Does Institutional Diversity Affect Firms' Innovative Activities in Asian Economies?

2017 ◽  
pp. 1662-1689
Author(s):  
Hironori Tohyama ◽  
Yuji Harada
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Favorable Effect ◽  
Institutional Diversity ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
Asian Economies ◽  
East Asian Economies

This chapter looks to contribute to the recent literature on institutional comparative analyses of Asian economies; it makes three distinct contributions. First, we investigate the institutional diversity of Asian economies by using multivariate methods, and show five different groups within Asian economies that can be distinguished from advanced economies. Second, based on firm-level data, we determine whether institutional environments have a favorable effect on the innovation activities of firms; concurrently, we discuss whether or not joining a global supply chain induces firms to engage in innovation activities. Our analytical results show that institutional characteristics have a positive effect on firms' decisions to engage in those activities, and that institutional configurations provide the foundation for a global supply chain built in East Asian economies. Third, we emphasize that the current institutional diversity can persist, given the positive interaction between the institutional diversity of Asian economies and the innovation activities of Asian firms.

Does Institutional Diversity Affect Firms' Innovative Activities in Asian Economies?

2015 ◽  
pp. 175-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hironori Tohyama ◽  
Yuji Harada
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Favorable Effect ◽  
Institutional Diversity ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
Asian Economies ◽  
East Asian Economies

This chapter looks to contribute to the recent literature on institutional comparative analyses of Asian economies; it makes three distinct contributions. First, we investigate the institutional diversity of Asian economies by using multivariate methods, and show five different groups within Asian economies that can be distinguished from advanced economies. Second, based on firm-level data, we determine whether institutional environments have a favorable effect on the innovation activities of firms; concurrently, we discuss whether or not joining a global supply chain induces firms to engage in innovation activities. Our analytical results show that institutional characteristics have a positive effect on firms' decisions to engage in those activities, and that institutional configurations provide the foundation for a global supply chain built in East Asian economies. Third, we emphasize that the current institutional diversity can persist, given the positive interaction between the institutional diversity of Asian economies and the innovation activities of Asian firms.

Effect of Institutional Configuration on Innovation Activities in East Asian Firms

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hironori Tohyama ◽  
Yuji Harada
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Favorable Effect ◽  
Institutional Diversity ◽  
Positive Interaction ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Asian Economies

This paper looks to contribute to the recent literature on institutional comparative analyses of Asian economies; it makes three distinct contributions. First, the authors investigate the institutional diversity of Asian economies by using multivariate methods, and show five different groups within Asian economies that can be distinguished from advanced economies. Second, based on firm-level data, they determine whether institutional environments have a favorable effect on the innovation activities of firms; concurrently, and discuss whether or not joining a global supply chain induces firms to engage in innovation activities. Their analytical results show that institutional characteristics have a positive effect on firms’ decisions to engage in those activities, and that institutional configurations provide the foundation for a global supply chain built in East Asian economies. Third, the authors emphasize that the current institutional diversity can persist, given the positive interaction between the institutional diversity of Asian economies and the innovation activities of Asian firms.

scholarly journals Developing the innovation potential of a medium sized family business functioning in a global supply chain

Management ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-113
Author(s):  
Piotr Dzikowski
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Industrial Chain ◽  
Innovative Capacity ◽  
Domestic Companies

Developing the innovation potential of a medium sized family business functioning in a global supply chain Most domestic companies from the SME sector cannot afford to bear the risk of unsuitable technological, market and financial decisions related to innovation activities. The risk of failure can be significantly reduced by entering into a cooperation with customers standing at a much higher level of innovative development. The main goal of this article is to describe the process of gradually increasing the innovative capacity of the Polish family business that has been achieved through the cooperation within the global industrial chain operating in the field of public service vehicle industry.

Antecedents to supply chain innovation

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-171
Author(s):  
Fatma Nur Karaman Kabadurmus
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovation Activities

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine organizational and environmental (competition, capital scarcity and organization of labor) factors that affect firms' innovation activities within the supply chain.Design/methodology/approachThis study empirically examines the factors that affect firms' innovation activities using firm-level data from the last round of Business Environment Enterprise Performance Surveys (BEEPS). The analysis covers major supply chain functions: production, delivery and support systems.FindingsThe study shows that drivers of innovation vary with the type of innovation activity; as such, innovation efforts across supply chain functions should prioritize strategic resources that will create competitive advantages. Our results also reveal that sustainability efforts in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region should prioritize labor market reforms over capital market reforms.Originality/valueCurrent research on innovation and supply chain issues does not explicitly analyze innovations that occur in different sustainable supply chain functions, and empirical studies that focus on the determinants of innovations in the supply chain network are very limited. The data used in this study cover 30 economies in EECA, many of which are low- and middle-income countries, and thus contribute to the implementation of sustainable practices in developing countries.

scholarly journals Projecting at the project level: MMC supply chain integration roadmap for small housebuilders

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Dowsett ◽  
Martin Green ◽  
Martin Sexton ◽  
Chris Harty
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Timber Frame ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Key Aspects

