Influence of technological innovation capabilities on product competitiveness

2016 ◽  
Vol 116 (5) ◽  
pp. 883-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijun Liu ◽  
Zuhua Jiang
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Organizational Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed light on how technological innovation capabilities (TICs) influence the product competitiveness of Chinese manufacturing enterprises and identify the key technological innovation components. Design/methodology/approach – Quantitative research setting was applied in Chinese Yangtze River Delta. Survey was carried out with 166 responses. Findings – The study reveals that the firm’s strategies capabilities, knowledge resources, fundamental research, application R & D, and manufacturing capabilities have significant influence on the new product development performance and product competitiveness of Chinese manufacturing enterprises. Interestingly, firm’s organizational capabilities and human, finance, and material resource have no significant correlation with the product competitiveness. Practical implications – From a practical perspective, the relationships among TICs enablers, processes, and product competitiveness may provide a clue regarding how firms can promote technological innovation to sustain their competitive advantage. Moreover, the key factors of TICs found in the study are useful for policy makers and managers of Chinese firms to make decision. Originality/value – This study is one of the first studies to apply the structure equation model method to measure the relationship between TICs and product competitiveness under the background of Chinese manufacturing. The results provide a new framework on the how technological innovation capability influence product competitiveness of Chinese manufacturing firms. From a managerial perspective, this study identifies several crucial TICs factors to support product competitiveness, and discusses the implications of these factors for developing organizational strategies that encourage technological innovation.

Perceptions of product advantage, NPD and organisational performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Healy ◽  
Ann Ledwith ◽  
Michele O'Dwyer
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
New Product ◽  
Product Performance ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Product Performance

Purpose – This paper aims to extend previous studies on new product development (NPD) performance by identifying the product advantage, new product performance and organisational performance indicators that are considered by small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) to be most relevant to their performance. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative research approach was adopted, using a cross-sectional survey of a sample of 137 firms representing the industry sectors active within the Irish economy. The research instrument was based on existing recognised research measures. Findings – The results suggest that: large firms consider that their products derive advantage through product quality and cost, while SMEs are more concerned with satisfying customer needs; larger firms concentrate on market measures in measuring new product performance, while SMEs focus on customer acceptance measures; and in measuring organisational performance larger firms focus on market share and profitability, while SMEs concentrate on profitability and sales growth. Research limitations/implications – This study identifies the aspects of product advantage, new product performance and organisational performance on which firms concentrate, thereby increasing our ability to redirect their focus from what they consider to be important, to what will have an impact on their firm's performance. Originality/value – This study identifies the aspects of product advantage, new product performance and organisational performance on which firms concentrate, thereby increasing our ability to redirect their focus from what they consider to be important, to what will have an impact on their firm's performance.

scholarly journals Exploring the barriers to upscaling the production capacity of the edible insect sector in the United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Yang ◽  
Christopher Cooke
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Research Database ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Edible Insect ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study aims to explore the barriers to upscaling the production capacity of the edible insect sector in the UK and to identify the impact of current regulation on the sector's development.Design/methodology/approachA significant proportion of edible insect-producing companies within the UK were identified through an online market research database and contacted via email to invite them to participate in this study. Phone interviews were conducted with ten companies. Thematic analysis was adopted for data analysis.FindingsThere were five themes identified as barriers to the upscaling of the production for the edible insect sector in the UK: insect feeding materials, production capacity, expertise and knowledge, new product development and regulatory uncertainty.Research limitations/implicationsThis research was based on a qualitative study. Further quantitative research is needed to test the extent of the impact of these five themes on upscaling production capacity. In addition to production capacity, marketing and consumers' acceptance, culture and behaviour can also be considered in future studies.Originality/valueThis study makes a significant contribution to the literature by providing insight on the barriers to upscaling production capacity in the edible insect sector.

The effect of maintenance operation, time utility and occupancy to sustainability with transit oriented development moderation

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Makjen Sinaga ◽  
Suharyono Suharyono ◽  
Muhammad Al Musadieq ◽  
Mohammad Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Operation Time ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Transit Oriented Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis study aims to test and analyze the effect of maintenance operation, time utility and occupancy on sustainability with transit oriented development (TOD) as a moderating variable.Design/methodology/approachThis research is a quantitative research. The data in this study are a combination of primary data obtained through a questionnaire. The research took place at PT MRT Jakarta with all the board of directors as a sample in this study. The sampling technique used is saturated sampling and data analysis using structural equation model (SEM).FindingsThe result shows that maintenance and operation (M&O) have a positive and significant effect on time utility, M&O have a positive and significant effect on sustainability, time utility has a positive and significant effect on occupancy, occupancy has a positive and significant effect on sustainability and the influence of TOD does not significantly influence the relationship between time utility on occupancy and occupancy on sustainability.Originality/valueThe originality of this research lies in testing the maintenance operation, time utility and occupancy variables on sustainability with the renewal of TOD as a moderating variable.

