scholarly journals Keep it simple: external resource utilisation and incremental product innovation in resource-challenged South African manufacturing firms

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Leon Oerlemans ◽  
Kai-Ying Chan ◽  
Joris Knoben ◽  
Patrick Vermeulen
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Resource Utilisation ◽  
External Resource

Resource Utilisation in Groups of Black South African Adolescents: Gender, Age, and Individual Differences

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Liddell ◽  
Chris McConville
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
South African ◽  
Resource Utilisation ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Black South African ◽  
South African Township

This study uses a movie-viewing instrument to assess patterns of resource utilisation in South African township adolescents. The degree to which resource utilisation and other task behaviours were associated with gender, age, and individual differences form the focus. Boys used more gestures denoting dominant and subordinate status, were more physically aggressive, and were generally more coercive than girls. Older children shared the resource more equitably, showed more positive affect, and spent less time issuing directives. There were inequities in children’s access to the movie. However, neither on-task behaviours nor participants’ academic achievement were consistently associated with some children accessing the movie more than others.

scholarly journals How Do Anticipated and Self Regulations and Information Sourcing Openness Drive Firms to Implement Eco-Innovation? Evidence from Korean Manufacturing Firms

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (15) ◽  
pp. 2678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheon Yu ◽  
Junghoon Park ◽  
Yun Seop Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Multivariate Probit ◽  
Binary Outcome ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
External Sources

Building upon institutional theory and the concept of openness to external sources in terms of breadth and depth, this study investigates the following three understudied drivers of eco-innovation in terms of external and internal factors: Anticipated regulation and self-regulation as external drivers, and information sourcing openness comprised of breadth and importance as internal drivers. Toward this end, this study employs a sample of 1824 Korean manufacturing firms collected from the Korean Innovation Survey 2010, which is compatible with the Oslo Manual and the Eurostat Community Innovation Survey (CIS). The current research adopts a multivariate probit model for the nine binary outcome variables and a zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) regression model for a count variable. It is found that, both anticipated regulation and self-regulation positively affect eco-process innovation and eco-product innovation across all of the nine eco-innovation types. The empirical findings on the effects of the breadth of external sources and the importance of used information acquired from external sources for innovative activities indicate that both the breadth and the importance have positive impacts on the number of types of eco-innovation with which a firm is engaged.

Importing and Productivity: An Analysis of South African Manufacturing Firms

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 411-432
Author(s):  
Lawrence Edwards ◽  
Marco Sanfilippo ◽  
Asha Sundaram
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Manufacturing Firms

Developing process and product innovation through internal and external knowledge sources in manufacturing Malaysian firms: the role of absorptive capacity

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1021-1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ramayah ◽  
Pedro Soto-Acosta ◽  
Khoo Kah Kheng ◽  
Imran Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Knowledge Sources ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Organizational Capability ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Knowledge

PurposeFirms' knowledge-processing capabilities have a central role in achieving innovation performance and competitive advantage. Absorptive capacity capabilities and innovation are viewed as essential for enterprise success. Absorptive capacity is deemed as a highly important organizational capability to recognize value and assimilate both external and internal knowledge in order to enhance firm innovation. The aim of this study is to determine if innovation performance can be improved through absorptive capacity (knowledge acquisition, dissemination and utilization), when it is supported by internal (firm experience) and external knowledge sources (R&D cooperation and contracted R&D).Design/methodology/approachA quantitative methodology based on employing a structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The proposed research model and its associated hypotheses are tested by using Partial Least Squares (PLS) structural equation modelling (SEM) on a data set of 248 manufacturing companies located in the Northern Region of Malaysia.FindingsResults showed that firms' experience is significantly related to absorptive capacity, while for R&D cooperation and contracted R&D findings were mixed. In addition, absorptive capacity was found as a strong predictor of innovation performance.Originality/valueOne of the defining features of competition in many industries has been the extremely rapid pace of technological change, marked by a continuous stream of innovations. Manufacturing firms, therefore, face the challenge of nurturing existing knowledge and developing novel knowledge in order to create new business opportunities. This study makes valuable contributions with regard to understanding the behavioural of manufacturing firms towards process and product innovation.

More similar than different: A study of cooperative product innovation with multiple external stakeholders

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania von der Heidt ◽  
Don Scott
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Stakeholder Relationships ◽  
External Stakeholder ◽  
Stakeholder Orientation ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Channel Relationship ◽  
Relationship Structure

AbstractThis paper uses a strategy—structure—performance-based model of marketing channel relationship structure to conduct an empirical examination of the involvement of four external stakeholder groups in manufacturing firms' product innovation. The results show that firms' stakeholder orientation (strategy), involvement of stakeholders in product innovation (structure) and quality of stakeholder relationships (performance) are intrinsically linked. Also, the way in which multiple stakeholder groups were involved in manufacturing firms' product innovation was more similar than different.

An Investigation of the Four Dimensions of Innovation in Small Scale Firms in Lagos State, Nigeria

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunday Amiolemen ◽  
Olutunde Babalola ◽  
Stephen Adegbite ◽  
Idowu Ologeh ◽  
Olapeju Adekola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Marketing Innovation ◽  
Lagos State

The paper examined the dimensions of innovation in small scale manufacturing firms with a view to understanding the interaction and relationship among product innovation, process innovation, organizational innovation, and marketing innovation. It further determines the relationship that exists between sales turnover and the four dimensions of innovation. Forty-six small manufacturing firms were sampled across the 4 major small scale Industrial Estates in Lagos State. The paper observed that these small firms engaged mainly in process innovation. The correlation analysis revealed a significant relationship between marketing and process innovation (r = 0.51; p<0.01) while there is no causality between product and process innovation (r = 0.31; p<0.05); product innovation and organizational innovation (r = 0.22; p<0.05); product innovation and marketing innovation (r = 0.11; p<0.05); and process and organizational innovation (r = 0.27; p<0.05) in these firms. The paper concludes that these firms are solely interested in upgrading and renewal of products, improving new methods of production, supply and distribution. The paper finally submitted that the observed trend is not unconnected with poor R&D initiative between small firms and research institutions, poor technological innovation capability of firms, and poor linkages/collaboration among stakeholder on new product development.

scholarly journals ONE SIZE (DOES NOT) FIT ALL: EVIDENCE OF SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRODUCT INNOVATION MANAGEMENT IN HIGH- AND LOW-TECH MANUFACTURING FIRMS

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (01) ◽  
pp. 1950004 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLAUDINE KEARNEY ◽  
KILLIAN J. McCARTHY ◽  
EELKO K. R. E. HUIZINGH
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Impact

Most literature on product innovation management (PIM) has developed through a small number of high-tech manufacturer studies. It is assumed that, for other types of firms, ‘one size fits all’. This research addresses this issue by investigating PIM in both high- and low-tech firms. Building on Cormican and O’Sullivan’s (2004) Best Practice Model (BPM) this paper analyzes PIM of 112 high-tech in comparison to 184 low-tech manufacturing firms in the Netherlands. The empirical results show significant sector-level differences in the impact of the five constructs and, in some cases, insignificant and even opposite effects. Our findings show that one size does not fit all, and blindly following the theory can not only have a suboptimal effect but may even have a negative effect. Furthermore, there are some similarities in high- and low-tech PIM, for example Communication and Collaboration is the only construct that is positive and significant in all cases. The implications of these results in relation to high- and low-tech manufacturing firms are discussed.

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