Journal of Innovation & Knowledge最新文献

This study focuses on how optimism translates into innovation outcomes. While the link has been established at a microeconomic level, its translation to an aggregate economic effect is still an open question. Empirical analysis draws from a yearly sample of 42 (mainly OECD) countries between 2000 and 2020 to test the effect of economic optimism on R&D measures from both the consumer's and producer's points of view at the aggregate level. Using modern econometric techniques that address potential endogeneity issues, the results suggest that economic optimism supports an increase in innovation activity and economic performance but not an increase in innovation outcomes, such as more patent production. The implication is that an economically optimistic environment is an important contribution to a nation's entrepreneurial ecosystem. This novel insight shows that firms need not specifically recruit optimistic individuals to reap the benefits of the optimism effect. Policies that encourage economic optimism can orchestrate an environment in which the benefits of the optimism effect are realized, independent of the individual personality traits of its citizens.

Studying the potential gap between firms’ and consumers’ sustainable attitudes and behaviors is important for aligning expectations and promoting strategies to reduce this gap and effectively implement sustainable business models. However, knowledge is lacking on this attitude–behavior gap, which has been rarely explored from either the macro or the micro perspectives. Hence, this study investigates sustainable consumer behavior at the macro and micro levels through two quantitative studies based on the theory of planned behavior. At the macro level, the study identifies a significant correlation between a country's GDP and sustainable behaviors, with the findings suggesting that higher economic development encourages behaviors that surpass attitudes. Despite widespread environmental concern and positive environmental attitudes, a notable attitude–behavior gap persists across European countries, underscoring the complexity of translating environmental awareness into consistent actions. At the micro level, the focus shifts to the hospitality sector in Portugal, revealing that the attitude–behavior gap is also evident within this industry. Factors such as environmental concern, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control significantly influence consumers' intention to pay green hotel prices. However, actual behaviors often fall short of these positive intentions, highlighting the barriers that prevent the consistent adoption of sustainable practices. This dual-level analysis underscores the need for targeted strategies that address both the economic and the psychological factors influencing sustainable consumer behavior. The findings provide valuable insights for policymakers and businesses to bridge the attitude–behavior gap and promote sustainable practices. By understanding these dynamics, strategies can be better aligned to enhance consumer engagement with sustainability goals and drive long-term environmental stewardship.

eSports, as a competitive activity related to the video game industry has attracted significant attention in recent years. Using co-citation analysis of references and authors, bibliographic coupling of sources, and author keyword co-occurrence analysis, this paper aims to carry out a bibliometric study using information extracted from the Web of Science database between 2010 and 2022 to provide an overview of the current knowledge structure of eSports and its evolution over time from a specific perspective related to Business, Management and Economic (BM&E) issues. This analysis reveals that the current body of literature focuses primarily on key aspects, such as defining eSports, differentiating them from traditional sports, and exploring their commercial potential within the entertainment industry. This study contributes to the advancement of knowledge related to the BM&E-eSports research field by providing information on the lack of theoretical foundations, current trends, and potential future research directions. The practical implications of this study can help both researchers identify the most relevant topics and key aspects in the BM&E-eSports research field and help business managers make appropriate decisions and design effective strategies to manage eSports organizations. Overall, this research lays the foundation for future studies that aim to understand the business potential of eSports and its impact on the market and society.

The circular economy paradigm demands immediate and significant adjustments and changes in management and production business processes to maintain adequate to good ecosystem conditions for the use and development of human life. In this context, we analysed the impact of female leadership in the business environment and its relationship with the conservation of planetary health. This empowers women in the transition toward circular business model within the planet's capacity.

For a panel data sample of the world's largest companies, we find that active female participation in high business positions leads to significant changes toward a model that protects the natural and endemic wealth of different ecosystems around de world. Additionally, we found that the active presence of women in the decision-making process concerning the protection of the environment, human development, and economic prosperity is strongly associated with the prospective knowledge that female independent directors possess, and to a greater extent, with the knowledge spillover that the presence of female executive directors entails.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on public institutions management system which imposed a digital transformation of all processes. This study explores how integrating digitalization improves management processes within Romanian public organizations. It is based on a survey approach and on “snowball” sampling technique for collecting answers from 377 employees. The analysis was developed with structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), prediction-oriented segmentation (PLS-POS), and multigroup analysis (PLS-MGA). The obtained results show that the digitalization of public institutions has a positive effect on all five managerial functions, namely on planning, organizing, coordinating, motivating, and controlling. The findings revealed three distinct homogenous groups of respondents using a posteriori segmentation, presenting variations in tool usage and function execution. There are multi-faceted contributions of this study: (1) in terms of theory, as it contributes to the literature by reinforcing existing knowledge; (2) in terms of methodology as it employs triangulation, and (3) in terms of practical implications by offering insights for decision-makers aiming to enhance institutional dynamics in public administration, albeit within the limitations of its geographic focus. In the last part of the paper, future research directions for integrating digitalization within public institutions are presented.

