innovation could be recognized as a key factor in anincreasingly competitive environments and it is difficult to find anindustry that is not engaged in innovation. however, innovation successand achievement to important advantages such as performanceimprovement is not easy and it relies on applying innovation strategiesfrom firms' top managers and consultants. the objective of this paper i...

the current paper aims to investigate the effect of entrepreneurial marketing on innovation considering the moderating effect of two-factor learning orientation and organizational structure. then, the relationship between innovation and the marketing performance was assessed. in this research, sales and marketing managers of 42 sample companies were selected from three industries including: ind...

purpose of this paper is development for pattern of a measuring and analysing of innovation in research institutes in vehicle industry. this scale include 3 area: individual innovation, organizational innovation & nature and strength of innovation in current situation. samples selected in 2 research institute npd & ipco in iran khodro, by accident. according to factor loading, identified latent...

In current research on open innovation, the impact of innovative openness on the effect of innovation capability on corporate operating performance has been ignored. This paper uses hierarchical linear regression model with financial data of 137 listed enterprises in Chinese Stock Exchanges to study the moderate effect of openness on relationship of innovation capability and operating performan...

McKinsey & Company has observed that while companies are rushing headlong to become more digital, executives have very diverse perspectives as what “going digital” really means.5 These perspectives range from a focus on technology, to digital customer engagement, to new digital business models and more. The lack of clarity often results in piecemeal initiatives, missed opportunities and false s...

This paper reports from preparations in an ongoing research study concerning how digital service innovation transforms value networks in the vehicle industry. The research study concerns digital services based on remote diagnostics systems. This digital service innovation in particular is of great importance since the vehicle industry has great potential to expand its business and found new and...

While some argue that innovation is inhibited by installed base, this paper suggests that it is critical to service innovation. In particular, the installed base of devices and infrastructure is an important element for improved diffusion and higher acceptance of services. It brings forward a nuanced view of installed base and reports a case study of Swedish National Road Administration’s strat...

We investigate empirically how the Japanese patent system has affected postwar growth in Japanese total factor productivity. The system has been criticized for several reasons, including that it encourages numerous filings of narrow claims that build incrementally on fundamental technologies developed by domestic and foreign inventors. Stated in different terms, the system was designed to promo...

This study presents a model for studying the innovative capabilities of digital payment platforms in regards to open innovation integration and commercialization. We perceive digital platforms as layered modular IT artifacts, where platform governance and the configuration of platform layers impact the support for open innovation. The proposed model has been employed in a comparative case study...

This article reports on a case study which describes how Valora Retail, the company that operates the majority of Kiosks in Switzerland, successfully completed a intermediary mediated Crowdsourcing project as well as the results they achieved using this open innovation approach to generate ideas for the internal project named the “Kiosk of the Future”. Out of the 626 ideas virtually submitted b...