Domenica Barile , Giustina Secundo , Antonello Garzoni , Antonio Fiorentini
{"title":"Accelerating corporate innovation ecosystems: The exprivia business incubator case study","authors":"Domenica Barile , Giustina Secundo , Antonello Garzoni , Antonio Fiorentini","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101845","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101845","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Large enterprises and start-ups collaborate to adopt Open Innovation (OI) strategies and to develop digital technologies. In this setting, Business Incubators (BI), which connect large firms and startups, are now vital to the Corporate Open Innovation Ecosystem (COIE). A single case study method was adopted for the multinational company Exprivia, operating in the ICT sector. The results show how Exprivia created a COIE through an innovative BI pilot project to operationalize OI and promote knowledge collaboration between companies, universities, and start-ups. Strategic implications for large organizations involves defining OI strategies based on Corporate BIs to sustain growth and profitability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101845"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142527316","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}
Marco Paiola , Roberto Grandinetti , Christian Kowalkowski , Mario Rapaccini
{"title":"Digital servitization strategies and business model innovation: The role of knowledge-intensive business services","authors":"Marco Paiola , Roberto Grandinetti , Christian Kowalkowski , Mario Rapaccini","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101846","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101846","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Several studies on digital servitization strategies highlight that their implementation is closely associated with some form of business model innovation. In order to engage in these innovation projects, firms need to expand their internal knowledge and skills while leveraging external organizations that support them in their servitization journey. To date, little is known about the intra-organizational factors accounting for the activation of new relationships with such knowledge-intensive service providers. This paper adopts a configurational approach for investigating the role of knowledge-intensive relationships in digital servitization strategies. Findings are founded on a multi-method investigation based on a structured survey and semi-structured interviews to Italian B2B manufacturers. The study contributes to the digital servitization literature showing the conditions that lead firms to develop relationships with different types of external providers of knowledge-intensive services, highlighting the role of firm’s size, digital readiness, internal commitment, and specific hiring programs in digital servitization paths.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101846"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142527318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Filomena Buonocore , Maria Carmela Annosi , Davide de Gennaro , Filomena Riemma
{"title":"Digital transformation and social change: Leadership strategies for responsible innovation","authors":"Filomena Buonocore , Maria Carmela Annosi , Davide de Gennaro , Filomena Riemma","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101843","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101843","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The intersection of digital transformation and social change presents a complex landscape for contemporary business leaders. This study explores the experiences of managers from innovative start-ups in Italy, focusing on their strategies for responsible innovation. Through in-depth interviews, key challenges such as rapid technological change, scalability issues, and ethical considerations are identified. The findings highlight the importance of continuous learning, agile business models, and stakeholder engagement. Future scenarios, including the rise of tech-driven social enterprises and decentralized systems, are discussed, emphasizing the need for collaborative partnerships. This research provides practical insights for integrating technological advancement with societal impact.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101843"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142326967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How do big data analytics capabilities and improvisational capabilities shape firm innovation?","authors":"Ao Zan , Yanhong Yao , Huanhuan Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101842","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101842","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Big data analytics capabilities (BDAC) are essential for firms to gain competitive advantages, given its crucial role in facilitating digital innovation. However, practice demonstrates that 59 % of firms fail to reap the expected benefits of big data, thus falling into a \"digital dilemma\". This study aims to explore how BDAC and improvisational capabilities interact to shape firm innovation. To achieve this research objective, we collected survey data from 228 Chinese firms and employed symmetric (partial least squares structural equation model, PLS-SEM) and asymmetric (fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, fsQCA) methods under the dual perspectives of contingency and configuration. The SEM results show that BDAC positively influences both radical and incremental innovation, with improvisational capabilities mediating the relationships. Additionally, the fsQCA results show that BDAC (including tangible capabilities, intangible capabilities, and human skills), improvisational capabilities, and environmental dynamism (including competitive intensity and technological turbulence) jointly drive radical and incremental innovation. Importantly, we identified both generalized and specialized configurations for radical and incremental innovation. These findings offer valuable insights for firms in developing strategies to address the digital dilemma.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101842"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142232712","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}
Francesco Santarsiero , Daniela Carlucci , Giovanni Schiuma
{"title":"Driving digital transformation and business model innovation in tourism through innovation labs: An empirical study","authors":"Francesco Santarsiero , Daniela Carlucci , Giovanni Schiuma","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101841","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101841","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the rapidly changing digital landscape, Innovation Labs have become pivotal agents of transformation, yet their application in tourism remains underexplored. This study addresses this gap through multiple case studies and an action research project focused on tourism. The findings reveal that Innovation Labs significantly boost digital innovation capacity, digital transformation, and business model innovation within tourism organizations. The proposed management framework offers practical guidance for effective implementation, emphasizing their potential to democratize technology and innovation, particularly for SMEs. These conclusions underscore the role of Innovation Labs as key drivers of innovation, providing valuable insights for both academics and practitioners.