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{"title":"User-driven innovation in the telecom sector: The power of engaging customers in new service creation","authors":"Dhia Qasim ,&nbsp;Abdallah Q. Bataineh ,&nbsp;Mohammad Alhur","doi":"10.1016/j.ijis.2025.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijis.2025.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research examines the impact of customer engagement on the speed of innovation in the Telecom sector in Jordan, focusing on the mediating roles of employee creativity and innovation capability. The study employs a quantitative approach, utilizing a structured questionnaire to collect data from 508 employees across major telecom companies in Jordan. The conceptual framework investigates three dimensions of customer engagement: participation in co-creation activities, engagement through digital channels, and feedback frequency. The data was analyzed using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results reveal that customer engagement through digital channels and feedback frequency significantly influence the speed of innovation, while the direct effect of participation in co-creation activities is not significant. Both employee creativity and innovation capability were found to play crucial mediating roles in explaining customer engagement in rapid innovation outcomes. These findings contribute to understanding user-driven innovation in the telecommunications sector, particularly in emerging markets. The study provides valuable insights for telecom companies seeking to enhance their innovation performance through effective customer engagement strategies, emphasizing the importance of fostering employee creativity and building robust innovation capabilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36449,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation Studies","volume":"9 2","pages":"Pages 165-179"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212213","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}

{"title":"Innovation systems: a bibliometric review of the contemporary research employing natural language processing","authors":"Hendrik J. Jansen","doi":"10.1016/j.ijis.2025.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijis.2025.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Innovation systems research has seen rapid evolution, expanding in both depth and scope. The increasing frequency of contributions has added complexity, posing challenges for scholars and practitioners in management and policy. This paper employs advanced data-driven techniques, including natural language processing and machine learning, to map and analyze contemporary research. Focusing on studies between 2001 and 2023, the investigation introduces a novel clustering of sub-topics, tracking their dynamics and evolution over time. It highlights a growing emphasis on <em>National Innovation Systems</em>, <em>Institutional Cooperation Networks</em>, and <em>Frameworks and Process Modelling</em>. Although European research remains dominant, contributions from emerging economies are steadily increasing, underscoring the global importance of innovation. By highlighting key concepts, influential works, and mapping recent shifts in the field, this paper offers a focused analysis of the current state of innovation systems research, prioritizing developments from the last two decades and shedding light on emerging areas of attention.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36449,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation Studies","volume":"9 2","pages":"Pages 144-164"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143896084","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}

{"title":"Achieving social innovation in the digital age: A case study of microbusiness","authors":"Wei-Hung Chen ,&nbsp;Shi Chen ,&nbsp;Yao-Chin Lin ,&nbsp;Chun-Liang Chen ,&nbsp;Wai-Kit Ng ,&nbsp;Yifan Ding ,&nbsp;Ying-Shueh Shih ,&nbsp;Hsin-Na Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the feasibility of micro-enterprise cluster applications in online-to-offline service platforms to better understand the impact of social innovations and information and communications technology (ICT) capabilities in the digital age. We tried to discover the factors that affect micro-enterprises’ social innovations and sustainable development outcomes. The qualitative data analysis method is summarized using exploratory data analysis. This study reveals that the key drivers of social innovation for microbusiness clusters are shared value proposition and actor engagement, as per the multiple cases through interviews and observations. This study emphasizes that online-to-offline (O2O) e-commerce is an important part of service platforms, especially in the application of microbusiness clustering social innovation, because social innovation can impact their sustainable development by enhancing their ICT ability, which can also increase the application level of service platforms. The sustainable development of microbusiness is one type of sustainable transformation. There are four types of social innovations in microbusiness clusters: the Branding model, the customer interaction mode, the collaboration and profit sharing mode, and the sustainable development mode. The driving forces of the social innovations of microbusiness are frugal-driven, socially driven, and sustainability-driven forces.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36449,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation Studies","volume":"9 1","pages":"Pages 16-29"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143169249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Business model innovation as a mediator between construction 4.0 and firm performance: Evidence from Turkish construction companies","authors":"Omimah Alsaadi ,&nbsp;Lutfihak Alpkan ,&nbsp;Bora Yildiz","doi":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.12.