Entrepreneurial ecosystems create a conductive environment for innovation and advancing sustainable development. They stimulate national innovation and economic development; however, empirical examination, especially in emerging economies, remains limited. Using longitudinal data on 89 countries for 2018–2021, this study empirically tests three pillars of entrepreneurial ecosystems—resource supply, resource demand, and allocation and accumulation—through a gendered lens to explore their effect on national innovation and entrepreneurship. We estimate regional effects with a three-dimensional fixed effects regression model. Our results suggest that knowledge capital of female researchers and domestic economy size are the central drivers of national innovation and entrepreneurship, respectively. Furthermore, this effect is more critical for emerging economies and disappears as countries develop. We present a gendered empirical examination of Audretsch et al.’s (2022) framework and elucidate the contributions of women in driving national innovation through ecosystems in emerging economies.

Building on the dynamic capability perspective, this study investigates effective digitalization and digital transformation strategies in the tech industry by highlighting the relevance of the digital divide among developed and developing economies. Further, the study identifies the key challenges, opportunities, and strategies for digitalization and digital transformation. The study embraced a qualitative approach for in-depth exploration of the phenomenon through a comparative study of two countries, i.e., Hong Kong and Pakistan. Data was collected using interviews and analyzed using content analysis to identify recurring patterns and critical insights for meaningful interpretations to address the study objective. We proposed a framework for effective digitalization and digital transformation in the tech industry from the perspective of developed and developing economies. The strategies identified in this research are categorized in technopreneurship and improved human resource practices to address the challenges faced by both developed and developing countries. The study findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the digital transformation phenomenon in the wake of changing workforce dynamics and technological disruptions, as well as the digital divide between developed and developing countries. Further, the study will help policymakers devise and implement resilient strategies in the tech industry, to help reduce the digital divide.

This study examines the innovation process through the interrelationships of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) dimensions in an emerging economy. Using a five-point Likert scale, we adopt a survey approach to measure individuals’ EO dimensions and explore the relationship between proactiveness, risk-taking, motivation, and innovation outcomes. We test our hypotheses using a sample of 466 individuals in Kuwait. Survey data are analyzed using principal component analysis (PCA) and a partial least squares approach. The results indicate that proactiveness and motivation positively relate to risk-taking. In addition, we find that our mediating variable, risk-taking, directly impacts innovation. The is an indirect effect of motivation and proactiveness on innovation, through risk-taking. These findings shed light on the interrelationships among different dimensions within the EO framework, pathways towards innovation, and provide meaningful insights for promoting innovation outcomes.

The crowdfunding movement has created opportunities for entrepreneurs to overcome financial barriers and initiate innovative projects that can alter consumer behaviour towards more sustainable consumption practices, particularly mindful consumption. Mindful consumption involves incorporating acquisitive, repetitive and aspirational behaviours and purchasing decisions that consider the impact on ecosystems and communities. While previous research has identified success factors such as project descriptions, financing goals, social capital and innovation, their influence on crowdfunding success through the lens of mindful consumption could be less determinant. The entire concept of what success entails can also be redefined and, with it, the impact of startups. This study fills this research gap by determining the factors that contribute to the success of environmental projects in reward-based crowdfunding and understanding how such projects also promote consumers’ sustainable consumption practices. The study employs fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis on a sample of 210 Kickstarter projects in the environmental category to identify the necessary conditions for crowdfunding success and unravel the complex factors at play between success and mindful consumption. The results are consistent with previous literature finding that integrating monetary-related keywords alone is not enough for crowdfunding success, indicating that the overall understanding of startup success should be revisited to include social capital. Identifying the necessary conditions for redefining success also contributes to the formation of guidelines to assure sustainable innovation for new ventures in reward-based crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter.

Government intention to spur innovation can result in the proliferation of low-quality patents, which is especially pronounced in countries with a low level of government accountability. This study examines the paradoxical effects of government-funded innovation in weakly institutionalized environments. I offer a game-theoretic model, in which the government has a stake in technological development and invests in research and development, although this encourages the growth of low-quality patents. Using Russian patents data between 1998 and 2016, I illustrate this mechanism by demonstrating the causal impact of Russia's government policy, which resulted in a simultaneous increase in the number of patents and a decrease in the absolute number of high-quality patents in the patent pool. This study provides a theoretical background for evaluating the impact of political incentives for investing in the creation of new technologies in the technological development of countries.