Mehrzad Saeedikiya , Sandeep Salunke , Marek Kowalkiewicz
{"title":"The nexus of digital transformation and innovation: A multilevel framework and research agenda","authors":"Mehrzad Saeedikiya , Sandeep Salunke , Marek Kowalkiewicz","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100640","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100640","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study addresses the fragmented understanding of the relationship between digital transformation (DT) and innovation by proposing a multi-level framework that integrates diverse disciplinary perspectives. This framework provides deep insight into how DT influences innovation. A systematic literature review was conducted, and based on the findings, a research agenda was outlined as a roadmap to guide future studies. This research contributes to the strategic change and innovation literature by providing a multi-level framework explaining how DT-driven structural change affects innovation, considering various contingencies such as market dynamics, technological advancements, and organizational capacities. Additionally, this study contributes to the innovation and strategic information systems domain by demonstrating that DT's role as a strategic asset for achieving innovation should align with firm capabilities, structural characteristics, and environmental and external dynamics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 1","pages":"Article 100640"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Myriam Ertz, José María Barragán Maravilla, Xinyuan Cao
{"title":"Prosumer: A new approach to conceptualisation","authors":"Myriam Ertz, José María Barragán Maravilla, Xinyuan Cao","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100653","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100653","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The prosumer concept has become increasingly relevant in the current economy, necessitating the development of resilient and adaptive business models. Given the lack of a systematic framework for evaluating prosumers, the present study aimed to develop a framework of reference for assessing the roles and impacts of prosumers across various industries. Although this is not a systematic literature review, 2,500 papers were initially retrieved from the Web of Science and Scopus databases, and 67 were selected and used in the prosumer conceptualisation. CiteSpace software was used to map the prosumer literature stream. The content analysis informed the exploration of the origins of the prosumer concept and the development of a contemporary definition of this concept. Terms that relate to and/or overlap with the prosumer concept, as well as the nuances of prosumer engagement levels, were also analysed. Additionally, prosumers’ place in the archetypal sharing economy, as well as their limitations and challenges, were examined. Notably, this study proposes a tentative framework of reference for prosumer conceptualisation and opens up new areas for exploration via a theory-based agenda for future research. This research offers unique contributions to the prosumer literature, practice and other related works because it comprehensively encapsulates and summarises all relevant literature pertaining to the prosumer concept and establishes a transdisciplinary conceptualisation and framework of reference.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 1","pages":"Article 100653"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rui Pedro Silva , Henrique São Mamede , Vitor Santos
{"title":"A new proposed model to assess the digital organizational readiness to maximize the results of the digital transformation in SMEs","authors":"Rui Pedro Silva , Henrique São Mamede , Vitor Santos","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100644","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100644","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Scientific research in digital transformation is expanding in scope, quantity, and relevance, bringing forth diverse perspectives on which factors and specific dimensions—such as organizational structure, culture, and technological readiness—affect the success of digital transformation initiatives. Numerous studies have proposed mechanisms to assess an organization's maturity through digital transformation across various models. Some of these models focus on external influences, others on internal factors, or both. Although these assessments provide valuable insights into a company's transformation state, they often lack consistency, and recent research highlights key gaps. Specifically, many models primarily reflect the views of senior management on the general progress of digital transformation rather than on measurable outcomes. Moreover, these models tend to target large enterprises, overlooking small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which are crucial to economic growth yet face unique challenges, such as limited resources and expertise.</div><div>Our study addresses these gaps by concentrating on SMEs and introducing a novel approach to assessing digital transformation readiness—a metric that reflects how prepared an organization is to optimize transformation outcomes. Following design science research methodology, we develop a model that centers on the perspectives of general employees, offering companies an in-depth view of their readiness across 20 dimensions. Each dimension is evaluated through behaviors indicative of the highest level of digital transformation readiness, helping companies identify areas to maximize potential benefits. Our model focuses not on technological quality but on the degree to which behaviors essential for leveraging technology and innovative business models are integrated within the organization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 1","pages":"Article 100644"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142889333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Open innovation as the missing link in the mediated model among R&D educational heterogeneity, innovation and performance","authors":"Fabijan Leskovec, Matej Černe, Darja Peljhan","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100646","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100646","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the interrelationships between the educational structure of the research and development (R&D) department, open innovation, innovativeness and organisational performance. The main purpose of the article is to help companies establish successful R&D as one of the determinants of organisational performance, and to explore the underlying processes and boundary conditions of this relationship. Based on the theoretical background of R&D management, cognitive diversity, and open innovation, we hypothesise that R&D educational heterogeneity is positively related to organisational