Collaborative work in the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies and its relationship with business sustainability in an emerging economy
September 2025
This study analyses the association between business sustainability and implementing Industry 4.0 through collaborative work and open innovation with stakeholders in medium and large companies in an...
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Unfolding the innovation of meaning: A modified design thinking approach
September 2025
This study advances the theoretical and practical understanding of meaning-driven innovation by proposing a modified design thinking (DT) framework grounded in hermeneutic principles. Unlike conventional...
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Exploration versus exploitation: The role of the business cycle
September 2025
This paper studies how the interplay between the cycle and firm-specific characteristics (firm size and exporting activities) shapes firms’ choice between exploratory and exploitative innovation investments....
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Energy sanctions in the global economy: Geopolitical disruptions, market fragmentation, innovation and green transition
September 2025
Economic sanctions have emerged as critical instruments of geopolitical strategy, with significant ramifications for global energy markets, innovation trajectories, and the transition to sustainable...
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The interplay between innovation adoption and pricing competitiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa
September 2025
The objective of this work is to evaluate the effects of adopting technological innovation, non-technological innovation, and their complementarity on price competitiveness. This work employs a recursive...
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Fostering farmers’ innovativeness through training and extension approaches: A systematic literature review
September 2025
Despite the recognized importance of agricultural extension approaches and farmers' innovation in addressing challenges within the agrifood sector, the existing literature on how these extension approaches...
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Emerging countries could be different for MSMES: Digitalization and the mediation effects of innovation confronted to environmental practices
Available online 5 August 2025
Our study analyses the direct and indirect effects of digital strategic orientation the performance of micro, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in emerging countries. Based on a statistically...
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Customer environmental pressure, environmental initiatives and innovation as pathways to overcoming operational obstacles: The critical role of gender diversity
Available online 5 August 2025
Environmental sustainability has become a critical focus for many companies globally. Customer expectations increasingly pressure Tunisian firms to adopt environmentally sustainable practices. This...
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Identifying unobserved heterogeneity in agribusiness firms’ innovation dynamic capabilities
Available online 30 July 2025
Innovation dynamic capabilities (IDCs) are crucial for firms in competitive markets, yet their heterogeneous development and utilization remain underexplored. This study uses finite mixture partial...
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Migration, innovation and social welfare evidence from OECD countries
Available online 25 July 2025
Migration is a global topic that has a profound impact on various countries and societies. Using the panel vector autoregression (PVAR) model, this paper examines the impact of migration on innovation...
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CSR Innovation and CSR Altruism – A Model of Firm Classification
Available online 19 July 2025
The relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) altruism and CSR innovation has been under-studied in the literature. By examining firms’ innovation practices and CSR altruism level,...
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Scarcity, Absorptive Capacity, and Social Networking — Antecedents of Self-Constructed Innovation in Vietnamese SMEs?
Available online 11 July 2025
Literature on innovation has identified specific innovation patterns under scarcity conditions. This research investigates organizational and business environment factors that could be predictors of...
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Unravelling the relationship between absorptive capacity, innovation, and financial performance: A longitudinal study
June 2025
This study explores the intricate relationships among absorptive capacity, innovation, and financial performance in nonfinancial firms. Using data from COMPUSTAT spanning 1966 to 2020, including 25,392...
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Methodology, strategies, and factors for business innovation in large companies
June 2025
Despite its recognized importance, innovation strategy remains an underexplored field, often hindered by fragmented approaches and practical barriers. To address this critical gap, this study develops...
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Technological opportunism on green innovation and the ambivalent effect of atmospheric quality perception
June 2025
Despite the growing body of literature on innovation studies, there remains a paucity of research examining the role of government support and air quality perception when investigating the drivers of...
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Innovation systems: a bibliometric review of the contemporary research employing natural language processing
June 2025
Innovation systems research has seen rapid evolution, expanding in both depth and scope. The increasing frequency of contributions has added complexity, posing challenges for scholars and practitioners...
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User-driven innovation in the telecom sector: The power of engaging customers in new service creation
June 2025
This research examines the impact of customer engagement on the speed of innovation in the Telecom sector in Jordan, focusing on the mediating roles of employee creativity and innovation capability....
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Framing startups survival research at the crossroad of entrepreneurship, strategy and business model: a literature review and a research agenda
June 2025
Startup survival depends on entrepreneurs' ability to create value by identifying and exploiting new opportunities while developing a viable business model. This article contributes to a body of fragmented...
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What typology of risks and methods for risk management in innovation projects?: A systematic literature review
March 2025
Performing an appropriate risk management methodology is essential to support early decision-making in innovation development projects. In parallel, research and practice in innovation have evolved...
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Trust creation as a factor for the solidarity of government, business, and society in regional innovation development
March 2025
Increasing trust in public and state institutions has been a challenging problem worldwide. It is especially imperative for developing countries due to the unfolding economic crisis and the urgency...
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A marginal effect approach to analyzing the contingent effects of perceived political instability and informal competition on the relationship between foreign technologies and product innovation
March 2025
This paper empirically examines how foreign technologies impact firms' product innovation; specifically, we consider the moderating effects of perceived political instability and informal competition....
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Achieving social innovation in the digital age: A case study of microbusiness
March 2025
This study explores the feasibility of micro-enterprise cluster applications in online-to-offline service platforms to better understand the impact of social innovations and information and communications...
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Digitalization, innovation, sustainability and performance: A causal analysis applied to tourism MSMEs
March 2025
Given a situation of moderate instability in Colombia's tourism, a sector of high importance for the development of this country, it is relevant to analyze the factors that could be influencing the...
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Business model innovation as a mediator between construction 4.0 and firm performance: Evidence from Turkish construction companies
March 2025
The construction industry has a crucial place in any country's economy. However, compared to other sectors, construction companies have been relatively slow to adopt new technologies, while most companies...
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Digital transformation and innovation and business ecosystems: A bibliometric analysis for conceptual insights and collaborative practices for ecosystem innovation
December 2024
This research aims to provide an ecosystem-inspired approach to digital transformation (DT) for sustainable innovations by reviewing state-of-the-art research. Focusing on DT innovation pathways for...
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