Configurational framework of learning conduits used by emerging economy firms to improve their innovation performance

Thakur‐Wernz, Pooja; Bosse, Douglas A.

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113634

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“…However, the export behavior of HTI plays a significant role in upgrading IP of HTI. This also validates the effect of exports on IP, with two types of facilitation and inhibition [41], and perhaps more facilitation in advanced economies. Compared with developed economies, the export volume of emerging economies is relatively tiny.…”

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The impact of foreign R&D on the innovation performance of China’s high-tech industry and its spatial spillover effect

Han

Feng

2023

PLoS ONE

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The inflow of foreign R&D has brought vigor and vitality to the development of the high-tech industry (HTI). Using the panel data of HTI in 23 provinces (autonomous provinces and municipalities) in China from 2007 to 2016, this paper firstly calculates the Moran index of HTI’s innovation performance (IP), and finds a spatial agglomeration effect. After rigorous testing, we determine the most suitable spatial metering model. Finally, the spatial effect is further decomposed into three kinds of effects: direct effect, indirect effect, and total effect. This paper studies the impact of foreign research and development (R&D) on IP of HTI and its spatial spillover effects. According to the research, foreign R&D has a significant role in promoting IP of HTI in China, and has specific spatial spillover effects. Significantly, foreign R&D has substantial positive spillover effects of space. When IP of HTI is measured by product innovation, there is no obvious space overflow. However, panel regression showed a significant positive effect. In terms of the influence on product IP of HTI, foreign R&D plays an almost equal role as local R&D. In terms of the impact on technological IP of HTI, foreign R&D input plays a positive role. It has a spatial spillover effect, the degree of impact is lower than that of domestic R&D input. Local governments should formulate relevant policies to encourage the fluidity of technical knowledge and overcome the sticky problem of foreign R&D technical knowledge, which is an essential aspect of absorbing foreign R&D technical knowledge in the future.

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Section: Empirical Analysis Of Spatial Spillover Effectsupporting

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The impact of foreign R&D on the innovation performance of China’s high-tech industry and its spatial spillover effect

Han

Feng

2023

PLoS ONE

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“…Do et al ., 2022; Jeon and Kim, 2012). Alegre and Chiva's (2008) and more recently, Thakur-Wernz and Bosse's (2023) research supports the notion that organisations that have the endorsement to learn and improve through informal and more natural ways of learning will have an encouraging environment of innovation. Furthermore, research has highlighted that senior managers influence teams’ capabilities through their decisions by engaging in learning within and across their limits (Harvey et al ., 2022).…”

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“…Informal learning is understood as unstructured learning in the workplace (Marsick and Watkins, 2018), such as learning from mistakes, group discussions, job training, and the help desk functions (e.g. Thakur-Wernz and Bosse, 2023; Sparr et al ., 2017). Ellström (2011) argues that informal learning encompasses all learning that occurs regularly in workplaces nested in activities, and it is, perhaps, because of this characteristic, hard to measure.…”

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“…Hunter and Cushenbery, 2011;Cortes and Herrmann, 2021). Yet, despite the growing appreciation of innovation as a complex, team-based process (H€ ulsheger et al, 2009;Skerlavaj et al, 2014;Zhang et al, 2022), there remains a persistent gap in the literature on the interplay amongst these concepts but also on the fine understanding of how teams' informal learning processes influence innovation differentially within the same organisation (Ellstr€ om, 2010;Edmondson and Nembhard, 2009;Thakur-Wernz and Bosse, 2023).…”

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Do all roads lead to Rome? A multi-case analysis of informal learning and team innovation

Marodin,

Wechtler,

Lehtonen

2023

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PurposeIn this study, the authors use the actor-network theory (ANT) as a theoretical framework to better understand constructing learning as part of the networking process to produce innovations. Focussing on the antecedents of innovation within three teams in an engineering company, the authors propose a framework to enhance understanding of the innovative processes. The authors apply ANT to examine how informal learning is distributed amongst human and non-human actors.Design/methodology/approachBased on 27 interviews in a large Australian engineering company, the authors' qualitative investigation shows that innovation can have very different antecedents. The authors mobilised ANT as the authors' vantage point to explore inanimate actors and their effect on social processes or, more specifically, networks and informal learning.FindingsThe authors propose a framework to better understand innovative processes by exploring the network aspects of non-human actors and their connection to learning. More specifically, findings contribute towards a more granulated understanding of how networks, learning and non-human actors contribute towards innovations in organisations.Practical implicationsThis study has three significant implications for managers and organisations looking to improve their innovation processes. Firstly, fostering open communication is essential for developing successful innovation processes. Secondly, a close relationship with the customer and/or the final users has often been found to positively contribute to innovation processes. Finally, intrateam motivation is also critical when it comes to creating an environment that supports innovation processes.Originality/valueSurprisingly, leadership, communication and motivation did not give the best innovative outcome as the authors expected. Challenging traditional theorisations, low teamwork spirit and high individual performance orientation were some of the powerful drivers of highly innovative teams.

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“…The same entrepreneurial challenges stand out among these characteristics, such as the lack of financial and technological resources, weak institutions, and excessive bureaucracy [102,103]. Economic and socio-economic similarities include economic growth, lack of infrastructure, social inequality, high rates of informal work, and poor education and health systems [47,104]. Finally, political similarities are also highlighted, such as political instability and corruption [104].…”

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Impact Investing: Determinants of External Financing of Social Enterprises in Brazil

Fernandes,

Grochau,

Ten Caten

2023

Sustainability

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Social impact investing and social entrepreneurship have great potential for solving global problems. However, practitioners and researchers know little about the entrepreneurial process and the investors’ criteria. Therefore, we identify the determinants of access to external finance for social enterprises in an emerging economy using a quantitative approach in a large sample (N = 601). We found that impact sector, business model, entrepreneurial support, development stage, and the adoption of technologies impact access to finance by social enterprises. We also show that green technologies have greater funding access than other enterprises and that social impact investors are more aware of environmental issues and less concerned with financial returns. To raise more funding, we suggest that social entrepreneurs include environmental issues in their business, quickly validate their idea, add an intermediary company between the enterprise and the consumer, seek the support of incubators or accelerators, and adopt emerging technologies in the product or service offered.

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Configurational framework of learning conduits used by emerging economy firms to improve their innovation performance

Cited by 12 publications

References 132 publications

The impact of foreign R&D on the innovation performance of China’s high-tech industry and its spatial spillover effect

The impact of foreign R&D on the innovation performance of China’s high-tech industry and its spatial spillover effect

Do all roads lead to Rome? A multi-case analysis of informal learning and team innovation

Impact Investing: Determinants of External Financing of Social Enterprises in Brazil

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