...Ahmed Abubakar; Adil Hassan Bakheet; Noura Said Al. Jahwari Purpose This study investigates how Hybrid Strategy and Sustainability Orientation jointly influence SME performance, emphasizing the mediating roles of Product, Process, and Social Innovation across financial, market, and social...

...Sania Saeed; René Díaz-Pichardo; Patricia S. Sánchez-Medina Purpose Dynamic capabilities, such as agility and innovation, are essential for an organization to be competitive, resilient, and adapt to rapidly evolving market dynamics. However, although an abundance of bibliometric studies...

.... Strategic management Innovation Digital Sustainability Fuzzy EV Taking strategic decisions stands among the most demanding and consequential roles in present-day corporate governance. The complexity of this task becomes particularly prominent in an era of technometric change, which also seeks...

... prospects. Corresponding author Collins Osei co.osei55@gmail.com © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Strategic imitation Discontinuance Failure Bankruptcy Innovation Strategic imitation is a widespread practice...

...Rubee Singh; Shahbaz Khan; Amit Joshi; Raghuveer Katragadda; Vikas Kumar Purpose This study aims to analyze the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on business innovation in Indian startups across multiple sectors, including Fintech, Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing and EdTech. By employing...

...Regina Frei; Danni Zhang; Glenn Parry; Steve Wood; Eugenio Felipe Merlano Purpose Product returns in omnichannel retail are wasteful and generate significant financial and environmental impact. Returns systems often suffer from low efficiency and effectiveness. Innovative technology and service...

...Tojin Thomas Eapen; Daniel J. Finkenstadt Purpose Managing difficult conversations about new technology integration is crucial for businesses that must adopt disruptive innovations while maintaining organizational integrity. This article explores the “technology integrity” challenge, which...

... value from generative AI will be achieved through application of generative AI to innovation: operational innovation, product and service innovation, and most elusive of all, business model innovation. Design/methodology/approach Findings and analysis presented draws on data from several surveys...

...John Oliver Purpose This paper argues that certain CEO characteristics are a significant predictor of relative firm R&D spending and innovation performance and that executive boards need to be remain vigilant of their CEO’s performance by ensuring that they have the capabilities to drive...

...Robert Charles Sheldon; Martin Kupp Purpose This paper provides a tool for managers to overcome a common paradox in situations of innovation. The paradox occurs when the commercial viability of ideas for new products and services is unknown, making managers loath to invest scarce resources...

... that everyone else in the media community is convinced will be the answer to The Problem. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only --> M&A innovation business model innovation technological disruption We’ve looked back...

... – They found that design thinking was, in fact, also a problem solving process, not just an innovation process. Research limitations/implications – Examples are anecdotal. Practical implications – Learning from design tools – such as, ethnographic interviewing, customer journey...

...-creation playbook. Design/methodology/approach – Based on his research with companies pioneering innovation co-creation with customers, Prof. Ramaswamy offers insights for executives into what makes this perspective different and powerful. Findings – Prof. Ramaswamy discusses...

... Value creation Innovation Co-creating value with customers Customer interaction Customer platforms Stakeholder competencies Company capabilities and structures always reflect a theory, usually implicit, of competition and value creation. During the last two decades or so, companies have...

... environments have learned to continually free up resources from old advantages in order to fund the development of new ones. Additionally, innovation is continuous, mainstream and part of everyone's job. Research limitations/implications – The 5,000 companies analyzed included every publicly...

...Robert M. Randall; Brian Leavy Purpose The purpose of this article is to provide an interview with innovation guru Rita Gunther McGrath. In this interview, McGrath offers her own perspective on the new competitive landscape, which she refers to as the “transient advantage economy,” and she...

..., increase workforce productivity and effectiveness and accelerate innovation. Peter J. Korsten can be contacted at: peter.korsten@nl.ibm.com © Authors 2013 Social business Social media Social business tools Social marketing Transparency risks Customer experiences Customer...

...Stephen Denning Purpose Veteran managers trained to respect hierarchical systems are daunted by the fundamental changes in thinking and culture that are required to implement the Agile continuous innovation approach to manufacturing. Though widely hailed by software developers it has been slow...

... ideas, more creativity and innovation, happier customers, better results. Teams will need processes and tools that inspire collaboration on a massive scale. Second, amplifying innovation with partnerships. Rising complexity and escalating competition have made partnering a core innovation strategy...

...Wendi R. Bukowitz Purpose This case aims to describe what innovation looks like and how it works in Fidelity Investments, a financial services organization that is large and decentralized. Design/methodology/approach The case looks at how the firm's internal consultants introduced...