University services for fostering creativity in high-technology firms

Willoughby, Michael T.; Talon-Renuncio, Julian; Millet, José; Ayats-Salt, Carlos

doi:10.1080/02642069.2011.623777

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“…The IDEAS Institute establishes communication channels with entrepreneurs, providing advice and improving possibilities of locating business opportunities in its environment. The four-year success rate of the companies that use the IDEAS Institute's services has increased up to 80% (Willoughby et al 2013). More recently, every School at UPV has launched an Entrepreneur Space: students can receive professors' advice and make their first steps into entrepreneurship (UPV 2014).…”

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Rowing against the wind: how do times of austerity shape academic entrepreneurship in unfriendly environments?

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“…These remarkable improvements have reshaped our conventional way of doing things, ultimately leading to the competitive warfare of technology (Arad et al , 1997; Abstein et al , 2014; Fan et al , 2017). In such a situation, innovative behavior within the organizations is deemed to be the vital force for realizing competitive edge and out-running the counterparts (Willoughby et al , 2013; Ashkan, 2017). Several studies investigated and identified that innovation, inherited or bred by its creative staffs, is the best opportunity an organization has to withstand the competitive journey (Galvin, 2010; Fan et al , 2017; Strobel and Kratzer, 2017).…”

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Linking transformational leadership with employees’ engagement in the creative process

Azim

Luo

Uddin

et al. 2019

MRR

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Purpose Given that individual creativity is a critical element to achieving organizational competitiveness, the purpose of this study is to attempt to investigate how transformational leadership (TL) drives employee creative process engagement (CPE) by improving their creative self-efficacy (CSE). Design/methodology/approach Analysis has been performed based on 194 responses from information and communication technology firms using a cross-sectional survey design. The study follows a deductive research approach to test the hypotheses. It uses SmartPLS2 and IBM SPSS 21 for a structural equation model. Findings The investigation finds that TL significantly predicts CPE, and CSE partially mediates the TL–CPE relationship. The result demonstrates that TL shapes an organizational climate conducive to the employees’ CPE by building employees’ self-efficacy. Research limitations/implications The study sample was drawn from a single sector of the Bangladeshi economy. The sampling design represents a limitation, for which the findings cannot be broadly generalized. Replications and augmentations of the study in various industrial areas will help test the robustness and generalizability of the discoveries. Practical implications TL and CPE are desirable organizational outcomes across all cultures. From a practical standpoint, the outcomes demonstrate that TL is linked to CPE and CSE among information and communication technology employees. This study extends the appropriateness of CSE into Asian countries. Notably, it provides additional insight into a contemporary TL model that can unequivocally impact leadership development in the Bangladeshi information and communication technology firms. Managers or chief executive officers in the small and medium enterprises are expected to exhibit TL attributes by designing a supportive organizational climate that will motivate employees to exhibit creative activities. Social implications TL transforms employees’ psychological state to get them to engage in creative processes, benefiting the organizational stakeholders by their unconventional creative behavior. The TL-driven innovative outcome through employees’ CPE contributes to the development of social well-being. Originality/value This paper adds significance to the extant literature regarding the determinants of the mediating impact of CSE on TL and CPE from the viewpoints of information and communication technology firms, particularly from developing countries, such as Bangladesh. It also contributes to reconcile the findings of the previous studies around the globe in both developed and developing countries.

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“…performance). Many researchers have noted that marketing creativity is a means of obtaining an extra competitive edge (Willoughby et al, 2013) and delivers a sustainable competitive advantage to a company as a valuable, flexible, and imperfectly imitable or substitutable strategic resource (Im and Workman, 2004). In particular, marketing programs in the service sector often signify the service product itself due to the inseparability of production and consumption (Zeithaml et al, 1985).…”

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The mediating role of alliance marketing program creativity on the relationship between alliance orientation and market performance in the services industry

Kang

Hur

Kim

2014

Managing Service Quality

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the validity of the already suggested positive relationship between marketing alliance orientation and market performance in a service context, and to investigate the mediating role of alliance marketing program creativity (AMPC) in the relationship in detail. Design/methodology/approach – To empirically test the hypotheses, a mail survey was conducted among firms with experience of service alliances in South Korea. A 725 research sample was selected (128 responded) from a database compiled by the Korea Investors Service-Financial Analysis System which provides comprehensive corporate and financial information on firms listed on the Korea Stock Exchange. partial least squares analysis was performed to test the hypotheses. Findings – Alliance orientation positively associated with market performance (H1), alliance orientation had a significantly positive effect on alliance marketing program meaningfulness and novelty (H2), and in turn, alliance marketing program meaningfulness and novelty had a significantly positive effect on market performance (H3). In terms of the determination of mediation type, full, or partial, the authors confirmed that the relationship between alliance orientation and market performance was fully mediated by AMPC (novelty and meaningfulness), by finding that the significantly reduced direct effect from alliance orientation to market performance in the mediation model. Research limitations/implications – Alliance marketing program meaningfulness and novelty perform the role of full mediators, implying that the meaningfulness, and novelty of AMPC are absolutely indispensable conditions in order for alliance orientation to lead market performance. Moreover, different from the previous studies, the research suggests that alliance marketing program meaningfulness and novelty are equally important antecedents of market performance. Originality/value – The positive relationship between alliance orientation and market performance in the service context was empirically tested, and the full mediating role of AMPC was confirmed. The importance of AMPC in the service context is highlighted.

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University services for fostering creativity in high-technology firms

Cited by 5 publications

References 30 publications

Rowing against the wind: how do times of austerity shape academic entrepreneurship in unfriendly environments?

Rowing against the wind: how do times of austerity shape academic entrepreneurship in unfriendly environments?

Linking transformational leadership with employees’ engagement in the creative process

The mediating role of alliance marketing program creativity on the relationship between alliance orientation and market performance in the services industry

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