MANAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL SOURCES OF TECHNOLOGICAL INFORMATION AND INNOVATION PERFORMANCE

2009 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 207-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLANDIA MAFFINI GOMES ◽  
ISAK KRUGLIANSKAS
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Large Space ◽  
Innovative Performance ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Technological Information ◽  
External Sources ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of the research presented in this paper is to study the relationship between practices for managing external sources of information and the innovative performance of the enterprise. The research can be characterized as mostly quantitative. The data had been collected from a sample of Brazilian enterprises recognized as being very commited with technological innovation activities. The findings of the study suggest many significant relationships between the innovation performance of the enterprise and kind of sources of technological information used as well as with the access modalities to this external sources. The results suggest, also, a trend towards an increasing of the use of external sources of technological information and the existence, regarding this matter, of a large space for improvements of the actual managerial practices adopted by the enterprises.

ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRACTICES OF MANAGING EXTERNAL SOURCES OF TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION AND INDICATORS OF INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 709-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLANDIA MAFFINI GOMES ◽  
ISAK KRUGLIANSKAS ◽  
FLÁVIA LUCIANE SCHERER
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Innovative Performance ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Different Types ◽  
External Sources ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Quantitative Nature

This study has the aim of understanding the different processes for managing outside sources of technology information, with a major focus on practices that companies actually adopt. The specific intention of the study is to construct a theoretical and practical frame of reference for developing processes of sustainable technological innovation. This study, of a quantitative nature, involved carrying out a survey on Brazilian industrial companies with innovative characteristics. to identify how the management of sources of information, influences the innovative performance of the companies that participated in the survey. The independent and dependent variables suggest the existence of an association between the management of outside sources of technology information, and innovative performance. Especially important here is how the different types of sources of information influence the indicators related to innovation in products and how the type of modality of access to technology affects the indicators relating to innovation of processes.

Effect of R&D intensity on the innovative performance of manufacturing companies. Evidence from Ecuador, Peru and Chile

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 509-523
Author(s):  
Orly Carvache-Franco ◽  
Glenda Gutiérrez-Candela ◽  
Paola Guim-Bustos ◽  
Mauricio Carvache-Franco ◽  
Wilmer Carvache-Franco
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Probit Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Performance ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Technology Level ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between research and development (R&D) intensity and innovative performance and R&D intensity as a moderating variable in the relationship between sources of information and innovative performance. Design/methodology/approach This is a quantitative, nonexperimental, cross-sectional study of the data collected from national surveys of innovation activities from Ecuador, Peru and Chile where the investigation was carried out. A bivariate probit regression was applied. Findings The results of the investigation pinpoint that R&D intensity is positively related to the innovation of products and processes in Ecuador and Peru. However, no relationship was found in Chile. As a moderating variable of the information sources (customers, suppliers and competitors), and the innovation of products and processes, it shows different results in the three countries examined. Research limitations/implications This study contributes to the literature with evidence in countries with low rates of investment in R&D in the countries examined, this relationship does not always exist; this relationship is considered to be dependent on the complexity of the knowledge and internal capabilities of the company required to achieve innovation, and this complexity could vary according to the type of manufacturing and technology level of the companies. Thus, in manufacturing companies of less complexity to achieve the necessary knowledge for innovation, low rates of investment in R&D are sufficient for the relationship to exist. Practical implications By increasing their R&D intensity, companies acquire technology and develop internal skills and capabilities that boost their innovative potential. Nevertheless, it is not enough to increase R&D intensity to take advantage of external sources of information, it is also necessary to boost the absorptive capacity to assimilate and take advantage of external knowledge. Originality/value This study contributes to the scarce evidence that exists, on the literature in developing countries, on the effect of R&D intensity on innovative performance and provides evidence of R&D intensity as a moderating variable of the relationship between sources of information and innovative performance.

scholarly journals Green CSR Moderated by Public Visibility and Innovation Performance at Indonesia Companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rahmat Hidayat, Farah Margaretha Leon
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to analyze the green CSR  of innovation performance  with firms approval variables  and public visibility   can support moderating the relationship of green CSR  and innovation. The research sample was 33 manufacturing companies. The results showed that the  green CSR has a positive and significant effect on innovation . Also, the company approval variable has been proven to moderate the direction of a positive relationship between green CSR and innovation . The results also prove that public visibility is proven to moderate the direction of the negative relationship between green CSR and performance. This study provide information that shows great concern for the environment; it will increase the company in making changes through innovation activities. Also, the higher the company's approval and public visibility, the company will get support from various stakeholders to run the firms. The level of company concern for CSR activities will be a misjudgment for investors.

