... The four-step model enables managers to identify, assess, experiment with and institutionalise near failures for adaptation, innovation and resilience. Social implications Integrating near failures into governance systems provides organisations and institutions with proactive foresight, enabling them...

... businesses with more innovative prospector business strategies tend to have stronger management capacity to capitalize on their growth opportunities and enhance their market value. Research limitations/implications The findings challenge the common perception that family ownership is inherently less...

...Luca Ferri; Flavio Spagnuolo; Ciro Troise; Annamaria Zampella Purpose The innovation brought by FinTech is strategically transforming the business models of banking entities, their operational efficiency and their relationship with customers and stakeholders. Although the financial drivers behind...

...Joan Freixanet; Ryan Federo Purpose This study examines how the complex interplay of innovation, internationalization and learning capability is associated with firm performance. Design/methodology/approach This study employs a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) over a sample of 2,844...

...Andy Susilo Lukito-Budi; Hardo Firmana Given Grace Manik; Nurul Indarti Purpose This paper offers innovative strategies on how small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can respond to the COVID-19 crisis by incorporating an entrepreneurial orientation concept corresponding to the nature...

...Isaac Elking; David E. Cantor; Christian Hofer Purpose This study aims to examine the extent to which a buying firm can leverage the firm's supplier's innovations to boost the firm's own innovation performance and key moderators to this relationship. Grounded in social embeddedness theory...

... Qualitative research Innovation Technology Corporate transformation is required to meet changes in the business environment over time (Tushman et al., 1986 ; Weick and Quinn, 1999) and may entail radical changes to both firm strategy and capabilities (Pearce and Robbins, 2008...

... contributed to global supply chain mobility and vaccine distribution in the pandemic – keeping cargo moving – drawing on vision, values and vigilance, including attention to the innovation momentum of the firm. Design/methodology/approach The article concentrates on an exemplar firm, leader and management...

...Rida Elias; Bassam Farah Purpose This conceptual paper uses the resource-based theory (RBT) of the firm to argue that for competitors to improve their innovation through a cooperative relationship – coopetitive relationship – they need to work on building a stable relationship with each other...

...Arjan Markus; Tim Swift Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the strength of corporate governance influences the firm’s ability to retain their key knowledge workers or inventors. Design/methodology/approach This paper links agency and innovation theory to develop...

...Mengge Li; Jinxin Yang Purpose As the primary decision makers, chief executive officers (CEOs) play pivotal roles in firm innovation. However, little is known regarding how CEOs influence the exploitation and exploration paradox. To advance theory and research, the purpose of this paper...

... and innovation derived from the workers. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional study for analyzing the subjects was chosen. As a quantitative research approach, after the theoretical review, two possibilities were hypothesized for how they act as a system. In order to verify the hypotheses...

... only Knowledge transfer Dynamic capabilities Innovation Absorptive capacity International strategic alliances Citation analysis According to the Schumpeterian theory of economic growth, the ultimate aim of every business firm is to attain sustainable competitive advantage (Schumpeter...

...Tim Swift Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact that PhD scientists serving on the board of directors of firms conducting hard science have on the R&D-based innovative performance of the firm. Design/methodology/approach The research hypotheses are built upon extant...

..., as a strategic process. The proposed models set a strategic context to tie sustainability, to mediating variables, such as innovation and technology, while also linking them to generic strategies (low cost leader, differentiation, and focus) and firm financial performance in a causal chain. The proposed model...

...Amit Kumar; Swarup Kumar Dutta Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how firms affiliated to business groups (BGs) are able to improve their innovation capability (IC) when engaged in coopetition (collaboration between competing firms). This study aims to explore the relationship...

...Marcelo J. Alvarado-Vargas; Stephen K. Callaway; Sonny Ariss Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the effects of different R&D funding inputs – including funding for basic research, applied research, and development – on different innovation outcomes (e.g. inventions...

...Mokter Hossain; Ilkka Kauranen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the extant literature on open innovation (OI) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – An examination of the literature was undertaken to review the studies on open...

..., innovation and customer need. In terms of strategic preferences, the finding indicates that respondents have given higher rating for both market share (25 percent) and new products (25 percent), followed by cost (16 percent), competition (15 percent) and service (13 percent). Originality/value...

... a proprietorship model to a professionally managed group. It is found that rapid growth has been possible through innovation led collaboration. The group is increasingly organizing its innovation activities around the development of responses to specific challenges. Research limitations/implications...