In this paper we describe an analytical model to determine the innovation capability of a small and medium enterprise (SME) as the first step towards the continuous improvement of performance in such a dimension of an organization. The model first assesses organizational variables and classifies companies by using the FlowsortTM multicriteria method. As second step, the classification module ca...

Innovation is a critical ingredient of today’s organizations. Innovativeness helps organizations to maintain their success and position in the market. Numerous research studies examine the factors that impact successful organizational innovation, for example organizational learning capability, organizational structure, etc. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems have been widely implemented...

Alliance networks can often be viewed as loosely coupled systems of autonomous firms. We propose that firms orchestrate network activities to ensure the creation and extraction of value. Orchestration comprises network capability, knowledge sharing, and innovation appropriability. Firstly, we applies the network theory to investigate whether the development of network capability and knowledge s...

It is widely acknowledged that modularity, as an approach to both product design and organization design, provides product developing firms with dynamic capabilities that allow them to more effectively respond to changes in the environment. However, the innovation literature is silent on how such dynamic capabilities might require reconfiguration as firms in traditional industries embed digital...

Knowledge management, innovativeness and innovation have an important impact on business development and survival. Empirically analyzing these three concepts is critical because of the importance of these concepts for creating competitive advantage. Organizations need to generate, modify, and manage knowledge in order to maintain their innovation capability. This study examines the relationship...

The productivity enhancing capability of cities is widely noted. Yet, while urban innovative capacity is often assumed to arise due to the close proximity of diverse elements within cities, little empirical research has attempted to associate population density with urban innovation. Thus, this research investigates how the density of a specific class of workers, the " creative class " , affect...

Sustainable competitive advantage is not possible in knowledge-based competition without continuous innovation. Innovations, by nature, emerge in social interaction in which diverse actors share complementary knowledge. Collaboration capability is considered a prerequisite for actors if they wish to leverage such knowledge. The concept is analysed through a state-of-the-art review of earlier co...

With SDL (Service-Dominant Logic), we developed a conceptual framework and conducted an empirical research with medical, financial-related, software and logistics industry. The study aims to explore how companies’ competence can help to develop mobile service innovation, and to what extent service co-innovation can influence innovation performance. Self-administered questionnaires were adopted ...

Based on the connotation of independent innovation ability of construction enterprises, an evaluation index system of independent innovation ability of construction enterprises is set up. Then, entropy method is applied to determine the weight of all indicators, and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is used to evaluate independent technical innovation capability of construction enterprises....