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The mediating role of innovation capability and technological capability in the relationship between absorptive capacity and SMEs' business performance 创新能力和技术能力在吸收能力与中小企业经营绩效关系中的中介作用

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International Journal of Innovation Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijis.2025.09.004

Nuryakin, Ika Nurul Qamari

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Customer environmental pressure, environmental initiatives and innovation as pathways to overcoming operational obstacles: The critical role of gender diversity 顾客环境压力、环境倡议和创新作为克服业务障碍的途径：性别多样性的关键作用

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International Journal of Innovation Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijis.2025.07.008

Afef Ben Delhouma Sghairi , Hanen Sdiri

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The impact of knowledge inflows and outflows on NPD project performance 知识流入和流出对新产品开发项目绩效的影响

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International Journal of Innovation Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijis.2025.08.002

Rodrigo Valio Dominguez Gonzalez

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Governance for structural transformation in Africa: Information technology thresholds 非洲结构转型的治理：信息技术门槛

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International Journal of Innovation Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijis.2025.08.003

Simplice A. Asongu , Jean R.F.K. Bouanza , Ekene ThankGod Emeka

{"title":"Governance for structural transformation in Africa: Information technology thresholds","authors":"Simplice A. Asongu , Jean R.F.K. Bouanza , Ekene ThankGod Emeka","doi":"10.1016/j.ijis.2025.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijis.2025.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the relevance of information technology in the effect of governance dynamics on structural transformation in Africa. The study focuses on 41 countries in the continent using data for the period 2004 to 2021, and the adopted empirical strategy is the interactive generalized method of moments (GMM). The methodology is tailored to assess how four information and communication technology (ICT) dynamics (i.e., fixed telephone penetration, mobile phone penetration, internet penetration, and fixed broadband subscriptions) moderate ten bundled and unbundled governance dynamics to boost structural transformation. The findings are contingent on ICT and governance dynamics. The study highlights the negative net effects of governance dynamics on structural transformation, as well as the corresponding ICT thresholds that are essential to completely dampen the underlying negative net effects of governance dynamics on structural transformation. The provided ICT policy thresholds are within the statistical range and are thus worthwhile for policy-makers. Policy implications are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36449,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation Studies","volume":"9 4","pages":"Pages 395-416"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145220494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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CSR innovation and CSR altruism – A model of firm classification 企业社会责任创新与企业社会责任利他主义——一个企业分类模型

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International Journal of Innovation Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijis.2025.07.005

Saju Jose , Krishna Venkitachalam

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Identifying unobserved heterogeneity in agribusiness firms’ innovation dynamic capabilities 识别农业综合企业创新动态能力中未观察到的异质性

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International Journal of Innovation Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijis.2025.07.007

Beatriz Corchuelo Martínez-Azúa , Álvaro Dias , Celia Sama-Berrocal

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Migration, innovation and social welfare evidence from OECD countries 来自经合组织国家的移民、创新和社会福利证据

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International Journal of Innovation Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijis.2025.07.006

Jing Pan , Bo Chen , Huaijia Zhu , Congcong Fan

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Food security concerns moderate safety concerns in the risk perception of imported agricultural and aquatic products 食品安全关注进口农水产品风险认知中的中度安全关注

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International Journal of Innovation Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijis.2025.08.004

Tariq H. Malik

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Scarcity, absorptive capacity, and social networking — Antecedents of self-constructed innovation in Vietnamese SMEs? 稀缺性、吸收能力与社会网络——越南中小企业自主创新的前因？

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International Journal of Innovation Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijis.2025.07.001

Son Thi Kim Le , Laurent Scaringella

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Emerging countries could be different for MSMES: Digitalization and the mediation effects of innovation confronted to environmental practices 对于中小微企业来说，新兴国家可能会有所不同：数字化和创新对环境实践的中介效应

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International Journal of Innovation Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijis.2025.08.001

José Antonio Clemente-Almendros , Alejandro Díaz Pelaez , Gilber Chura Quispe , Jehovanni Fabricio Velarde Molina

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