State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play an immense role throughout the world. Historically lacking in innovativeness, SOEs are now compelled to be more innovative. This study aims to explore the innovative tendencies of SOEs and non-SOEs as they strive...

...Henrik Virtanen; Peter Björk Purpose Previous research on the impact of coopetition on innovation performance has provided contradictory results. Thus, this study aims to fill the gap by gathering data to explain the impact of coopetition on service innovation, considering the partners...

...Matteo Dominidiato; Simone Guercini; Matilde Milanesi; Annalisa Tunisini Purpose This paper aims to investigate sustainability-led innovation, focusing on the interplay between product and process innovation for sustainability goals and the underlying supplier–customer relationships. Thus...

... and innovative capabilities to investigate knowledge renewal in 16 franchise networks. Findings The findings show that adaptive and innovative capabilities complement each other to foster know-how renewal. Furthermore, networks without internal R&D need to mobilize adaptive, absorptive and innovative...

...Rui Xu; Xiaoxuan Zhu; Yu Wang; Jibao Gu; Christian Felzensztein Purpose Innovativeness is crucial for industrial cluster firms to gain sustained competitive advantage. This study aims to investigate the effects of inter-firm coopetition on firm innovativeness within a cluster and examines...

... of this study is therefore to provide knowledge on how MF institutions (MFIs) can innovate and scale their services to improve financial inclusion for more people in need, particularly small holder farmers. Design/methodology/approach Recent research suggests that Grameen Foundation builds on well...

...Luigi Mersico; Elisa Carloni; Roberta Bocconcelli; Alessandro Pagano Luigi Mersico can be contacted at: luigi.mersico@unibo.it This study undertakes a single qualitative case study of Sinergia, an Italian innovative small consulting firm. The case study is analyzed through critical events...

... capacity theories to explain the role of supply chain knowledge, non-supply chain learning, corporate reputation and green innovation (Zhao et al., 2020 ; Burin et al., 2020). Absorptive capacity at the firm level promotes absorption, transformation and assimilation of external knowledge...

...Zulqurnain Ali Firm performance Information processing Innovation Emerging market Technological innovation In this age of globalization, firms strive to gain a competitive edge by enhancing their business processes (Wang and Ali, 2021). An integrated information processing...

...Emanuele Lettieri; Laura Marone; Nicola Spezia; Ilenia Gheno; Cinzia Mambretti; Giuseppe Andreoni Purpose This study aims to offer novel insights on how industrial marketing might contribute to bringing innovations to market in the peculiar case of health care. This study aims at shedding first...

... learning and firm innovativeness on PC? Jogendra Kumar Nayak can be contacted at: jogendra.nayak@ms.iitr.ac.in 27 09 2021 19 01 2022 03 02 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The purpose of this study...

..., relational capability, bricolage capability, innovation, and export performance. Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted to collect data from exporting firms in Taiwan. Subsequently, the data (n = 172) were analyzed using a partial least squares program. Findings The analytical...

...Saurabh Srivastava; Swati Panda; Wallace A. Williams, Jr. This study contributes to the innovation and entrepreneurship literature by emphasizing the critical role of customer networks in user-entrepreneurs’ innovation performance. It offers a process model that offers empirical evidence...

...Daniel Eduardo Chavez; Haipeng (Allan) Chen This paper distinguishes itself from the existing literature with its focus on innovation within a contingency perspective for first-mover advantages. Innovation Contingency approach Pioneers First-mover advantage Entry timing...

...Heléne Lundberg; Christina Öberg Purpose Universities, when collaborating with industry, are generally assumed to be the motors for innovation. Inspired by a case on a university’s collaboration with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a regional strategic network (RSN), this paper aims...