DIGITAL LEADERSHIP - Character and Competency Differentiates Digitally Mature Organizations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haroon Abbu ◽  
Paul Mugge ◽  
Gerhard Gudergan ◽  
Alexander Kwiatkowski
Keyword(s):  
Mature Organizations

Technological Innovation: An Imperative Tool for Entrepreneurship Development in Nigeria

2013 ◽  
Vol 03 (08) ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
OYEWALE I.O ◽  
ADEYEMO S.A ◽  
OGUNLEYE P.O
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Entrepreneurship Development ◽  
Mature Organizations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship

Sustainable economic development does not occur without entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations or revitalizing mature organizations. This study therefore is done to analyse the impact of innovation, technology and on the entrepreneurial development activities in Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a total of 12 entrepreneurs from Lagos State that constituted our sample size. The primary data consists of a number of items in well- structured questionnaire that was administered to and completed by the respondents. Regression analysis was used to analyse the data. The results showed that there is significant relationship between technological innovation and entrepreneurship development in Nigeria. It is therefore recommended that government should create a friendly or an enabling environment for entrepreneurship and consumer goods to boost the Nigeria economy.

scholarly journals Adopting International Learnings to Improve the Performance of New Zealand’s Infrastructure Supply Chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Jarrod Richards ◽  
Mostafa Seifan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Project Failures ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
End To End ◽  
Mature Organizations ◽  
Project Lifecycle

Growing interest in the productivity of the infrastructure sector has increased due to cost and time overruns in major projects. In this regard, many developed countries have failed to implement a framework to ensure that project success is met through newly available technologies and business initiatives to ensure the user is the most important beneficiary. This review paper provides a review of international research relating to the life cycle, firm-level operations, and collaborative business models of infrastructure projects. The review initially identified the importance that understanding key phases and procurement models has on the efficiency of a project’s life cycle. A key indicator of the likelihood of good performance across a supply chain lies with the ability to understand the efficiencies of the firm-level operations. The literature has noted that successful projects are able to perform well across an organizations end-to-end involvement and be able to share risks among mature organizations. This paper provides a review of how a collaborative business model can benefit a project lifecycle and firm-level operations. The global research currently has identified the need for a collaborative approach that reduces the risk within all organizations through common goals, effective end-to-end project systems and consideration of the entire project lifecycle. The paper provides a detailed review of international practices in an infrastructure supply chain that have the potential to address New Zealand’s infrastructure project failures.

scholarly journals A Method for the Management of Service Innovation Projects in Mature Organizations

2013 ◽  
pp. 255-272
Author(s):  
Bernhard Schindlholzer ◽  
Falk Uebernickel ◽  
Walter Brenner
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Method Engineering ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Successful Design ◽  
Mature Organizations

The ability to design innovative services is an important capability for organizations in the 21st century. Although innovation is the fundamental force to create a sustainable business, many organizations, especially mature organizations, struggle to develop innovative services. This paper offers a method for managing service innovation projects in mature organizations. The method is described using the elements of method engineering. Its relevance is evaluated through an exploratory case study at the intersection of business and IT, focusing on a German financial services provider that sought to develop new IT-based service innovations. Information technology plays a major role as an enabler for a broad range of innovative services, and IT organizations are in a unique position to design services in collaboration with business units to address evolving customer requirements. The key finding of this case study is that while processes, methods, and tools are important for managing service innovation projects, socio-technical aspects such as context, environment, team management, and project setup also are essential for the successful design of innovative services. The current literature provides rudimentary guidance in these areas, yet a thorough description of these factors and their integration into a complete method has not yet been documented.

The existential mindset for corporate survival and growth: innovation and resilience

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Allio ◽  
Robert Allio
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Value Drivers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Focus Group Research ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Group Research ◽  
Survival And Growth ◽  
Mature Organizations ◽  
Established Firms ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The author addresses the looming question in the digital era: Can long-established firms adopt an existential mindset that enables them to survive and prosper? Design/methodology/approach Disruptors take advantage of significant changes in the traditional value drivers in an existing market. The success of long-established companies often inhibits innovation, and most mature organizations struggle to excel. Findings Greater reliance on controlled experiments can mitigate the failures of innovation based primarily on focus group research. Practical/implications Competitors can be transformed into collaborators in many parts of the value chain, and alliances are outperforming the more conventional business development approaches. Originality/value The author’s powerful message: Today’s leaders must adopt a new mindset in which bureaucracy is repudiated and responsiveness and adaptability are rewarded.

Fighting organizational decline: a risk-based approach to organizational anti-aging

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 1259-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Gotteiner ◽  
Marta Mas-Machuca ◽  
Frederic Marimon
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Organizational Decline ◽  
Optimal Sequence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Early Implementation ◽  
Corporate Turnaround ◽  
Turnaround Strategies ◽  
Downward Spiral ◽  
Mature Organizations

Purpose Most mature organizations face a major decline in performance at some time during their existence. For more than three decades, it has been suggested that the management practices that could cure a troubled company could have also kept it well. Inspired by this concept, this paper is proposing a preventive approach to early implementation of turnaround strategies as an alternative for otherwise traumatic rescue efforts, further along the downward spiral. Design/methodology/approach Corporate turnaround strategies and associated risks are integrated with a risk-based approach, along with a proactive decision-making process. The link between turnaround research, resource-based view, the sources of organizational decline, and the governance of organizational-decline-related risks – is explained. Findings The integrated model streamlines a preventive organizational process for considering the suitability of commonly used turnaround practices – for the non-crisis business routine of a mature company. By considering and adjusting the risks associated with such practices, it addresses risk aversion at the early stages of decline and determines the optimal sequence and timing of retrenchment and recovery activities. As such, it encourages mature companies to take actions for reducing their exposure to organizational decline. Accordingly, the model is named the “Anti-Aging” framework. Research limitations/implications Empirical testing of the suitability of turnaround strategies for non-crisis situations is proposed as a direction for future research. Practical implications The Anti-Aging framework opens an opportunity for the senior management of a mature organization to respond earlier to organizational decline and avoid the trauma associated with otherwise more challenging conditions, for the benefit of all stakeholders. Originality/value The Anti-Aging framework proposes an innovative way of bridging the gap between the benefits of early implementation of turnaround strategies, and major obstacles faced by willing, traditional management teams of mature organizations.

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