Developmental papers
hinas Region OFDI And Innovation Performance Examining The Effect Of Technology Gap And Absorptive Capacity (326)
Author/s: Zhaoxing Wang Senmao Xia Esin Yoruk Gideon Maas
Track: Innovation
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: Region OFDI, Innovation performance, Technology gap, Absorptive capacity
Abstract: Previous studies have been written the impact of Outward Foreign direct investment (OFDI) on innovation performance is one of the most controversial topics (Li, 2016; Luo, 2011). Studies of the OFDI show that in the process of integration of the national economy, the role of OFDI on innovation development of the host country may have a double character. OFDI is expected to generate direct effects on the host country regional innovation as well as indirect effects stemming from the increase in economy and competitiveness of local producers. The former will benefit from spillover effects arising from the establishing multinationals, through different channels or mechanisms. Moreover, most of the studies suggested that strategic asset-seeking occupied a considerable proportion of emerging economies OFDI (Gammeltoft, Pradhan and Goldstein, 2010; Luo and Tung, 2007; Mathews, 2006). Under the circumstances, it is reasonable to suppose that OFDI may have substantial influence upon the innovation performance of the domestic regions in which multinational enterprises are located.
Tensions in University-Industry Relationship: Arbitrage for Knowledge Creating (555)
Author/s: Nkechinyem Omeife Conor Horan
Track: Innovation
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: Tensions, Arbitrage, Dualism, Duality, Contradictions
Abstract: The paper addresses the scholarship-practice gap in University-Industry relationship by exploring the tensions in the gap. It showcases why arbitrage is employed to manage the dual hurdles of rigor and relevance tensions in academic engagement. It argues that embedded in the arbitrage of diverse interests of scholarship and practice is knowledge creating which is necessary for the innovation process. Thus, examines the processual dynamics for tensions in knowledge creating.
The paper moves away from precise contrasting views of opposition (dualism) and employs duality. It proposes a conceptual framework to analyse the tensions and inter-relatedness of scholarship and practice. Therefore, its main contribution is capturing intricacies of dynamic tensions that aid innovation.
Decision-making in Platform Leadership: The Case of App Developers (574)
Author/s: Mahrokh Roknifard
Track: Innovation
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: Open innovation, platform leadership, complementors, inter-firm relationships, cognitive mapping
Abstract: Lowering the R and D and operation cost, finding answers to multifaceted issues, better understanding of the market and stakeholders needs are widely seen as the drivers of adopting open platform leadership for large organisations. Academic research stresses the factors such satisfaction, quality of alternatives, trust, and commitment can play an important role in building a strong interfirm relationship among platform owner and its complementors. However, we know little of what are the beliefs complementors have in the process of developing their innovation. Based on the challenges platform ecosystems place on complementors, this study investigates app developers information processing and decision making while developing their new innovative products. The research will be carried out through individual face to face online interviews with thirty app developers of Microsoft HoloLens device.
Understanding Social Innovation and Related Constructs (596)
Author/s: Shambhavi Agrawal Anubha Shekhar Sinha
Track: Innovation
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: social innovation, systemic change, design thinking, open innovation, bricolage
Abstract: The present study addresses the need for the consolidation of the social innovation field by providing a definitional clarity to the field using the evolution and conceptualization in the past studies. The review highlights the two streams, namely agentic and structuralist perspective in which social innovation has emerged and portrays it as a business model innovation prevalent in the social sector organizations or hybrid organizations. The study captures the barriers to social innovation and proposes the future scope of social innovation by linking it to certain popular management concepts like open innovation, design thinking and bricolage which in certain ways have some overlap with the foundational elements of social innovation. Some important parts of the phenomenon of social innovation that need to be studied in order to gain better understanding of the field have also been proposed towards the end.
