Conditions for Innovation in KIBS: Evidence from Russia

Chichkanov, Nikolay; Miles, Ian; Belousova, Veronika

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“…This may be explained by the lack of effective incentives on the market or the deterioration of the innovation business climate in Poland. On the other hand, results from Russia suggest that innovation by KIBS (of no technological character) appears precisely under negative market and knowledge conditions [Chichkanov et al 2019] and firms in such circumstances are more liable to develop non-technological innovations. This means the reason for fewer KIBS innovations may vary and should be the subject of future research.…”

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The innovativeness of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in the context of market needs

Borodako¹,

Berbeka²

2019

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

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The issue of innovativeness is gaining importance due to rapid changes that enterprises have to face. The aim of this paper is to check if there is a relationship between the innovation level of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) providers and the level of visibility of a given type of business activity on the Internet. In the theoretical part, a review of Polish and English literature devoted to the issue of innovation measures, KIBS and the problem of visibility on the Internet was conducted. To implement the research objective, two research streams were integrated to examine the level of KIBS innovativeness -Statistics Poland data on the number of innovations implemented by individual KIBS suppliers with the results of a netnographic analysis presenting the level of visibility which can be considered as a determinant of the level of relative demand for given services. The results of the analysis show the level of innovation of individual KIBS and point to the weak relationship with the level of visibility on the Internet.

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The innovativeness of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in the context of market needs

Borodako¹,

Berbeka²

2019

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

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“…Over the last decade, the economic and business literature has been largely discussing competitive strategies and innovation patterns in KIBS, both from a theoretical perspective and, to a lesser extent, from an empirical point of view [18][19][20][21][22][23]. However, there is still a gap in the literature concerning the determinants that foster and impede innovation in KIBS firms [1,4,6,9]. The following text is meaningfully divided first into the nature of innovations in KIBS companies and then linked to selected determinants that affect them.…”

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“…There is a growing body of empirical literature available on success/failure factors or determinants which hamper or incentivize the propensity to innovate in cross-sectional comparison with services or knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) [1][2][3][4][5], and to lesser extent in the small business area [6][7][8]. Many authors in KIBS area research generally hypothesize that different forms of innovation outputs will be influenced by different types of determinants [1][2][3][4][5]8,9]. For example, Amara et al [1] found that financial obstacles are negatively related to product and process innovations, while knowledge obstacles tend to be negatively associated with the delivery and managerial innovations in the sample of Canadian KIBS firms.…”

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“…On the other hand, they found that the knowledge factor had a positive impact on several firms that focus on organizational and marketing innovation. More recently, Chichkanov et al [9] provided research results, in an emerging economy such as Russia (based on major cities), suggesting that KIBS firms experiencing negative market and knowledge conditions are more liable to undertake non-technological innovations.…”

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“…They suspect the role of employees may be less pronounced in more radical innovations because such (discontinuous) innovations may often be initiated and implemented by the managing partners of the small firms. It could be expected, that KIBS are learning and cooperate with (larger) sophisticated clients, and innovating as a result [9]. However, there is still a lack of empirical evidence prevalent about innovation in KIBS firms as a heterogeneous category of services, and more particularly, about determinants of innovations in small-sized KIBS to sustain their advantage and future development.…”

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Influence of Determinants on Innovations in Small KIBS Firms in the Czech Republic before COVID-19

Bumberová

Milichovský

2020

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There is still a lack of empirical evidence prevalent about innovation in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS), and more particular, about determinants of innovations in small firms to sustain their future development. Studies in this area suggest that different determinants will affect different forms of innovation outputs of KIBS. This paper investigates the direction and the significance of these influences on propensity to innovate. The empirical evidence is based on quantitative and firm-level data gathered through an email questionnaire, which yielded 128 qualified responses from small KIBS in the Czech Republic. The analysis is based on binary logistic regression to identify the effects of determinants on the propensity to innovate. In addition to the consistent results produced by studies in this area, we found reverse relationships between innovation and selected determinants. Negatively evolving knowledge (especially lack of qualified employees) and market determinants (lack of information about the market), positively stimulated small KIBS towards the propensity to introduce organizational innovations (structural and human resources practices), followed by increasing intensity of competition positively related to introducing a new service to the firm (especially t-KIBS) and insufficient availability of business partners increasing the marketing efforts. It’s evident that some negatively evolving determinants perform as incentives or driving forces to specific types of innovations. The results of this study could also be useful for owners and managers in KIBS firms engaging in innovation activities and government support, or incentivize the propensity to innovate.

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Conditions for Innovation in KIBS: Evidence from Russia

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References 64 publications

The innovativeness of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in the context of market needs

The innovativeness of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in the context of market needs

Influence of Determinants on Innovations in Small KIBS Firms in the Czech Republic before COVID-19

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