scholarly journals Impact of Technology Habitual Domain on Ambidextrous Innovation: Case Study of a Chinese High-Tech Enterprise

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinwei Ye ◽  
Lei Ma ◽  
Junwen Feng ◽  
Yang Cheng ◽  
Zheng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Turbulent Environment ◽  
Influence Mechanism ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
Exploratory Innovation

To obtain a sustainable competitive advantage in the dynamic environment, it is necessary for Chinese high-tech enterprises to focus on their technology habitual domains in formulating ambidextrous innovation strategy. This study integrates technology habitual domain, exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation within a framework and explores the influence mechanism among them. Based on an in-depth case study on KTE, representing a high-tech enterprise in China, we have several findings. Firstly, we depict the evolution mechanism of technology habitual domain; secondly, we find that the high-tech enterprise’s technology habitual domain will cultivate and develop the firms’ dynamic capabilities; and thirdly, the expansion of technology habitual domain will promote exploitative innovation, while the transformation of technology habitual domain will promote exploratory innovation. These findings can be useful guidance for high-tech enterprises in China who are aiming to achieve ambidextrous innovation to better adapt to the turbulent environment, and thus achieving sustainability.

scholarly journals Competition in Knowledge Ecosystems: A Theory Elaboration Approach Using a Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7372
Author(s):  
Jeandri Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Marketing Capabilities ◽  
Resource Advantage Theory ◽  
Ecosystem Level ◽  
Strategic Thought ◽  
Knowledge Exploration

This paper explores how competition works in knowledge ecosystems, using a theory elaboration approach. With little research conducted in this area to date, three strategic streams of thought—resource-advantage theory, dynamic capabilities framework, and adaptive marketing capabilities perspective—are compared as a departing point and a frame of reference regarding the dynamics of competition. The streams of strategic thought all converge around the notion that organizations must constantly renew themselves to adapt and align to a fast-changing marketplace. The characteristics of knowledge ecosystems are conceptualized, whereafter an in-depth case study is presented to empirically assess competition in knowledge ecosystems, focusing on the perspective of a keystone actor. At the ecosystem-level, knowledge ecosystems primarily expose and explore knowledge, indicating that they mostly operate in a pre-competitive state. The time needed and the limited control inherent to knowledge exploration translate into the keystone actor focusing on transient rather than sustainable competitive advantage. Knowledge ecosystems further prove to be central in the coevolution and the growth of other ecosystems through connecting and sharing of the explored knowledge base with other ecosystem actors who, in turn, exploit this knowledge common for commercial purposes and innovation.

Exploring the Role of IS in Dynamic Capabilities

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Duhan ◽  
Margi Levy ◽  
Philip Powell
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Systemic View

Resource-based theory suggests that firms develop idiosyncratic capabilities that contribute to sustainable competitive advantage when they are valuable, rare, inimitable and non-substitutable. The successful use of information systems (IS) and information technology (IT) has been linked to improved firm performance. Recent literature suggests that a deeper understanding of what capability means in practice may be gained from a disaggregation into component competences and resources. A better understanding of the role of IS/IT in business level capability may be achieved through a fuller articulation, both of the capability itself, and the contribution of IS/IT, together with an evaluation of the effectiveness in delivering sustainable competitive advantage. A dynamic capabilities perspective explains the way firms adapt capabilities to changing market environments over time. This paper explores these propositions through an exploratory case study using a framework derived from a resource-based and systemic view of the firm. The analysis suggests a dynamic Capability Development Model through which the implications and potential for IS and IT over time may be understood. The paper addresses three issues. First, it offers a better articulation of what capability concepts mean in practice. Second, it takes a disaggregated understanding of capabilities, and third, it sheds light on the dynamics of capabilities.

Innovation Strategies in Digital Convergence

2011 ◽  
pp. 102-114
Author(s):  
R. Bunduchi ◽  
S. Berar
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Market ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Strategic Actions ◽  
Digital Home ◽  
Device Architecture ◽  
Digital Convergence ◽  
Technological Competencies ◽  
Innovation Strategies

This chapter examines the innovation strategy of one of the major telecom companies—Nokia—in its efforts to develop a sustainable position in the emerging digital home market. The analysis of Nokia’s innovation strategy in the digital domain is based on Abernathy and Clark’s (1985) classification which differentiates between different types of innovations, depending on their impact on the firm’s competitive position. The case study finds that Nokia follows a niche creation strategy, relying on its existing technological competencies in areas such as handset design and open device architecture, while building new market competencies developed either in house, or through collaboration with industry partners. The chapter provides an in depth view into the strategic actions of a large firm which attempts to build a sustainable competitive advantage in an emerging market by taking advantage of the opportunities arising from the convergence of digital home technologies.

scholarly journals How family firms execute open innovation strategies: the Loccioni case

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1459-1485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Casprini ◽  
Alfredo De Massis ◽  
Alberto Di Minin ◽  
Federico Frattini ◽  
Andrea Piccaluga
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Family Firm ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
Innovation Processes