SYNERGY OR CONFLICT? THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE, SUSTAINABILITY-RELATED INNOVATION PERFORMANCE, AND ECONOMIC INNOVATION PERFORMANCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. 2050004 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIETFRIED GLOBOCNIK ◽  
ROMANA RAUTER ◽  
RUPERT J. BAUMGARTNER
Keyword(s):  
Negative Influence ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Competing Values Framework ◽  
Competing Values ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Economic Innovation

Despite the growing pressure to become more sustainable and the availability of managerial practices, organisations still struggle with being innovative without neglecting sustainability concerns. This paper approaches this issue from two perspectives: First, the organisations’ cultural DNA is assumed to explain differences in the sustainability-related innovation performance of firms. Drawing on the competing values framework, this research examines whether certain cultural types predispose some organisations to perform better. Second, the skepticism among managers about the economic benefits of sustainability-related innovation holds organisations back to consider sustainability concern in their innovation activities. Thus, the relationship between sustainability-related innovation performance and economic innovation performance is investigated to clarify whether they represent conflicting goals. Using multiple-respondent data of a cross-sectional firm sample and a comprehensive measure of sustainability-related innovation performance, the empirical data show that clan cultures have a negative influence on sustainability-related innovation performance, whereas hierarchy and adhocracy cultures exert positive effects. Furthermore, sustainability-related innovation performance has a moderately positive effect on economic innovation performance.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SOURCES ON THE INNOVATION PERFORMANCE OF LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESSES

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 1250012 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLANDIA MAFFINI GOMES ◽  
ISAK KRUGLIANSKAS ◽  
FLÁVIA LUCIANE SCHERER
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Industrial Firms ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Technological Information

This paper is part of a broader empirical research study about Brazilian industrial firms with innovative characteristics. The study involved more than 70 enterprises in the sample. Its aim was to provide inferences on the relationships between the management of sources of technological information and the innovation performance of the firms studied. In this paper, an analysis compares larger and smaller enterprise and identifies what the differences are between them. The analysis of the data suggests there are associations between many of the indicators of the management of sources of technological information, and the indicators of innovation performance studied. Approximately 100 significant relationships were found and many of them differ between larger and smaller enterprises.

scholarly journals Interplay of Knowledge Creation Capability and Organizational Forgetting on Absorptive Capacity and Innovation Performance among SMEs: A Symmetrical Approaches

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ismail Raisal ◽  
Arun Kumar Tarofder ◽  
Athambawa Haleem
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Innovative Performance ◽  
Organizational Forgetting ◽  
The Relationship

Organizations needs knowledge creation capability and organizational forgetting to enrich their innovative performance in ever-changing business setting.The purpose of this article is to explore the influence of knowledge creation capability, organizational forgetting and absorptive capacity on Firm’s innovative performance. We test the model using Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze empirical data collected from 194SMEs listed in Sri Lanka inventors’ commission.The findings of the study show that in addition to their individually positive impact of knowledge creation capability and organizational forgetting on firm’s innovative performance, the absorptive capacity mediates the relationship between knowledge creation capability, organizational forgetting and innovation performance. As one of the first studies to integrate the  capabilities of creating internal new knowledge and unlearning outdated knowledge for advancing firm innovativenessthrough the mediating effect of absorptive capacity. A major implication of this finding is that absorptive capacity enhances the effect of knowledge creation capability and organizational forgetting on firm's innovativeness and affects the types of innovation strategies adopted by firms.

Everyday Market Helping Behavior

1995 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda L. Price ◽  
Lawrence F. Feick ◽  
Audrey Guskey
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Welfare ◽  
Helping Behavior ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Heads Of Household ◽  
Market Maven ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Other Consumers

Research in marketing includes many examples of consumers helping other consumers. However, most research has studied helping behavior from the recipients’ perspective by examining the use of personal sources of information. Consequently, very little is known about the prevalence of market helping or why market helpers provide assistance. The authors examine the incidence of a variety of everyday market helping activities and identify a few key antecedents of market helping behavior. The results of a study of 302 heads of household confirm significant relationships between market helping and two hypothesized predictors: general altruism and marketplace involvement. The market maven construct is shown to mediate completely the relationship of these predictors with market helping behavior. The authors discuss the implications of the results for public policymakers and consumer welfare.

EXPLORING OPEN SEARCH STRATEGIES AND THEIR PERCEIVED IMPACT ON INNOVATION PERFORMANCE—EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (03) ◽  
pp. 525-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAISA HENTTONEN ◽  
PAAVO RITALA ◽  
TIINA JAUHIAINEN
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Search Strategies ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Innovative Performance ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
Perceived Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Given Chesbrough's idea of open innovation, it could be said that external knowledge is an important element in the optimisation of in-house innovation. External knowledge is distributed among various actors and is accessible through many channels. However, we still do not know much about the search strategies that affect innovation performance. Our study therefore explores the relationship between open knowledge search strategies and company-level innovative performance. This study examines the open search strategies of 193 firms on the basis of cross-sectional data from Finnish markets. We identified four specific strategies, namely (1) market-driven, (2) science-driven, (3) intermediary-driven and (4) generic-knowledge-driven. According to the results, all except intermediary-driven strategies positively affect innovation performance.

INNOVATION PERFORMANCE IN THE SHADOW OF EXPROPRIABILITY — INTERPLAY OF THE APPROPRIABILITY REGIME AND COMPETITORS' ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 1350002 ◽  
Author(s):  
PIA HURMELINNA-LAUKKANEN ◽  
KAISU PUUMALAINEN
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Strategic Behavior ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Profit Margins ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Intellectual Assets ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Extract Information

Expropriability is the ability of (potential) competitors to extract information about innovation and utilize it to their advantage in a manner that decreases the competitive advantages of the original innovator. It has an effect on the profit margins and, subsequently, on the strategic behavior of a firm in terms of innovation activities. In this study, the relationship of appropriability and expropriability is clarified, and empirical evidence from 299 companies is provided to increase understanding of the strategic protection of intellectual assets. The results indicate that industries differ in terms of expropriability and that innovation performance depends on the level of expropriability.

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