Open Innovation as a Strategy to Sustainably Compete in the Textile Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 146-172
Author(s):  
Sara Santos ◽  
Teresa Dieguez
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
A Company

Innovation is crucial for business in order to meet consumers' needs and stakeholders' expectations. Innovation emerges as a must for all activity sectors, including the textile industry. Change can be an opportunity for organizations that present competitive advantages and new solutions. However, not all changes are directly visible, and innovation by nature is impossible to quantify and measure. This intangibility requires tools to help managers monitor the results of their investment. The present study applies the Innovation Scoring 1.0, a Portuguese tool for companies to self-evaluate in what concerns innovation, efficiency, and profitability improvement. It is structured in three main sections: literature review, case study, and conclusions. The study showed that a company may improve its results through open innovation, being leadership, and organizational culture determinants in the process.

scholarly journals Enterprise culture and managers’ motivation in a textile industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
César Ricardo Maia de Vasconcelos ◽  
Cristiano Júlio Moreira Dourado
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Enterprise Culture ◽  
Investigación Cualitativa ◽  
Estudio De Caso ◽  
The Way

This article aims at analyzing the organizational culture in a major textile industry from Brazil and tends to study the way through which this structure can become a motivational tool for the decision makers. From a qualitative research, this investigation is characterized as a case study, whose data were collected through interviews composed of predefined questions and which were applied in writing and in an articulated way. The technique used in the interview was that of focus group, and the collected data were analyzed through text transcription, voice recording and the establishment of an analytical matrix. The results showed the existence of an integrated and shared organizational culture, besides being a motivational tool relevant to the actions of the decision makers’ intermediate managers.Este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la cultura organizacional en una importante industria textil de Brasil y tiende a estudiar la forma en que esta estructura puede convertirse en una herramienta de motivación para los que toman las decisiones. A partir de una investigación cualitativa, esta investigación se caracteriza por ser un estudio de caso, cuyos datos fueron recolectados a través de entrevistas compuestas de preguntas predefinidas y que fueron aplicadas por escrito y de manera articulada. La técnica utilizada en la entrevista fue la del grupo de enfoque, y los datos recopilados se analizaron a través de la transcripción de texto, grabación de voz y el establecimiento de una matriz analítica. Los resultados mostraron la existencia de una cultura organizacional integrada y compartida, además de ser una herramienta motivacional relevante para las acciones de los gerentes intermedios de los tomadores de decisiones.Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar a cultura organizacional em uma importante indústria têxtil do Brasil e tende a estudar a maneira pela qual essa estrutura pode se tornar uma ferramenta motivacional para os tomadores de decisão. A partir de uma pesquisa qualitativa, esta pesquisa é caracterizada como um estudo de caso, cujos dados foram coletados através de entrevistas compostas por questões pré-definidas e que foram aplicadas por escrito e de forma articulada. A técnica utilizada na entrevista foi a do grupo focal, e os dados coletados foram analisados através de transcrição de texto, gravação de voz e o estabelecimento de uma matriz analítica. Os resultados mostraram a existência de uma cultura organizacional integrada e compartilhada, além de ser uma ferramenta motivacional relevante para as ações dos gerentes intermediários dos decisões.

Open Innovation and Organizational Capacities

2011 ◽  
pp. 24-45
Author(s):  
Denis Remon
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Basic Model ◽  
Innovation Model ◽  
Initial Results

Open innovation has gained popularity in recent years. But is the concept new or does it express old realities? The literature review of this case study found that the term “open innovation” is recent and that its development has been facilitated by technological innovations. The case study collected data over a period of eight months from an agrifood SME in Quebec, Canada. The aim was to go beyond the basic model of open innovation and integrate dynamic, absorptive and appropriative capacities into a new working open innovation model. Initial results show that components associated with the basic open innovation model such as intellectual property, joint R&D and co-product development are present as well as certain organizational capacities. The difficulty of applying the concept is due to its interactions rather than its components taken individually. The study concludes that further work is needed to extend the applicability and the foundations of open innovation.

Correlation between Technology Usage Behavior and Employee Affectivity: A Literature Review, Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-103
Author(s):  
Puguh Sugeng Putranto ◽  
Mohammad A. Amin Soetomo
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Positive Behavior ◽  
Technology Usage ◽  
Usage Behavior ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
A Company

When employee working in a company they are act as a single and in a group working together to achieve common goals in a organized and structured way. An employee as a human has their own considerations that can drive them to be highly effective employee. There are many researches that focus on employee engagement and employee enablement to understand the drivers that makes an employee have positive behavior that can have positive impact to the performance of the company to achieve its goal. So that the employee will enthusiast to use technology that company provide.

COMPANY COMPETITIVENESS AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES IN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Vinka Cetinski ◽  
Ines Milohnić
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Paper Model ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
A Company ◽  
Principal Task ◽  
Available Resources

Connection between competitive strategies and competitive advantages is described in details in this paper. Model of the research is located on the company level in tourism and hospitality. Applicative basis of the paper is founded on the Diamond of Competitiveness (Case Study) usage and is based on the qualitative research of small entrepreneurship in tourism and hospitality. The fact that every strategy is based on creating and sustaining competitive advantages implies that the principal task of company management is shaping company’s competitive advantages. Management uses its knowledge, controls available resources and manages business processes and events of a company in tourism and hospitality.

scholarly journals Dynamic capabilities and collaborative innovation: a case study in the textile industry of Santa Catarina, Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-68
Author(s):  
Linda Jessica De Montreuil Carmona ◽  
Iara Regina Dos Santos Parisotto
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Industrial Firms ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Virtuous Cycle