Purpose This paper aims to provide insights into how supply chain integration may occur for small housebuilders adopting modern methods of construction (MMCs). The process of creating an empirically informed road map is described, whereby the practical day-to-day challenges of adopting a timber-frame solution on a small housing development in Southeast England were fed into a road map of future supply chain integration scenarios. The intention is to better position small housebuilders to contribute in addressing the shortfall in housing that continues to face the UK. Design/methodology/approach Interviews with supply chain members along with on-site observations captured key aspects of integration. Findings were used within two collaborative forums to guide discussion in a dual approach; discussing the challenges of timber-frame on the project and what would be needed on future projects for the firms analysed. Findings Empirically informed malleable roadmaps, of the kind developed within this study, provide feasible options for small housebuilders and suppliers of MMCs to collectively collaborate when transitioning towards fully integrated supply chains. Practically, the roadmapping approach, and the roadmap itself, would help small housebuilders and suppliers of MMCs transition towards full integration. Opening up avenues of integration that are spread across yet connected through numerous phases, firms and technologies helps construction professionals use more sophisticated modular and volumetric off-site solutions. Research limitations/implications Data collection took place over the course of a year. Future research could expand this relatively short duration to analyse the potential for construction professionals within the supply chain to integrate further over a longer period of time. Originality/value The novelty and contribution of this paper lie in the development and application of an alternative approach to roadmapping that departs from the normative linear examples of roadmaps found within the technology-roadmapping literature. The authors present a structured yet flexible approach to roadmapping that is both representative of the strategic planning and innovation activities that occur within small housebuilding firms and open to adaption to account for firm-level characteristics and contingencies. Positioned alongside firm-level dynamics (e.g. business cases and approaches to design), the roadmapping approach also reinforces the potential of incremental rather than whole-scale transitions.

scholarly journals Global supply chains, institutional constraints and firm level adaptations: A comparative study of Chinese service outsourcing firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 510-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingqi Zhu ◽  
Glenn Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Institutional Constraints ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Lead Firm

The focus on inter-firm governance relations within global supply chains analysis has left social relations at workplaces as a ‘black box’ and relatively underdiscussed. Through an in-depth, comparative study of two Chinese IT service providers for Japanese clients, this article explores how the work and employment relations in the supplier firm are shaped by the institutional contexts of both the supplier firm and the lead firm as well as by the nature of the global supply chain in which they are located. The article shows how the intersection of global supply chains and local institutional environments creates potential gaps between what is required by the lead firms and what is feasible within the supplier firms. Therefore, managers in the supplier firm have to negotiate ways of managing these expectations in the light of their own institutional constraints and possibilities. We identify three forms of adaptation made by the suppliers that we describe as wholesale adaptation, ceremonial adaptation and minimal adaptation to lead firms’ expectations. We argue that these interactions and forms of adaptation can be extended and explored more generally in global supply chains and provide the basis for a fruitful integration of institutional approaches with global supply chain analysis.

scholarly journals TMT Attention to Innovation of Organizations Influence the Organization Innovation Activities: Moderating Role of Corporate Governance

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 425
Author(s):  
Muhammad Imran Nazir ◽  
Muhammad Rizwan Nazir ◽  
Ifran Khan ◽  
Faryal
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Patent Application ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Independent Directors ◽  
Executive Attention ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Moderating Role

This study examines the TMT attention to innovation influences an organizations innovation activities. The results show that the influence of executive attention to innovation on organizations innovation activities is moderated by the characteristics of corporate governance. This study develop and test the hypotheses imitative from the expectation of firm level data covering the period of 2012-2016. The result shows that TMTAI is positively related with an organization’s patent application, and that the positive association is stronger when an organizations is a state owned, has a large members of the board, and has a few independent directors.

Firms’ reaction to threats from informal firms: exploring the roles of institutional quality and technical gap

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 1887-1899
Author(s):  
Guoyou Qi ◽  
Hailiang Zou ◽  
Xie X.M. ◽  
Saixing Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Technical Capability ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Threats from the informal sector have become an important concern among formal firms. As a response to these threats, formal firms can adopt product innovation (PI) and marketing innovation (MI) strategies to differentiate themselves. The purpose of this paper is to examine how firm-level technical capability and external institutional quality affect firms’ reactions to the threats from informal firms by adopting innovative activities. Design/methodology/approach Based on attention-based view (ABV), an empirical study is conducted by using firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey in 2013. Findings The findings indicate that when faced with competition from informal firms, formal firms will intensify their innovation activities in both MI and PI, and their technical capability mitigates the competitive threats from informal sectors and thus weakens the impact of informal competitors on the level of product and marketing innovations. Moreover, it is found that the improvement of institutional quality reduces formal firms’ urgency to introduce new products when facing informal competitors. However, this improvement strengthens the impact of informal rivalry on formal firms’ innovation in marketing methods. Originality/value Previous studies that investigate the influence of informal threats are focused on technological innovation (e.g., PI and process innovation) strategies, but little knowledge is provided on non-technological innovative strategies, such as marketing strategies (e.g., MI and organizational innovation). This study contributes to the innovation literature by delving into the circumstances under which PI and/or MI is adopted to counter informal rivals. The findings enrich ABV by investigating how inter-firm resource similarity and marketing commonality strengthen top managers' attention to competition from informal firms.

scholarly journals Innovation behavior of agri-food small and medium-sized enterprises: the case of Europe’s emerging economies

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Gaukhar B. Kussainova ◽  
Sayed H. Saghaian ◽  
Michael R. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Estimation Method ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Workforce Training ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Logit Estimation ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Fixed Assets ◽  
Survey Results

This paper examines the innovative behavior of agri-food firms located in Central and Eastern Europe. In the literature, empirical analyses on innovation activities of firms focus on various case studies from around the world. However, very few studies explore the innovation of small and medium sized enterprises from Central and Eastern Europe’s agri-food sector. The analysis uses the logit estimation method and firm-level data, which are obtained from ERBD-World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey. Results suggest that firms that spent some proportion of their financial budget on research and development, had workforce training programs, and bought fixed assets are more likely to launch product, process, organizational, and marketing innovations.

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