Towards a deeper understanding of the emergence of process innovations: Which role do inter-organisational learning and internal knowledge exploitation play?

Linder, Christian; Sperber, Sonja

doi:10.1016/j.jengtecman.2019.04.001

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“…Coherently, product (Sarpong & Maclean, 2012; Zhang, Qi, Wang, Zhao & Pawar, 2019) and process innovations (Linder & Sperber, 2019) have a direct impact on the organization. According to Zhang, Qi, Wang, Zhao and Pawar (2019), business and political ties improve the performance of product innovation, as well as the influences of cultural and institutional environments, provide insights on how to use business and the political ties of managers to product innovation in China and India.…”

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The relationship between sustainable innovation and product or service innovation: a survey in companies in Rio Grande do Sul

Severo¹,

Perin

Guimarães

et al. 2020

REGE

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PurposeEnvironmental problems and natural resources scarcity are changing contemporary organizations management. The current society quest sustainable companies, mostly concern with the consumption and efficient management of natural resources; those innovative and sustainable companies have the capacity to create innovations and beneficial outcomes for the environment and society. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relevance of sustainable innovation on products and services innovation, in companies in the northern region of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil).Design/methodology/approachIn the research, the authors applied a descriptive and quantitative method, through exploratory factor analysis (EFA), with the use of varimax rotation and multiple linear regression. The final sample of the survey consists of 107 respondents.FindingsThe results indicate that sustainable innovation (SI) has an influence on products and services innovations in the organizations, moreover the process innovations can provide reduced energy consumption and waste emissions, indicating the awareness regarding the environmental issues.Research limitations/implicationsIt is emphasized that environmental issues must be linked to investments in environmental education projects in organizations, thus enabling a systemic and effective vision on this issue.Practical implicationsThis research presents managerial and academic contributions, as it has developed a scale to measure the importance of SI on products and services innovation.Originality/valueThe study developed a measurement model, with observable variables based on the specialized literature. The measurement model consists of the constructs of product/service innovation and SI, which were statistically validated through the tests of normality, reliability and EFA.

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Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

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The relationship between sustainable innovation and product or service innovation: a survey in companies in Rio Grande do Sul

Severo¹,

Perin

Guimarães

et al. 2020

REGE

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“…As discussed above, both pre-existing organisational and external knowledge are needed to develop eco-innovations. Traditional literature has highlighted the importance of generating internal knowledge to develop any innovative project (Linder and Sperber, 2019). In recent decades, the need for departments and functions of firms to cooperate in transferring and sharing knowledge useful for the development of new products has been highlighted (Brettel et al , 2011; Strese et al , 2016).…”

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Organisational agility, environmental knowledge and green product success

Rabal-Conesa

Jiménez

Costa

2021

JKM

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse the effect of organisational agility on environmental knowledge as an instrument for the successful development of eco-innovation in products. Design/methodology/approach This study used a cross-sectional design to collect data on the study variables from a sample of 184 Spanish manufacturing organisations. Structural equations with partial least squares were used to test the hypotheses. Findings Organisational agility is significantly linked to internal and external environmental knowledge. The results of this study highlight the effect of external knowledge on the success of eco-innovation. Internal environmental knowledge positively moderates the effect of external knowledge on the success of green products. Research limitations/implications Based on the dynamic capabilities approach, a theoretical model has been proposed in which organisational agility is configured as an effective capacity for the development of environmental knowledge. The results confirm this relationship and indicate that, although internal environmental knowledge is not decisive in developing new green products, it does enhance the effect of external knowledge on the success of eco-innovation. Practical implications Innovative companies must implement organisational agility practices that promote environmental knowledge for the success of new green products. They should also promote both external and internal knowledge. Originality/value This study addresses the little explored area of the relationship between organisational agility and the successful development of new green products. The inherent particularities of eco-innovation prompt the need for further studies on the creation of specific knowledge for its promotion. This study concludes that adopting agile practices enables key environmental knowledge for this type of innovation to be created. Additionally, it explores the tensions arising from the dichotomy between internal and external knowledge, with scarce resources allocated to the most effective source. Although both types of knowledge seem to be equally relevant, external knowledge plays a more significant role in the case of eco-innovation. A final contribution of this study is the finding that internal knowledge can further enhance the effect of external knowledge on the development of successful green products.

