scholarly journals Innovation Behavior of Salvadoran Food & Beverage Industry Firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-204
Author(s):  
Elías Humberto Peraza Castaneda ◽  
Guillermo Aleixandre Mendizábal
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Probit Analysis ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Public Science ◽  
San Salvador ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Innovation Dynamics ◽  
Knowledge Agents

This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the external and internal determinants that affect the innovation dynamics of a low-tech sector in a less developed economy; the food & beverage (F&B) industry in El Salvador. The empirical framework relies on a multivariate probit analysis applied to data from El Salvador’s First National Innovation Survey 2013. The results show that R&D activities, use of industrial protection by F&B industry firms as well as relationships between firms and knowledge agents are useful for technological innovations while the qualifications of firms’ workforce and the relationships between firms and value chain agents prove useful for non-technological innovations. In addition, firms can take advantage of their size and location in the department of San Salvador to promote product innovation, whereas firms’ maturity is seen to be a disadvantage. Based on the results to emerge, the role that public science, technology and innovation (STI) policies as well as STI business strategies can play in the Salvadoran agri-food industry innovation system is seen to be huge.

scholarly journals Innovation Behavior of Salvadoran Food & Beverage Industry Firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 439-472
Author(s):  
Elías Humberto Peraza Castaneda ◽  
Guillermo Aleixandre Mendizábal
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Probit Analysis ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Public Science ◽  
San Salvador ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Innovation Dynamics ◽  
Knowledge Agents

This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the external and internal determinants that affect the innovation dynamics of a low-tech sector in a less developed economy; the food & beverage (F&B) industry in El Salvador. The empirical framework relies on a multivariate probit analysis applied to data from El Salvador’s First National Innovation Survey 2013. The results show that R&D activities, use of industrial protection by F&B industry firms as well as relationships between firms and knowledge agents are useful for technological innovations while the qualifications of firms’ workforce and the relationships between firms and value chain agents prove useful for non-technological innovations. In addition, firms can take advantage of their size and location in the department of San Salvador to promote product innovation, whereas firms’ maturity is seen to be a disadvantage. Based on the results to emerge, the role that public science, technology and innovation (STI) policies as well as STI business strategies can play in the Salvadoran agri-food industry innovation system is seen to be huge.

Scientific and technological development and competitiveness of the Russian economy: a factor in harmonizing the interaction of macro-, meso- and micro-level management mechanisms of the emerging national innovation system

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-23
Author(s):  
Yu.B. Vinslav
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
National Innovation System ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
National Competitiveness ◽  
Corporate Innovation ◽  
Technical Idea

The article once again emphasizes scientific and technological (innovative) development as a process fundamental to ensuring the competitiveness of the national economy and its structural modernization. The key areas of public administration and corporate management in the field of improving the competitiveness of the domestic economy are noted. The conditions of harmonious interaction of various levels of management of the formed national innovation system are determined. The list of management actions to implement these conditions is systematized. The content of the innovation value chain as a set of successive stages of work is revealed: from a scientific and technical idea to obtaining a production result. The principles of the formation and development of corporate innovation systems have been developed, involving companies taking into account the requirements of national competitiveness priorities in business development strategies.

Business strategies responding to COVID-19: experience of Chinese corporations

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Minyu Wu ◽  
Kun Kong
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Society Business ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Strategic Csr ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
Business In Society

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives adopted by Chinese firms during the outbreak of COVID-19. Facing this unknown, unexpected and devastating disease, Chinese corporations demonstrated their CSR in different approaches. The purpose of this paper is to explore how CSR influences the decisions of the corporations that respond to a severe incident and how corporations can achieve their mission or strategic objectives by responding to a serious incident. Design/methodology/approach Based on secondary data and thematic analysis, this paper examines six Chinese corporations which are the leading firms in their respective industries. Findings This paper finds that firms adopted a mixed approach to conducting their CSR initiatives, including altruistic, strategic and citizenship CSR initiatives. This paper also confirms that strategic CSR initiatives were in line with the five dimensions of strategic CSR including centrality, specificity, proactivity, visibility and voluntarism. In addition, this paper also shows that a company could create its competitive advantage by carrying out CSR initiatives that are able to strengthen its value chain activities or the competitive context. This is based on the partnership built by the firms with their stakeholders to recognize the shared value. Practical implications This paper shows the implication that business leaders should understood the role of a business in society and the importance of stakeholders’ expectations. The underlying philosophy is that CSR could strengthen the resilience of society; business organizations need to operate in a healthy society. Originality/value This paper provides insights of Chinese corporations responding to a severe social incident. It highlights the strategic perspective of CSR initiatives and the linkage between CSR activities and a firm’s competitive advantage.

