scholarly journals Impact of entrepreneur’s gender on innovation activities. The perspective of small businesses

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0258661
Author(s):  
Maciej Zastempowski ◽  
Szymon Cyfert
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Female Entrepreneurs ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process

This paper analyses the female gender as a one of the factors that may influence product and process innovativeness of small enterprises. The data discussed come from an empirical study of 1017 small enterprises from the Kujawsko-pomorskie region in central-northern Poland. The theoretical framework suggests three areas of factors that may influence small enterprises innovativeness: the entrepreneur’s gender, innovation management capability, and firm characteristics. The results of the study suggest that the female gender of the entrepreneur has a positive impact on the product and process innovativeness of small enterprises. In the group of small enterprises managed by female entrepreneurs the chances of introducing product innovation are higher by 83.7%, process innovation by 56%, and product and process innovation together by 82.1%.

Technological Innovations and Market Power: A Study of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 097639962094427
Author(s):  
Madan Dhanora ◽  
Ruchi Sharma ◽  
Walter G. Park
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Market Power ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Indian Pharmaceutical Industry

Technological innovations are positively associated with firms’ market performance. This study aims to examine the impact of product and process innovation on the market power of 168 Indian pharmaceutical firms during 2000–2013. We generate product and process patent stock to capture firm-level innovation activities. Findings of this study suggest that both product and process innovation positively influence firms’ market power. Results also reveal that MNEs enjoy more market power in the Indian pharmaceutical industry. Further, this study also highlights that there is a differential impact of firms’ product group on market power. This study concludes that patenting is a positive source of firm performance in the Indian pharmaceutical industry.

Bridge and redundant ties in networks: the impact on innovation in food SMEs

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghasem Shiri ◽  
Loïc Sauvée ◽  
Zam-Zam Abdirahman
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of networks diversity on innovation activity of firms. It aims to review the structural issue in innovation networks and to distinguish different structures of networks for product and process innovation through an empirical research. Design/methodology/approach – Using a data set of 348 European agri-food firms, the authors study the impact of bridge and redundant ties on product and process innovation of firms. This is an empirical research based on an online survey in five European countries. Findings – The finding shows that bridge ties (measured by the number of heterogeneous networks in which firm participate) always facilitate product innovation in firms. The authors found also that a high number of heterogeneous ties in term of partners (simultaneous presence of redundant and non-redundant ties) motivate both product and process innovation in firms. Furthermore, the authors found a positive impact of network competence on process innovation. Research limitations/implications – The measures of bridge ties and redundant ties are indirect measures. This choice is a willing choice. Direct measurement of bridge and redundant ties always requires in-depth interviews with firms managers and thereby are limited by the number of observations. Originality/value – Research on innovations networks are dominated by case studies and researches with limited number of observations. Studying the networking behaviour, particularly the tie selection, of a wide range of firms brings additional knowledge in this field of research.

Effect of Coopetitive Activity on Innovation and Management Performances in the Structural Context

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongrae Cho ◽  
Choonghyun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Structural Context ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process

This study intends to demonstrate whether firms’ cooperative activities, particularly ‘coopetition’, affect business performances. Coopetition, which is cooperation with competitors, is a strategic concept that suggests competition and cooperation between firms can exist simultaneously. More specifically, in order to investigate cooperation as a part of innovation mechanism, this study analysed the mediating effects of product and process innovation performances in between cooperative activities and management performances. For this purpose, we applied a structural equation model (SEM) by integrating a regression model and a logistic regression model. The former analysed the effects of cooperation and innovation on management performances, whereas the latter studied influence of cooperation on innovation performances. For empirical analysis, we utilised data from Korea Innovation Survey (KIS), which incorporates information on Korean firm’s innovation activities and their relevant performances. The results from this study can be applied to addressing and diagnosing issues in Korean industries by analysing relationships among cooperative activities, innovation outcomes and management performances in the structural context. The analysis showed that coopetition, compared to other types of cooperation, has enhanced the performance of process innovation. Furthermore, the analysis demonstrated that cooperation related positively to management performances. This study, however, also addresses the problem that Korean firms have limitations in linking these innovation performances to actual management performances of financial growth. The results highlight the significance of strategic openness and flexibility, even to competitors, as the business environment and technology market may change drastically. Coopetition strategy can work as a facilitator in providing windows of opportunity for sustainable growth through field-based innovation.

scholarly journals The Influence of Organizational Absorptive Capacity on Product and Process Innovation

Organizacija ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nika Murovec ◽  
Igor Prodan
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
External Information ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process

The Influence of Organizational Absorptive Capacity on Product and Process InnovationThe innovativeness of an organization has an important impact on its profitability as well as on the competitiveness of a country's economy as a whole. Since the innovativeness of Slovenian organizations is low, it is important that managers and industrial policy makers know which factors influence an organizations' innovation. One of these factors is supposed to be the organizational absorptive capacity. Absorptive capacity is one of the most important concepts that have emerged in the field of organizational research in the past years. Absorptive capacity is defined as the set of organizational routines and processes through which an organization identifies and values new external information, and then acquires it, assimilates it and applies it to commercial ends. The results of this research confirm the strong and positive impact of Slovenian organizations' absorptive capacity on process innovation and the even bigger positive influence on the organizations' product innovation.

scholarly journals Product and process innovation in manufacturing firms: a 30-year bibliometric analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 673-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Marzi ◽  
Marina Dabić ◽  
Tugrul Daim ◽  
Edwin Garces
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process

Knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge Application, and Innovation Towards the Ability to Adapt to Change

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lejla Turulja ◽  
Nijaz Bajgorić
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Knowledge Application ◽  
Complex Concept ◽  
Individual Knowledge ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process

The objective of article is to provide important empirical evidence to support the role of individual knowledge management processes and separate innovation types within firms. Specifically, knowledge acquisition and knowledge application are analyzed and empirically tested in relation to product and process innovation as well as business performance. The results support the direct impact of product and process innovation on business performance. In addition, the results show the indirect effect of knowledge acquisition and knowledge application on firm business performance through product and process innovation. Although KM represents a complex concept of knowledge management in a firm and can contain more processes, this article confirms that KM processes individually contribute to the innovation and indirectly on business performance. Besides, it confirms mediating effect of innovation between both knowledge acquisition and knowledge application and organizational business performance. In addition, most of the similar studies have been focused on the developed Western countries.

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