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“…On the other hand, exploitation emphasizes the use of the organization's knowledge, skills and competencies (Choi and Mcnamara, 2018;Koryak et al, 2018). It refers to incremental learning in the adoption, diffusion, refinement and reuse of established technologies, methods and know-how to the utmost extent (Liao et al, 2016;Jensen and Clausen, 2017;Linder and Sperber, 2019). In the information systems (IS) and software development, because each stage of development involves more in-depth learning, exploitation enables firms to reuse and apply the knowledge and experiences from prior IS projects while refining and updating the knowledge itself through using it.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, to address SPI needs that may not be addressed intrinsically, AC may help firms integrate the acquired SPI knowledge with existing knowledge to "reconfigure their existing knowledge stock" (Lee et al, 2017(Lee et al, , 2018. To address similar issues that come in various forms, firms should equip themselves with the capability to repeatedly exploit the acquired and amalgamated knowledge that is created by AC (Saraf et al, 2013;Linder and Sperber, 2019). In this sense, we argue that AC may play a more prominent role in arousing OL for firms to swiftly respond to SPI needs and meet expected SPI goals.…”

Section: Absorptive Capacity Exploitation/exploration and Spi Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In other words, with the ability to recognize the value of new and external knowledge, AC presumably enables knowledge exploration and ignites an organization's sensitivity and receptivity to refresh existing knowledge. On the other hand, knowledge exploitation of sustainable OL seems to also require such an ability when an organization confronts similar issues that continually arrive and seeks a breakthrough (Linder and Sperber, 2019). Taking these concepts together, we further combine AC and exploration/ exploitation in the study of SPI, by considering their joint relationships, clarifying their distinct roles and determining how they may collaborate for the organization to address the knowledge gaps in the pursuit of superior SPI implementation.…”

Section: Absorptive Capacity Exploitation/exploration and Spi Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An integrated model of the knowledge antecedents for exploring software process improvement success

Lee

Shiue

Chen

2020

JEIM

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PurposeSoftware process improvement (SPI) is a knowledge activity that is critical to the excellence of information system development. This study observes two knowledge gaps in the quest for SPI success and proposes a research model that integrates existing knowledge antecedents to address these gaps. Based on organizational learning theory and the dynamic capability view, the proposed model consolidates a firm's absorptive capacity (AC), learning ability in terms of exploration and exploitation and knowledge sharing (KS), and it examines the contextual relationships among these knowledge antecedents on the path to SPI success.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative research design is implemented to examine the model with a sample of 138 SPI-certified organizations in Taiwan and Mainland China. The partial least squares (PLS) technique is used for the data analysis.FindingsThe results reveal the following findings. First, AC triggers the effect of exploration/exploitation on SPI success. Second, KS fosters exploitation but has an insignificant influence on exploration. Third, KS can promote AC, and it serves as the sourcing mechanism for all of the knowledge antecedents. Overall, an integrative set of knowledge learning routes is presented in guiding software firms on the way to SPI success.Originality/valueIn addition to identification of the two knowledge gaps, this study advances the authors’ understanding by comprehending the causal associations of the four knowledge antecedents on the way to SPI success.

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Towards a deeper understanding of the emergence of process innovations: Which role do inter-organisational learning and internal knowledge exploitation play?

Cited by 24 publications

References 74 publications

The relationship between sustainable innovation and product or service innovation: a survey in companies in Rio Grande do Sul

The relationship between sustainable innovation and product or service innovation: a survey in companies in Rio Grande do Sul

Organisational agility, environmental knowledge and green product success

An integrated model of the knowledge antecedents for exploring software process improvement success

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