Determinants and implications of travel motivations: international travellers visiting Cappadocia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Faruk Seyitoğlu ◽  
Özgür Davras
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Travel Motivation ◽  
Loyal Customer ◽  
Travel Motivations ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to explore the determinants and implications of travel motivations of international tourists visiting the Cappadocia destination. Design/methodology/approach The quantitative research method focusing on numerical data was used to test the proposed hypotheses, and the survey technique has been used to collect data. The research participants consisted of 363 international tourists visiting the Cappadocia region/Turkey and spending at least one night there. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed using the AMOS 22 package program to ensure the scales’ construct validity. Then, the structural equation model was established to test the study’s hypothesis, and these hypotheses were tested with the help of path analysis. Findings As determinants of travel motivations, while electronic word of mouth (eWOM) has a positive effect on travel motivation dimensions, the impact of travel risk perception is negative. Moreover, from the dimensions of travel motivations, novelty/learning and socialization positively affect destination loyalty. However, the influences of escape and relaxation and self-development are meaningless. Besides that, travel risk perception strongly impacts eWOM. Practical implications Destination managers and practitioners must maintain a higher level of tourist motivation and reduce tourists’ travel risk perception levels to improve destination competitiveness by constituting a more loyal customer profile. Moreover, eWOM platforms should be used efficiently. Originality/value This study points to a functional multidimensional model that contributes to the literature and guides destination managers and practitioners. The proposed framework of determinants and consequences of tourists’ travel motivation can also be applied in other service contexts.

The impact of capabilities on performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mait Rungi
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Cultural Proximity ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The research finds how much the different types of capabilities influence the performance outcome of a company. A special focus is put on companies that use projects in their daily work; project-orientation is an expanding field, but their capabilities and influence on performance are not enough investigated. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Quantitative research setting was applied in EU member country Estonia. Survey was carried out with 189 responses. Findings – Interestingly, project-related capabilities are singly more significant to performance than business capabilities. Capabilities mostly influence financial performance and less project performance (PP). Traditional project time/scope/cost management (iron triangle) and project delivery capabilities significantly influence the variance of outcome indicators. Surprisingly, companies should be careful in aligning projects with strategy and pay great attention to teamwork threats, as these present the most negative influence on the outcome in circumstances where they have been conventional benefit factors. Research limitations/implications – Estonia is a small and innovative country, which makes results generalizable for similar types of countries worldwide and/or neighboring countries with geographical and cultural proximity. Practical implications – Companies behave in isomorphic environments (e.g. high competition, short new product development cycle, full of imitations, standardized business models), and therefore companies look for ways how to differentiate. Usually, findings that describe a 5 percent variance of outcome gain attention, variables used in this research provide much higher variance (48-83 percent). Due to constant environmental changes, companies should put more focus on project-related capabilities due to their high impact on performance. Originality/value – Capabilities are complex and not widely researched empirically from different angles, such as project management. This research takes a comprehensive base by involving a large variety of capabilities, including project-specific capabilities, not only a few common large companies' specific capabilities. The capabilities impact on PP is not yet investigated, also the influence from project capabilities on performance is not thoroughly researched.

Stakeholders’ perceptions of sustainable development of higher education institutions: an intellectual capital approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 911-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugénia de Matos Pedro ◽  
João Leitão ◽  
Helena Alves
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Content Type

Purpose This study aims to identify stakeholders’ perceptions of the effects associated with different components of intellectual capital (IC) on the sustainable development (SD) practices of higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach The empirical approach uses a structural equation model to provide new empirical findings in relation to 738 students and 587 lecturers/researchers at seven Portuguese state HEIs through quantitative research. Findings The results obtained are, firstly, important contributions to the literature on the IC and SD practices of HEIs, as a relationship between these two constructs is confirmed, especially through relational capital (RC) and structural capital (SC). Secondly, the stakeholders considered show different perceptions of the influence of the components of HEIs’ IC on these institutions’ SD practices, and thirdly, perception of the economic dimension is most influenced. Practical implications The empirical findings indicate the need to provide better information about HEIs’ policies and practices of SD and how the latter contribute to the SD of the institution and its region of influence. Originality/value No previous studies investigate students and teachers/researchers’ perceptions of the social, environmental, economic and organizational dimensions of SD in HEIs and at the same time how those perceptions can be influenced by the components of IC (e.g. human capital, SC, RC) in that institution.