performance via innovativeness, which is moderated by firms' open innovation. We collected data from 151 organisations based in Slovenia, Austria, and Croatia. We analysed the data with (moderated) mediation procedures. Our findings support the hypotheses, except for the direct relationship between R&D education heterogeneity and organisational performance, and confirm our expectations regarding the high importance of innovativeness as a mediator of this relationship. Furthermore, our findings are consistent with theoretical assumptions that group and R&D diversity and open innovation interplay in predicting innovativeness and ultimately firm performance. Our findings provide new perspectives on R&D, particularly on the educational structure of R&D employees and its interaction with open innovation in relation to organisational performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 1","pages":"Article 100646"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the orientation towards metaverse gaming: Contingent effects of VR tools usability, perceived behavioural control, subjective norms and age","authors":"Santanu Mandal , Ritesh Kumar Dubey , Bhaskar Basu , Anubhav Tiwari","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100632","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100632","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Gen-Z, who are deemed digital natives, have shown interest in the metaverse. The emergence of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (XR) technologies in recent years has fuelled the increased interest in metaverse gaming. However, extant literature is yet to understand the individual orientations of these digital natives towards prime aspects of metaverse gaming and how it shapes one's attitude and, eventually, behavioural intentions for metaverse gaming. This study investigates the individual orientation towards social gaming, play for earn, flexibility gaming, and mixed reality as potential enablers for individuals’ attitudes towards metaverse gaming. Using the well-established theory of planned behaviour (TPB), coupled with an extensive literature review, we explore the influence of attitude on behavioural intentions for metaverse gaming. The study also explores the contingent effects of VR tools' usability, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and age. We develop the measures for the used constructs through a literature review and pre-test before final data collection. Using an online questionnaire and purposive sampling, the study collected 308 and 256 complete responses from online gamers residing in South and East India, respectively, after fulfilling specific pre-decided filtering criteria. The findings of the study underscore the significant moderating effects of VR tools, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and age towards metaverse gaming. The findings highlight the far-reaching implications for policymakers and practitioners. Companies can leverage this mix of demography and technology for immersive experiences for new marketing, branding, and loyalty programs. Policymakers may underscore the cyber threats and prepare for regulatory and legal challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 1","pages":"Article 100632"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rana Salman Anwar , Rizwan Raheem Ahmed , Dalia Streimikiene , Wadim Strielkowski , Justas Streimikis
{"title":"Customer engagement, innovation, and sustainable consumption: Analyzing personalized, innovative, sustainable phygital products","authors":"Rana Salman Anwar , Rizwan Raheem Ahmed , Dalia Streimikiene , Wadim Strielkowski , Justas Streimikis","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100642","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100642","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>This research explores the relationship between factors that play a crucial role in e-commerce. This research aimed to check the direct relationship between customer engagement, innovation, and behavior of consumers towards phygital products on patronage intention. Furthermore, this study has explored the mediating role of the behavior of consumers toward phygital products and the moderating role of the level of innovation and sustainable consumption on the direct relationship between customer engagement and patronage intention toward phygital products.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>This study applied decision tree analysis, structural equation modeling (SEM), and artificial neural networks (ANN) to test all these proposed relationships. The data was collected from 412 Pakistani internet users who used different shopping applications. Moreover, JASP 0.19.0.0 was employed for analysis, and the data was collected on existing scales.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>The findings show that customer engagement, innovation, personalization, and sustainable consumption significantly affect patronage intentions. However, the moderating effect of consumer behavior was not supportive in this study. Decision tree analysis offered a transparent, interpretable framework for comprehending these dynamics, while the neural network model exposed the nonlinear relationships between these variables.</div></div><div><h3>Originality/implications</h3><div>This study provides new insights into phygital marketing, notably in Pakistan's fast-growing e-commerce sector. The insights can help marketers optimize their strategy in increasingly linked physical and digital experiences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 1","pages":"Article 100642"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanying Zhang , Hui Wang , Kengcheng Zheng , Wanjun Yang
{"title":"Empowering women's entrepreneurship: The role of green knowledge, innovation, and family support","authors":"Yanying Zhang , Hui Wang , Kengcheng Zheng , Wanjun Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100639","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100639","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the current era, women are often recognized as successful entrepreneurs due to their innovative capabilities and strong drive for robust economic growth. Their effective role in job creation, family income etc. is now recognized at an international level. Given the significant contribution, this study explores the factors influencing women's entrepreneurial success. The study underlines the effective role of family support in strengthening the relationship between green knowledge, innovation capabilities, and green social behaviour and women's entrepreneurial success. The data for the study was collected from women entrepreneurs in China using survey questionnaire, adopted from previous studies. The researchers analysed the data using SmartPLS by applying partial least squares structural equation modelling. Findings indicate that green knowledge, green social behavior and innovative capabilities positively influence women's entrepreneurial success. The moderation results show that family support significantly moderates the relationship between green knowledge and women's entrepreneurial success. However, family support appears to be an insignificant moderator in the context of green social behaviour. Our results explain that the significance of family support varies among women, based on their family dynamics. In some cases, family support plays essential role, while in other scenarios, the relevance diminishes when alternative support systems including strong network and adaptability, prove more beneficial. In certain culture, family support is indeed a significant element but primarily within personal domains only. Thus, it can be concluded that in some contexts women's entrepreneurial success is viewed as an independent factor, separated from family dynamics, especially where individual's achievements, regardless of gender, are admired and celebrated.