Building (or not building) dynamic capabilities: the case of Italian subsidiaries in China and India

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Tattara
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Regional Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Capability Building

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the process of capability building at subsidiary level and the forces preventing such process. The paper discusses and tests three propositions governing this process. Design/methodology/approach This research is based on multiple case studies. A case study research is most useful when addressing issues about which little prior theory has been developed or empirical evidence collected. Findings Subsidiaries in Asia operate in a way substantially different from those in the West. Specifically what ways do market specificities in Asian economies serve to either inhibit or positively encourage the development of a subsidiary? What are the circumstances which could induce subsidiaries to outsource production? Research limitations/implications Future research should explore the regional effect on MNE subsidiary types and different flexibilities exhibited in the value chain. What are the specific aspects (macro and micro) that explain variations of business strategies at subsidiary levelboth over time and between countries? Practical implications Multinational enterprises (MNEs) should be aware of the strong potential for capability development at the subsidiary level. This increased awareness ought to induce consideration in MNEs about how best to encourage such know capability development and how to leverage these capabilities for a better MNE performance. Social implications Managers who knew the host country languages and culture, and have outward-looking attitudes, are in advantageous positions to learn about new opportunities. Originality/value The paper offers empirical insights into the state and drivers of subsidiary performance in Asia. Specifically it shows how neglect of external conditions can act to open people’s eyes and foster a capability-building process within subsidiaries.

scholarly journals Systemic Functions Evaluation based Technological Innovation System for the Sustainability of IoT in the Manufacturing Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kao ◽  
Nawata ◽  
Huang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Government Procurement ◽  
Smart Manufacturing ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Industrial Competitiveness ◽  
Industrial Sustainability ◽  
Study Results

Technological innovations are regarded as the tools that can stimulate economic growth and the sustainable development of technology. In recent years, as technologies based on the internet of things (IoT) have rapidly developed, a number of applications based on IoT innovations have emerged and have been widely adopted by various public and private sectors. Applications of IoT in the manufacturing industry, such as manufacturing intelligence, not only play a significant role in the enhancement of industrial competitiveness and sustainability, but also influence the diffusion of innovative applications that are based on IoT innovations. It is crucial for policy makers to understand these potential reasons for stimulating IoT industrial sustainability, as they can facilitate industrial competitiveness and technological innovations using supportive means, such as government procurement and financial incentives. Therefore, there is a need to ascertain different factors that may affect IoT industrial sustainability and further explore the relationship between these factors. However, finding a set of factors that affects IoT industrial sustainability is not easy. Recently, the robustness of a theoretical framework, termed the technological innovation system (TIS), has been verified and has been used to explore and analyze technological and industrial development. Thus, it is suitable for this research to use this theoretical model. In order to find out appropriate factors and accurately analyze the causality among factors that influence IoT industrial sustainability, this research presents a Bayesian rough Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) model based on TIS functions by integrating random forest (RF), decision making trial and evaluation (DEMATEL), Bayesian theory, and rough interval numbers. The proposed analytical framework is validated by an empirical case of defining the causality between TIS functions to enable the industrial sustainability of IoT in the Taiwanese smart manufacturing industry. Based on the empirical study results, the cause group consists of entrepreneurial activities, knowledge development, market formation, and resource mobilization. The effect group is composed of knowledge diffusion through networks’ guidance of the search, and creation of legitimacy. Moreover, the analytical results also provide several policy suggestions promoting IoT industrial sustainability that can serve as the basis for defining innovation policy tools for Taiwan and late coming economies.