Purpose This paper aims to shed light on how family firms execute open innovation strategies by managing internal and external knowledge flows. Design/methodology/approach First, through a comprehensive literature review, the paper identifies the barriers to the acquisition and transfer of knowledge in open innovation processes. Second, it presents and discusses the results of an exploratory case study on Loccioni, an Italian family firm providing high-tech measurement solutions, highlighting how this family firm managed to overcome the barriers in executing an open innovation strategy. Findings The case study shows that Loccioni faced specific challenges in acquiring and transferring knowledge in its open innovation processes and developed two idiosyncratic capabilities – labelled imprinting and fraternization – that helped the firm overcome the barriers to knowledge acquisition and transfer. The analysis shows that these two capabilities are enabled by the distinctive goals and social capital characterizing family firms. Originality/value The paper creates a link between open innovation and family business research with an empirically grounded model illustrating how the idiosyncratic capabilities of a family firm help overcome the critical barriers to the acquisition and transfer of knowledge in executing an open innovation strategy.

scholarly journals Managing Knowledge, Dynamic Capabilities, Innovative Performance, and Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Family Companies: A Case Study of a Family Company in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sugiarto Koentjoro ◽  
Sri Gunawan
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Innovative Performance ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Relationship

Family businesses often face significant challenges while trying to develop and increase their sustainability throughout generations. This is often due to their inability to properly manage the knowledge required to develop their resources to increase sustainability. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between processes of managing knowledge, dynamic capabilities, and innovative performance in an Indonesian family company in order to improve business performance. This is qualitative research with a single case study used to obtain data from nineparticipants in an Indonesian family company (“Ardiles”) that focuses on footwear. The findings showed that a family company that mobilizes knowledge can improve its members’ dynamic capabilities for proper business management and growth. Furthermore, the frequent process of mobilizing knowledge improves family members’ dynamic capabilities to create new ideas. This creative process helps to improve its innovative performance, thereby creating a sustainable competitive advantage among family companies.

scholarly journals Value creation, value distribution and the talented CEO.

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 493-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Della Corte
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Guttman Scale ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Hotel Chains

The aim of the paper is therefore to analyze firm’s leaders (CEOs’) dynamic capabilities in managing the firm’s resources, able to generate sustainable competitive advantage and to create value, as well as to verify how the so created value is distributed between the firm and the CEO. The analysis has been conducted on firms operating in tourism industry and precisely on hotel chains. Among these, some representative firms have been selected and analyzed through case study method. In order to test the research’s hypotheses, a logistic regression model, Moreno sociogram and Guttman scale have been applied. The paper proposes an interesting perspective for studying dynamic resources real use within organization, trying to point out the value they are able to generate and how this value is appropriated. The proposed analysis is an application of Resource-based theory approach to the study of dynamic capabilities creation and their relative generated rent appropriation. From this perspective, it represents a further step in RBT studies, in its connections with other disciplines on the topic. An interesting aspect of the research is that the attention on value creation and distribution rather than just on firm’s performance opens to new horizons in strategic management.

scholarly journals Revitalizing Strategic Agility in a Turbulent Environment: A Conceptual Discourse

2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 2844-2851
Author(s):  
Poi, Godwin ◽  
Lebura Sorbarikor
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Turbulent Environment ◽  
Turbulent Environments ◽  
Strategic Direction ◽  
Strategic Agility ◽  
Sense And Respond

This paper conceptually examined revitalizing strategic agility in a turbulent environment. In the current turbulent and highly competitive environment of today, agility, that is the ability of organizations to quickly sense and respond to environmental changes, is an important determinant of organizational success. With the advancement of information technologies, company strategy focuses nowadays on sustainable competitive advantage, and gives importance to short-term advantages of flexibility and fast response. In the unpredictable and competitive world of today, organizations must have different competitive features to compete; otherwise, they will move towards annihilation. One of the capabilities that organizations need in the turbulent environments of today is agility. Strategic agility is the ability to continuously and adequately adjust and adapt in appropriate time the strategic direction in core business in relation to changing circumstances. Agility provides the organization with the possibility of quick response and compatibility with environment and allows the organization to improve its efficiency.  The paper is largely conceptual in nature and adopts a desk research methodology in reviewing extant literature. This study concludes that firms operating in dynamic environments must realize the need for change and adaptation and thereby stimulate their in developing agility that can better respond to a dynamic environment.

Motivating Growth in Low-tech Manufacturing Industries

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi HERTZ
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Manufacturing Plants ◽  
Footwear Industry ◽  
Technological Platform ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
Developed World ◽  
Depth Interviews

Intensive manual labor enterprises in the developed world face challenges competing with products imported from countries where manufacturing costs are low. This reduces the volume of domestic production and leads to rapid loss of knowledge and experience in production processes. This study focuses on the Israeli footwear industry as a case study. Qualitative methodologies were applied, including in-depth interviews and field observations. A literature review on previous research, and contemporary trends was conducted. The field research examines challenges along the value chain in small factories. It finds that mass production paradigms impose a decentralized process between designers and manufacturers and therefore do not leverage local potential into a sustainable competitive advantage for small factories. The proposed solution is a digital and technological platform for small manufacturing plants. The platform mediates and designs the connections between production, technology, and design and enables the creation of a joint R&D system.

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