An empirical examination of the relationship between managerial strategic thinking and absorptive capacity of the organization

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-71
Author(s):  
Saurabh Srivastava ◽  
Derrick D’Souza
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Recently, researchers have highlighted the limited attention that has been devoted to managerial capabilities as micro-foundational elements of absorptive capacity. Strategic thinking is one such managerial capability that guides managers during the development of organizational capabilities. The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the influence of managerial strategic thinking on the development of absorptive capacity. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected using a sample of 324 senior-level and mid-level managers from the software industry. PLS-SEM was used to test the hypothesized relationships. Findings Study results indicate that managerial strategic thinking is positively related to absorptive capacity, as well as to each of its four components – acquisition, assimilation, transformation and exploitation. Originality/value The current study adopts a micro-foundations perspective and delves into the development and orchestration of organizational capabilities. This study is the first to empirically investigate the relationship between managerial strategic thinking and absorptive capacity. Prior literature on absorptive capacity has focused on its influence on phenomena that are downstream to absorptive capacity, e.g. innovation, new product development and firm performance. The research offers new insights into the relationship between absorptive capacity and managerial strategic thinking, a hitherto unexplored upstream phenomenon. Scholars have theorized that managerial strategic thinking plays a pivotal role in managerial decisions, making it a critical factor in developing the absorptive capacity of an organization. The authors believe that the empirical evidence of the theorized relationship offers valuable insights that will aid scholarly research on organizational capabilities.

Design orientation in new product development and its measurement

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-149
Author(s):  
Mónica Cantó ◽  
Marta Frasquet ◽  
Gil-Saura Irene
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Measurement Scale ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Design Skills ◽  
Design Orientation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to define the design orientation construct, proposing a theoretical framework for its analysis and a validated tool for its measurement. Design/methodology/approach The process of scale development follows the recommendations of DeVellis (1991). After qualitative research with experts, quantitative research was performed on a sample of 209 SMEs in the furniture and lighting sectors. The results, based on the use of the confirmatory factor analysis technique, yielded a measurement scale with solid psychometric properties, thus confirming its reliability and validity. Findings The resulting scale comprised 19 items grouped into seven dimensions: awareness of the benefits of design, design sensibility, basic design skills, specialized design skills, involving others, design organization and innovation skills. Practical implications The instrument can be used to quantify the degree of design orientation in a company, thus enabling cross-sectional and longitudinal diagnoses. Originality/value By operationalizing the design orientation construct, this scale serves as a starting point for future developments in the field of business design and design management.

Relational resources for emerging markets’ non-technological innovation: insights from China and Taiwan

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 876-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chavi C.-Y. Fletcher-Chen ◽  
Faten Baddar AL-Husan ◽  
Fawaz Baddar ALHussan
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Constructive Conflict ◽  
Customer Interaction ◽  
Guanxi Networks ◽  
Relational Resources ◽  
Relationship Effectiveness

Purpose This paper aims to highlight the importance of relational resources (trust and relationship effectiveness). The authors investigate how the Chinese guanxi is utilized to create and develop service exploitation and exploration activities for adopting non-technological innovations. Design/methodology/approach This study surveyed 252 Chinese and Taiwanese firms. The results were analyzed through structural equation model. Findings Relational antecedents of collaborative communication and constructive conflict positively relate to trust, as well as to relationship effectiveness. Constructive conflict positively relates to exploration and exploitation. Relationship effectiveness and trust mediate two relational antecedents to exploitation. Relationship effectiveness crucially mediates two relational antecedents to exploration. Research limitations/implications Dyadic data would be more desirable to study firm interactions. Practical implications Chinese society perceives conflict as being detrimental to relationships. Constructive conflict enhances inter-firm trust and relationship effectiveness. Relationship effectiveness, which motivates suppliers to mobilize their guanxi network, mediates the supplier–customer interaction in broadening relationships to produce new services, as well as reinforcing networks to strengthen existing ventures. Originality/value This study contributes to a relatively under-explored relationship effectiveness area. Chinese suppliers capitalize their guanxi networks to achieve competitive advantages in non-technological innovation.

Cross-border M&As and technological innovation: the moderating roles of formal and informal institutional distance

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongxia Zhang ◽  
Huixin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Fixed Effect Model ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Institutional Distance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Post Merger Integration ◽  
The Impact

Purpose To reconcile the existing contradictory conclusions on the relationship between cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and innovation, this paper aims to propose a theoretical model of the impact of cross-border M&As on technological innovation and explore the moderating role of institutional distance from the perspective of springboard theory and new institutional theory. Design/methodology/approach Through the use of the two-way fixed effect model and the U-test method, the authors test the hypotheses based on a sample of cross-border M&A events of Chinese manufacturing enterprises during the period from 2006 to 2019. Findings The research shows that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between cross-border M&As and technological innovation. Furthermore, formal institutional distance moderates the inverted U-shaped relationship in such a way that it reaches its turning point at a smaller scale of cross-border M&As, and the inverted U-shaped relationship is steeper when formal institutional distance is relatively high. The informal institutional distance moderates the inverted U-shaped relationship in such a way that it reaches its turning point at a larger scale of cross-border M&As and the inverted U-shaped relationship is flatter when the informal institutional distance is relatively high. Originality/value The research conclusions integrate heterogeneous views of the existing research, further clarify the influence mechanism and boundary conditions between cross-border M&As and technological innovation, identify the different moderating roles of formal institutional distance and informal institutional distance and enrich the literature on knowledge transfer and recombinant innovation during post-merger integration.

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