Organising for Open Innovation in Innovation Ecosystems (619)
Author/s: Chiara Marzocchi Jillian Yeow
Track: Innovation
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: Open Innovation, Innovation Ecosystem
Abstract: A range of factors have been eroding the logic of standalone internal R and D for several decades. Particularly, the increasing complexity of knowledge and the quest for its exploitation have favoured the ubiquitous development of networked activities Iansiti and Levien 2004 and resulted in the shift of companies innovation practices. In this framework, open innovation and innovation ecosystems have gained popularity as tools to explain and organise the understanding of an increasingly distributed and inter dependent innovation process see among others, Autio and Thomas 2014, Adner, 2017, Oh et al., 2016. In line with this literature, this work looks at how open innovation is managed within innovation ecosystems and specifically at the differences emerging between companies using OI for competition alone e.g to pursue internal strategies for market positioning and companies using OI as a cooperation or collaboration framework to engage with their innovation ecosystem e.g to create networked systems of knowledge sharing. In doing so, we use interview data from a sample of 137 UK and IE companies and apply Qualitative Comparative Analysis QCA techniques to understand mechanisms and processes of firms activities associated to their inbound and outbound practices of open innovation and how such practices are used to establish a position in their innovation ecosystem.
Crowdfunding for Entrepreneurs: A Review, Critique and Research Agenda (699)
Author/s: Mansi Jain Gagan Deep Sharma Mrinalini Srivastava
Track: Innovation
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: Crowdfunding, Innovation, Integrative Framework, Social Entrepreneurship
Abstract: Crowdfunding refers to small amounts of investments collected from the public to finance the development of goods and services (Moon and Hwang, 2018). It is steadily gaining popularity as an alternative to the traditional form of raising funds, primarily due to the online nature of this industry (Gedda et al., 2016). Over the years, academics explored this topic, both empirically and theoretically, however, this study presents an integrative framework incorporating the important and renewed research gaps, with an explicit focus on the upcoming research avenues, through the descriptive findings and thematic discussions. The literature is searched from the Web of Science database using Boolean criteria. The proposed framework shall provide a roadmap for further research and enable practitioners and policy makers to formulate more informed decisions and support crowdfunding as an emerging market choice for entrepreneurs and fund providers.
Re examining the Technology Acceptance Model from stakeholders management perspective in health sector (993)
Author/s: Xinwen Zhang Xue Zhou Esin Yoruk
Track: Innovation
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: N/A
Abstract: Limited implementation and low acceptance of health technologies are the common issues in National Health Service (NHS), which impacts on the efficiency of organization and quality of the service. Previous research focused on the development and evaluation of models that could help predict the technology adoption and improve the usage of the technology in NHS. Technology Acceptance Models (TAMs) are intensively researched in the last 30 years to solve the above issues. However, there is still a need for exploring the additional and overlooked factors that impact on the acceptance of health technologies in NHS. This paper explores the literature and compares the limitations and impracticality of the existing TAM in the healthcare sector. As a result, the paper contributes TAM literature by developing an enhanced TAM that integrates TAM and stakeholder management approach, which provides a more comprehensive approach to predict the actual use of health technologies in the NHS.
User-Executives And Innovation Decision In The Sports Industry (1135)
Author/s: Yu-Ru Ke Yen-Chen Ho
Track: Innovation
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: user innovation, top management team, the sports industry
Abstract: In this research proposal, we focus the sports industry to add to this literature given the several features of the industry. First, the levels of participation and professionalism in sports are ranged widely from daily exercises to school teams and professional leagues. User innovation in the sports industry may, therefore, arise from both selective professional users and a wide base of casual users. This also implies that innovation in the sports industry will also affect most peoples healthy living as well as the performance of elite players in professional games. Second, sports activities often take place among people in groups or teams. Within and between these groups and teams, sports enthusiasts often take a leading role to promote the sport, including the techniques and latest sports equipment to the fellow group members. Lastly, the economic and innovative potential of the extended sports industry is non negligible. While sports products innovation remains intensive and competitive among major brands, the scope has expanded to the provision of various services e.g, gym, coaching, etc, sports data processing as well as the latest wearable devices technologies.
