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Environmental Studies
Amali Ediriweera, Anna Wiewiora
Summary: Technological innovations play a crucial role in ensuring sustained competitive advantage in the mining sector, which is facing challenges of depleted resources and the need for new solutions. This study identified environmental and organizational barriers to technology adoption in mining, as well as enablers to overcome these barriers for successful outcomes. Policy implications for mining firms to improve technology adoption outcomes were also proposed, including the development of organizational norms aligned with innovation culture and sustainable practices to collaborate with external stakeholders.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Claudia Lood Alayon, Kristina Safsten, Glenn Johansson
Summary: This paper categorizes the barriers and enablers for the adoption of sustainable manufacturing by manufacturing SMEs, and provides specific enablers for SMEs to address these barriers and enhance their sustainability performance.
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Business
Aasheesh Dixit, Suresh Kumar Jakhar, Patanjal Kumar
Summary: This article investigates the role of lean and sustainable manufacturing on Industry 4.0 adoption, focusing on the mediating role of innovation ambidexterity. The study contributes to the research on sustainable manufacturing and Industry 4.0 by developing scales to measure relevant constructs and establishing relationships between lean & sustainable manufacturing and Industry 4.0.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Business
Desiree A. Laubengaier, Raffaella Cagliano, Filomena Canterino
Summary: Industry 4.0 brings fundamental changes to company processes, where both technological and administrative process innovations are important and interact with each other in complex ways. This study highlights the significance of work design, people management, and strategy for Industry 4.0 initiatives.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sajid Ullah, Farman Ullah Khan, Naveed Ahmad
Summary: The study identifies that cost reduction and government support are the most important drivers of green innovation implementation in the manufacturing industry in Pakistan, while green image appears to be the least significant driver. These findings have important implications for managers and policymakers in developing green strategies for the manufacturing sector.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Business
Jake D. Hoskins, Stephen J. Carson
Summary: The level of diversity in a company's technology portfolio is crucial for its long-term adaptability and financial performance. This study examines the impact of industry conditions and a company's market share on the profitability of diverse technological portfolios. The findings suggest that greater technological diversity enhances profitability when a company has a high market share, low industry concentration, or low industry dynamism. On the other hand, greater technological focus improves profitability when a company has a low market share, high industry concentration, or high industry dynamism.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shi Yin, Yuanyuan Yu
Summary: This study examines the impact of the integration of digital technology and green innovation on the performance of manufacturing enterprises. The results show that different dimensions of knowledge search have different effects on digital green innovation, and these effects are moderated by digital green risk perception and digital green complexity perception. The study provides theoretical and practical insights into the complex process of digital green innovation.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Business
Hao Jiao, Jifeng Yang, Cheng Jiang, Jiawei Yu
Summary: This research aims to explore how firms can pursue an open innovation strategy while minimizing competitive pressure from external entities. The study constructs a theoretical framework to analyze the impact of openness on innovation performance, specifically examining the effect of firms' external search channels. The findings reveal a curvilinear relationship between openness and innovation performance, with information technology adoption and political ties playing a crucial role in facilitating the transformation of external knowledge into technological innovation performance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EMERGING MARKETS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Pedro P. Senna, Luis Miguel D. F. Ferreira, Ana C. Barros, Jaime Bonnin Roca, Vanessa Magalhaes
Summary: This paper uses interpretive structural modeling (ISM) and matrix impact of cross multiplication applied to classification (MICMAC) analysis to study the barriers and their interrelationships in the adoption of Industry 4.0. The barriers are categorized into technology, organization, and environment. The study finds that standardization and lack of off-the-shelf solutions are considered root barriers, which differs from previous studies. Additionally, barriers related to legal and contractual uncertainty have the highest driving power and lowest dependence power.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Management
Desiree H. van Dun, Maneesh Kumar
Summary: This study explores how managers influence employees' acceptance of Industry 4.0 technology adoption. It suggests that a transformational leadership style and emotional intelligence are key factors in promoting employee acceptance and use of Industry 4.0 technologies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Sanaz Vatankhah, Vahideh Bamshad, Levent Altinay, Glauco De Vita
Summary: This study proposes a hierarchical approach to investigate the factors affecting business model development (BMD), using complexity theory and hierarchy concept. Multiple fuzzy multi-criteria decision making techniques were applied to analyze the enablers and barriers of BMD.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Business
Abhinav Jindal, Gireesh Shrimali
Summary: India plans to achieve a 450 gigawatt increase in renewable energy capacity by 2030. Renewable energy and battery storage have become cost-competitive alternatives to new coal power, starting from 2022. To maximize battery storage deployment, India should implement a battery portfolio standard linked to the existing renewable portfolio standard, and adopt renewable dispatchable generation power purchase agreements to meet multiple policy criteria.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Olivia McDermott, Jiju Antony, Michael Sony, Stephen Daly
Summary: This study investigates the barriers to implementing continuous improvement methodologies in the Irish Pharma industry, finding that a highly regulated environment is perceived as a significant obstacle. However, a majority of participants still utilize continuous improvement methods, driven by a desire to improve productivity and quality.
