Organizational Attributes and Product Innovativeness

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovativeness ◽  
Organizational Attributes

scholarly journals The Impact of Managers and Network Interactions on the Integration of Circularity in Business Strategy

2021 ◽  
pp. 108602662199463
Author(s):  
Manon Eikelenboom ◽  
Gjalt de Jong
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Core Business ◽  
Organizational Attributes ◽  
Positive Direct ◽  
The Impact

Integrating circularity in business strategy is difficult to achieve for companies as it requires impactful changes in core business processes. While research has focused on identifying key barriers, little is known about the organizational attributes that can assist businesses in integrating circularity in their strategies. The purpose of this study is to investigate the implications of organizational managers and network interactions for the integration of circularity in business strategy. Through using survey data from 627 SMEs (small- and medium-sized enterprises) in the Netherlands, this study shows that managers who interpret circularity as an opportunity can have a positive direct and indirect effect on the integration of circularity in a company’s strategy. The results furthermore highlight the importance of circular network interactions for the integration of circularity in business strategy. This article contributes to recent calls for more empirical research into the integration of circularity and offers relevant insights for companies aiming to integrate circularity.

Public private partnerships and value creation: the role of relationship dynamics

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debadutta Kumar Panda
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Inductive Reasoning ◽  
System Structure ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Project Implementation ◽  
Relationship Dynamics ◽  
Organizational Governance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Attributes ◽  
Structural Framework

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate on what is value and value creation in Public–private partnerships (PPPs)? How coordination and trust among project partners is created in PPPs? In which way coordination and trust among project partners are related to organizational governance and success? How risk management is related to the success or failure of PPP project implementation? How organizational attributes can influence the PPP project implementation? Design/methodology/approach – This study was conducted using qualitative research method. In all, 3 Indian PPPs were selected in the first phase, and then, 26 respondents were randomly chosen from the selected PPPs. One-to-one personal discussion was conducted with each respondents using predetermined set of questions. The responses were transcribed, and similar ideas were clustered together across the thematic research questions and themes. Subsequently, interlinking of themes and ideas was done through inductive reasoning and represented in the form of a causal relationship. Findings – The study found that the importance of trust and confidence among project partners; organizational attributes (system, structure and style, process) of partner organizations; and the risk reduction and control in the PPP project company have influenced the relationship dynamics among project partners. Originality/value – This study encourages future researchers to empirically test the possibility of existence of mediating and moderating effects in the link between value creation and contract management in PPPs. A structural framework was derived, which is expected to provide momentum for theoretical exploration and empirical verification.

scholarly journals A multi-dimensional approach for managing open innovation in NPD

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1366-1385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Bahemia ◽  
Brian Squire ◽  
Paul Cousins
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
New Product ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Longitudinal Impact ◽  
Product Innovativeness ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose This paper explores openness within new product development (NPD) projects. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of breadth, depth and partner newness on product innovativeness and product competitive advantage. The authors also seek to examine the contingent effects of the appropriability regime. The authors make suggestions to academics and practitioners based on the findings. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a structured survey instrument producing an empirical analysis of 205 NPD projects in the manufacturing sector in the UK. The authors use an ordinary least squares regression model to test hypothesised relationships between openness (breadth, depth and partner newness), product innovativeness, product competitive advantage and the appropriability regime. Findings The authors find that each of the three dimensions of openness, depth, breadth and partner newness, have a significant but differing impact on product innovativeness. Specifically, the study indicates that breadth has a positive effect but only in the presence of a strong appropriability regime, partner newness has a direct positive effect, and depth a direct negative effect. The authors also find that product innovativeness has a positive impact on product competitive advantage. Research limitations/implications Further research should focus on replicating the findings in other countries, search for further moderating factors, such as the stage of the NPD process, and analyse the longitudinal impact of openness within NPD projects. Practical implications Organisations are encouraging managers to be more open in their approach to NPD. The authors’ findings suggest that managers need to think about the three dimensions of openness, breadth, depth and partner newness. Their engagement with each of these dimensions depends on the desired outcomes of the innovation project and the strength of patents. Originality/value The research extends the extant supplier involvement in new product development literature to examine the effect of up to 11 types of external actor in NPD projects. The authors test a new multi-dimensional measurement scale for the openness construct. The authors show that each dimension has a different relationship with product innovativeness.

