Lead user innovation and entrepreneurship: Analyzing the current state of research

Escobar, Octavio; Schiavone, Francesco; Khvatova, Tatiana; Maâlaoui, Adnane

doi:10.1080/00472778.2021.1955126

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“…Despite their potential, new ventures often face challenges in acquiring external resources due to their “newness,” lack of full performance records, and information asymmetry, which can exacerbate resource constraints and create uncertainty in their growth trajectory [ 2 , 3 ]. Academic research has explored various theories and strategies to address these challenges, including resource integration and patching [ 4 , 5 ].…”

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Information technology capability, open technological innovation and firm growth

Yao,

2023

PLoS ONE

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The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of information technology (IT) capability on firm growth in the context of open technological innovation. The paper utilized a logical deductive approach to develop hypotheses and analytical frameworks, and collected empirical data from 256 Chinese new ventures. Regression analysis and structural equation models were used to test the hypotheses and analyze the data. The results showed that IT capability, including flexibility and integration of information technology, significantly influenced firm growth, and open technological innovation partially mediated the relationship between IT flexibility and firm growth, and significantly mediated the relationship between IT integration and firm growth. The paper’s limitations include the cross-sectional design, limited sample size, and potential unobserved variables such as organizational learning that could affect the relationship between IT capability and firm growth. The research is the first to investigate the effects of IT capability on firm growth based on the mediation of open technological innovation in China, contributing to the literature on IT capability and providing insights for managerial practice in the sharing economy era.

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Information technology capability, open technological innovation and firm growth

Yao,

2023

PLoS ONE

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“…Bibliometric methods apply statistical techniques to examine the structure and development of a research field (Zupic & Čater, 2015). Bibliometrics have been applied to all areas in business and management recently, such as business ethics (Rocha & Pinheiro, 2021;Verk et al, 2021), entrepreneurship (Deyanova et al, 2022;Escobar et al, 2021;Glinyanova et al, 2021;Lampe et al, 2020;Rovelli et al, 2021;Schröder et al, 2021), innovation (Sharma, 2021;Tiberius, Schwarzer, & Roig-Dobón, 2021), marketing (Lacka et al, 2020 ;Gao et al, 2021), organization (Bouckenooghe et al, 2021;Díez-Martín et al, 2021;Sharma & Lenka, 2021), strategy (Baker et al, 2020Filser et al, 2021;Tiberius et al, 2020), technology management (Korte et al, 2021;Pawassar & Tiberius, 2021;Tandon et al, 2021;Zeba et al, 2021), and many more.…”

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Tackling uncertain future scenarios with real options: A review and research framework

Gorupec

Brehmer

Tiberius

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The Irish Journal of Management

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Real options are widely applied in strategic and operational decision-making, allowing for managerial flexibility in uncertain contexts. Increased scholarly interest has led to an extensive but fragmented research landscape. We aim to measure and systematize the research field quantitatively. To achieve this goal, we conduct bibliometric performance analyses and bibliographic coupling analyses with an in-depth content review. The results of the performance analyses show an increasing interest in real options since the beginning of the 2000s and identify the most influential journals and authors. The science mappings reveal six and seven research clusters over the last two decades. Based on an in-depth analysis of their themes, we develop a research framework comprising antecedents, application areas, internal and external contingencies, and uncertainty resolution through real option valuation or reasoning. We identify several gaps in that framework, which we propose to tackle in future research.

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“…Lead users are characterized as being at the forefront of market trends, and highly interested in the product/service; given this, they are early adopters and test out the product/service before the majority of customers. Costa et al Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2023) 12:25 These users also anticipate receiving significant benefits from getting a product able to answer their needs, leading them to innovating themselves, in order to get it (Escobar et al, 2021;von Hippel, 2016).…”

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User communities: from nice-to-have to must-have

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With Industry 5.0 already on the horizon, firms need to adapt their strategies to better cater to an increasingly demanding and sustainability-conscious customer base. At the same time, the role of customers has shifted from being mere passive buyers to active users, who not only demand personalized products and services to suit their needs and preferences, but also actively engage other users and stakeholders, thereby grounding the Quadruple Helix model. The objective of this paper is to assess the role of user communities in fostering firms’ innovation in all types of innovation. Econometric estimations identified the user community as a driver of innovation propensity. Additionally, the relevance of these communities across all types of innovation (mainly for product and process innovation) was proven. Robustness analysis confirmed the results obtained in different dimensions and established a connection to human capital. This finding revealed that absorptive capacity serves not only as a facilitator of innovation, but also as a moderator. The empirical contributions point towards the urgency of policy actions that consistently involve these agents as vehicles of responsible innovation, which can fine-tune the innovation paths towards an eco-friendlier innovation ecosystem. Further testing the connection between human capital and the user community is required, as the establishment of efficient communication channels promoting the knowledge flows inside the firm will leverage innovation outputs in the different innovation types.

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Lead user innovation and entrepreneurship: Analyzing the current state of research

Cited by 20 publications

References 60 publications

Information technology capability, open technological innovation and firm growth

Information technology capability, open technological innovation and firm growth

Tackling uncertain future scenarios with real options: A review and research framework

User communities: from nice-to-have to must-have

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