Process Innovation: a surfing manufacturer case study

Scafuto, Isabel Cristina; Belfort, Ana Cláudia; Teixeira, Gislaine Cristina dos Santos; Maccari, Émerson Antônio

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“…Process innovation necessitates examining the general business objective and considering whether the current technique for doing things is appropriate in achieving objectives and if not, having an improvement or new approach of completing things to achieve objectives. Process innovation means conducting an activity in a new way and implies the use of specific tools of change, and the transformation of business processes (Scafuto et al, 2018). Technology advancement has created a new style of operation, which has led to the reconfiguration of processes and systems (Khan, 2018).…”

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Influence of Process Innovation on the Performance of Coffee Cooperatives in Kenya

Kuguru¹,

Jaensson²,

Nganga³

2022

JSM

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to assess the influence of process innovation on the performance of coffee cooperatives in Kenya. Methodology: A descriptive research design was applied. The target population was 525 coffee cooperative societies in Kenya registered with the Commissioner for Cooperatives and licensed by AFFA (Coffee Directorate) as at 30th of October 2016. The sample size was 227 respondents which was arrive at using stratified random sampling technique. Structured questionnaires were used to collect primary data. Descriptive statistic such as means scores and standard deviation and inferential statistics such regressions were used. Findings: The study found that there was a positive relationship between process innovation and the performance of the coffee cooperatives (β=0.591, p=0.027). This implied that an improvement in the aspects related to process through which the firm operates relatively multiplies the performance outcomes of cooperatives in a positive manner. Investing in process innovation was found to have the largest and most significant effect compared to investing in organization, marketing and product innovations. Recommendation: The study recommends that for prioritization purposes, coffee societies should prioritize investing in process innovations compared to other innovations, especially if there a limited budget. Policy makers should ensure a favorable environment for process innovations.

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Influence of Process Innovation on the Performance of Coffee Cooperatives in Kenya

Kuguru¹,

Jaensson²,

Nganga³

2022

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The role of innovation in business strategy as a competitive advantage: Evidence from Indonesian MSMEs

Timotius

2023

Problems and Perspectives in Management

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The rapidly changing business climate and competition that has been getting stricter demand companies to have a proper strategy to grow and sustain their business. The objective of this quantitative study is to analyze the benefits of innovation in business strategy to create a competitive advantage for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). Inferential statistical analysis was performed on three mediating variables: people innovation, process innovation, and product innovation, in their involvement in business strategies as an independent variable, against competitive advantage as a dependent variable. Twenty-nine MSMEs in Indonesia were used as a sample of this study to examine four hypotheses. Thirty indicators of five variables were transformed into 50 questions in a Likert-scale questionnaire distributed to selected respondents using purposive sampling. The results of the T-test show that business strategy has a significant effect on competitive advantage, which means that business strategy without innovations creates only 20.2% of its competitive advantage. On the other hand, Sobel test results demonstrate that innovations significantly mediate the influence of business strategies on companies’ competitive advantages. Finally, product innovation potentially increases the competitive advantages by 53.1%, followed by process innovation and people innovation by 47.2% and 44.5%. AcknowledgmentThe author would like to express special gratitude to the Department of Industrial Engineering at Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana, who supported this investigation, as well as all participating MSMEs. This study received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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Tourism innovations: meaning, forms and level of responsibility for implementation

Тлеубердинова¹,

Mihalič

Kalmenov³

2022

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The priority of development of the tourism industry in Kazakhstan is justified by the need to diversify the structure of the national economy and move away from its raw-material orientation. The development of inbound tourism should contribute to the growth of foreign exchange earnings, and domestic tourism - to ensure the availability of recreation for Kazakhstanis. Events of the last two years (COVID-19 pandemic, complication of the geopolitical situation in the Eurasian region) demonstrate the need for increased attention to domestic tourism. Successful development of Kazakhstani tourism is largely determined by the level of services provided. Unfortunately, today it is absolutely impossible to assert that the Kazakhstan tourist market is adequate to all innovations of the industry known in the modern world. Successful realization of innovation policy in the industry is largely determined by the level of knowledge of existing innovations and their varieties. Besides, efficiency of the undertaken actions can be provided only at correct delegation of functional responsibility and powers to stakeholders. Therefore, this article aims to build the author's model of tourist innovations implementation with indication of levels of responsibility of actors in the tourism industry for implementation of innovations in various spheres of activity. The proposed model is applicable in the design of development strategies for the tourism industry. When writing the article the methods of analysis and synthesis, deduction and induction, comparative analysis, as well as the method of visualization were used. The results of the study will complement the scientific foundations of the theory of innovation in tourism and may be of interest in the development of regional and national programs for tourism development.

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Process Innovation: a surfing manufacturer case study

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Influence of Process Innovation on the Performance of Coffee Cooperatives in Kenya

Influence of Process Innovation on the Performance of Coffee Cooperatives in Kenya

The role of innovation in business strategy as a competitive advantage: Evidence from Indonesian MSMEs

Tourism innovations: meaning, forms and level of responsibility for implementation

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