scholarly journals The Impact of Market Knowledge Acquisition on Product Innovation Performance in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernice Korkor Gligah ◽  
Norzaidahwati Zaidin ◽  
Eugene Okyere-Kwakye
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Market Knowledge ◽  
Medium Scale ◽  
The Impact

Cultivating product innovation performance through creativity: the impact of organizational agility and flexibility under technological turbulence

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilert Puriwat ◽  
Danupol Hoonsopon
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
New Product ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Incremental Innovation ◽  
Organizational Agility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technological Turbulence ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study is to compare the impact of organizational agility and flexibility on performance of each type of product innovation (radical vs incremental innovation). Additionally, the moderating effect of technological turbulence on the relationship between the two types of organization is examined.Design/methodology/approachBased on gaps in the existing literature, the survey data are collected from managers who are in charge of developing new products in three industries: food and beverage, chemical and machinery (N = 431). Confirmatory factory analysis is used to verify measurement items and regression analysis is used to test hypotheses.FindingsThe results show that organizational agility increases performance in radical innovation both in a certain situation and an environment with technological turbulence. In contrast, the impact of organizational flexibility is limited to increasing performance in both radical and incremental innovation performance in a certain situation.Originality/valueOur study extends the knowledge of organizational agility and flexibility in the domain of product innovation. Adaptation of organization to respond the technological turbulence will stimulate creativity of new product development teams to produce new useful ideas and transform these ideas to product innovation. The different types of organizing a new product development team to handle technological turbulence will provide different results in product innovation performance. In addition, the findings provide a recommendation on how the organization of a new product development team can improve performance in each type of product innovation under technological turbulence.

scholarly journals The Impact of Organizational Learning Capability on Product Innovation Performance: Evidence from the Turkish Manufacturing Sector

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özlem Yaşar Uğurlu ◽  
Mustafa Kurt
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Learning Capability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to examine the effect of organizational learning capability on product innovation performance in the manufacturing sector using empirical data. A survey was conducted with 120 firms that were on the list of Top 1000 Firms of Turkey and registered with the Istanbul Chamber of Industry, to examine the relationship between the dimensions of organizational learning capability and the dimensions of product innovation performance. The findings of the study indicate a positive relationship between organizational learning capability and product innovation performance.

scholarly journals The impact of global purchasing and supplier integration on product innovation

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 1295-1311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin von Haartman ◽  
Lars Bengtsson
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supplier Integration ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Purchasing Department ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The interest in global purchasing has increased significantly in recent years, but the impact on product innovation is not well understood. The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse the impact of global purchasing on product innovation sourced from suppliers, while taking into account how firms integrate their suppliers. Design/methodology/approach – The data used in this study are from the International Purchasing Survey, an international online survey on purchasing and supply management conducted in 2009. The data are analysed using factor and regression analyses. Findings – The paper shows that global purchasing has no direct impact on product innovation performance. However, supplier integration is more strongly associated with product innovation performance for firms purchasing globally compared to firms purchasing regionally. Practical implications – The implication is that when companies purchase globally, they must have a highly developed purchasing department in order to sustain a high level of innovation. For firms purchasing only regionally, the role of the purchasing department is diminished, at least in terms of contributing to innovation. Originality/value – This paper contributes to the discussion of potential advantages and disadvantages of global purchasing. First, the paper provides an explanation for the ambiguous results of previous research. Product innovation does not depend on whether firms are purchasing globally or not, it depends on how they purchase. This paper has showed that when purchasing globally, the role of the purchasing department becomes crucial for product innovation. The proficiency and activities of the purchasing department largely determine the success, in terms of supplier product innovation, of global purchasing.

