Pub Date : 2021-05-07DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2021.115050
Chukwuemeka K. Echebiri, M. Engen, Stein Amundsen
Although there has been increasing interest in employee-driven innovation research, the literature is still fragmented. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the construct of employee-driven innovation (EDI) and to develop an instrument that can be used to measure it. We adopted an integrative approach to scale development by incorporating existing scales from concepts related to EDI. Based on a combined exploratory factor analysis (N = 144) and confirmatory factor analysis (N = 144) approach, we identified three dimensions of EDI, emergence and search for ideas, idea generation and idea development and implementation. The instrument showed sufficient reliability and validity (i.e., content, construct, convergent, and discriminant validity).
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The purpose of this research is to diagnose the organisational capacities for the strengthening of social innovation in the Renacer Verde Association, Serrania de las Quinchas Natural Park. The methodology used is based on a unique case study with a participatory action research strategy that interacts with and involves the sample as a transforming actor of its reality. The results show a low level of development of the strategic, operational and infrastructure capacities of knowledge management due to low investment in functional, productive and technological aspects, which prevents a proposal of sustainable value. It can be concluded that organisational capacities represent the possibilities of the optimisation and management of the resources that a company possesses, with differentiating factors originating in the processes of social innovation, related to collaborative action for the solution of social problems and oriented to the generation of value from the recognition of the environment and use of the population's potential.
本研究的目的是诊断Renacer Verde协会Serrania de las Quinchas自然公园加强社会创新的组织能力。所使用的方法基于一个独特的案例研究，该案例研究具有参与性行动研究战略，该战略与样本互动，并将其作为现实的转化参与者。结果表明，由于在功能、生产和技术方面的投资较少，知识管理的战略、业务和基础设施能力发展水平较低，这阻碍了具有可持续价值的提案。可以得出结论，组织能力代表了优化和管理公司所拥有资源的可能性，差异化因素源于社会创新过程，与解决社会问题的合作行动有关，并致力于从对环境的认识和对人口潜力的利用中产生价值。
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Pub Date : 2021-05-07DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2021.10037728
Gladys Yaneth Mariño Becerra, Nely Pérez Martínez
The following investigation has the objective of structuring an information system for the entrepreneurship with the system general foundation theory, technological surveillance and competitive int...
本文运用系统论基础理论、技术监督理论和竞争分析理论，构建了一个创业信息系统。
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Pub Date : 2021-03-18DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2021.113798
Charbel C. Salloum, Jacques Digout, Laura Salloum, C. Mercier-Suissa, Pamela Chahine
The aim of this paper is to examine whether willingness to change, generational involvement, perceived technological opportunities, and competitive aggressiveness, in addition to strategic planning, affect the corporate entrepreneurship of family firms in Lebanon. Using a sample of 85 Lebanese family firms, our results suggest that family-business-related characteristics and strategic planning have a positive relationship with corporate entrepreneurship. Our study provides important insights to regulators and practitioners interested in enhancing governance practices in family firms in Lebanon based on the impact of family-business-related characteristics and strategic planning on corporate entrepreneurship. More importantly, our paper helps understand how corporate entrepreneurship in a Middle Eastern country can be affected by willingness to change, generational involvement, perceived technological opportunities, and competitive aggressiveness.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-07DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2020.10028425
M. Mattila, Nina Mesiranta, Anna Heikkinen
Food waste is a growing sustainability challenge for companies operating in the food services sector in developed countries. In this study, we examine how platform-based business models for food waste reduction can contribute to sustainability. We draw from the literature on business sustainability, sustainable business models (SBMs), and digital platforms, scrutinising two real-life business cases that provide digital services that help food service companies to reduce their food waste. Our findings identify the value network (user, producer, and support networks) and sustainable value proposition (economic, environmental, and social dimensions) as key elements for addressing sustainability in platform-based businesses. The study contributes to the SBM literature by developing an empirical and systemic understanding of platform-based SBMs. The cases illustrate that these SBMs have the potential to contribute to sustainability through scalability and attractiveness. From a managerial standpoint, the study offers companies insights into how to develop sustainability in their business operations.