The Craft In Stagecraft: Implications for Organising and Digital Technology Adoption (1154)
Author/s: Jonathan Sapsed Christina Vasiliou
Track: Innovation
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: N/A
Abstract: The relationship between material technologies and the organisation needed to use them has tantalised practitioners and fascinated theorists. This paper shows the craft-orientation of theatre performance production, analysing how a show is made through organisation, and how this craft sensibility affects the propensity to adopt new digital technologies amidst increasing pressures to do so from arts funding organisations. Using a novel process-mapping method not before applied to the cultural sector, the paper reveals how the many roles of theatre production including Directors, Set Design, Production Management, and specialist functions like sound, light and wardrobe integrate their work using traditional boundary objects and largely craft practices. The paper argues that this craft sensibility together with scepticism for mediated communication partially explains the apparent reticence of Performance Arts organisations to adopt digital technologies. Any initiative to encourage adoption needs to recognise these practices and values.
Latecomer Countries in the Age of Digitalization: Case of Russian Manufacturing (1158)
Author/s: Julia Turovets
Track: Innovation
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: N/A
Abstract: Digital technologies play an increasingly important role in the economy, since they contribute to productivity gains and economic development in a longstanding perspective. In this regard, there is a growing attention to manufacturing industries. Alongside with numerous studies on developed countries, there is a lack of research dedicated to technology upgrading in latecomer countries, especially in Russia. Russia set an ambitious goal to build digital economy. There is active policy to achieve this goal, which will also affect production industries.The purpose of the paper is to assess technological possibilities of the Russian manufacturing to integrate emerging digital technologies and, hence, provide structural upgrading. We focus mainly on machine building industries, taken together with the ICT sector. In this regard, the authors examine catch up strategies of the countries in two sectors, firms characteristics and policy mechanisms. For this, China and South Korea cases were analyzed as remarkable examples of successful catch up in manufacturing, as well as in the area of information and communication technologies. Based on the results, we provide recommendations for policymakers operating in digital economy, which could be relevant for latecomers countries.
Open Innovation Readiness for SMEs: Assessment Methodology (1183)
Track: Innovation
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: N/A
Abstract: Key performance indicators (KPIs) for SMEs have been often overlooked by the Open Innovation (OI) literature. This study aims to fill this gap by developing an open innovation readiness assessment tool with a set of KPIs, to help SMEs evaluate their current OI capabilities in order to identify areas of improvement. The KPIs identified in this study are based on best practices and critical issues found in 120 case studies across 6 European regions: Eastern Europe, France and Germany, Scandinavia, Small Developed Countries, Southern Europe, and UK & Ireland. These KPIs have been used to create an assessment tool that will allow SMEs to determine where and how they can develop strategic collaborations to strengthen their competitive advantage.
Developing Innovation Routines in Social Enterprises: Evidence from a Multi-Activity Support Programme (1199)
Author/s: Nick Marshall George Tsekouras
Track: Innovation
Paper Type: Developmental Papers
Keywords: N/A
Abstract: This paper explores the role of support programmes in helping social enterprises (SEs) to develop innovation routines and capabilities. In doing so, it aims to contribute to addressing the lack of attention currently paid to the management of innovation in the social enterprise literature. It is based on evidence collected from a multi-activity support programme that was part of a major cross-regional European-funded project. This programme involved the participation of 75 SEs in a range of activities, including one-to-one coaching, specialist training, international visits, access to online resources and networks, and peer-based action learning. The main aim of the paper is to explore the varying implications of these different interventions for the development and/or transformation of innovation routines among the participating SEs. Distinguishing between agency-based, network-based, and informational forms of support, we argue that the disruptive or transformative capacity of each is different depending on the configuration of existing routines and capabilities, and the nature of the support interventions themselves.