European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 26 Issue 3

How do formal and informal institutional distance affect the reverse knowledge spillover of Chinese MNCs?

Yi She, Jin Hong, Chuwei Ji

This study examines the impact of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) of Chinese multinational corporations (MNCs) and formal and informal institutional distances between the…

Institutional pressure, firm's green resources and green product innovation: evidence from Taiwan's electrical and electronics sector

Yi-Chun Huang, Chih-Ta Chen

Integrating economic and green initiatives into firm strategies is a challenge for firms in various industries. The study aims to incorporate multiple views, i.e. green innovation…

The role of organization intermediaries in science-/techno-push versus user-centric approaches in health care innovation

Valerie Merindol, Alexandra Le Chaffotec, David W. Versailles

Health care ecosystems instantiate different innovation trajectories, driven either by science-/techno-push or user-centric rationales. This article focuses on organization…

Too much of a good thing? The nonlinear influence of noncontrolling large shareholders on corporate innovation

He Wan, Qiuping Peng, Xi Zhong

Noncontrolling large shareholders can reduce the agency problem of executives and can reduce the expropriation or tunneling behavior of controlling shareholders, thereby promoting…

Identifying high quality ideas in the online context: evidence from a meta-analysis

Suya Hu, Di Xu

With the rapid development of web-based ideation platforms, firms are increasingly reaching outside their boundaries to obtain ideas, which makes idea evaluation tricky and…

How does the digital innovation process unfold in practice? A novel third-generation and empirical-based need–solution pairing model

Haneen Allataifeh, Sedigheh Moghavvemi, Jahan Ara Peerally

There is a lack of empirical-based models derived from practice to explain the digital innovation process. The authors investigate how the digital innovation process unfolds in…

Linking ethical leadership to followers' innovative work behavior in Pakistan: the vital roles of psychological safety and proactive personality

Israr Ahmad, Yongqiang Gao, Fangguo Su, Muhammad Kamran Khan

This study examines the link between ethical leadership and innovative work behavior. Also, drawing on the substitute for leadership theory, this study investigates the role of a…

Understanding the relationship between organizational culture and inbound open innovation

Franz Barjak, Fabian Heimsch

The relationship between corporate culture and inbound open innovation (OI) has been limited to two sub-constructs: a culture for openness and an innovation culture, but until now…

How does disruptive innovation influence firm performance? A moderated mediation model

Chenxiao Wang, Feng Guo, Qingpu Zhang

Based on the literature on disruptive innovation, this research explores how disruptive innovation directly and indirectly (via innovation speed and innovation quality) influences…

Understanding the influence of technological capability and exogenous pressure on business model dynamics: insights from a longitudinal case study

Jingqin Su, Shuai Zhang, Huanhuan Ma

The purpose of the study is to explore how technological capability and exogenous pressure interactively influence business model (BM) dynamics over time in new technology-based…

Tackling organizational innovativeness through strategic orientation: strategic alignment and moderating role of strategic flexibility

Abdelmohsen A. Nassani, Abdullah Mohammed Aldakhil

The purpose of the research was to examine the effect of strategic orientation on organizational innovativeness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Moreover, in order to…

Open innovation and organizational ambidexterity

Bang-Ning Hwang, Yi-Ping Lai, Chunhsien Wang

This study aims to examine the relationships among open innovation, organizational ambidexterity and firm performance. One important aspect of open innovation is that it enables a…

Disclosure of innovation on sustainability report

Giovanni Bronzetti, Maurizio Rija, Graziella Sicoli, Dominga Ippolito

There are several studies on various aspects of the disclosure of companies but there is little research on elements related to the disclosure of innovation in particular. The…