In order to gain deeper understanding of how innovation contributes to economic prosperity, we offer an integrative framework, which consists of a theoretical model and a set of methodological guidelines. The theoretical model posits that diverse communities of people and organizations engage both the production and use of networks of innovations in an ecosystem. The methodological guidelines h...

Many studies uphold market orientation as a key factor in creating and sustaining a firm’s competitive advantage. The present research model explores this topic further by including within the model the links between organizations’ innovation outcomes, its process of organizational unlearning and business performance. In particular, the model empirically tests the mediating role of innovation o...

Abstract Firms that partake in export activity are entrepreneurial in nature because exporting firms would benefit by proactively seeking new markets, engaging in innovative action to meet local market’s needs, and be able and willing to take risks by venturing into previously unknown markets. While prior studies have looked at the importance of entrepreneurial orientation, organizational learn...

The increasing opening of the innovation process fairly neglected an important group of potential innovators so far: the employees of a company. Their integration offers promising potentials, but also requires an adequate IT support. A virtual innovation community seems to be an adequate construct to funnel the employees’ creativity and knowledge into innovation management, but per se points ou...

The integration of quality management initiatives, particularly total quality management (TQM), and ergonomics has received increasing attention from scholars and practitioners. Above all, the question of how TQM programs relate to ergonomic aspects of organizational design and culture is at the center of this discussion. This study examines how elements of a "typical", Deming-inspired, TQM pro...

The research objective was to determine the effect of market orientation and innovation on competitive advantage. This is field bag artisans in Bojong Rangkas Village, Ciampea District, Bogor Regency. population study 150 craftsmen using Slovin formula obtained a sample 60 respondents. Distribution questionnaires an accidental sampling technique. Data analysis carried out; (1) test instruments ...

Although there is a considerable literature about the factors that affect the innovation process, little is known concerning the factors that affect the IT innovation process. Thus, this exploratory study drawns upon theories such as: Woodman ́s model, Bandura ́s self-efficacy theory, the goal orientation theory, Vroom ́s expectancy theory and the theory of trying to propose an integrative underst...