scholarly journals Pioneering Strategies in Retail Settings: An Empirical Study of Successful Practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 643-663
Author(s):  
Marco Savastano ◽  
Sorin Anagnoste
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Innovation Characteristics

AbstractAlthough innovating in the physical stores has become a challenge for retailers, previous studies provided insights based primarily on consumers’ and employees’ acceptance of technology, with limited attention towards specific practices for successful adopting innovations. Starting from a qualitative analysis of pioneering strategies adopted by a sample of 50 retailers in the Dutch market, this research is devoted to a broad investigation of the innovation management strategies with emphasis on the choice to be the first to innovate. Our findings provide a correlation between the pioneer practices and the sales outcomes, by describing the more favourable conditions for adopting this strategy in terms of time, place and innovation characteristics (i.e., typology). These results would support retailers in the choice of innovating and managing the innovation process.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing the Innovation Process – Trends and Outlook

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxim Kotsemir ◽  
Dirk Meisner
Keyword(s):  
Driving Forces ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Process Understanding ◽  
Process Trends

Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2249782 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2249782This paper introduces the evolving understanding and conceptualization of innovation process models. From the discussion of different approaches towards the innovation process understanding and modeling two types of approaches to the evolution of innovation models are developed and discussed. First the so-called innovation management approach which focuses on the evolution of the company innovation management strategies in different socioeconomic environments. Second is the analysis the evolution of innovation models themselves in conceptual sense (conceptual approach) as well as analysis of theoretical backgrounds and requirements for these models.The main focus of analysis in this approach is on advantages and disadvantages of different innovation models in their ability to describe the reality of innovation processes. The paper focuses on the advantages and disadvantages as well as potentials and limitations of the approaches and also proposes potential future developments of innovation models as well as the analysis of driving forces that underlie the evolution of innovation models recently.Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2249782 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2249782

Innovation management in market-oriented SMEs: learning and internal arrangements for innovation

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 985-1003
Author(s):  
Simone Didonet ◽  
Guillermo Diaz-Villavicencio
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Organisational Structure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Path Modelling ◽  
Innovation Characteristics ◽  
Successful Innovation

Purpose This study aims to investigate the role of market orientation (MO) in improving learning for innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through the facilitation of the organisational structure and links to innovation. Design/methodology/approach The data for this research were collected through a survey that was applied to a sample of 169 SMEs in Ecuador. Existing scales were used to measure all the studied variables, i.e. MO, organisational structure for innovation, linkages and learning for innovation. The last three variables correspond to the characteristics of the innovation management process. Partial least square path modelling was used to analyse the data using the SmartPLS 2.0 software. Findings The results showed that MO enhances the learning for innovation in firms both directly and indirectly through improving organisational structure and linkages towards innovation. The research finding also showed that organisational structure for innovation is more important to enhance learning than linkages. Specifically, the mediation between MO and learning through linkages is smaller than the mediation through the organisational structure. Practical implications The study informs executives of the relevance of developing MO as a way of improving learning for innovation, which in turn, is favoured by an organisational structure that supports creativity and technological changes and by the internal and external linkages for innovation in market-oriented firms. Originality/value The findings of this study provide new insights regarding how MO can work together in an innovative context and highlight the importance of MO as an enabler of innovation characteristics in SMEs. This study also contributes to the existent innovation literature by shedding light on strategic questions regarding the development of innovation process in market-oriented SMEs. Specifically, it provides some evidence regarding the nature of innovation process in SMEs, which can orient future studies focused on the understanding of how successful innovation occurs.

Regional Innovation Profiles: A Comparative Empirical Study of Four Chinese Regions Based on Expert Knowledge

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingo Liefner ◽  
Henning Kroll ◽  
Gang Zeng ◽  
Anna-Barbara Heindl
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Economic Wealth ◽  
Innovation Characteristics ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract In emerging economies such as China, marked by profound regional disparities in terms of socio-economic wealth and technology, different regions use not only different levels of inputs into the innovation process, but also produce different outputs with qualitative diversity that is seldom sufficiently acknowledged. This paper uses structured expert interviews (AHP) to provide insights into the innovation profiles of four selected Chinese regions: Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Kunming. It combines information on drivers of innovation as well as innovation characteristics and objectives to establish and compare regional innovation profiles.

scholarly journals Empirical Study of Car Crash Simulation Analysis within the Development Phase

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 2843-2852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naouress Fatfouta ◽  
Julie Stal-Le Cardinal ◽  
Christine Royer
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Development Phase ◽  
Vehicle Model ◽  
Crash Simulation ◽  
Automotive Company ◽  
Car Crash ◽  
Industrial Context ◽  
Current Practices

AbstractCar crash simulation analysis is an important phase within the vehicle development. It intends to analyse the crashworthiness of the vehicle model and examine the level of passive security. However, this activity is not trivial because of the considerable collaboration within the project, the large amount of analysed and exchanged data and a high exigency. Consequently, a solution to assist, ease and reduce the time of the process is desired.To study the current practices followed in the car crash simulation analysis an empirical study has been conducted. This study has been applied within the simulation analysis team, in the development phase, within an automotive company. This paper describes a qualitative analysis of the industrial context and diagnoses the dysfunctions in the current practices. This paper also highlights the current challenges encountered in the car crash simulation analysis.

