Links between Successful Innovation Diffusion and Stakeholder Engagement

Widén, Kristian; Olander, Stefan; Atkin, Brian

doi:10.1061/(asce)me.1943-5479.0000214

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“…Douthwaite, Keatinge, & Park (2001) assert that key stakeholders play a critical role in the development stage of an innovation. Thus, companies will have the greatest opportunity to support the idea through various decisions by identifying them at the earliest (possible) phase in the innovation process (Widén, Olander, & Atkin, 2013).…”

Section: Stakeholder Engagement and Innovationmentioning

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Does the stakeholder engagement result in new drinks? Evidence from family owned SMEs

Pantano

Priporas

Viassone

et al. 2020

Journal of Business Research

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This paper aims to explore the role of stakeholder engagement in the link between innovativeness and the final innovation outcome (i.e. innovative products) in the case of SMEs in the beverage sector. Four case studies based on small, family owned Italian producers of alcoholic beverages explore to what extent the concept of radical or incremental innovation might be applied to the context of new drinks and the role of internal stakeholders. In particular, our study reveals the resources and innovativeness patterns that should be fostered in order to generate the desired innovation outcomes in the alcoholic beverage sector, in terms of new drinks. Particularly in the context of SMEs that use local ingredients, local branding and local manufacture, innovation management would benefit from a stronger engagement with stakeholders, which is still underestimated by the current innovation culture.

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Section: Stakeholder Engagement and Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does the stakeholder engagement result in new drinks? Evidence from family owned SMEs

Pantano

Priporas

Viassone

et al. 2020

Journal of Business Research

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“…Innovation in construction involves many actors, including governments, building material suppliers, designers, general contractors, specialist contractors, the labor workforce, owners, professional associations, private capital providers, end users of public infrastructure, vendors and distributors, testing service companies, educational institutions, certification bodies, and others. In their study on the role of stakeholder engagement in construction innovation, Widén et al emphasized the need to develop communication plans as well as the formation of stakeholder engagement plans and strategies for prominent stakeholders as an integral part of construction innovation [15]. Therefore, innovation in construction takes more than the changes in people or ideas; the whole company must be organized in this direction, and the technological capacity of the company is one of the most important sources of innovation.…”

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Building the Link between Technological Capacity Strategies and Innovation in Construction Companies

Ercan¹

2019

Sustainable Management Practices

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Interest in construction industry innovation has been growing with the globalization and in parallel with change of the building production processes. However, despite its potential for gaining sustainable company performance, many construction companies have failed by management of innovation. In this context, the main theme of this study is to examine how technology capacity in construction companies changes according to the main innovation areas. The technology capacity and the integration of technology to organization is one of the main determinants of construction innovation. The main purpose of this study is to determine how the existence of different innovation areas in construction companies is related to the technology capacity features. A questioner survey was conducted to collect data from construction professionals, and they were asked assess their company's current position about technology capacity and activity level of predicted innovation areas-product, process, and organization. Independent sample t-test was employed to see the differentiation of technological capacity among different innovation types. The results indicate that the technology capacity of the construction companies, which are active in the fields of product, process, and organizational innovation, is in a varying strength.

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“…Thus, construction innovation has its own nature which is different from other industries, such as manufacturing, service. The project-based nature of construction industry makes every project unique (Veshoskey, 1998), thus there is significant opportunity and tendency for innovative behavior (Kulatunga, Amaratunga, & Haigh, 2006, pp.654-662), which, most of the time, tends to happen at the project level (Ozorhon, 2013;Winch, 2003;Widén, Olander, & Atkin, 2013). We think construction innovation is the project-based process to reconstruct the world around us through constructive activities and buildings.…”

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Identification of Critical Success Factors for Construction Innovation: From the Perspective of Strategic Cooperation

Liu¹,

Wang²,

Skibniewski³

et al. 2014

Front. Eng

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Nowadays, China is in the period of industrialization, modernization and urbanization. The investment to the infrastructure is increasing which requires the support from construction innovation. Construction innovation is project-based cooperative innovation. The innovation based cooperation not only focuses inside the boundary of project, but also emphasizes the long-term strategic cooperation among the participants of innovation network. Therefore, it is significant to explore the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) of construction innovation based on the viewpoint of strategic cooperation. This paper first presents the definition and characteristics of construction innovation. By tracking the international frontiers, the authors studied a great number of literatures on the influence elements of construction innovation. Combining the effort of literature review and expert interview, this present paper identified 20 CSFs for construction innovation, which is verified and perfected by a case study in the end. The findings of this research will be of great importance for guiding the practice of construction innovation in China.Keywords: critical success factors, construction innovation, identification, strategic cooperation Nowadays, China is in the period of industrialization, modernization and urbanization (Wang & Zhang, 2011). The investment to the infrastructure is increasing which requires the support from construction innovation. Construction in- dustry is a complex project based industry. The uniqueness of construction projects leads to the fact that innovation is the key of the success of construction projects (Li, 2008). Construction innovation has gradually been the focus of academic and industrial circles; however, most relevant literatures focus on the study of innovation modes and the driving forces of construction innovation. Research on the construction innovation based on the strategic cooperation is few. In this perspective, this paper first analyses the definition and characteristics of construction innovation. Combining the efforts of tracking and studying the international frontier literatures and expert interview, this paper identifies the Critical Success Factors(CSFs) of construction innovation from the viewpoint of strategic cooperation. A case study is also presented to verify and perfect the CSFs identified.

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Links between Successful Innovation Diffusion and Stakeholder Engagement

Cited by 41 publications

References 52 publications

Does the stakeholder engagement result in new drinks? Evidence from family owned SMEs

Does the stakeholder engagement result in new drinks? Evidence from family owned SMEs

Building the Link between Technological Capacity Strategies and Innovation in Construction Companies

Identification of Critical Success Factors for Construction Innovation: From the Perspective of Strategic Cooperation

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