An exploratory study of high-performance computing technology adoption over the stages of entrepreneurship

Cunningham, James A.; Damij, Nadja; Modic, Dolores

doi:10.1504/ijev.2022.127444

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“…These efforts birthed new forms of SE, such as digital social entrepreneurship (DSE) (Ghatak et al, 2020;Ib añez et al, 2022), which helped generate responses to social issues through technological interventions (Ib añez et al, 2022;Simonovic and Arunkumar, 2016). Nonetheless, the institutional support that SE firms receive and technology usage differ across countries (Cunningham et al, 2022).…”

Section: Social Entrepreneurship and The Covid-19 Crisismentioning

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Digital technologies, social entrepreneurship and resilience during crisis in developing countries: evidence from Nigeria

Nakpodia

Ashiru

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PurposeSocial entrepreneurship (SE) is a complex phenomenon designed to resolve numerous societal challenges while remaining economically viable. However, how social entrepreneurs in developing countries have deployed digital technologies to address communal challenges during the Covid-19 crisis is largely undocumented. This research examines social entrepreneurs' adoption of digital technologies, the multi-level organisational conditions, and associated innovative outcomes of engaging digital technologies.Design/methodology/approachBased on the organisational resilience theoretical framework, this research employs a qualitative methodology, comprising 38 semi-structured interviews with Nigerian SE firms, to investigate social entrepreneurs' engagement with digital technologies.FindingsThe study’s findings reveal 19 pathways through which digital technologies enabled organisational resilience outcomes by Nigerian SE firms during the Covid-19 pandemic. This allows the authors to show, via a 3 × 3 matrix, how social entrepreneurs deploy digital technologies to build proximate, dynamic, and continuous resilience in a weak institutional context.Originality/valueThe study’s findings enables the authors to advance the SE – digital technologies – resilience scholarship in a developing economy.

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Section: Social Entrepreneurship and The Covid-19 Crisismentioning

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“…, 2022; Simonovic and Arunkumar, 2016). Nonetheless, the institutional support that SE firms receive and technology usage differ across countries (Cunningham et al ., 2022).…”

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Digital technologies, social entrepreneurship and resilience during crisis in developing countries: evidence from Nigeria

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“…However, a lack of awareness of the business potential of HPC, and the risks perceived by SMEs, often embedded in dynamic and uncertain business settings, could challenge their willingness to adopt (Levy et al , 2001; Jeyaraj and Dwivedi, 2020). Therefore, external support and collaborations could bolster SME entrepreneurship, especially at its emergent stage (Cunningham et al , 2022). It is reasonable to assume that SMEs operate in a dynamic and uncertain business environment – often lacking adequate financial and knowledge resources – to own (and maintain) their HPC infrastructure.…”

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“…Our conceptual framework can contribute to future research in primarily three areas. First relates to research on how our conceptual framework might be applied to explore the possibilities of value co-creation at different stages of SME entrepreneurship – emergent and late-stage (Cunningham et al , 2022, p. 516). Findings from such research would shed light on understanding the connection between the SMEs’ adoption characteristics of HPC services and their maturity of entrepreneurship.…”

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“…Nevertheless, a lack of awareness among SMEs about how HPC can boost their innovative capacities and offer a competitive edge in the marketplace has resulted in a relatively low uptake of HPC technologies (Borštnar and Ilijaš, 2019). While technology adoption and implementation of advanced digital technologies have been discussed at length in the extant literature (refer to Section 2), only a sparse volume of literature has addressed the adoption and usage of HPC services among SME entrepreneurs (Cunningham et al , 2022). In particular, value-centric analysis of an HPC service has yet to be investigated in the literature, providing a vital research gap for us to undertake this research.…”

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Value co-creation in a high-performance computing (HPC) service ecosystem: opportunities for European SMEs

Bhattacharya

Damij

2023

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Purpose This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework as a valuable investigative tool for future empirical studies examining stakeholders’ interactions within a high-performance computing (HPC) service ecosystem and identifying the enablers for better value co-creation under various service provisioning contexts. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper follows a theory adaptation research design that systematically examines the literature on a substantive topic encompassing HPC technology adoption and usage by European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Furthermore, it introduces theoretical perspectives from service innovation research as its methodological approach (method theory) to develop a theoretical framework for value co-creation within an HPC service ecosystem. Findings The conceptual framework presented in this paper identifies the critical resource elements of SMEs, which can potentially be integrated with other stakeholders’ resources and complement the limited internal resources of SMEs for enhanced value co-creation within an HPC service ecosystem. Research limitations/implications The conceptualisation of an HPC service ecosystem and the potential of value co-creation through integrating stakeholders’ resources, presented in this paper, underscore further empirical research in this direction. Practical implications Findings from this paper can inform European policymakers for regional development to frame regional strategies and policies that enable SMEs to better uptake HPC services. Service providers can revisit their business models to reconfigure their organisational resources for enhanced value proposition and co-creation. Social implications This study advances the agenda of transformative service research that aims uplifting changes and societal well-being through a more inclusive and sustainable value co-creation among a wider set of stakeholders within the service ecosystem. Originality/value The paper addresses an under-investigated research gap by examining SMEs’ adoption of HPC services and opportunities for higher value co-creation using a service ecosystem approach based on multi-actor interaction, collaboration and resource integration.

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MSME technology adoption, entrepreneurial mindset and value creation: a configurational approach

Cunningham,

Damij,

Modic

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J Technol Transf

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For micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) technology adoption provides a basis to accelerate their growth ambitions and to enhance their value-creation activities for disruptive and competitive purposes. However, we have a limited understanding of how MSMEs engage in new technology adoption for value-creation purposes. Integrating the determinants of technology adoption and entrepreneurial mindset—cognition and opportunity recognition—the purpose of our paper is to examine what factors determine MSME technology adoption. Set in the Danube region of Europe we focus on MSMEs in the automotive, electronics and IT sectors that are traditionally characterized by the relatively rapid uptake of high-performance computing (HPC). As a new technology, HPC combines infrastructure and applications that are highly complex and can be deployed in an array of contexts to address market-based opportunities. Employing fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis, we find the potential presence of a complementary relationship between the technological, organisational, and environmental factors and the entrepreneurial mindset for technology adoption among MSMEs for value creation. We find that cognition is not a necessary condition for technology adoption and opportunity recognition is. Furthermore, we unveil that opportunity recognition combined with organisational or environmental factors can enable technology adoption among MSMEs.

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An exploratory study of high-performance computing technology adoption over the stages of entrepreneurship

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

Digital technologies, social entrepreneurship and resilience during crisis in developing countries: evidence from Nigeria

Digital technologies, social entrepreneurship and resilience during crisis in developing countries: evidence from Nigeria

Value co-creation in a high-performance computing (HPC) service ecosystem: opportunities for European SMEs

MSME technology adoption, entrepreneurial mindset and value creation: a configurational approach

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