Rick Gilsing , Oktay Turetken , Baris Ozkan , Paul Grefen , Frans Slaats , Onat Ege Adali , Anna Wilbik , Frank Berkers
{"title":"Supporting value negotiation for collaborative business models: A guiding method to structure information exchange","authors":"Rick Gilsing , Oktay Turetken , Baris Ozkan , Paul Grefen , Frans Slaats , Onat Ege Adali , Anna Wilbik , Frank Berkers","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101877","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101877","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To deal with current market dynamics and complexity, organizations increasingly establish collaborative business models that enable value co-creation to achieve collective objectives. Practices of value negotiation are essential in developing these business models, enabling stakeholders to balance individual versus collective value capture. This calls for structured guidance on information exchange between stakeholders, operationalizing how stakeholders can achieve trade-offs, and how they may share but also withhold information during negotiations. Following the design science research methodology, we propose a method to structure value negotiation within collaborative business models, and apply it to a bike-sharing business scenario, evaluating its validity and utility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101877"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144089645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cleidson Nogueira Dias , Teresa Martínez-Fernández , Valmir Emil Hoffmann
{"title":"Building technologies to market: Can network structure and resources explain innovation in agribusiness?","authors":"Cleidson Nogueira Dias , Teresa Martínez-Fernández , Valmir Emil Hoffmann","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101878","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101878","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An innovation network can be understood as a heterogeneous interorganisational model, in which stakeholders interact through a series of collective actions based on innovation. From this perspective, and following a review of the literature, this paper aims to determine the factors related to international interorganisational knowledge networks that contribute to the achievement of innovation. To test our theoretical arguments, the empirical work has focused on organisations in the agribusiness sector in Brazil and Spain. In terms of the methodological aspects, the research is qualitative in nature and has used crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis (csQCA). The main conclusions we have drawn are the following: a) in the context of interorganisational knowledge networks, the ‘strength of the ties’ variable is decisive and sufficient to influence innovation; b) the ‘density’, ‘size’ and ‘configuration’ variables (agglomeration, power, contractual formalisation and directionality) of the networks are not sufficient on their own to explain innovative performance; and c) despite the vast body of literature pointing to territorial agglomeration (clustered networks) as a source of resources for networks, dispersed networks combined with other configurations with a different structure can generate innovations in knowledge networks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101878"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144138239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Institutional environment and firms' market value: an uncertainty reduction perspective","authors":"Minghuan Shou , Haibao Chen , Zhengyuan Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101882","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101882","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While the institutional environment is recognized as pivotal in encouraging firms to undertake digital initiatives and enhance their market value, the presence of uncertainties related to digital technologies presents significant challenges. Surprisingly, there has been limited exploration into how firms' technological uncertainties influence the link between the institutional environment and firms' market value, as well as strategies to mitigate these effects. Hence, this paper employs institutional theory to comprehend the impact of the institutional environment on firms' market value. It also delves into the moderating role of technological uncertainties in this relationship and proposes strategies to alleviate their negative effects.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101882"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144147083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dr. Shoukat Iqbal Khattak , Dr. Muhammad Iftikhar Ali , Mr. Muhammad Anwar Khan , Dr. Abdul Samad Kakar
{"title":"Does digital leadership capability, knowledge management capability, and organizational agility foster digital transformation in China? A time-lagged survey-based assessment in digital transformation projects","authors":"Dr. Shoukat Iqbal Khattak , Dr. Muhammad Iftikhar Ali , Mr. Muhammad Anwar Khan , Dr. Abdul Samad Kakar","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101873","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101873","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Digital transformation (DT) initiatives often experience frequent delays and failures worldwide due to nascent insight into the complex interplay of organizational and human capabilities required for success. The paper builds on dynamic capability theory (DCT) to examine the effects of digital leadership capability (DLC) and knowledge management capability (KMC) on DT directly and indirectly through the mediating role of organizational agility. The researchers adopted a cross-sectional research design and purposive sampling method to collect and analyze data from 328 workers in companies that have adopted DT strategies using SPSS 24 and SmartPLS 3.1.9. The findings corroborated the significant and positive impact of DLC and KMC on DT performance while offering evidence for the mediating role of organizational agility between DLC, KMC, and DT performance. The interdisciplinary paper significantly advances the current knowledge base in strategic management and information systems literature by empirically demonstrating the role of DLC and KMC in enhancing DT in China. Specifically, the empirical framework supports the application of DCT in diverse organizational settings, i.e., IT. More so, the findings establish organizational agility as a significant complementary mechanism that enables DT under the framework of DLC and KMC.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101873"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ignat Kulkov , Koteshwar Chirumalla , Ioana Stefan , Erik Dahlquist , Glenn Johansson
{"title":"Business models for second life batteries: A comprehensive framework for selecting sustainable business options","authors":"Ignat Kulkov , Koteshwar Chirumalla , Ioana Stefan , Erik Dahlquist , Glenn Johansson","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101874","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101874","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growing demand for batteries, driven by the rapid growth of electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies, has led to increased focus on their lifecycle management. While batteries may reach the end of their primary life, they often have the potential for a second life, offering valuable services before their eventual recycling. This paper presents a comprehensive business model framework tailored for the second life battery business, aiming to guide stakeholders in the battery ecosystem through the complexities of this emerging field. Developed through detailed theoretical and practical industry insights, the framework is segmented into three core elements: value proposition, value creation and delivery, and value capture. Each core element further branches into sub-elements, offering a modular approach for stakeholders to construct unique business models. The paper also includes in-depth value analyses, sustainability implications, and stakeholder interests, providing a holistic understanding of the second life battery business. Practical implications for key stakeholders in the battery ecosystem, including battery OEMs, remanufacturers, repurposers, and dealers, are discussed. The paper contributes to the theory of circular business models in general, with specific relevance to battery circularity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101874"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144071003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yan Zhao , Niannian Qi , Luying Li , Qingshi Meng , Tachia Chin , T.,C.E. Cheng
