Innovation creation, innovation adoption, and firm characteristics in the construction industry

Kamal, Ernawati Mustafa; Yusof, Nor’Aini; Iranmanesh, Mohammad

doi:10.1108/jstpm-03-2015-0011

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“…There are three dimensions of EO; proactiveness, risk-taking and innovativeness (Covin and Slevin, 1991; Zahra, 1991; Jiang et al , 2019). Innovativeness refers to the willingness to encourage innovation and experimentation in the introduction of new products or services and novelty, technological leadership and R&D in the development of new processes (Lumpkin and Dess, 2001; Kamal et al , 2016); risk-taking refers to entrepreneurs' willingness to engage in measured business-related risks (Brockhaus, 1980; Kreiser et al , 2002); finally, proactiveness refers to the forward-looking and opportunity-seeking perspectives involving new products or services ahead of the market and acting in the anticipation of potential demand to generate change and shape the environment (Lumpkin and Dess, 2001).…”

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Entrepreneurial orientation, knowledge management, dynamic capabilities towards e-commerce adoption of SMEs in Indonesia

Nasution

Rafiki

Lubis

et al. 2021

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), knowledge management process (KMP) and dynamic capability (DC) toward the adoption of electronic commerce (e-commerce) of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in North Sumatera. Design/methodology/approach This study used a quantitative methodology using Smart PLS of structural equation model. A survey is done by distributing the questionnaires to the respondents (owner-managers) of SMEs across sectors. Using a convenient sampling technique, 131 respondents were selected. Using a cross-sectional survey design, 11 hypotheses were tested. Findings It is found that both innovativeness and proactiveness of EO have a significant relationship with e-commerce adoption (EA), while the risk-taking of EO is found as insignificant. Both risk-taking and proactiveness of EO are significantly related to KMP, but innovation of EO is found to be insignificant. Moreover, KMP significantly mediates the relationship between risk-taking and proactiveness of EO and EA, while KMP insignificantly mediates the relationship between innovativeness of EO and EA. Finally, it is found that DC has a significant relationship in EA. Originality/value By using the resource based-theory, the study on the decision of EA by SMEs is conducted which focuses on a number of internal and external factors influencing the adoption decision. This differs from other studies using theories of the technological, organizational and environmental, theory of acceptance and use of technology, theory of planned behavior, theory of reasoned action and others which emphasized on the implementation and usage of EA.

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Entrepreneurial orientation, knowledge management, dynamic capabilities towards e-commerce adoption of SMEs in Indonesia

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Lubis

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“…The construction industry has many characteristics that set it apart from other production environments, especially when compared with other sectors such as manufacturing (Kamal, Yusof & Iranmanesh, 2016). The characteristics that make construction project a complex undertaking include: its fragmented nature, uniqueness, dynamism, non-standardisation, communication difficulties and the lack of customer focus of the construction industry (Davis, 2007;Egan, 1998).…”

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Assessing Quality Management Practice in Nigerian Construction Industry

Abdullahi

Bustani

Hassan

et al. 2019

JCBM

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Several adverse reports on quality performance drive the need to assess quality management practice in the Nigerian construction industry. Incidences of building failures and in extreme cases, building collapse have been attributed to poor quality management among other factors. This paper assesses the quality management practices of Nigerian construction firms intending to suggest appropriate courses of action for improving quality performance. Data were collected through questionnaires administered to management staff in 20 construction firms in Abuja, Nigeria. Findings from the study show that inspections and statistical quality control techniques are the most widely used quality management tools by construction firms in Nigeria. However, the study found that the preparation of quality management plans (QMP) and quality auditing (a measure of quality assurance in building production), is not popular among Nigerian construction firms. Inadequate planning arrangements for quality, poor communication of quality requirements and lack of awareness of the benefits of quality management were identified as the most significant issues affecting quality management practice. Therefore there is a low uptake of quality management practice principles within construction organizations in Nigeria. Hence, the need to create awareness for implementing quality management principles and concepts in its construction industry. Keywords: Assessment, Construction industry, Nigeria, Quality management, Quality standards

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“…Innovation orientation as a concept is the state of the choice that occurs in firms, according to Kong- Seng and Yusof (2011) the firms would tend to be either creation or adoption according to level and availability of the innovative tools used (AbuJarad & Yusof, 2010;Kamal, Yusof, & Iranmanesh, 2016;Seng, Yusof, & Abidin, 2011). However, most scholars defined innovation as being adopted and created synonymously; leading towards failure in many innovation comparison efforts (Winch, 2003;Yusof, Mustafa Kamal, Kong-Seng, & Iranmanesh, 2014).…”

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“…Planning for the after war phase "rebuild/ reviving" the most important sector that will be addressed is the construction sector, which will take the biggest budget of the rebuild projects. Construction and innovation has a vast history of contravention studies and trials, although the construction industry is often accused by implementing less innovations than other industries (Bankvall, Bygballe, Dubois, & Jahre, 2010), still the innovation has huge impact on increasing the productivity of the construction firms and saving all kind of resources used in this industry (Iranmanesh & Kamal, 2015;Kamal et al, 2016), and many studies proved the significant positive relation innovation generally has on performance of the construction companies (Panuwatwanich, Stewart, & Mohamed, 2008;Sexton & Barrett, 2005). So the first need is inspecting the current orientation of innovation of that the of the Syrian construction firms during the war.…”

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The Effect of Innovation Barriers on Construction Firms’ Innovation Orientation

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Kamal²,

Yusof³

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The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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This paper aims to investigate the effect innovation barriers has on the innovation orientation in the Syrian construction firms in the period of the war years. The effect of 8 different barriers were investigated: Technical, Financial, Process, Psychological, Management, Culture, Environmental and Governmental barriers. Questionnaire data were collected from a sample of 306 architects and Civil engineers from large, small and medium sized construction firms, which operated in Syria within the past 6 years of the war. The results from total sample community confirmed only 9 hypotheses out of 16, confirming the full significant effect of the Technical, Financial, Process and Psychological Barriers had on both innovation orientations-(Creation & Adoption), Whereas, environmental Barrier significant effect only on the Creation innovation orientation. This paper illustrates the assessment of the measurement and structural model using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling PLS-SEM (Warp PLS 6.0 software). The study contributes theoretically and methodologically to the innovation barriers literature in specific and innovation literature in general. Moreover, the result can assist the local firms and authorities in understanding the barriers structure and guide them for future developments and improvements that are disparately needed for the era of the rebuilding the country after the war.

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Innovation creation, innovation adoption, and firm characteristics in the construction industry

Cited by 27 publications

References 53 publications

Entrepreneurial orientation, knowledge management, dynamic capabilities towards e-commerce adoption of SMEs in Indonesia

Entrepreneurial orientation, knowledge management, dynamic capabilities towards e-commerce adoption of SMEs in Indonesia

Assessing Quality Management Practice in Nigerian Construction Industry

The Effect of Innovation Barriers on Construction Firms’ Innovation Orientation

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