scholarly journals Attributes of a Magnetic work environment, and its relation to work stress among nursing staff at Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE 57357)

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Sanaa Abdel-Azeem Ibrahem ◽  
Rasha Ibrahim El-Sayed Aly
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Magnet Hospital ◽  
Organizational Attributes ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Cancer Hospital ◽  
The Status ◽  
Study Setting

Background: The Magnet hospital is the hospital that implements specific organizational attributes in order to achieve a high quality of care through well-qualified and committed nursing staff.Aim of the study: The study was aimed at studying attributes of the Magnetic work environment, and its relation to work stress among nursing staff.Methods: Setting: It was carried out in the children’s cancer hospital, Egypt. Design: Using a descriptive correlational design. Subjects: Consisted of 172 nursing staff. Tools and procedure: two different self-administered tools were utilized (Magnet attributes questionnaire, and stress questionnaire). The fieldwork lasted from April to July 2016.Results: The study revealed that the highest percentage of nursing staff aged between 20 and 30 years. Nearly two thirds (64%) were having a bachelor degree in nursing. Total attributes of work environment were available with strength. 96.6% of nursing staff recorded low scores of stress.Conclusions: The nursing staff in the study setting considered “total attributes of Magnet work environment” as an area of strength. The total scores of stress were generally low. Statistically significant negative correlations were revealed between the scores of total Magnet attributes and stress.Recommendations: It is a matter of priority for Egyptian children’s cancer hospital to enhance and promote the development and maintenance of Magnetism and taking the lead in promoting the status of Magnetism in Egypt.

scholarly journals The Intensity of Knowledge Capital Investment in Kenya: Evidence from Manufacturing and Service Sectors

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Simon Ndicu ◽  
Lucy Wacuka
Keyword(s):  
Capital Investment ◽  
New Product ◽  
Knowledge Capital ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Product Innovativeness ◽  
Service Sectors ◽  
Innovation Output ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Product Output ◽  
Combined Data

The study investigates the extent to which firms in Kenya manufacturing and service sectors invest in knowledge capital leading to innovations. 534 firms were included in the analysis. This was the combined data from the first Kenya innovation survey data of 2012, which covered 158 firms, (2008-2011) and the second Kenya innovation survey of 2015 which covered 376 firms (2012-2014). The Crépon, Duguet, and Mairessec (CDM) (1998) model, which considers a system of four equations: innovation propensity, innovation investment, innovation output and performance equations, was used as the estimation technique. The results revealed that, a firm’s decision to spend on R&D was significantly influenced by firm ownership, financial turnover and product innovativeness. A firm’s R&D intensity was significantly determined by its financial turnover and ownership. A firm’s activity and financial turnover were also significant in determining whether it introduced a new product in the market or not. The results of this paper suggest that a firm’s financial turnover was significant in R&D decisions but R&D intensity did not significantly matter to a firm’s product innovativeness. Further, a firm’s level of innovativeness was a significant determinant of its productivity. In addition, the results suggest that, innovations among the Kenyan firms in the manufacturing and service sectors were heavily reliant on financial capital and were struggling to convert knowledge inputs into product output. This study thus recommends a policy that incorporates the academia and firm level innovation with national innovation systems to enhance knowledge and skill intensive innovations that are new to the world.

scholarly journals Monitoring Mechanisms, Gender, and Information System Structure in Nigerian Non-Financial Listed Companies

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluyemisi Rachael Arowolo ◽  
Ayoib Che-Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
System Structure ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Internal Auditing ◽  
Minority Shareholders ◽  
Organizational Attributes ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Relationship

Monitoring mechanisms are tools for companies to protect the interests of the shareholders, most especially, the minority shareholders from the deviant behaviour of the management and board members. This study examines the relationship between monitoring mechanisms (directorship, internal and external auditing), gender and information system structure in Nigerian non-financial listed companies. The empirical tests for the study are by quantitative analysis approach with data from annual reports and questionnaires (for information system structure and internal auditing not obtainable from annual reports). The findings reveal that both gender and information system structure significantly relates to monitoring mechanisms (directorship, internal auditing and external auditing). This empirical study adds to the literature on the antecedents of organizational attributes in respect of gender and information system structure as related to monitoring mechanisms, particularly in Sub-Saharan African. Likewise, the findings suggest policy implication for the board of directors regarding appropriate board composition and structuring of the information system of a company to mitigate agency problems.

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