116 research outputs found
Innovation attributes and managers' decisions about the adoption of innovations in organizations: A meta-analytical review
The adoption of innovations has emerged as a dominant research topic in the management of innovation in organizations, although investigations often yield mixed results. To help managers and researchers improve their effectiveness, the authors employed a meta-analysis integrated with structural equation modeling to analyze the associations between the attributes of innovations, managers' behavioral preferences, and organizations' innovation adoption decisions in a mediated-moderated framework. Our findings offer evidence that attributes of innovations influence managers' behavioral preferences and, consequently, adoption decisions in organizations. We also observe the significance of the context in which the adoption decision occurs as well as the research settings employed by scholars. Finally, we discuss the theoretical contribution and practical implications of our meta-analytical results
Innovation Attributes and Managers' Decisions about the Adoption of Innovations in Organizations: A Meta-Analytical Review
The adoption of innovations has emerged as one of the dominant research topic in the management of innovations in organizations, though investigations often yield mixed results. To help managers and researchers improve the effectiveness of their efforts, the authors employed meta-analysis integrated by structural equation modeling to analyze the associations between the attributes of innovations, behavioral preferences of managers and organizations' innovation adoption decisions in a mediated-moderated framework. Our findings offer evidences that attributes of innovations influence behavioral preferences of managers and, in turn, adoption decisions in organizations. We also observe that the context in which the adoption decision takes place and the research settings employed by scholars matter. Finally, the theoretical contribution and practical implications of our meta-analytical results are discussed. Keywords: Attributes of innovations, Managers' behavioral preferences, Organizations' innovation adoption decisions, Meta-analysis, Mediation-moderatio
Founder-involvement in R&D and SMEs performance. An expanded mediated-moderated framework
Objectives. The aim of the paper is to shed light on the pivotal role of founders’
involvement in R&D and its reflexes on SMEs performance.
Methodology. A conceptual framework was outlined and operationalized in
terms of a mediation/moderation model. Hypotheses were developed and tested it
on a random sample of 350 SMEs locate in low research-intensive areas of Southern
Italy. An augmented cross-sectional design, which measures key variables using
different sources at different time points, was employed. We adopted a seemingly
unrelated regression to jointly analyze variables and their interactions.
Findings. We observe that founders’ involvement in R&D influence positively
SMEs’ performance. We also found evidence that founders’ involvement in
R&D-SMEs performance association is mediated by R&D resources, Quality
of the technological knowledge, and innovation outputs. At the same time the
R&D resources - Quality of the technological knowledge association is positively
moderated by the share of R&D subsidies.
Research limits. Our study is affected by various limitations. As an example,
only revenue-based measures are used as a proxy of firm performance. In addition,
for controlling heterogeneity in estimates, data refer to a well-defined time window
as well as to manufacturing SMEs located in specific low-research intensity
geographic areas of Italy.
Practical implications. Our study reveals that founders - with their firm-
and context-specific capabilities - while enmeshed with R&D activities, contribute
to SMEs performance. Policy makers should create incentives for founders to be
involved to some extent in inventive activities. Further implications are also
envisaged for both funding and training educational services.
Originality of the study. Building on the intersection between resource
orchestration and competence-based perspectives, we conceived and empirically
analyzed founders as key actors for inventive resource orchestration at the firm level
and how and under what conditions the resource orchestration made by founders is
likely to nurture the performance even of low research-intensive SMEs
Determining the dynamics of collaboration in EU Framework Programmes under a network perspective
Collaborative networks gained attention in the field of economics of innovation in the recent past. One of the main interests concerns the temporal analysis of such networks, both in a scientific and in a European policy context. At the European level indeed, the objective is to promote strong and durable partnerships among research institutions and with industry, going beyond the usual project-based cooperation. The purpose of this study is to investigate these long-lasting collaborative relationships between the organizations that received funds by all the first eight European Framework Programmes (EU FPs). EU FPs are multi-annual programmes providing funds mainly to EU member states, but also to associate countries, in order to promote long-term investments in several areas. Considering participations in
European projects funded by all the first eight EU FPs gives us the possibility to analyze the dynamics of collaborations in the context of European research projects over a long-time span. In more detail, we adopt a novel approach to model the dynamics of participation in EU FPs by means of Social Network Analysis (SNA) and statistics tools. The main objective is to estimate the probabilities of moving from one position to another - in terms of centrality
measures - across different FPs, and to understand if the position within subsequent collaborative research networks is affected by a certain path dependency. Our results confirm the existence of a path dependency, in the sense that participating in previous FPs provides a competitive advantage to organizations due to several network benefits, such as growing experience, competencies, and popularity. Phenomena of "preferential attachment" are also evident. Finally, we find that the estimated probability transition matrices are able to highlight relevant events that affected the European Union and its strategies in the field of research, which are the Treaty of Maastricht and the adoption of the European Research Area (ERA)
Corporate Governance as a Viable System: the Role of Intra- and Inter-Systemic Relationships
Governance is the set of structural features needed to effectively manage a company oriented toward the creation of value. Starting by considering an organization as a viable system, whose ability to survive depends on actions by the governing board and the pressure and expectations expressed by the various super-systems, it is possible to answer the following questions: what is meant by corporate system governance? Under what conditions is such governance effective? The answer to these questions starts from framing the problem within a systemic approach to corporate governance
La creazione del valore nell'ottica del cliente finale
Lo studio propone un metodo per la stima del valore creato da una imprese rispetto ai suoi clienti finali. L'analisi considera questo valore creato sia in ottica statica che dinamica, considerando le interazioni con i concorrent
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