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Environmental Sciences
Hui Liu, Linbang Fan, Zhaoxia Shao
Summary: The study found that energy consumption, technological innovation, and supply chain management have non-linear effects on enterprise performance, with the significant impact of technological innovation but with a threshold effect; additionally, supply chain management has a positive impact on enterprise performance.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Business
Arun Madanaguli, Vinit Parida, Pejvak Oghazi, Phan Kiet Tran
Summary: The adoption of technological innovations by healthcare professionals is influenced by various barriers, leading to hesitancy. Individual perceptions play a crucial role in the adoption and success of healthcare innovations, and empowering adopters to choose can reduce hesitancy.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Samuel Adomako, Chris Simms, Diego Vazquez-Brust, Hang T. T. Nguyen
Summary: This article examines how stakeholder green pressures influence eco-product innovation and new product performance in firms operating in resource-constrained countries. The study finds that stakeholder green pressures have positive effects on new product performance, which are mediated by environmental sustainability orientation and eco-product innovation. These findings contribute to understanding the mechanisms through which stakeholder pressures affect new product performance in resource-constrained environments.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Political Science
Emre Cinar, Chris Simms, Paul Trott
Summary: This study analyzes the actors, stages, perceived aspects, and governance of collaboration in public sector innovation. Collaborative efforts primarily occur within the bureaucracy of public sector organizations, with variations depending on the country context. Mutual understanding and shared goals are crucial for success, which is achieved through top-down governance.
GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
(2023)
Article
Business
Chris Simms, Paul Trott
Summary: This study examines the front-end management characteristics and requirements of innovation packaging-integrated product development projects in the fast-moving consumer goods industry. It identifies nine different new product opportunities and presents 11 propositions for capturing these opportunities. The findings have practical implications for marketers in understanding the integration between packaging and product offerings.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MARKETING
(2022)
Article
Management
Thomas Lager, Christopher Don Simms, Johan Frishammar
Summary: This study examined the ideation and concept integration during the pre-development of non-assembled products in six sectors of the global manufacturing companies. New constructs and concepts related to innovation were developed and tested. The findings highlight the significance of early integration of constructs and concepts for successful ideation of new or improved products in the process industries.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Necip Gozuacik, C. Okan Sakar, Sercan Ozcan
Summary: This study proposes a deep learning-based framework to predict the possible new and disappearing interactions between words in the future. Word vectors are generated using a word embedding technique, and the temporal changes of word associations are modeled using Long Short-Term Memory networks. The accuracy of the proposed model is analyzed based on evaluation metrics, indicating its ability to identify emerging and disappearing areas and serve as a decision-making tool for future projections in other fields.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Regional & Urban Planning
Sercan Ozcan, Ozcan Saritas
Summary: This study aims to develop the first Theory of Technological Response and Progress in Chaos (TRPC) and examines the case of technological development during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors identified key technologies and different periods of technological response and progress in chaos. The study emphasizes the importance of establishing the required technological base and know-how before chaotic events occur.
Article
Business
Johan Frishammar, Anna Essen, Christopher Simms, Rebecka Edblad, Veronica Hardebro
Summary: Digital healthcare platforms have enabled patients to receive healthcare in new ways. This article investigates behavioral differences between older and younger primary care users on digital healthcare platforms and finds significant variations in their usage patterns.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Thomas Lager, Christopher Don Simms
Summary: This paper examines the company design and work process for non-assembled products through a survey and follow-up questionnaire with selected case-companies. Preliminary findings suggest that it is advisable to design a work process that is tailored to the specific conditions of the process industries when developing or reconfiguring product innovation work processes. Furthermore, the study indicates that such a work process should focus on greater product and process integration from ideation to product launch, with particular emphasis on the industrialization phase. The proposed five-phase structural model presented in a Stage-Gate format can serve as a guiding template for developing an enhanced product innovation work process for non-assembled products.
