The adoption of smart specialisation involves a challenging set of novelties in the way innovation strategies are designed. One of these novelties concerns the ‘outward orientation’ of the innovation strategies. In the world of open innovation and global value chains no serious innovation policy can be effective without the ability to connect local knowledge assets with knowledge existing ‘else...

From a strategic viewpoint a market orientation remains incomplete if practitioners do not understand the modus operandi that gives rise to superior new product performance. Empirical research on the routes through which market orientation affects new product performance is limited. The present study attempts to advance our understanding of these matters by examining the relationships between K...

In this paper, the theory of digital capability reveals impact path on innovation performance from perspective orientation. The empirical data Chinese enterprises are used to analyze results. results show that: capabilities help promote enterprise performance; Digital can by improving orientation; Competition intensity plays a positive regulatory role between orientation and performance, enviro...

Previous research has highlighted the importance of firms engaging in innovation ambidexterity through balancing exploiting existing offerings with exploring new opportunities. However, not all are equally capable doing so. To improve our understanding how can better achieve such ambidexterity, we develop a framework investigating joint effects intellectual capital, dynamic capabilities, and or...

Purpose: The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of transformational leadership and transactional contingent reward as complementary, but distinct, forms of leadership on facets of organizational identification via the perception of innovation and goal organizational values. Design/Methodology/Approach: Three studies were carried out implementing either a measurement of mediation...