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101841"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923474824000468/pdfft?md5=8a2d101cb43ad195caa323293dfa796f&pid=1-s2.0-S0923474824000468-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142229268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research collaboration network as an enabler to a firm’s recombinant creation capability: An examination of direct-mediation-moderation mechanisms","authors":"Ke Feng , Mengmeng Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101833","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101833","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recombinant creation fosters breakthrough innovations in firms. This study focuses on a firm’s degree centrality in research collaboration network, exploring its direct effects on a firm’s recombinant creation capability, as well as how such effect is mediated by a firm’s recombinant distance in knowledge base and moderated by innovation competitive pressure. An empirical study using data from 517 listed Chinese companies confirms that a firm’s degree centrality in research collaboration network is positively associated with its recombinant creation capability; recombinant distance in knowledge base has a partially mediating role and the innovation competitive pressure plays a negative moderating role.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101833"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142040868","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 standard cooperation enhance enterprises’ standardization capability: The moderating role of technological capability","authors":"Xiao Yu, Sijia Li, Jiaqi Shan, Qian Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101828","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The improvement of enterprises’ standardization capability can enhance the quality of products and services, thereby strengthening the core competitiveness. However, it is difficult for a single enterprise to master all the technologies, therefore, standard cooperation is an important channel for enterprises to obtain resources. This article investigates whether and how standard cooperation affects enterprises’ standardization capability. Using the survey data of 165 enterprises in the ICT industry, the study reveals the effectiveness of standard cooperation in promoting enterprises’ standardization capability. In particular, it examines the positive impact of standard cooperation depth and breadth on standardization capability. In addition, technological capability significantly enhances the positive impact of standard cooperation depth on enterprises’ standardization capability rather than that of standard cooperation breadth. Therefore, it is suggested that enterprises should optimize their standard cooperation network relationships, choose different partners according to their technological capabilities, and formulate differentiated standard competition strategies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101828"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141582239","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}
Alf Steinar Sætre , Amy C. Edmondson , Oda Dregelid , Sofie Rud Zimmer
{"title":"Psychological ownership for overcoming departmental barriers to innovation: A Study of innovation handoffs","authors":"Alf Steinar Sætre , Amy C. Edmondson , Oda Dregelid , Sofie Rud Zimmer","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101831","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101831","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Effective collaboration across departments in an organization is critical to innovation success. Our purpose was to investigate factors contributing to successful innovation involving multiple organizational departments. We employed a multiple-case design with three Norwegian companies in three industries, by examining what happens at innovation project handoffs between different departments in an organization. We found that shared <em>psychological ownership</em> of innovation projects enabled efficient handoffs and helped manage the challenges of working across organizational boundaries. Our analysis identified a variety of enablers, which were consistent across industries, to improve innovation project handoffs and create shared psychological ownership.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101831"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923474824000365/pdfft?md5=f33d5ed12f3e7ef7e6f4d3182218609c&pid=1-s2.0-S0923474824000365-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141963841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The intellectual structure of human resource management and digitalization research: A bibliometric-mapping analysis","authors":"Francoise Contreras , Kety Jauregui , Susanne Rank","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101829","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101829","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An integrated analysis of the academic literature for comprehending and advancing in the human resource digital transformation is required. In this sense, this study aims to analyze the development, current status, and trends of the literature of human resource management research regarding its digital transformation. A total of 284 academic documents published between 2001 and 2022 in all fields of knowledge were retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) database. Data was analyzed through VOSViewer software and bibliometrix R-package. According to the bibliometric analyses, from 2015 digital transformation of HRM had a sustained crescent interest being more remarkable since 2020. Foundational papers, the most influential documents, journals and authors were identified. Through a bibliographic coupling analysis, we identify five current mainstreams: 1) Impact, challenges and out-comes of e-HRM, 2) e-HRM and organizational strategy, 3) Conceptualization of strategic human resource management, 4) Effectiveness of e-HRM: productivity and performance, and 5) e-HRM and innovation. Co-word analysis shows clusters oriented to 1) digital platforms, 2) data analytics and 3) organizational strategy. All the conducted analyses show that human factors have received less attention, a finding confirmed by the thematic map. “Management, strategy, information” and “antecedents, quality and economic growth” are acquiring special relevance in structuring the research field of digital HRM according to the thematic map. These findings and their implications are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101829"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923474824000341/pdfft?md5=2a770d721aa27be1a26c15473025c873&pid=1-s2.0-S0923474824000341-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141728647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What affects parent companies’ innovation more in joint venture relationships?","authors":"Chih-Hsing Liu , Jun-You Lin , Sheng-Fang Chou","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101830","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101830","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Forming joint ventures with potential partners in acquiring the needed resources and technology provides benefits and creates competitive advantage and innovation for multinational enterprises. While cooperative partners can provide JVs with various resources and technologies, allocation of the position of organizational resources remains unclear and needs to be further addressed. The main purpose of the current paper is to emphasize organizational slack resources (e.g., available slack and potential slack) to illuminate the settings that facilitate the effects of investment attractiveness and employee involvement on JV innovation performance. To demonstrate the real industry of JVs and examine the research purpose, we used various databases, including the National Bureau of Economic Research U.S. patent data file, Harvard DVN patent database, Compustat database and SDC global joint ventures databank to examine the hypotheses. The results show the positive and significant direct effects of investment attractiveness and employee involvement on JV innovation performance. Additionally, the findings demonstrated that the above direct effects are more pronounced when there is higher available slack and potential slack. The current study contributes by offering new viewpoints on JV, offering new understandings of organizational slack and developing an uncharted bridge between the types of slack and JV innovation studies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101830"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142020347","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}