A Time-Lag Study of the Effect of Organisational Capital on Innovation in Australia SMEs

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
YASMIN Kamall KHAN
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Australian Bureau ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Australian Bureau Of Statistics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

This study explores the strategic links between organisational capital and innovation performance in Australian SMEs. This study classified organisational capital as information technology as per hardware and software; and equipment or machinery that was applied in the firm. A sample involving SME from various industries was adapted from the Business Longitudinal Database (BLD) from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The analyses validate that information technology capabilities is essential for achieving innovation performance. However the relationship decline over time for different type of innovation. Thus, SME managers should be carefully in investing in appropriate information technology in order to facilitate innovation in their firm.  Key Words: SMEs, Organisational capital, Innovation, Australia

Information technology investment and innovation performance: does investment paradox exist?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peinan Ji ◽  
Xiangbin Yan ◽  
Yan Shi
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Test Model ◽  
It Investment ◽  
Firm Innovation ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lag Effect ◽  
Enterprise Innovation

Purpose The purpose of this study is to deepen the understanding of the effects of information technology (IT) investment on firm innovation performance and examining the investment paradox effect in China. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of China’ public firms IT investment data between 2010 and 2016, the authors establish a test model of IT investment and innovation performance. Findings The result indicates that IT investment in firms have no effect on innovation performance in the investment period. However, in the full sample and manufacturing sample, the IT investment has a significant positive effect on innovation performance in the post-investment years. In addition, this study finds that large companies and low-age companies may contribute more to innovation when firm investment in IT. Research limitations/implications There are several limitations in this research. First, the authors are failed to obtain a larger sample about the IT investment information data set in China, so this study was compelled to use limited sample data from China, hence, this could lead to errors of too early generalization. Second, the authors use the number of invention patent applications to represent the performance of enterprise innovation, which may not show enterprise innovation effectively. Third, the firms in the sample are all in China Listed Companies, so this may not accurately reflect the entire environment of firm innovation performance, and could possibly. Practical implications The research confirms that there is a paradox and time lag effect in IT investment, which enterprises should pay attention to. Originality/value Existing research confirms that corporate IT investments can bring new products or services. However, the authors still do not know whether IT investment has improved the company’s ability of innovation. This study will fill this gap and the industry effect and time lag effect of the influence of IT investment on innovative performance are also examined.

scholarly journals Quantifying the relationship between lockdowns, mobility, and effective reproduction number (Rt) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Dainton ◽  
Alexander Hay
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Secular Trend ◽  
Reproduction Number ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
Global Mobility ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Background The effectiveness of lockdowns in mitigating the spread of COVID-19 has been the subject of intense debate. Data on the relationship between public health restrictions, mobility, and pandemic growth has so far been conflicting. Objective We assessed the relationship between public health restriction tiers, mobility, and COVID-19 spread in five contiguous public health units (PHUs) in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Ontario, Canada. Methods Weekly effective reproduction number (Rt) was calculated based on daily cases in each of the five GTA public health units between March 1, 2020, and March 19, 2021. A global mobility index (GMI) for each PHU was calculated using Google Mobility data. Segmented regressions were used to assess changes in the behaviour of Rt over time. We calculated Pearson correlation coefficients between GMI and Rt for each PHU and mobility regression coefficients for each mobility variable, accounting for time lag of 0, 7, and 14 days. Results In all PHUs except Toronto, the most rapid decline in Rt occurred in the first 2 weeks of the first province-wide lockdown, and this was followed by a slight trend to increased Rt as restrictions decreased. This trend reversed in all PHUs between September 6th and October 10th after which Rt decreased slightly over time without respect to public health restriction tier. GMI began to increase in the first wave even before restrictions were decreased. This secular trend to increased mobility continued into the summer, driven by increased mobility to recreational spaces. The decline in GMI as restrictions were reintroduced coincides with decreasing mobility to parks after September. During the first wave, the correlation coefficients between global mobility and Rt were significant (p < 0.01) in all PHUs 14 days after lockdown, indicating moderate to high correlation between decreased mobility and decreased viral reproduction rates, and reflecting that the incubation period brings in a time-lag effect of human mobility on Rt. In the second wave, this relationship was attenuated, and was only significant in Toronto and Durham at 14 days after lockdown. Conclusions The association between mobility and COVID-19 spread was stronger in the first wave than the second wave. Public health restriction tiers did not alter the existing secular trend toward decreasing Rt over time.