Complexity, Networks & Learning: Integrative Themes for Research on Innovation Management

1997 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Tidd
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
New Product ◽  
Innovation Network ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
Market Knowledge ◽  
Management Of Innovation ◽  
Organisational Factors ◽  
Process Complexity

Research on the management of innovation has been highly fragmented, and to a large extent non-cumulative. Much of the research has been conducted within three separate disciplines, with relatively little overlap or interaction: the management of research and development or technology; new product development and marketing; and organisational development and change. In this paper, we identify a number of emergent themes which have the potential to integrate these diverse streams of research, and result in a more comprehensive model of the innovation process: complexity, networks and learning. We argue that the innovation process is inherently complex, and therefore we need better characterisations of the technological, market and organisational contingencies which affect the opportunity for innovation. With growing complexity, the focus shifts from competencies based on internal assets such as R&D activities and intellectual property, to the position of a firm within an innovation network and competencies based on its relationships with other organisations. Finally, too much research has been pre-occupied with how firms develop and exploit narrow competencies based on prior experience, rather than how firms acquire new competencies. A focus on organisational learning may provide a richer explanation of the organisational factors which affect the acquisition of new technological and market knowledge.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC ESSENCE AND CONTENT OF THE CATEGORIES «INNOVATION PROCESS» AND «INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY» (QUESTIONS OF THEORY AND METHODOLOGY)

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (181) ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
A.A Stepanov ◽  
◽  
M.V. Savina ◽  
I.A Stepanov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Economic Paradigm ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Functional Process

Based on a critical analysis of the authors’ various points of view on the content of the concepts of “innovation process” and “innovation activity” from the standpoint of modern concepts of innovation management in the era of information and digital transformation, the features of interrelated categories of the innovation process and innovation activity reflecting transformational changes in the moment are clarified and disclosed and the perspective of an innovative economic paradigm and perceived through the specifics and features of functional process-activity metamorphoses.

MAPPING THE PERCEPTION AND REALITY OF OPEN INNOVATION

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (06) ◽  
pp. 1340016 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUSTYNA DĄBROWSKA ◽  
IRINA FIEGENBAUM ◽  
ANTERO KUTVONEN
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Current State ◽  
Business Practitioners ◽  
The Right ◽  
Innovation Practices ◽  
Innovation Processes

Open innovation holds great potential for improving the efficiency of companies' innovation processes, but also presents substantial risks. A key issue in innovation management is finding the right balance of openness, i.e., determining how open companies should be in their innovation activities. However, academics and business practitioners hold conflicting notions of what constitutes open innovation practice and of how "open innovation companies" are defined. In this paper, we present three in-depth case studies of global R&D-intensive companies, where we find that the firms' perception of their openness differs from their actual situation (as determined by the innovation practices that they apply), and that each company has a different view as to what constitutes open innovation. We claim that resolving conceptual ambiguity and differentiating between openness (as a philosophical aspect) and open innovation (as a way of structuring the innovation process) in research is critical in order to clarify the current state of open innovation research and enable the communication of results to practitioners.

scholarly journals Defining Inspection Techniques for Detecting Privacy Problems in Online Social Networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Andrey  Rodrigues ◽  
Natasha  M. C. Valentim ◽  
Eduardo  Feitosa
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Effective Alternative ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Inspection Techniques

In the last few years, Online Social Networks (OSN) have experienced growth in the number of users, becoming an increasingly embedded part of people’s daily lives. Privacy expectations of OSNs are higher as more members start realizing potential privacy problems they face by interacting with these systems. Inspection methods can be an effective alternative for addressing privacy problems because they detect possible defects that could be causing the system to behave in an undesirable way. Therefore, we proposed a set of privacy inspection techniques called PIT-OSN (Privacy Inspection Techniques for Online Social Network). This paper presents the description and evolution of PIT-OSN through the results of a preliminary empirical study. We discuss the quantitative and qualitative results and their impact on improving the techniques. Results indicate that our techniques assist non-expert inspectors uncover privacy problems effectively, and are considered easy to use and useful by the study participants. Finally, the qualitative analysis helped us improve some technique steps that might be unclear.

scholarly journals Factores clave para el proceso de gestión de la innovación para el desarrollo de nuevos productos en el sector PyMEs, caso de estudio la industria de tecnologías de la información en Nuevo León

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Óscar Enrique López Treviño ◽  
Mónica Blanco Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
New Product ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Nuevo Leon ◽  
Organizational Creativity ◽  
Nuevo León ◽  
Analysis Of Results

Abstract. The purpose of this study is to analyze the key factors for managing the product innovation process, from existing models over time. Different proposals are presented by different authors who have studied this phenomenon, and as a result of these have conceptualized the knowledge in different models of innovation, so this work focuses on meeting certain elements in a new model including a new variable was not been considered in previous models (Organizational Creativity). This study was focused on SMEs and theirimportance in the economy of any country. The analysis of results and findings are presented from a study of 53 samples to the industry of information technology in Nuevo León, México.Key Words. canieti, innovation management process, new product development (NPD), organizational creativity, SMEs.Resumen. El propósito del estudio es analizar los factores clave para gestionar el proceso de innovación de producto, a partir de modelos existentes a través del tiempo. Se presentan diferentes propuestas por distintos autores que han estudiado este fenómeno, y como resultado de estos han conceptualizado ese conocimiento en diferentes modelos de innovación, por lo que este trabajo se enfoca en conjuntar ciertos elementos en un modelo nuevo incluyendo una variable nueva que no había sido considerada en modelos anteriores(Creatividad Organizacional). Este estudio va enfocado a las PyMEs por la importancia que tienen en la economía de cualquier país. El análisis de resultados y las conclusiones se presentan a partir de un estudio de 53 muestras a la industria de las tecnologías de la información en Nuevo León, México.Palabras Clave. Canieti, desarrollo de nuevos productos (DNP), proceso de gestión de la innovación, PyMEs.

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