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Artefacts as boundary objects for concept development: a configurational approach
Federico Paolo Zasa, Tommaso BuganzaThis study aims to investigate how configurations of boundary objects (BOs) support innovation teams in developing innovative product concepts. Specifically, it explores the…
Rethinking innovation through industry and society 5.0 paradigms: a multileveled approach for management and policy-making
Orlando Troisi, Anna Visvizi, Mara GrimaldiIndustry 4.0 defines the application of digital technologies on business infrastructure and processes. With the increasing need to take into account the social and environmental…
The struggle of sensor-based digital servitization: analysis and perspectives for organizational digital transformation in SMEs
Thomas Trabert, Luca Doerr, Claudia LehmannThe organizational digital transformation (ODT) in companies presents small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – who remain at the beginning of this transformation – with the…
Better abstract or concrete, narrating or not: optimal strategies for the communication of innovation
Ernesto Cardamone, Gaetano Miceli, Maria Antonietta RaimondoThis paper investigates how two characteristics of language, abstractness vs concreteness and narrativity, influence user engagement in communication exercises on innovation…
Design and development of a digital diagnostic clinical pathway: evidence from an action research study
Armando Calabrese, Antonio D'Uffizi, Nathan Levialdi Ghiron, Luca Berloco, Elaheh Pourabbas, Nathan ProudloveThe primary objective of this paper is to show a systematic and methodological approach for the digitalization of critical clinical pathways (CPs) within the healthcare domain.
Combining topic modeling and bibliometric analysis to understand the evolution of technological innovation adoption in the healthcare industry
Nicola Cobelli, Silvia BlasiThis paper explores the Adoption of Technological Innovation (ATI) in the healthcare industry. It investigates how the literature has evolved, and what are the emerging innovation…
The urban transport companies in Spain: analysis of efficiency with data envelopment analysis
Sandra Flores-Ureba, Clara Simon de Blas, Joaquín Ignacio Sánchez Toledano, Miguel Ángel Sánchez de LaraThis paper aims to define the efficiency achieved by urban transport companies in Spain concerning the resources they use, considering the type of management used for…
Can hybrid strategy improve SME performance? The role of innovation and adaptive capacity
Santiago Gutiérrez-Broncano, Jorge Linuesa-Langreo, Mercedes Rubio-Andrés, Miguel Ángel Sastre-CastilloThis article focusses on the hybrid strategy, a simultaneous combination of cost leadership and differentiation strategy. The study aims to examine the impact of hybrid strategy…
Strategies for digital entrepreneurship success: the role of digital implementation and dynamic capabilities
Tal Berman, Daniel Schallmo, Sascha KrausTo augment sales revenue, B2B digital start-ups aim to create and sustain commercial relationships with industry incumbents. However, since these incumbents have traditionally…
Open innovation at the digital frontier: unraveling the paradoxes and roadmaps for SMEs' successful digital transformation
Francesco Paolo Appio, Emanuele Cacciatore, Fabrizio Cesaroni, Antonio Crupi, Veronica MarozzoThe purpose of this paper is to fill a gap in the literature regarding the open innovation management approaches that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can use to access…
Eco-innovation and SMEs’ sustainable performance: a meta-analysis
Stephen OduroThe study aims to build upon the Resource-based view of the firm (RBV) and Dynamic Capability Theory (DCT) to perform a meta-analysis on the eco-innovation/SMEs’ sustainable…
Mapping the landscape: unveiling the structural dynamics of industry platforms
Khaled Abed Alghani, Marko Kohtamäki, Sascha KrausThe proliferation of industry platforms has disrupted several industries. Firms adopting a platform business model have experienced a substantial expansion in size and scale…
Understanding dynamic capabilities in emerging technology markets: antecedents, sequential nature, and impact on innovation performance in the extended reality industry
Christian Zabel, Daniel O’BrienThe purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the role of dynamic capabilities, specifically the sequence of sensing, seizing, and transforming capabilities, in highly…
Exploring the dynamics of design thinking in management education and training: a critical review, taxonomic analysis and practical implications
Arushi Bathla, Ginni Chawla, Mahrane Hofaidhllaoui, Marina DabicApplying critical analysis as the methodological framework for assessing the literature, the review seeks to present a summary and evaluation of the existing body of knowledge…
Innovating the management of supply chains for social sustainability: from the state of the art to an integrated framework
Gabriele Zangara, Luigino FiliceThis paper focuses on managerial practices in the context of supply chain. It focuses on the innovation of monitoring and control practices and proposes a holistic approach to…
Non-profit and hybrid organizations as multi-sided platforms: insights from the analysis of sustainability models
Paolo Landoni, Daniel TrabucchiThis study investigates the sustainability models of non-profit and hybrid organizations, which aim to balance economic, social and environmental objectives. The research…
Leading impactful research: applying platform thinking to drive collaborative inquiry in the innovation field
Daniel Trabucchi, Paola Bellis, Tommaso Buganza, Filomena Canterino, Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, Roberto Verganti, Joseph PressThis study investigates the application of collaborative inquiry within innovation management, employing platform thinking to address challenges of generalizability and relevance…
Digitally transforming the organization through knowledge management: a socio-technical system (STS) perspective
Asha ThomasIn today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, innovation is the cornerstone for every organization. Knowledge management (KM) is crucial for developing sustainable competitive…
Board gender diversity in innovative SMEs: an investigation across industrial sectors
Valeria Schifilliti, Elvira Tiziana La RoccaInvestigating the drivers that contribute to the success of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is crucial for ensuring the overall growth and sustainability of a country…
Innovating the bank-firm relationship: a spherical fuzzy approach to SME funding
Egidio Palmieri, Greta Benedetta FerilliInnovation in financing processes, enabled by the advent of new technologies, has supported the development of alternative finance funding tools. In this context, the study…
Managing proof-of-concept (PoC) programs in public research organizations: a dynamic capabilities perspective
Giovanni Tolin, Andrea PiccalugaThis paper aims to explore how the implementation of gap funding instruments such as Proof-of-Concept (PoC) programs can contribute to developing dynamic capabilities in Public…
Green Logistics 5.0: a review of sustainability-oriented innovation with foundation models in logistics
Bernardo Nicoletti, Andrea AppolloniThe paper uses foundation models to integrate the green approach in Logistics 5.0. Such integration is innovative in logistics and leads to a more sustainable and prosperous…
FinTech as a digital innovation in microfinance companies – systematic literature review
Uwakmfon Promise Offiong, Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska, Katarzyna Cheba, Giuseppe IoppoloThe main purpose of the paper is to identify the most important directions of research to date and to indicate new, emerging areas of research concerned with application of…
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