Innovation ambidexterity effects on product innovation performance: the mediating role of decentralization

Kybernetes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Ion Ceptureanu ◽  
Eduard Gabriel Ceptureanu
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Senior Executives ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of the study was to analyse the impact of innovation ambidexterity represented by explorative and exploitative innovation capabilities and their combined effects on product innovation performance and to prove the mediating effect of decentralization.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses partial least squares for structural equation models and SmartPLS version 3.3.1 on a sample of 174 Romanian medium- and large-sized firms from the IT industry to test six research hypotheses. To measure innovation ambidexterity, the orthogonal approach was used, conceptualizing innovation ambidexterity as a multidimensional, second-order construct composed of explorative and exploitative innovation capabilities. Innovation ambidexterity was conceptualized as a multiplicative term of both explorative and exploitative innovation capabilities.FindingsThe empirical results prove that innovation ambidexterity is positively correlated with product innovation performance, while decentralization is mediating the impact of innovation ambidexterity on product innovation performance in the IT industry.Research limitations/implicationsThe data was based on self-reported assessments of senior executives. While innovation ambidexterity may influence product innovation performance in the long term, such long-term effects are not assessed. Other studies found a moderating effect between centralization or decentralization and ambidexterity, while we found that it has a mediating effect.Practical implicationsIn the context of innovation capability, the combination of explorative or exploitative capabilities may lead to a better synergy. Innovation ambidexterity influences product innovation performance through a synergistic effect, making the simultaneous combination of capabilities useful for firms willing to make efficient use of existing resources and make their capabilities mutually supportive. Moreover, for senior executives, the effects of decentralization as a mediator provide further incentive to include it in their development of firms' innovation capabilities.Originality/valueThis study extends findings of other studies by contributing to a deeper examination of the effects of decentralization, on innovation outcomes by focusing on a specific type of innovation, product innovation. Moreover, since innovation capability is often studied in small firms or in the manufacturing industry, this study contributes to the research on innovation capability and the consequences on innovation capability in the services sector and medium- and large-sized companies. By proving that decentralization mediates the effects of innovation ambidexterity on product innovation performance, it enables reconsideration of the organizational structure role in fostering innovation.

scholarly journals Budget Participation Capacity Configuration (BPCC), Budgeting Participation Requirement and Product Innovation Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5614
Author(s):  
Mu-Jung Huang ◽  
Kuo-Chih Cheng ◽  
Shao-Hsi Chung ◽  
Huo-Ming Wang ◽  
Kuo-Hua Wang
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Organizational Control ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Participation Requirement ◽  
The Impact

As the relationship between the execution of budget participation and innovation performance is still full of controversy, and the innovation capability formed by the important control elements of the organization is the key to bring about product innovation performance, this study aims to explore the impact of the formation of product innovation capabilities on product innovation performance under the demand for budget participation. This study proposes the concept of budget participation capacity configuration (BPCC), which is the integration of procedural justice, self-efficacy, and trust in superiors. This study adopted a questionnaire survey to collect sample data from production managers of the electronics-related companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange and employed structural equation modeling to verify measurement model fit and research hypotheses. The study results present that budgeting participation requirement does not directly affect product innovation performance and confirms that the three organizational control elements together constitute BPCC, which plays a fully intermediary role between budget participation requirement and product innovation performance. The contribution of this research for academic theory is to put forward an explanation of the budget participation-innovation performance dispute, and propose an integrated viewpoint for organizational control elements instead of fragmental studies in the past. For practice, this research provides new evidence for budget participation requirements and sources of innovation capabilities.

scholarly journals Research on the impact of firm’s innovation - driven on new product innovation performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 596
Author(s):  
Yan Qu ◽  
Chun-Shuo Chen
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
New Product ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Internet Firms ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
New Product Innovation

The framework of this research is based on the discovery in the clues of former researches that Innovation-driven is the pre factor for the firm to grow up or to gain the competitive advantage, and among them, market orientation and technological opportunity are two of the major determinant factors for the firm’s gaining the competitive advantage and improving the performance and profits. Based on knowledge-based theory, a questionnaire survey of 220 Internet firms in China was conducted to empirically analyze the relationship between innovation driven, absorptive capacity, and new product innovation performance. The article found that: the absorptive capacity mediates the relationship between innovation-driven and new product performance, and market turbulence negative adjusts the relationship between market orientation and absorptive capacity. It is possible to understand more clearly the process of firms acquiring and digesting information, transforming and mining knowledge to achieve new product innovation performance by analyzing the process of knowledge absorption and conversion.

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