Digital Absorptive Capacity in Blockchain Start-ups

2019 ◽  
pp. 57-78
Author(s):  
R. A. Chacón ◽  
A. C. Presse
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Start Ups

scholarly journals Responsible innovation among academic spin-offs: how responsible practices help developing absorptive capacity

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.E. Scholten ◽  
P.A. van der Duin
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Responsible Innovation ◽  
Social Responsiveness ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Sustainability Practices ◽  
Start Ups

Responsible innovation (RI) among technology-based start-ups has received little attention, while these firms are known to operate on the edges of what is socially desirable or ethically acceptable. In this paper we develop a conceptual model that captures the RI practices among 61 academic spin-offs and investigate how it affects the capacity of the firm to absorb external knowledge to better the exploitation of the innovation. The findings indicate that potential absorptive capacity is increased by both stakeholder engagement and social responsiveness, while realized absorptive capacity is moderately increased through social responsiveness. Remarkable is the finding that the extent that sustainability practices resonate in the start-ups operations does have a negative effect on the potential absorptive capacity. These results provide insight in the way in which start-ups adopt a RI philosophy to their innovation process and help to better understand how they learn and acquire external knowledge to increase the acceptance of their innovations. The findings provide clear recommendations for entrepreneurs and policymakers in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation.

Micro-econometric analysis of innovative start-ups: the role of firm-specific factors and industry context in innovation propensity

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 935-957
Author(s):  
Claudia Capozza ◽  
Sergio Salomone ◽  
Ernesto Somma
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Technological Value ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
Start Ups

Abstract We explore the innovation-enabling factors in young innovative companies (YICs) considering different elements of firm-specific absorptive capacity along with factors related to the industrial structure. Evidence from Italian YICs, known as innovative start-ups whose creation was prompted by the Start-up Act in 2012, shows that absorptive capacity factors matter with differences for product and process innovation. Moreover, the configuration of the industry context remarkably shape innovation, providing implications for policy-makers seeking to improve the national competitiveness by sustaining new ventures of high technological value.

scholarly journals Economics of Technological Leapfrogging

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-159
Author(s):  
Keun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Niche Area ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
Technological Leapfrogging ◽  
Start Ups

Latecomer economies are firms which may be able to leapfrog older vintages of technology, and make pre-emptive investments in emerging technologies to catch up with advanced countries in new markets. Leapfrogging can be defined as latecomers trying something different ahead of the forerunners, thereby leaping over them. The answer to the question whether the fourth industrial revolution represents a new window of opportunity for leapfrogging or whether it constitutes a source of further risks for latecomers is that this depends entirely on the country’s response and readiness, that is, its industrial policy, digital literacy, the skill and education level, as well as domestic market size and position in the GVC. Policy recommendations for leapfrogging can also be made for different types of firms, such as incumbents and start-ups. The former comprises three types of firms, namely leaders, followers, and laggards. Path-creating type leapfrogging is more likely to take place in start-ups because they have invested the least in existing technologies or business models. Leader or follower type firms in emerging economies tend to have some experience with technology and absorptive capacity and are thus likely to be in a position to skip one or several stages, while managing the risks associated with leapfrogging. Lastly, laggard firms should not attempt pre-mature leapfrogging but should first build some absorptive capacity in their niche area and upgrade by moving up the higher end of the GVC.

Medica 2018: „Startrampe“ für viele Start-ups

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (09) ◽  
pp. 25-25
Author(s):  
Lutz Retzlaff
Keyword(s):  
Start Ups

Die deutschen Medizintechnik-Hersteller profitieren von der Digitalisierung in der Medizin.

Serviços de telemedicina e telessaúde e sua sustentabilidade

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-261
Author(s):  
Rosângela Simões Gundim
Keyword(s):  
Start Ups

O aumento do acesso às tecnologias de informação e comunicação, o desenvolvimento da inteligência artificial, do aprendizado de máquina, da robótica, da biotecnologia, da internet das coisas, da internet dos serviços e uma variedade de inovações advindas do emergente ecossistema de start ups oportuniza a ampliação da oferta de serviços de telemedicina e telessaúde, em diferentes formas e especialidades. Neste cenário, há que se utilizar, da melhor forma possível, essa variedade de tecnologia para promover as melhores práticas, as mais seguras e as de melhor alcance à população alvo, por meio de serviços estruturados de teleassistência, telediagnóstico e teleducação, evitando-se encaminhamentos desnecessários, aumentando agilidade na entrega de resultados de exames, no agendamento e nas consultas com especialistas, diluindo-se a taxa de hospitalização, dentre outras. Toda essa tecnologia pode assumir valores expressivos do ponto de vista financeiro, o que pode impactar tanto positiva quanto negativamente. A expectativa de quem investe é também gerar economia de recursos com a utilização de tais ferramentas, a fim de alcançar sustentabilidade do serviço. Este artigo tem o objetivo de levantar e analisar a literatura produzida nos últimos cinco anos, sobre a sustentabilidade de serviços de telemedicina e telessaúde no contexto da assistência, assumindo a perspectiva do provedor de serviços.

INNOVATION CAPABILITY, ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND SMES PERFORMANCE IN PAKISTAN: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF BUSINESS STRATEGY

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (Number 2) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zulqarnain Arshad ◽  
Darwina Arshad
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
And Performance ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Crucial Part

The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial part in county’s economic growth and a key contributor in country’s GDP. In Pakistan SMEs hold about 90 percent of the total businesses. The performance of SMEs depends upon many factors. The main aim for the research is to examine the relationship between Innovation Capability, Absorptive Capacity and Performance of SMEs in Pakistan. This conceptual paper also extends to the vague revelation on Business Strategy in which act as a moderator between Innovation Capability, Absorptive Capacity and SMEs Performance. Conclusively, this study proposes a new research directions and hypotheses development to examine the relationship among the variables in Pakistan’s SMEs context.

99. Characterization of Cold Weather Plumes from Jet Engine Start-UPS

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Armendariz ◽  
D. Leith ◽  
M. Boundy ◽  
R. Goodman ◽  
L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Cold Weather ◽  
Jet Engine ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Engine Start
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