Article
Business
David Boye, Sercan Ozcan, Oluwatobi Fajana
Summary: Crowdfunding platforms can be integrated into innovation and product development as a source of potential ideas and trends. This study analyzed 8021 crowdfunding projects from 2009 to 2018 using text mining, clustering them into nine innovation areas desired by consumers. The research uncovered emerging product features reflecting consumer desires by examining the linkage between associated text, project features, and funding. The proposed model contributes to the innovation processes and offers insights for the design of new products and services.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Emre Cinar, Mehmet Akif Demircioglu, Ahmet Coskun Acik, Chris Simms
Summary: The purpose of this study is to deepen our understanding of the typology of public service innovation and the role of national context in Singapore. Using two different methodologies, the study finds that the focus of innovation in Singapore shifted from internal to external.
Article
Public Administration
Chutima Suchitwarasan, Emre Cinar, Chris Simms, Jae-Yeon Kim
Summary: The aim of this study was to compare the focus and locus of SDGs-oriented public sector innovation in Thailand and Korea and to contribute to the understanding of the role of national context in PSI. The findings showed that SDGs-oriented PSI is more external and policy innovation is the most common type. However, these distributions vary depending on contextual differences in administrative and technological contexts.
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
(2023)
Article
Business
Sercan Ozcan, Aldo Stornelli, Christopher Simms
Summary: This study aims to establish the first multidimensional framework to assess the level of readiness of product innovations. By merging two streams of literature, the study links the main themes of product innovation success factors to potential readiness level scales, resulting in the development of a product-innovation readiness level (P-IRL) framework consisting of four readiness levels.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Dominik Forner, Sercan Ozcan
Summary: This study aims to understand the overlaps of Systems of Innovation (SI) concepts and uses deep learning and natural language processing to analyze related literature. The findings reveal significant proportions of overlaps between SI, apart from regional and technological systems. Economic topics are distributed widely across the SI literature, rather than being confined to specific systems.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Emre Cinar, Mehmet Akif Demircioglu, Ahmet Coskun Acik, Chris Simms
Summary: The purpose of this study is to deepen our understanding of the typology of public service innovation and the role of national context in Singapore. Using two different methodologies, the study finds that the focus of innovation in Singapore shifted from internal to external.
Article
Management
Marco Ceccagnoli, You-Na Lee, John P. Walsh
Summary: This study examines the relationship between basic research and the innovativeness of innovations, as well as how this relationship varies between internally- and externally-sourced innovations. The findings suggest that basic research is associated with more innovative innovations, with the moderating effect of diversification observed for internally-generated innovations but not for externally-sourced innovations.
Article
Management
Di Tong, Jeongsik Jay Lee
Summary: This study examines the utilization of external knowledge by incumbent inventors post-hiring and highlights the importance of a diverse human capital composition in facilitating post-hiring knowledge integration.
Article
Management
Marc Van Dyck, Dirk Luettgens, Kathleen Diener, Frank Piller, Patrick Pollok
Summary: Platform ecosystems have gained attention as a new way of value creation and capture. A study compares the efforts of two agricultural equipment incumbents in transforming their business models towards a platform ecosystem. The incumbents' assessment of their product business potential leads to different platform positioning, with distinct choice patterns and outcomes in the emerging platform ecosystem.
Article
Management
Andreas Reiter, Joachim Stonig, Karolin Frankenberger
Summary: This study examines how orchestrators of innovation ecosystems govern their relationships with multiple heterogeneous complementors. The findings suggest that orchestrators create distinctly governed tiers of complementors based on the domains of uncertainty, and the organizational form and coordination mechanisms of these tiers reflect complementors' roles in the blueprint.
Article
Management
Alessandro Muscio, Giovanna Vallanti
Summary: This study uses questionnaire data to investigate gender issues in PhD entrepreneurship in Italy. The results demonstrate a gender gap in PhD student entrepreneurship and highlight the significant impact of the gender composition of academic faculty on female students' attitudes towards business-oriented research and entrepreneurship.
Article
Management
Antonin Bergeaud, Cyril Verluise
Summary: In this paper, a new dataset called PatentCity is introduced, which provides information about the location and nature of patentees in the 19th century, as well as additional information such as citizenship and occupation. This dataset facilitates the exploration of the geography of innovation.
Article
Management
Kenneth G. Huang, Nan Jia, Yeyanran Ge
Summary: This study finds that anti-dumping sanctions have a positive impact on the innovations of Chinese firms. The sanctions imposed by the US on Chinese products significantly increase the number of patented innovations produced by the targeted exporting firms. This effect is strengthened during China's pro-innovation national policy period. Moreover, the targeted exporting firms focus on more-substantive innovations that increase the value-added of their products.
Article
Management
Max Mulhuijzen, Jeroen P. J. de Jong
Summary: Users can contribute to the improvement of a firm's product through online user innovation communities. The contributions of professional users have better diffusion rates in the community, especially when they have high commercial motivation or favorable network positions.