The interplay of decentralization, employee involvement and absorptive capacity on firms' innovation and business performance

Rangus, Kaja; Gomezel, Alenka Slavec

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2016.12.017

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“…This result coincides with the results of the studies carried out by Rangus & Slavec (2017) and Ali & Park (2017) that indicate that the higher the level of absorptive capacity, the higher the level of product or process innovation that are detected.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Also, Rangus & Slavec (2017) proposed a model with a sample of 421 manufacturing and service companies, and found that absorptive capacity influences product and process innovations. In addition, Ali & Park (2017) analyzed a sample of 347 Korean industrial companies that had high levels of potential absorptive capacity and found that this leads to high levels of product and process innovations.…”

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Absorptive capacity and innovation in low-tech companies in emerging economies

Gallegos

Torner

2018

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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Innovation capacity is on the focus of policy makers in emerging economies. Although some studies show the antecedents of innovation capacity for developed economies and high technological industries, scant research outcomes exist for different settings. This study tries to shed some light on the drivers of innovation capacity for low technological companies in emerging economies.Using the absorptive capacity as a driver of technological and non-technological innovation capacity, this study proposes a SEM model to contribute to the literature of innovation capacity including technological and non-technological innovation, and the relationship between them, in low-techonology industries in an emerging economy. A sample of 706 manufacturing companies from Peru is used.The academic contribution of this study states that absorptive capacity favors technological and non-technological innovation capacity and that non-technological innovation affects technological one. Accordingly, managerial contribution suggests improving absorptive capacity levels to internal R&D activities but also to organizational and marketing innovation activities.

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Absorptive capacity and innovation in low-tech companies in emerging economies

Gallegos

Torner

2018

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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“…They are increasingly challenged to effectively respond to the high variability of consumers' demands and expectations (Fornasiero and Zangiacomi, 2013). In spite of their well-recognised expertise, specialisation and flexibility, SMEs have unique characteristics and limitations which impede their capacity to up-to-date their learning (Strobel and Kratzer, 2017;Rangus and Slavec, 2017;Gray, 2006). The survival of SMEs depends, to a large extent, on their capacity to effectively learn (Onkelinx, Manolova and Edelman, 2016;Burcharth, Lettl and Ulhøi, 2015;Rezaei, Ortt and Trott, 2015) and share their high level of tacit knowledge (Kang and Lee, 2017;Knoppen, Sáenz and Johnston, 2011) in order to better respond to their rapidly changing manufacturing operations (MacBryde, Pato and Clegg, 2013) and environments (Raymond et al, 2016;Eisenhardt and Martin, 2000).…”

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“…The survival of SMEs depends, to a large extent, on their capacity to effectively learn (Onkelinx, Manolova and Edelman, 2016;Burcharth, Lettl and Ulhøi, 2015;Rezaei, Ortt and Trott, 2015) and share their high level of tacit knowledge (Kang and Lee, 2017;Knoppen, Sáenz and Johnston, 2011) in order to better respond to their rapidly changing manufacturing operations (MacBryde, Pato and Clegg, 2013) and environments (Raymond et al, 2016;Eisenhardt and Martin, 2000). It is therefore critical that SMEs improve their knowledge-based resources which are seen as the main asset for growth (Rangus and Slavec, 2017;Valentim, Lisboa and Franco, 2016;Onkelinx, Manolova and Edelman, 2016;Fornasiero and Zangiacomi, 2013).…”

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An investigation into the development of the absorptive capacity of manufacturing SMEs

Saad

Kumar

Bradford

2017

International Journal of Production Research

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To sustain their competitive advantage in a highly competitive landscape, SMEs, in spite of their limited resources, need to effectively learn. The ability to access and successfully use knowledge is at the heart of Absorptive Capacity. The main purpose of this empirical study is to investigate the importance of Awareness as an antecedent dimension of the concept of Absorptive Capacity of manufacturing SMEs from aerospace and advanced engineering industry in the UK. The study will also attempt to explore the impact of Awareness on the other dimensions of Absorptive Capacity. Awareness is related to the importance, motivation and interest of learning and innovating. Our study, which focuses on internal processes adopts a mixed method approach and is based on the data collected from 43 SMEs. Our finding suggests that Awareness as an antecedent dimension can play a vital role in helping SMEs to improve their knowledge-based resources through changes within their internal organisational and cognitive processes.

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“…Es importante que las personas en una empresa comprendan que los resultados también dependen del grado de innovación de los procesos que lideran e influyen positivamente en el rendimiento del negocio (Rangus, & Slavec, 2017). Francia, Broman, Robert, Basile y Trygg (2017) en su investigación afirman que el negocio exitoso es cada vez más acerca de la comprensión de los desafíos y oportunidades vinculados a la transición de la sociedad hacia la sostenibilidad y, por ejemplo, ser capaz de innovar, diseñar y construir modelos de negocio que son funcionales en este contexto.…”

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Innovación y competitividad: micro y pequeñas empresas del sector agroindustrial en Cúcuta

Hernández-Fuentes

Mojica

2017

rev. investig. desarro. innov

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ResumenLa globalización es un factor importante en la toma de decisiones de países y empresas para entrar en la realidad donde la innovación es el principal componente para impulsar la competitividad. El objetivo de la investigación es analizar la innovación empresarial como eje de la competitividad para las microempresas y pequeñas empresas agroindustriales de Cúcuta. Se utiliza para efectos metodológicos un modelo de elección discreta sobre una muestra de empresas del sector agroindustrial. Esta investigación tiene un enfoque mixto, alcance descriptivo -explicativo, creando la necesidad de estudiar la generación de innovación empresarial. Los resultados muestran que las microempresas y pequeñas empresas del sector agroindustrial de Cúcuta deben mejorar su capacidad de innovar en proceso, producto y organización para ser más competitivos. Cúcuta, frontera y segunda ciudad con mayor desempleo en Colombia, necesita de la innovación empresarial para lograr competitividad y mejorar sus condiciones sociales desde lo empresarial.Palabras Clave: agroindustria, competitividad, empresa, gestión, innovación. AbstractGlobalization is an important factor in the decision-making of countries and companies to enter the reality where innovation is the main component to boost competitiveness. The objective of the research is to analyze business innovation as the axis of competitiveness for micro-enterprises and small agro-industrial companies in Cúcuta. A discrete choice model for a sample of companies in the agro-industrial sector is used for methodological purposes. This research has a mixed approach: descriptive -explanatory scope, creating the need to study the generation of business innovation. The results show that micro-enterprises and small companies in the agro-industrial sector of Cúcuta should improve their capacity to innovate in process, product and organization to be more competitive. Cúcuta, the frontier and second most unemployed city in Colombia, needs business innovation to achieve competitiveness and improve its social conditions from the business point of view.

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The interplay of decentralization, employee involvement and absorptive capacity on firms' innovation and business performance

Cited by 131 publications

References 53 publications

Absorptive capacity and innovation in low-tech companies in emerging economies

Absorptive capacity and innovation in low-tech companies in emerging economies

An investigation into the development of the absorptive capacity of manufacturing SMEs

Innovación y competitividad: micro y pequeñas empresas del sector agroindustrial en Cúcuta

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