European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 21 Issue 1

Managers’ silent whisper innovation involvement and role-modeling in service firms

Ingela Sölvell

The task of leading innovation is predominantly pictured as a supportive role vis-à-vis employees. Motivation is a crucial aspect of this task. To better understand the practice…

The role of consumers in food innovation processes

Maria Busse, Rosemarie Siebert

The need for consumer involvement in innovation processes has been recognised for four decades. Consumer involvement as a part of open innovation is an important strategy in the…

The role of innovation in building competitive advantages: an empirical investigation

Prodromos Chatzoglou, Dimitrios Chatzoudes

Nowadays, innovation appears as one of the main driving forces of organisational success. Despite the above fact, its impact on the propensity of an organisation to develop and…

Uncovering transfer – a cross-national comparative analysis

Anna Sinell, Vivien Iffländer, Antonia Muschner

Successful knowledge and technology transfer (KTT) is necessary to ensure the competitiveness and growth of national innovation systems. In this regard, technology transfer…

Barriers to innovation within large financial services firms: An in-depth study into disruptive and radical innovation projects at a bank

Patrick Das, Robert Verburg, Alexander Verbraeck, Lodewijk Bonebakker

Since the 2008 financial crisis, the financial industry is in need of innovation to increase stability and improve quality of services. The purpose of this paper is to explore…

Diffusion of innovation among Malaysian manufacturing SMEs

Abdullah Al Mamun

The purpose of this paper is to examine the attributes of innovation adoption and its effects on the performance of Malaysian manufacturing SMEs.

Market reaction to open innovation announcements

Dawid Szutowski

Open innovation is of crucial importance for all companies operating in the economics of widely distributed knowledge. However, the effects of its disclosure remain largely…

Do nurses display innovative work behavior when their values match with hospitals’ values?

Bilal Afsar, Sadia Cheema, Bilal Bin Saeed

The purpose of this paper is to draw on organizational psychology, innovation and knowledge management literatures to investigate the impact of a nurse’s person-organization (P-O…