Unpacking the relationship between external IT capability and open innovation performance: evidence from China

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1789-1805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su-Ming Wu ◽  
Xiu-Hao Ding
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
External Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
It Capability ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeInformation technology plays a critical role in the open innovation process. The purpose of this study is to explore the inner mechanism of external information technology (IT) capability that affects open innovation performance.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, responses to 232 questionnaires from different firms were collected in China. Then, the proposed hypotheses were tested using regression analysis by statistical product and service solutions (SPSS).FindingsThe results indicate that external knowledge integration plays a mediating role in the relationship between external IT capability and open innovation performance, openness breadth positively moderates the influence of external IT capability on external knowledge integration and openness depth negatively moderates the relationship between external IT capability and external knowledge integration.Practical implicationsThe results, which are based on Chinese responses, provide useful suggestions for firms in China. To use external IT capability to improve open innovation performance, firms should not only stress the role of external knowledge integration but also consider their search strategy.Originality/valueBoth researchers and practitioners are interested in the relationship between information technology and open innovation. However, the way in which the inner mechanism of external IT capability affects open innovation performance has not been thoroughly researched. Based on knowledge integration theory, the authors construct a model that includes external IT capability, external knowledge integration, search strategy and open innovation performance. The results of this paper confirm the mediating and moderating roles of external knowledge integration and search strategy, respectively.

HRM practices and innovation performance: a panel-data approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 354-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirta Diaz-Fernandez ◽  
Mar Bornay-Barrachina ◽  
Alvaro Lopez-Cabrales
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Behavior ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hrm Practices ◽  
Longitudinal Study Design ◽  
The One ◽  
Hr Managers ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and innovation performance in Spanish manufacturing firms. The paper focuses on the number of existing patents, analyzing the extent to which this variable is favored by HRM practices. It will also assess the extent to which patents explain the firm performance and mediate in the relationship between the latter and HRM practices. Design/methodology/approach The objective is to assess these relationships using the Spanish Survey of Industrial Strategic Behavior. The longitudinal analysis focuses on the years between 2001 and 2008, a period of great economic growth in Spain. Findings The findings show that the most innovative firms were also the most competitive ones. Furthermore, employment security positively affects innovations over time and training on new technologies is associated with the number of patents, when overall compensation practices are high. Practical implications This study demonstrated the existence of two objectives that HR managers should be aiming at. On the one hand, the development of patents should be a priority for obtaining better results over time. On the other hand, management should invest in HRM practices because they favor innovation and are neither a waste of time nor resources. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature, surpassing the limitations of previous research, by assessing the role of HRM practices in innovation and company outcomes and by using a longitudinal study design.

The relationship between traffic and non-traffic offending in Western Australia

2021 ◽  
pp. 000486582199586
Author(s):  
Monica L Crosetta ◽  
Paul House ◽  
Jesse Parmar ◽  
Christine McComb ◽  
Elizabeth Pritchard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Australian Bureau ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Criminal Histories ◽  
Australian Bureau Of Statistics ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
Traffic Offence

Self-selection policing is an approach whereby serious underlying criminality is detected by an offender’s minor crimes (known as trigger offences). Strategic offences are offences that indicate an increased likelihood that the associated offender will engage in later offending. The purpose of this study was to determine if first-time serious traffic offending in Western Australia indicates previous and/or future non-traffic criminality, thereby demonstrating the utility of serious traffic offences as trigger offences and strategic offences. The authors collated the crime data of all first-time serious traffic offenders in Western Australia between December 2004 and December 2014. Using this data, survival analyses were conducted to determine if and when a first-time serious traffic offender committed an initial non-traffic offence within 10 years of their first serious traffic offence. When comparing this data to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the authors found that first-time serious traffic offenders are more likely than the average Western Australian to have a previous or future initial non-traffic offence. Some groups of first-time traffic offenders were more likely to commit non-traffic offences than others including males, individuals under the age of 25, drug drivers and drivers without authority. These results support the use of first-time serious traffic offences as trigger/strategic offences and could be used to identify and divert traffic offenders with versatile criminal histories and traffic offenders at risk of future criminal activity.