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 1","pages":"Article 100639"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143135857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcin Staniewski, Katarzyna Awruk, Giuseppe Leonardi, Wojciech Słomski
{"title":"Family communication and entrepreneurial success – The mediating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy","authors":"Marcin Staniewski, Katarzyna Awruk, Giuseppe Leonardi, Wojciech Słomski","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100635","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100635","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Entrepreneurial self-efficacy holds significant importance due to its broad influence, benefiting not just entrepreneurs but also extending its impact to other domains. This is why it is so important to have an understanding of the factors that are at its core. Our primary aim is to investigate the influence of family communication on entrepreneurial success. In doing so, we will explore mediating factors, with a particular focus on entrepreneurial self-efficacy.</div><div>In 2021, we carried out a survey targeting entrepreneurs, utilizing four self-descriptive questionnaires for data collection purposes. <em>Family Assessment Scales, The Entrepreneur's Family Communication Questionnaire, The Entrepreneurship Efficacy Scale</em>, and <em>The Questionnaire of Entrepreneurial Success.</em> The study involved conducting descriptive, correlation, and path analyses.</div><div>The findings indicate that family communication plays a crucial role as a psychological factor in elucidating entrepreneurial success.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 1","pages":"Article 100635"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142759619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Altruistic leadership and its role in reducing knowledge hiding: the mediating effects of team learning and knowledge culture","authors":"Tereza Michalová , Kateřina Maršíková , Lukáš Falát , Peter Madzík","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100592","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100592","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Leadership can play an important role in knowledge hiding. This study investigated the unexplored impact of altruistic leadership (AL) on knowledge hiding by assessing the mediating role of team learning (TL) and knowledge culture (KC) in this relationship. Structural equation modeling was used to test 14 hypotheses based on primary data from 368 surveyed Slovakian companies representing diverse enterprises. Data were gathered from various companies spanning a range of industries, including manufacturing, education, wholesale and retail, construction, and information technology. Of these, 164 were from micro-enterprises, 114 were from small enterprises, 67 were from medium-sized enterprises, and 23 were from large enterprises. This article reveals how AL can mitigate the negative effects of knowledge hiding by supporting TL and cultivating a KC. These findings indicate that leaders who exhibit altruistic behavior positively influence TL, enhancing KC and reducing instances of knowledge hiding. The primary data tested in our model confirm that selfless leadership reduces knowledge hiding by encouraging TL and KC. This suggests that, when selecting team leaders, their level of altruism should be considered. The roles of TL and KC in promoting knowledge sharing within organizations and emphasizing the importance of team effectiveness and mutual communication are crucial. This study contributes to the existing literature by examining the direct impact of AL on knowledge-hiding behavior, demonstrating how AL promotes TL and a knowledge-sharing culture, thereby eliminating knowledge hiding, including the practical implications. Future qualitative studies and research extending to other locations could help deepen our understanding of these relationships and incorporate additional concepts and factors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 100592"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142534255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of history imprint on firm innovation strategies: The role of ownership type and information sharing","authors":"Min Ju , Gerald Yong Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100608","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2024.100608","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The impact of history and the use of firms’ past in theoretical models examining firm strategies have garnered increasing attention. Whether firms can benefit from their history imprints to facilitate innovation strategies is an increasingly important, yet under-researched, question. This study aims to fill this gap by examining the effects of history imprint on two distinct innovation strategies: exploitation and exploration. Drawing on the history-informed perspective and imprint theory, we investigate how firm- and strategic-level factors moderate these relationships. Using a survey of manufacturing firms in China and applying hierarchical multiple regressions, we find that, while history imprint positively influences exploitation, it negatively affects exploration. Interestingly, the positive impact of history imprint on exploitation is stronger for family firms, and information sharing attenuates the negative effect on exploration. These results underscore the importance of considering history in innovative decision-making and suggest that firms, particularly family-owned ones, should adopt specific practices to balance the benefits of their history imprints with the need for innovation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 100608"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142552178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}