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The construction industry has a crucial place in any country's economy. However, compared to other sectors, construction companies have been relatively slow to adopt new technologies, while most companies in different sectors have already begun to adopt the latest technologies to renovate their way of doing business and improve their overall performance. Therefore, Construction 4.0, as the digital transformation of construction companies in the era of Industry 4.0, attracts the attention of both practitioners and researchers. This empirical study aims to uncover the complex relations among Construction 4.0, Business Model Innovation (BMI), and firm performance in a developing country context. We propose an original model of relations purporting that BMI mediates the positive effects of Construction 4.0 on firm performance, drawing mainly on the dynamic capabilities view. All statistical analyses were performed by using R statistical language. Data was gathered from 152 managers in the Turkish construction sector via the convenience sampling method. Descriptive statistics, validity, reliability, correlation, and PROCESS mediation analyses were used to test research hypotheses. The results show that both digital and physical layers of Construction 4.0 positively relate to firm performance and that BMI fully mediates this positive relation. Managerial and further research implications are forwarded.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36449,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation Studies","volume":"9 1","pages":"Pages 77-89"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143169253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What typology of risks and methods for risk management in innovation projects?: A systematic literature review","authors":"Martha Orellano ,&nbsp;Didier Gourc","doi":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Performing an appropriate risk management methodology is essential to support early decision-making in innovation development projects. In parallel, research and practice in innovation have evolved over the last years, surpassing the sphere of new product development to address recent domains such as service development, business model innovation, and sustainability-oriented innovation. Henceforth, there is a need for comprehensive research to update the joint knowledge about innovation development and risk management. Through a systematic literature review, this research analyses and consolidates the knowledge of 98 articles published between 1998 and 2022. This analysis contributes to the literature by i) highlighting specific risks associated with the innovation development process; ii) classifying the methods and tools used to manage risks in innovation development projects; and iii) drawing out the future research directions crossing these two domains. The added value of our systematic review is based on an extended time frame and a broader definition of innovation, considering not only product or technology-oriented innovations but also service and business models ones. In practical terms, the study consolidates and presents the main risks project managers have to manage and the best methods to manage them, the importance of human-based approaches, especially in radical innovations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36449,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation Studies","volume":"9 1","pages":"Pages 1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143169248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trust creation as a factor for the solidarity of government, business, and society in regional innovation development","authors":"Saniyat Agamagomedova ,&nbsp;Leyla Gamidullaeva","doi":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Increasing trust in public and state institutions has been a challenging problem worldwide. It is especially imperative for developing countries due to the unfolding economic crisis and the urgency of achieving economic growth based on innovation. Global external threats and challenges have been put on the agenda, such as increasing the level of trust in society to form and maintain social harmony and solidarity. This study addresses certain issues regarding trust and solidarity as communicative values of modern society and their role in regional innovation development. In this study, we argue that there is a relationship between the level of trust of citizens and organizations in public and state institutions and the degree of solidarity in society. This study also highlights the overall relationships among the level of trust in public and state institutions, the economic activity of economic entities, and the positive responsibility of citizens and organizations. This study is beneficial due to the confirmed relationship between the trust of citizens and businesses in government and the level of solidarity in society, which are correlated with the innovative activity of a certain territory. The research results constitute the basis for building mechanisms to increase trust in public and state institutions in a region to enhance the solidarity of government, business, and society. The conclusions are expected to be beneficial for promoting practical activities of state authorities empowered by the problems of regional innovation and socio-economic development problems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36449,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation Studies","volume":"9 1","pages":"Pages 60-76"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143169252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A marginal effect approach to analyzing the contingent effects of perceived political instability and informal competition on the relationship between foreign technologies and product innovation","authors":"Samuel Amponsah Odei ,&nbsp;Fazal Ur Rehman ,&nbsp;Michael Karikari Appiah","doi":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper empirically examines how foreign technologies impact firms' product innovation; specifically, we consider the moderating effects of perceived political instability and informal competition. This study uses the strategy tripod view theory to develop a novel theoretical model to explain how perceived political instability and informal competition impact the relationship between foreign technologies and product innovation. Our empirical model, which is based on survey and national-level data from thousands of firms across several emerging markets, shows that (i) low levels of perceived political instability and increased foreign technologies marginally increase the chances of introducing new products or services. (ii) Low levels of informal competition and high levels of foreign technologies marginally increase product innovation. (iii) High levels of perceived political instability and informal competition marginally reduce the likelihood of product innovation. (iv) The interaction between perceived political instability, informal competition, and foreign technologies marginally increases firms’ product innovation. Other results reveal the significance of firm characteristics, activities, and managerial experiences. Some implications for practice, policy, and theory