Empowerment sustainability perspectives for Bahraini women as entrepreneurs
December 2023
The key objectives of this study were to investigate the factors that empower women entrepreneurs in the Kingdom of Bahrain and to measure the impacts of such factors on their business development and...
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Will Russia become a blueprint for emerging nations’ high-tech reforms? evidence from a 26-countries dataset
December 2023
The central question of this study concerns the emergence of the Russian development model over the past decade. It highlights that this development model could be a blueprint for other emerging markets....
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When the sum adds up: Using public procurement to avoid intersectoral cooperation barriers in lagging regions
December 2023
This study examined the application of an instrument that supports intersectoral collaboration in innovation. Using the strategic action field (SAF) approach, we analyze a pre-commercial public procurement...
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Innovation: A state-of-the-art review and typology
December 2023
Innovation is often an object of study in economics and management. However, the social and behavioral aspects of innovation acceptance are as important as the economics of product development. A significant...
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Enabling affordances of blockchain in agri-food supply chains: A value-driver framework using Q-methodology
December 2023
The application of blockchain beyond cryptocurrencies has received increasing attention from industry and scholars alike. Given predicted looming food crises, some of the most impactful deployments...
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Challenges faced by the USA in matching Germany in advanced manufacturing for green growth
Available online 28 November 2023
This study explores the relative strength of public policies promoting advanced manufacturing by comparing the government programs and capacities of two world leaders in science and technology: the...
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Review of EU projects with a focus on environmental quality: innovation, eco-innovation, and circular-economy elements
Available online 11 October 2023
The primary objective of this study is to delve into transnational projects conducted between 2014 and 2020, with a strong emphasis on environmental quality. Our focus is directed toward projects that...
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Green managerial practices and green performance: A serial mediation model
September 2023
This study examines the influence of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices and green culture on green performance in the manufacturing sector through the mediating effect of proactive environmental...
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Industry cluster, organizational diversity, and innovation
September 2023
This study explains the factors that enhance the innovation performance of a cluster by focusing on its knowledge spillovers. Based on the literature on industry clusters, organizational diversity,...
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The effect of top managers’ years of experience on innovation
September 2023
Managers' characteristics have been identified to have an influence on how they perceive innovation. This study examines the role of top managers' experience and how it influences their propensity to...
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A configurational approach to innovation performance: The role of creativity
September 2023
In this study, we analyze new ways of conceptualizing improvements in firms’ innovation by implementing the “right-factors configuration,” illustrated through an analog of a recipe and its ingredients....
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Cognitive style and fostering of technological adaptation drive E-entrepreneurial of new mature business
September 2023
This study aims to reveal the key drivers that influence young individuals to participate in e-entrepreneurship, an increasingly important aspect of economic growth and innovation. Through a survey...
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Driving research on eco-innovation systems: Crossing the boundaries of innovation systems
September 2023
Sustainability is now a part of all areas of today's society and has become a cornerstone of economic, social, and environmental prosperity. Its pivotal role means that sustainability has also influenced...
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September 2023
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Research foresight in bridging open science and open innovation: overview based on the complex thinking paradigm
Available online 6 August 2023
Open innovation benefits from access to cutting-edge discoveries to increase their transformation into tangible applications for the benefit of society. Improving research quality has been proposed...
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Shifting the paradigm: A critical review of social innovation literature
Available online 5 August 2023
In this review of ten years of social innovation research (2012-2022), we define and explore three paradigms in the field: instrumentalist, strong, and democratic. We investigate how language usage...
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R&D synergy between local and foreign-owned enterprises in post-communist economies
June 2023
This study examines how internal research and development (R&D), external knowledge acquisition, and R&D contracted with other companies interact in local and foreign-owned enterprises in post-communist...
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Activity theory for understanding and managing system innovations
June 2023
This study aims to show how activity theory in the socio-technical systems paradigm can assist in understanding and managing system innovation. We conceptualize socio-technical systems to address societal...
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Modeling the dynamics of innovation ecosystems
June 2023
Demand for solving systemic problems has resulted in the need for new forms of innovation. Accordingly, the concept of innovation ecosystem has emerged. Ecosystems are intrinsically more fluid than...
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Influence of technology transfer from universities on manufacturing firms’ innovative performance
June 2023
Technology transfer (TT) from universities to manufacturing firms is important for enhancing innovation performance (IP) and ultimately improving competitiveness. However, TT is hampered by bureaucracy,...
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An exploratory examination of the barriers to innovation and change as perceived by senior management
June 2023
The banking industry has undergone significant shifts as innovations have enabled new banking services and created new customer requirements. While banks strive to incorporate innovation and change...
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Accelerating the renewable energy sector through Industry 4.0: Optimization opportunities in the digital revolution
June 2023
The fourth industrial revolution introduced the concept of Industry 4.0, which refers to the digitalization of the modern world and the inclusion of digital industry in major industrial sectors. Within...
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Motivations for and barriers to innovation in non-profit organizations: The case of nursing homes in Northern Portugal
Available online 20 April 2023
To contribute to the empirical literature on innovation in non-profit organizations, this study examines innovation in Private Social Solidarity Institutions with social responses for the elderly in...
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Factors influencing venture capital perforsmance in emerging technology: The case of China
March 2023
This study aims to identify the systematic factors influencing venture capital performance in emerging technology. Emerging technologies are the driving force of contemporary economic and social development,...
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Unravelling the drivers of technological innovations in the Czech Republic: Do international technological linkages matter?
March 2023
This study aims to investigate the main factors driving technological innovation within firms in the manufacturing and service sectors of the Czech Republic. We apply a binary logistic regression model...
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