scholarly journals Good times and bad: Client and vendor insights on ITO relationship quality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Claire Callaghan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Valuable Resource ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Risk Of Failure ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

<p>The success of Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) today is intrinsically linked to the quality of the relationship formed between client and vendor. The academic literature has already defined the key characteristics of a quality relationship - one which will weather the test of time. Researchers have also portrayed how an ITO relationship should mature and that the focus should move over time from cost and transactional drivers to an outcomes-based alliance. While these studies answer the questions of why relationships are central to ITO success, what form they take, and when they evolve, they do not answer the question of how to create a quality relationship. This research complements this existing body of research by tapping in to the best practices client and vendor practitioners use every day to make their ITO relationships successful. For those seeking to establish a new relationship, invigorate an existing one or mitigate the risk of failure this report provides a valuable resource of validated and prioritised best practices along with descriptions and recommendations on how and when to apply them.</p>

scholarly journals Prospective Relationships Between Physical Activity and Optimism in Young and Mid-aged Women

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 915-923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toby G. Pavey ◽  
Nicola W. Burton ◽  
Wendy J Brown
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Estimating Equation ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Generalized Estimating Equation ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Background:There is growing evidence that regular physical activity (PA) reduces the risk of poor mental health. Less research has focused on the relationship between PA and positive wellbeing. The study aims were to assess the prospective associations between PA and optimism, in both young and mid-aged women.Methods:9688 young women (born 1973–1978) completed self-report surveys in 2000 (age 22 to 27), 2003, 2006, and 2009; and 11,226 mid-aged women (born 1946–1951) completed surveys in 2001 (age 50–55) 2004, 2007, and 2010, as part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. Generalized estimating equation models (with 3-year time lag) were used to examine the relationship between PA and optimism in both cohorts.Results:In both cohorts, women reporting higher levels of PA had greater odds of reporting higher optimism over the 9-year period, (young, OR = 5.04, 95% CI: 3.85–6.59; mid-age, OR = 5.77, 95% CI: 4.76–7.00) than women who reported no PA. Odds were attenuated in adjusted models, with depression accounting for a large amount of this attenuation (young, OR = 2.00, 95% CI: 1.57–2.55; mid-age, OR = 1.64 95% CI: 1.38–1.94).Conclusions:Physical activity can promote optimism in young and mid-aged women over time, even after accounting for the negative effects of other psychosocial indicators such as depression.

scholarly journals Access to a Lawyer in Rural Australia: Thoughts on the Evidence We Need

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Rice
Keyword(s):  
Rural Population ◽  
Australian Bureau ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Rural Access ◽  
Australian Bureau Of Statistics ◽  
The Many ◽  
Rural Australia ◽  
Over Time

NSW Law Society membership data 1988–2004 enables mapping over time of the presence and movement of private legal practice in rural NSW. The changing ratio of legal practices per 10 000 population is calculated against data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In short, while the rural population increases, the number of legal practices decreases at a much slower rate, resulting in an overall drop in the proportion of legal practices in the population. However, although some inferences could be drawn, the data do not go very far in illustrating the nature and degree of, and reasons for, the limits on access to law in rural Australia. One way of thinking about the further research that can be done is to consider the research implications of the many different ways the issue of rural access to law is expressed, and the different dimensions that are emphasised in those formulations.

scholarly journals Good times and bad: Client and vendor insights on ITO relationship quality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Claire Callaghan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Valuable Resource ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Risk Of Failure ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

<p>The success of Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) today is intrinsically linked to the quality of the relationship formed between client and vendor. The academic literature has already defined the key characteristics of a quality relationship - one which will weather the test of time. Researchers have also portrayed how an ITO relationship should mature and that the focus should move over time from cost and transactional drivers to an outcomes-based alliance. While these studies answer the questions of why relationships are central to ITO success, what form they take, and when they evolve, they do not answer the question of how to create a quality relationship. This research complements this existing body of research by tapping in to the best practices client and vendor practitioners use every day to make their ITO relationships successful. For those seeking to establish a new relationship, invigorate an existing one or mitigate the risk of failure this report provides a valuable resource of validated and prioritised best practices along with descriptions and recommendations on how and when to apply them.</p>

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