Organisational capabilities for internal complexity: an exploration in the Coop stores

Toni, Alberto F. De; Zan, Giovanni De; Battistella, Cinzia

doi:10.1108/bpmj-06-2015-0089

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“…involved. An open innovation approach (Chesbrough, 2003) can mitigate many of these problems by constructing knowledge and capabilities (De Toni et al , 2016) and building new relationships, thus having an indirect effect on the survival chances of the new venture (Eftekhari and Bogers, 2015). In this sense, the open environment offered by an accelerator can facilitate many practices that directly benefit start-ups in their early phases of development.…”

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Open accelerators for start-ups success: a case study

Battistella

Toni

Pessot

2017

EJIM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the context of open innovation offered by accelerators can affect the successful growth of start-ups. The authors explore accelerators practices and tools in sustaining start-ups and increasing survival probability in their innovation process, with the aim of addressing the following research question: how can start-ups benefit from participation in an accelerator programme from an open innovation perspective? Design/methodology/approach A review of the literature on start-up successes and failures and on major practices in the open innovation paradigm was carried out, delineating them in the context of accelerators. Given the absence of literature on accelerator practices for supporting start-ups, and aiming at a comprehensive understanding of how the open environment within the accelerator influences a start-up’s survival (or even success) by mitigating the probability of failure, the authors conducted an exploratory case study in an English accelerator. Findings The open innovation practices mediated by an accelerator and the ones that are not covered, but that can benefit a start-up’s survival, are shown. On the one hand, main effective practices, such as dyadic co-creation with accelerator network partners and crowdsourcing, are revealed to address mostly the lack of, or wrong direction in, product, marketing and relative managerial abilities, which are not usually owned by a start-up due to its “newness”. On the other hand, some causes of failures, such as the intrinsic characteristics of founder teams, do not seem to be addressed by an open approach and neither does participation in an accelerator programme. Originality/value This paper is the first to study and link the literature on accelerators, start-ups and open innovation.

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Open accelerators for start-ups success: a case study

Battistella

Toni

Pessot

2017

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“…Case studies are widely adopted by scholars to build a theory or when they are conducting preliminary investigations on any new phenomenon (Mehman and Teuteberg, 2016; De Toni et al , 2016). Case studies are an appropriate method when the purpose is to investigate a contemporary phenomenon using two primary sources of evidence, i.e.…”

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Connecting universities with entrepreneurship through digital learning platform: functional requirements and education-based knowledge exchange activities

Linzalone

Schiuma

Ammirato

2020

IJEBR

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PurposeStudies on academic entrepreneurship (AE) agree on the significant impact that Universities can have on entrepreneurial development. AE deploys through fundamental activities, like the start-up of new companies and the connection of the University with Enterprises. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the role of digital learning platforms (DLP) to connect Universities and Enterprises effectively. Although the literature has extensively investigated DLP, there is a lack of understanding of the role of DLP in supporting digital AE. This paper focuses, in particular, on the functional requirements that have to distinguish the development of DLPs supporting education-based activities of knowledge transfer between academia and enterprise.Design/methodology/approachThe research is carried out, adopting a case study methodology. A single and holistic case regarding a DLP developed for the strategic and exclusive deployment of AE activities is proposed to describe and discuss the functional requirements of such Platform.FindingsThe DLP is a virtual learning space in which Enterprises and Universities can interact. The definition of design requirements is crucial for the efficacy of DLPs and needs to be carefully supported. Various criteria are proposed, respect to the various stakeholders engaged in DAE learning platform (Universities, Enterprises, students, employees), and according to the short- and long-term objectives of Universities and Entrepreneurship connection.Originality/valueThe paper explores an original case of DLP established in AE, to connect Universities and Enterprises. The research also sheds light on the under focussed typology of AE activities regarding education-based knowledge exchange. They are currently unaddressed by the literature on AE.

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“…Case study research is “an approved method when addressing the questions of why and how” (Mehmann and Teuteberg, 2016, p. 883). Case studies are widely adopted by scholars to build theory or when they are conducting preliminary investigations on any new phenomenon (De Toni et al , 2016; Mehmann and Teuteberg, 2016; Rinaldi et al , 2015). The case study design allows us to better reflect the richness and complexity of the contextual conditions investigated, and to overcome the scarcity of available information.…”

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The potential of IoT in redesigning the bank branch protection system

Ammirato¹,

Sofo

Felicetti

et al. 2019

BPMJ

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Purpose Most recent developments in the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can boost the efficacy of business process management (BPM) to improve process performance. The purpose of this paper is to describe a method for redesigning bank branch (BB) protection systems contributing to make BBs “smarter.” Design/methodology/approach Based upon a multiple case study approach, the paper deployed a four-step business process reengineering design from an information system development perspective. To overcome limitations of information scarcity required for modeling activities, a multimethod approach to data gathering and results validation was adopted. The approach was based on a comprehensive literature review and an in-depth qualitative survey involving a sample of six security managers of primary Italian banking groups. Findings The intelligent protection system resulting from the application of the methodology to the Italian BB sector was able to improve the security management process. Lead time and actors’ workload were reduced; running costs decreased; quality of information improved as well as the overall effectiveness of the protection system against criminal attacks. Originality/value The specific IoT technologies proposed are new. Additionally, to date, their application to BB security management has not been analyzed in the BPM literature. The value resides in the highly applicable results of the methodology to the BB network of a banking group both inside and outside of Italy.

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Organisational capabilities for internal complexity: an exploration in the Coop stores

Cited by 16 publications

References 130 publications

Open accelerators for start-ups success: a case study

Open accelerators for start-ups success: a case study

Connecting universities with entrepreneurship through digital learning platform: functional requirements and education-based knowledge exchange activities

The potential of IoT in redesigning the bank branch protection system

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