Utilizing Hackathons to Foster Sustainable Product Innovation - The Case of a Corporate Hackathon Series

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alar Leemet ◽  
Fredrik Milani ◽  
Alexander Nolte
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Sustainable Product

The journey towards sustainable product development: why are some manufacturing companies better than others at product innovation?

Technovation ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 102239
Author(s):  
Julio Cesar Ferro de Guimarães ◽  
Eliana Andréa Severo ◽  
Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour ◽  
Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour ◽  
Ariane Ferreira Porto Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Sustainable Product Development ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
Better Than

scholarly journals Ambidextrous Knowledge and Learning Capability: The Magic Potion for Employee Creativity and Sustainable Innovation Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 3966
Author(s):  
Lucía Muñoz-Pascual ◽  
Jesús Galende
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
High Learning ◽  
Learning Capability ◽  
Creativity Research ◽  
Sustainable Product

This paper studies the effect that ambidextrous knowledge, i.e., oriented knowledge within a firm towards the development of exploitation activities and oriented knowledge towards the development of exploration activities, has on employee creativity, research and development, and sustainable product innovation. We contend that both tacit and explicit knowledge affect employee creativity, research and development, and sustainable product innovation. We empirically tested our hypotheses by using multisource data collected from 245 Spanish firms across fourteen industries. Our structural equation models indicate that these two types of individual knowledge predict employee creativity, which in turn strengthens research and development projects, and sustainable product innovation performance. The results confirm that the relationships between knowledge, creativity, research and development, and sustainable product innovation performance are strong with a high learning capability. A multi-group structural analysis also reveals that positive relations between tacit and explicit knowledge, employee creativity, research and development, and sustainable product innovation performance are stronger within firms that have employees with high learning capability. We provide pertinent recommendations for managers. The efforts and investments made in knowledge support the development of new ideas, new research and development projects, and sustainable product innovation success; employee learning capability has a strong influence on knowledge, creativity, and sustainable product innovation.

scholarly journals Contributions to Sustainability in SMEs: Human Resources, Sustainable Product Innovation Performance and the Mediating Role of Employee Creativity

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2008
Author(s):  
Lucía Muñoz-Pascual ◽  
Jesús Galende ◽  
Carla Curado
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Sustainable Product

The analysis of human resources and sustainable innovation through organizational variables is useful, albeit limited, for predicting complex interactions for sustainability development in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This paper seeks to overcome this limitation, proposing three models with variables at two levels, namely, for the development of creativity (individual level) and sustainable product innovation performance (organizational level) and sustainability development. Theoretical models are tested using the Structural Equations Model. It is posited that knowledge, motivation, and relationships (individual level) may be predictors of creativity. In addition, creativity is analyzed as a mediator between human resources and sustainable product innovation performance. In this way, it is easier for SMEs to detect on which aspects of HR they should place greater emphasis for sustainable product innovation performance (PIP), with the purpose of reducing the ones associated with the Covid-19 crisis and obtaining a sustainable world. Information was obtained through an online questionnaire involving a sample of 245 certified innovative Spanish SMEs. The results support major findings: (a) knowledge, (b) motivation, and (c) relationships have a positive impact on creativity; (d) the three models hold that creativity fully mediates human resources and sustainable product innovation performance. The paper contributes to the literature on the human resources and sustainable product innovation performance by adopting a multidisciplinary approach, as well as by analyzing variables on two levels, measuring the most internal aspects of employees (wishes, emotions, ideas, or feelings), and explaining the mediating role of employee creativity.

Sustainable product innovation as antecedent to economic success: a survey in manufacturing industries

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 445
Author(s):  
Julio Cesar Ferro De Guimar�ã ◽  
N.A. es ◽  
Eliana Andréa Severo ◽  
Rosana Da Rosa Portella Tondolo ◽  
Eric Charles Henri Dorion
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Economic Success ◽  
Sustainable Product

scholarly journals Firm Growth as a Driver of Sustainable Product Innovation: Mediation and Moderation Analysis. Evidence from Manufacturing Firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2588
Author(s):  
Ana Labella-Fernández ◽  
M. Mar Serrano-Arcos ◽  
Belén Payán-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Environmental Practices ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
The Impact

Facing worldwide environmental and social concerns, manufacturing firms are trying to adopt effective environmentally friendly actions to mitigate their environmental impacts. Although the existent literature has provided many insights about the drivers of sustainable product innovation, little is known about the impact of firm growth. Thus, we intend to contribute to this gap in the literature by examining the impact that firm growth can have on sustainable product innovation. To achieve this goal, the partial least square (PLS) modeling technique was used to analyze a dataset of 3250 manufacturing firms from 39 different countries. The results reveal that firm growth exerts a positive effect on sustainable product innovation and that the relationship is partially mediated by the adoption of environmental practices. The findings also indicate that managerial barriers lessen the effectiveness of the adoption of environmental practices in facilitating the development of sustainable product innovation, while improving labor conditions increases it. However, operational barriers do not exert a significant moderating effect between the adoption of environmental practices and sustainable product innovation. These results prompt interesting insights related to theory development in environmental management and sustainable product innovation research.

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