With increasingly fiercer competition, many industrial firms with similar characteristics are concerned with obtaining competitive advantages that allow them to differentiate themselves for survival, efficiency and profitability. Based on the Dynamic Capability Theory (Eisenhardt Martin, 2000; Teece, 2007, 2014; Teece, Pisano, Shuen, 1997), this research aimed to investigate how dynamic capacities and collaborative innovation in textile manufacturing are developed. To this end, a case study was conducted in a textile manufacturer, in which it was sought to distinguish the opportunities detection processes directed to innovation, the approach to these opportunities and the management of threats through the reconfiguration of internal and external organizational resources. For triangulation, data collection included primary data from semi-structured interviews and secondary documentary and audiovisual data. The research identified the following processes: 1) constant search for the best way to select clients, satisfy and anticipate their needs; 2) search for innovation and improvement in products, processes and practices; 3) leadership engagement and teams with innovation. The contribution of this work lies in the identification, empirical evidence and analysis of the processes involved in Dynamic Capability in the perspective of innovation, offering a model to analyze the processes linked to dynamic capacities, facilitating their understanding and verification. The results of the study showed that these capabilities act not only as a cause of innovation, but also as a consequence, establishing a continuous virtuous cycle oriented towards collaborative and dynamic innovation of products involving the manufacturer, its suppliers and customers, generating loyalty and sustaining a competitive advantage in the textile sector.

scholarly journals Managing Knowledge of Stakeholders’ Interests towards Sustainable Development

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 387-393
Author(s):  
Astrie Krisnawati
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Mutual Benefit ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
A Company

This study aims to find a linkage between Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development through implementation of Triple Bottom Line concept. It is a conceptual paper that applies literature review for proposing a conceptual model as the finding of this study. The model describes how a company should manage the knowledge to maintain good relationships with all of its stakeholders in order to achieve sustainable development in creating mutual benefit value for the good of all parties. This study identifies who the company’s stakeholders are, what their interests, and what knowledge the company should have and manage to fulfill the stakeholders’ interests towards sustainability. The conceptual model needs to be examined empirically. A case study implementing this model into a certain company can be considered as the further research.

scholarly journals UNDERSTANDING CRITICAL VARIABLES CONTRIBUTING TO COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF INTERNATIONAL HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY CONTRACTORS

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanliang Niu ◽  
Xiaopeng Deng ◽  
Limao Zhang ◽  
Xiaochen Duan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Management Capability

This article is devoted to identifying and explaining the critical variables contributing to competitive advantages in international High-Speed Railway (HSR) projects from the contractor’s perspective. A total of 24 variables were identified by the literature review and a pilot study. An international questionnaire survey was performed to obtain professional opinions from both practitioners and the academy. The 24 variables were ranked and clustered into 6 factors using exploratory factor analysis. Furthermore, a case study of the Early Train Operator project of the California HSR was carried out by the survey, interview, and first-hand data. The results indicated that the top six ranked variables are (1) None Accident History, (2) Eligibility & International Criteria, (3) Contract Reputation, (4) Marketing Strategy, (5) Risk Management Capability, and (6) Technical Responsiveness. Furthermore, the 24 variables are grouped into six dimensions: Glocalization, Marketing, Safety, Economics, Technology, and Responsibility. The case study indicated that the factor framework was suitable and tractable for the application. The findings of this paper could (1) assist international HSR contractors in obtaining a better understanding of the deeper determinates of competitive advantages and (2) serve as a valuable reference for developing their competitive advantages in the international HSR market.

Creative Management, Technology and the BBC

2011 ◽  
pp. 285-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Nicoli
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Management Technology

The past decade has witnessed increased attempts by managers, scholars and policy-makers to stimulate the creativity of organisations. The practice of stimulating organisational creativity has led to a paradigm shift known as creative management, the focus of which is to use these practices to achieve competitive advantages. Such creative stimulation can come in a variety of forms. These include identifying and influencing environmental conditions that can increase the chances for creating new and significant products or services. In order to stimulate creativity, current creative management literature proposes the use of technology as a disseminator of knowledge and ideas. This chapter offers a literature review of creative management and technology use for creativity. It next introduces a case study of how technology is used as a creative management tool at the BBC. The findings of the study indicate that although the BBC’s yearly revenues are under sustained pressure, the organisation has invested heavily in technology in order to maintain its high creative standing. In conclusion, supported by the findings of the case study, this chapter corroborates and further advocates the use of technology as a significant component of creative management practices.

scholarly journals ANALYZING CORPORATE CULTURE IN HOTEL COMPANY USING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT (OCAI) : CASE STUDY X HOTE IN JAKARTA

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-39
Author(s):  
Theresia Melisa Lumbantoruan ◽  
Munawaroh Zainal ◽  
Dea Prasetyawati
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Culture Result ◽  
Clan Culture ◽  
Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument ◽  
Key Dimensions ◽  
A Company

Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument well-known as OCAI commonly uses to describe the type of culture in a company. Using values framework as and instrument, this research attempt to find out what type of culture base on four culture type of Cameron and Quinn: Clan Hierarchy, Adhocracy and Market. Asking `89 of hotel staff respondent and applying on the framework, hotel staff exhibited Hierarchy culture as dominant in current situation and they preferred Clan culture for the future. This discrepancies between the current and preferred culture indicates that a change in culture, especially to clan culture. Result of culture perspectives between levels of hierarchy indicates staff and managers preferred to have clan culture. Culture profile on Six Key Dimensions of Culture (SKDC). Result showed that the overall scores and ranking were almost congruent in the current culture of all aspects. The preferred culture were reasonably congruent, Having clan culture dominating all aspects.

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