Innovation Research on Medium and Low-Tech Traditional Industry

2013 ◽  
Vol 459 ◽  
pp. 413-417
Author(s):  
Heng Tian
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Cultural Innovation ◽  
Industrial Value Chain ◽  
The Government ◽  
Traditional Industry ◽  
Resource Advantage

As the resource advantage is gradually weakened, business situation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) engaged in medium and low-tech traditional industries is becoming more seriously. Industrial innovation and upgrading shall be conducted in order to achieve the sustainable development of traditional industries. Given the characteristic that medium and low-tech traditional enterprises rely on progressive innovation from the external organizations including the government, other enterprises and research institutes, etc., the enterprises should improve their strategic position in the industrial value chain, and change the business mode and growth pattern jointly from the aspects of technical innovation, system innovation, management innovation and cultural innovation, etc., to achieve the transformation from resource advantage to innovation advantage.

scholarly journals THE CONCEPT OF LOGISTICS CLUSTERS AND EFFICIENCY OF ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES

2019 ◽  
pp. 351-361
Author(s):  
Robert DMUCHOWSKI
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Regional Competitiveness ◽  
A Value ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Scale Range ◽  
Logistics Activity ◽  
The Impact

In Poland, Europe and worldwide, business strategies are implemented to ensure economic growth as a result of the impact of innovation and regional competitiveness. One of the effective and already proven methods of this strategy is building a competitive advantage based on the development of regional clusters. In their operations, clusters use the benefits of agglomeration, scale, range as well as local facilities resulting from production processes and distribution of knowledge. The concept of logistics clusters perfectly fits the aims of business clusters. The efficiency of logistics processes is perceived through the prism of cluster’s efficiency and effectiveness; the cluster philosophy can be used in logistics activities in order to seek optimization of its processes. Combining a cluster project with a logistics activity is one of the ways to improve competitiveness. Logistics clusters have the ability of a wider use of solutions developed by individual companies forming a cluster as well as solutions developed by companies from other sectors with which such enterprises cooperate. It is possible due to the development of innovative solutions in customer service, based on the experienceand cooperation of enterprises which can be considered as logistic and entities from other sectors of economy. The emergence of logistics clusters is stimulated by processes of internationalization and liberalization of material and capital flows, permanent search for new sources of competitive advantage, e. g. by optimizing logistics processes leading to cost reduction and by minimizing development disproportions of EU regions. The influence of market environment and existing trends causes that the analysis of a value chain and its network of connections as well as the course of processes should lead to a stage of selecting the most beneficial structures of this chain and the sequence of processes in this chain (Obłój, 1998, p. 215). As a consequence, logistics clusters including, for example, companies from freight-transportation-logistics (FTL) industry, will be looking for more effective ways of functioning. While examining the impact of logistics processes implemented in cluster initiatives on company’s financial results, it is necessary to determine the share of logistics costs in total costs and their impact on other areas of this company.

scholarly journals Transformation of Value in Innovative Business Models: The Case of Pharmaceutical Market

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-65
Author(s):  
Denis Klimanov ◽  
◽  
Olga Tretyak ◽  
Uri Goren ◽  
Timothy White ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Pharmaceutical Market ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Key Success Factors ◽  
The World ◽  
A Company

Creating and developing innovative business models (BM) is currently one of the key success factors for contemporary business. Rapid complex changes in the world reemphasize the need to better understand how BM can be successfully innovated in different markets. The digital component of BM innovation comes under a special spotlight, using the example of a company within the pharmaceutical industry. In particular, this study demonstrates how BM innovation can be developed and implemented in practice within the pharmaceutical market, which accelerates its digital transformation to increase the value it brings to the healthcare systems around the world while sustaining the ongoing crisis. In order to do that, the current paper offers a framework for BM innovation that defines BM elements, BM innovation aspects, and BM innovation logic. The study covers six markets that represent different value creation systems and mechanisms. This paper demonstrates how technological innovations can be activated using managerial tools and insights and also how they can be combined into the holistic system based on the needs of the key value chain actors.

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