European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 21 Issue 2

Valuating and analyzing the patent portfolio: the patent portfolio value index

Michele Grimaldi, Livio Cricelli, Francesco Rogo

The purpose of the paper is to advance a framework that can assess and analyze the value of patent portfolios. On this purpose, the framework develops a conceptual and…

From initiatives to employee-driven innovations

Arja Haapasaari, Yrjö Engeström, Hannele Kerosuo

The purpose of this paper is to examine the generation of innovations by employees and the creation of initiative paths, and to discover which factors contribute to the…

The roles of CEO transformational leadership and organizational factors on product innovation performance

Tharnpas Sattayaraksa, Sakun Boon-itt

The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct and indirect effects of CEO transformational leadership on product innovation performance. This research investigates the…

An opportunity space odyssey: historical exploration of demand-driven entrepreneurial innovation

Richard A. Hunt

One of the crucial questions confronting strategy and entrepreneurship scholars continues to be: where do new industry sectors come from? Extant literature suffers from a…

Mediation effects of trust and contracts on knowledge-sharing and product innovation: Evidence from the European machine tool industry

Jon Charterina, Jon Landeta, Imanol Basterretxea

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the mediating role of contracts and trust on the generation of product innovations stemming from buyer-supplier knowledge-sharing (KS…

The role of product innovation on export behavior of firms: Is it innovation input or innovation output that matters?

Sam Tavassoli

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of innovation on the export behavior of firms.

Business model design and firm performance: Evidence of interactive effects from a developing economy

Blendi Gerdoçi, Guido Bortoluzzi, Sidita Dibra

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on business model (BM) design by deepening the relationship between BM design themes and performance in a sample of…

Family firms and collaborative innovation: present debates and future research

Barbara Bigliardi, Francesco Galati

The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to identify the unique characteristics of family firms in terms of the ability to manage and the willingness to engage in…