are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36449,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation Studies","volume":"9 1","pages":"Pages 30-45"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143169250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digitalization, innovation, sustainability and performance: A causal analysis applied to tourism MSMEs","authors":"Alexander Zuñiga-Collazos ,&nbsp;Edgar Julian Galvez-Albarracin ,&nbsp;Francisney Vera-Jaramillo ,&nbsp;Lida Valentina Patiño-Giraldo","doi":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Given a situation of moderate instability in Colombia's tourism, a sector of high importance for the development of this country, it is relevant to analyze the factors that could be influencing the performance of its Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). For this purpose, in 2022, 364 of these organizations were surveyed. Among the findings obtained through the structural modeling technique, it can be highlighted that, although the positive influence of digitalization on performance was not confirmed, its effect on innovation was validated. Likewise, environmental management and innovation showed a positive influence on business sustainability. It is concluded that supporting digital transformation and promoting innovative and environmental practices is crucial to improving performance and sustainability in tourism MSMEs. However, these companies will face barriers that could hinder their performance, such as resource limitations and organizational capabilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36449,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation Studies","volume":"9 1","pages":"Pages 46-59"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143169251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Green human resource to stimulate low carbon behaviour through the mediation role of innovation practices and organizational commitment","authors":"Agyemang Kwasi Sampene ,&nbsp;Cai Li ,&nbsp;Owusu Esther Agyeiwaa","doi":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainability issues have long been a critical notion in business, while successful green human resource management (GHRM) has the potential to help organizations perform better in terms of environmental sustainability. The current paper evaluates the mechanism through which green human resource management affects green organizational commitment, green innovation practices and low-carbon behaviour among 610 employees in South Africa. The study further evaluates the mediation connection among the variables and the moderating influence of green transformational leadership through social cognitive theory. The stratified sampling approach was applied in selecting the respondents, and the structural equation model was applied to test the hypotheses. The empirical outcome of this research is as follows: (1) GHRM has a positive and substantial effect on green organizational commitment, green innovation practices and low-carbon behaviour. (2) The findings also revealed that green organizational commitment and green innovation practices affect low-carbon behaviour among staff. (3) The results suggest that green organizational commitment and green innovation practices have a substantial mediation influence on the connection between green human resource management and low-carbon behaviour. (4) Last, green transformational leadership discovered a positive moderating effect on the link between green human resource management and low-carbon behaviour. The paper makes several practical recommendations for strengthening low-carbon behaviour. Therefore, human resource management managers should outline measures that can be used to empower and engage employees in environmental issues and provide them with autonomy to address these challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36449,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation Studies","volume":"8 4","pages":"Pages 364-380"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142427522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digital transformation and innovation and business ecosystems: A bibliometric analysis for conceptual insights and collaborative practices for ecosystem innovation","authors":"Han-Teng Liao ,&nbsp;Chung-Lien Pan ,&nbsp;Zhiying Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijis.2024.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research aims to provide an ecosystem-inspired approach to digital transformation (DT) for sustainable innovations by reviewing state-of-the-art research. Focusing on DT innovation pathways for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a DT innovation roadmap incorporating various notions of ecosystems can thus be developed based on the findings in response to advancements in the “Helix” models of innovation and policy progress in green digital transformation.</div><div>Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol, a bibliographic search was conducted in the Web of Science (WoS) database. A bibliometric analysis was then performed, leading to various science mapping outcomes. The research findings suggest practical DT innovation pathways for stakeholders aiming to achieve SDGs and a DT innovation roadmap to assist researchers in navigating the evolving innovation landscape.</div><div>Since 2007, research output has experienced rapid growth, especially after 2018, with active contributions from countries such as China, Australia, England, and Italy, as well as affiliations such as Guangzhou Nanfang College, Curtin University, and Harvard University. The findings, including a performance overview, a set of clustering analyses of concepts and themes, the conceptual and intellectual structure, and an SDG identification table, provide the basis for the proposed Green Digital Transformation (GDT) innovation roadmap with DT innovation pathways.</div><div>This research is the first to conduct a bibliometric analysis and science mapping of the DT literature focusing on innovation and business ecosystems. The proposed GDT innovation roadmap outlines the usefulness of the concept of “ecosystem innovation,” integrating the natural ecosystem, ecosystem services, ecosystem economy, business ecosystem, innovation ecosystem, and digital ecosystems, thereby calling for the eco-design of DT strategies that foster alignment and partnership across sectors and disciplines.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36449,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation Studies","volume":"8 4","pages":"Pages 406-431"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140772434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}