European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 26 Issue 2

An integrative framework of innovative work behavior for employees in SMEs linking knowledge sharing, functional flexibility and psychological empowerment

Muhammad Yasir, Abdul Majid, Zahid Yousaf, Abdelmohsen A. Nassani, Mohamed Haffar

This study aims to propose a model based on knowledge sharing (KS) to explore that how functional flexibility (FF) and psychological empowerment (PE) plays a mediating role…

Leadership for sustainability: fostering organizational learning to achieve radical innovations

Emilio Domínguez-Escrig, Francisco Fermín Mallén-Broch

While concerns about the social and environmental impact that result from business activity continue to grow, a stream of research consolidates to understand the mechanisms that…

Media multiplicity and collaborative innovation with suppliers: evidence from China

Ruihong Liu, Yuanqiong He, Xiu-Hao Ding, Jianhong Li

Based on media choice theories and real option theory, this study aims to explore the role of communication media portfolio in achieving collaborative innovation with suppliers.

Intangible resources and firms' innovation performance: empirical evidence from Chinese firms

Xiuyuan Fang, Marshall S. Jiang, Yugang Li

Intangible resources (IRs) play an important role in enterprise innovation; previous studies find inconsistent results (positive and negative). The authors develop and test a…

Green market orientation, green innovation capability, green knowledge acquisition and green brand positioning as determinants of new product success

Prasad Siba Borah, Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe, Wisdom Wise Kwabla Pomegbe, Bylon Abeeku Bamfo, Lawrence Kwabena Hornuvo

The purpose of this study is to assess if the mediating effect of green innovation capability (GIC) in the relationship between green market orientation (GMO) and new product…

The evolution of sustainable innovation: from the past to the future

Giovanna Afeltra, Sayed Alireza Alerasoul, Fernanda Strozzi

Over the last few decades, more emphasis has been placed on those innovations that can reconcile economic, social and environmental goals in order to achieve a “win-win-win”…

The role of founder reign in explaining family firms' R&D investment: evidence from China

Xi Zhong, Tiebo Song, Liuyang Ren

Based on the socioemotional wealth theory, this study aims to empirically investigate how founder reign, that is a founder serving as a cheif executive officer (CEO) or chairman…

Cooperation for innovation: more is not necessarily merrier

Serdal Temel, Anne-Laure Mention, Alp Eren Yurtseven

Embracing a large set of innovation objectives and collaborating with diverse partners have been promoted as a means to improve innovation performance. However, empirical evidence…

High-performance work systems, learning orientation and innovativeness: the antecedent role of environmental turbulence

Evrim Gemici, Cemal Zehir

The aim of this paper is to empirically examine whether environmental turbulence leads to the adoption of high-performance work systems (HPWS) and learning orientation (LO) in…

Managing the product innovations paradox: the individual and synergistic role of the firm inside-out and outside-in marketing capability

Shabahat Ali, Weiwei Wu, Sadaqat Ali

Building upon the firm market orientation theories, this study aims to examine the individual and synergistic effects of the firm inside-out and outside-in marketing capability on…

Revealing the importance of international and domestic cooperation by using artificial neural networks: case of European radical and incremental innovators

Viktor Prokop, Jan Stejskal, Beata Mikusova Merickova, Samuel Amponsah Odei

The purpose of this study is to introduce innovative ideas into the treatment of the radical and incremental innovations and to fill the research gap by using: (1) methods that…

Knowledge search strategies and corporate entrepreneurship: evidence from China's high-tech firms

Jiangfeng Ye, Yingna Jiang, Bin Hao, Yanan Feng

This study aims to explore the impact of search breadth and depth on corporate entrepreneurship (CE) through the mediating effect of opportunity discovery under the consideration…

Understanding healthcare sector organizations from a dynamic capabilities perspective

Ruben Loureiro, João J. Ferreira, Jorge Simões

Dynamic capabilities (DCs) need renewing to respond to changes emerging in the environment, and organizations must build up their capacities to sustain good performance levels…