{"title":"How does ego-network size affect firms' sustainable innovation: The moderating roles of digital level and entrepreneurial activity","authors":"Yan Zhao , Niannian Qi , Luying Li , Qingshi Meng , Tachia Chin , T.,C.E. Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101881","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101881","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Firms' sustainable innovation (FSI) plays an importing role in China's high-tech manufacturing sector, which raises scholar's attention to investigate the building of cross-level alliance innovation networks among manufacturing firms and how it affects FSI. Based on data on high-tech manufacturing industry alliance innovation networks (micro), and relevant data of 31 provinces, cities, and autonomous regions in China (medium) over 2011–2019, we explore how ego-network size affects FSI, and analyze the moderating roles of digital level and entrepreneurial activity in the relationship between ego-network size and FSI. Our findings provide insightful guidance supported with theoretical underpinning and empirical evidence for high-tech manufacturing firms to plan and adjust their ego-network sizes rationally, and for provincial governments to use digital level and entrepreneurial activity effectively to enhance FSI.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101881"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144115770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can corruption punishment increase R&D subsidy policy effects? An empirical analysis based on quantitative and qualitative perspectives","authors":"Wencong Ma , Zili Chen , Xiude Chen , Kaihua Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101872","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101872","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the impact of corruption punishment on the effectiveness of R&D subsidy policies, using panel data from China’s A-share listed companies, with a focus on both the quantity and quality of innovation. The findings reveal that: (1) Corruption punishment weakens the positive effect of R&D subsidies on innovation quantity, while enhancing their positive effect on innovation quality. (2) Corruption punishment increases the significance of R&D investment in securing R&D subsidies and curbs the influence of rent-seeking behavior on obtaining these subsidies. (3) Strengthening corruption punishment is likely to amplify the patent value effect of R&D subsidies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101872"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143815046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transformation for innovation: Innovation performance aspiration shortfall and transition economy firms’ digital transformation","authors":"Yan Zhou , Hailin Lan, Haojun Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101884","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101884","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>How firms in transition economies drive digital transformation amidst innovation challenges remains an important but underexplored question. Grounded in the premise of heuristic decision-making under bounded rationality, this study employs the behavioral theory of the firm to examine how innovation performance aspiration shortfall affects digital transformation and the moderating effect of resource allocation characteristics in transition economies. Using a sample of manufacturing firms listed on Chinese A-share market from 2008 to 2023, the results reveal that the impact of innovation performance aspiration shortfall on digital transformation follows an inverted U-shaped pattern: the increase of innovation performance aspiration shortfall will lead to the change of firm transformation motivation and capability, making the degree of digital transformation increase first and then decrease. Furthermore, the effect of innovation performance aspiration shortfall on digital transformation is amplified in firms with no political connection and high market competition. These findings advance the behavioral theory of the firm by enhancing its predictive and explanatory power in organizational management practices and provide theoretical guidance and empirical evidence for transition economy firms navigating digital transformation under innovation performance aspiration shortfall conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101884"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144185694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovation failure experience, digital inclusive finance and enterprise innovation resilience: Evidence from China","authors":"Yang Zhang , wentao Zhou , Lina Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101879","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101879","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Innovation failure, as an inherent phenomenon in organizational innovation processes, exerts significant influence on enterprise innovation resilience. Current scholarly discourse inadequately addresses the critical dichotomy of whether innovation failure experience manifests as a \"curse\" or \"blessing\" for enterprise innovation resilience. This study empirically investigates this phenomenon by examining Chinese listed manufacturing enterprises, while concurrently analyzing the moderating role of digital inclusive finance. Key findings reveal: (1) Innovation failure experience positively correlates with enhanced innovation resilience; (2) This effect proves particularly pronounced in state-owned and large enterprises, while demonstrating no statistically significant impact on non-state-owned and small-to-medium enterprises; (3) Digital inclusive finance exhibits paradoxical moderation, negatively influencing the innovation failure experience and innovation resilience relationship. These insights provide valuable theoretical foundations for organizational failure management and inform policy-making regarding financial platform governance to enhance innovation resilience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101879"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144089646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the nexus between institutions and innovation: A systematic literature review","authors":"Yorgos Goletsis , Konstantina Christogeorgou , Nikolaos Mylonidis , Georgios A. Panos","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101880","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2025.101880","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although innovation is a critical determinant of sustained economic growth, there are still gaps in our understanding of what drives innovation. Given this, we conduct a systematic literature review to illustrate the role of formal and informal institutions in innovation, identify the relevant theoretical cornerstones and current trends and synthesize the research developed in this field. The review incorporates both qualitative and quantitative studies published between 2011 and 2023. We propose avenues for future research, which, together with the synthesis of the bibliometric findings, constitute the main contribution of this systematic review.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101880"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144125289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}