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Pub Date : 2020-05-19DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2020.10028411
Giancarlo Gomes, A. Majocchi, J. Alegre, Linda Jessica De Montreuil Carmona
The ability of the organisation to develop new products is crucial in rapidly changing business environments, and thus, customer demographics, consumers' expectations and buying behaviour play an important role. Hence, exploring the antecedents of innovation performance becomes more important. This study analyses the relationships among innovation stimulus, facilitating factors and support mechanisms for innovative performance in the textile industry of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The sample included 128 respondents, who were all employees of five small and medium-sized textile firms; data were analysed using structural equation modelling. We found that innovation stimulus, facilitating factors and support mechanisms are correlated, while support mechanisms have no influence on innovation performance. The results also highlight a concern regarding the cost and time spent on developing innovation projects. This research contributes to innovation performance literature by analysing innovation antecedents including visions of innovation as both a process, represented by efficiency, and a result, represented by efficacy.
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Pub Date : 2020-04-20DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2020.10028701
T. Gutmann, C. Maas, D. Kanbach, S. Stubner
Corporate accelerators have emerged rapidly over the last few years and have become a cross-industrial global phenomenon. Established companies interact with startups through these programmes in a structured approach. Recent academic research shows that programmes exist with diverse characteristics, providing various resources and services such as investment capital, office space, mentoring or training to the startups. Currently, the corporate accelerator landscape is undergoing change, with companies adjusting their programme characteristics. One reason for this development seems to be that companies struggle to provide the right resources to startups. The extant corporate accelerator literature, however, does not provide any insights into the value of the different resources provided to startups in such programmes. Thus, we analyse, empirically and in-depth, one of the longest active corporate accelerator programmes, taking the startups' perspective. Investigating Wayra, the corporate accelerator of Telefonica in Germany, we shed light on what is satisfying, what is relevant and what corporates can improve on.
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Pub Date : 2020-04-20DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2020.10028702
A. Anand, Isabelle Walsh
This paper takes an exploratory and qualitative stance to investigate and understand how employees within SMEs share their knowledge in a dyadic situation. The research is set in an Indian context. Through participant observation and interviews with both supervisors and employees, we unmask the four essential stages of the dyadic process through which knowledge sharing occurs: identification, medium selection, engagement, and feedback. Based on our findings, we highlight theoretical and practical implications for SME business leaders.
{"title":"The four stages of the knowledge sharing process in SMEs","authors":"A. Anand, Isabelle Walsh","doi":"10.1504/ijeim.2020.10028702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijeim.2020.10028702","url":null,"abstract":"This paper takes an exploratory and qualitative stance to investigate and understand how employees within SMEs share their knowledge in a dyadic situation. The research is set in an Indian context. Through participant observation and interviews with both supervisors and employees, we unmask the four essential stages of the dyadic process through which knowledge sharing occurs: identification, medium selection, engagement, and feedback. Based on our findings, we highlight theoretical and practical implications for SME business leaders.","PeriodicalId":52480,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44588707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-04-13DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2020.10028406
Zam-Zam Abdirahman, G. Shiri, L. Sauvée
The purpose of this article is to assess the impact of network characteristics on non-technological, i.e., organisational innovations (hereafter OI), adopted by food companies. In the food sector context, we specifically put forward the importance of partnerships and networking activities, where this question is relevant. Indeed, relatively little is known about the importance of network characteristics, such as the diversity of partners or categories of networks (business clubs, technology parks, industry associations, …), for the adoption of OI. Based upon a sample of 348 European food companies we were able to test hypotheses linking network characteristics with the adoption of OI in the food sector. The results of the research highlight the positive effects of network competence, of heterogeneity of members and of the category of club networks on the adoption OI by food companies.
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While the circular economy (CE) has awakened discussion in business model literature, understanding of the circular business model (CBM) and value-creation opportunities in practice has been limited. This study focuses on one sustainable business model archetype: creating value from waste. It supports sustainable development by material circulation. We aim to provide an answer to the question of how a company converts its resources and capabilities into economic value by creating value from waste. This single case study in the Finnish energy sector focuses on a pioneering company applying CBM. The analysis more specifically illustrates the nine main elements of a business model: customer value proposition, segments, customer relationships, channels, key resources, key activities, partners, costs and revenues. Furthermore, we illustrate the internal and external adoption factors required to transform a business model canvas (BMC) to a CBM framework.
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