Systematic review of institutional innovation literature: towards a multi-level management model

Abstract

Institutional innovation creates smart institutions that idiosyncratically thrive in a world of exponential change. Through policy-driven interventions and experiential learning, managers of institutions become adept at delivering praxis- and crisis-driven innovations required for survival and success. Similarly, the management of institutional innovation remains an interest in research due to links of this form of innovation to economic growth, and the demands of on-going major socioeconomic transformations due to technological advances, increased occurrences of major crises, and emerging socioeconomic challenges. Accordingly, a key question arising from the literature concerns the range of determinants and priorities that influence institutional innovation for delivering society value. Thus, the onus is on scholarship to capture and advance knowledge for harnessing the potency of institutional innovation. The purpose of this article is to analyse the current state of research on institutional innovation. Using the systematic review methodology, we identify and critically appraise 485 peer-reviewed scientific publications between 1969 and 2021. The review finds key determinants and management priorities with a view to developing a multi-level management model of institutional innovation. Guided by insights from the review, the article sets a research agenda for future management studies of institutional innovation.

What makes innovation ambidexterity manageable: a systematic review, multi-level model and future challenges

“…Such organising indicates major shifts in organisational operations, which necessitate structural, management, and cultural changes (Sligo et al 2019 ). Institutional transformation responds to institutional pressures for IA (AlMalki and Durugbo 2022 ; 2023 ), as well as fosters process mechanisms for IA, in line with the resource and institution theories presented by Table 3 .…”

A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis of research on COVID‐19 in strategy journals

“…Innovation is usually associated with economic growth and is crucial for companies' development of new markets and products (Park, 2021). Therefore, the existing links between innovation and economic growth explain the number of research focusing on this dimension (AlMalki & Durugbo, 2022). Logically, the articles studying COVID‐19 effects and consequences in strategy journals stress out that the appearance of the pandemic and the necessity to deal with its aftermath have been at the origin of a rise in the number of innovations (Lorange, 2021).…”

“…Innovation is essential and necessary for companies' growth in such troubled times (Marshall et al, 2021), and technological innovation can contribute to social crisis management (Xiong et al, 2021). The topic of innovation is presented as a global solution to the challenges created by the pandemic from different perspectives: small and medium‐sized enterprises (Lukito‐Budi et al, 2022; Thukral, 2021); multinational companies (Bathelt & Li, 2022); institutional level (AlMalki & Durugbo, 2022). Some works focus on the problems and obstacles that can underlie sources of innovation and jeopardize business models (Braun et al, 2020).…”

“…For example, the dynamism of regions and the existence of clusters for companies' innovations (Bathelt & Li, 2022) and the importance of political connections to anticipate a successful implementation (Díaz‐Díaz et al, 2022), are highlighted. The role of institutions is also displayed (AlMalki & Durugbo, 2022). An article about China underlines the relationship between governmental action and technological innovation during social crises.…”

A Multi-Level Model of Institutional Innovation and Knowledge Creation Capabilities: Insights From the Development of Taiwan’s Nation Health Insurance

“…Finally, descriptions of institutional innovation have primarily emphasized field-level practices, which have been criticized for disregarding its multi-level interaction nature. 13 , 14 To fill this theoretical gap and illuminate the institutional innovation practice in the healthcare sector, this study discovers how field-level effect of institutional change pressures on the network level of government-industry interaction induced institutional innovation, and organizational-level hospital performance. Therefore, theoretically, we must develop a multi-level institutional innovation model for hospitals to understand the determinants, capability, and process of institutional innovation by integrating the knowledge-based view and institutional theory.…”