The Metaverse: Innovations and generative AI
September 2024
Today, the Metaverse consists of various platforms, including digital twins of the physical world as well as virtual and blended digital-material environments that offer immersive experiences for individual...
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Design thinking and artificial intelligence: A systematic literature review exploring synergies
September 2024
This article examines how design thinking and artificial intelligence (AI) work together and what it means for the design sector. The goal is to understand how AI technologies may advance the design...
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Innovation capabilities and their dimensions: A systematic literature review
September 2024
Innovation capabilities (ICs) represent a crucial source of competitive advantage for firms. However, the literature on ICs is extensive, leading to a diverse understanding of their nature and measurement....
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Organizational ambidexterity, open innovation and innovation outputs: How do followers and low-flyer EU countries innovate?
June 2024
This study analyses the role played by organizational ambidexterity and open innovation in innovation outputs, considering business units with different levels of technological intensity (medium-high...
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How the adoption of industry 4.0 technologies is related to participation in global and domestic value chains: Evidence from Russia
June 2024
This study explores the relationships among Industry 4.0 technologies, their application areas, and the involvement of Russian manufacturing firms in global and domestic value chains. We apply logit...
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Environmental, social, and governance performance and corporate innovation novelty
June 2024
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, along with the novelty of innovation, are significant factors in promoting sustainable development for corporations. This study employs the Heckman...
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Governance in the exploration of global and regional determinants of ICT development
June 2024
The present study assesses how governance affects information and communication technology (ICT) at the global level contingent on macroeconomic policy factors such as trade, foreign direct investment...
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The future of competitive advantage in Oman: Integrating green product innovation, AI, and intellectual capital in business strategies
June 2024
This study delves into the dynamics of green product innovation, artificial intelligence (AI) adaption, and intellectual capital, investigating their impact on the competitiveness of firms in Oman....
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Perceived value of microfinance and SME performance: The role of exploratory innovation
June 2024
This study examines how perceived value of microfinance and exploratory innovation affect small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) performance in the context of a developing nation. Drawing on the strategic...
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Research foresight in bridging open science and open innovation: Overview based on the complex thinking paradigm
March 2024
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
March 2024
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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Challenges facing the USA in matching Germany on advanced manufacturing for green growth
March 2024
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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Motivations for and barriers to innovation in non-profit organizations: The case of nursing homes in Northern Portugal
March 2024
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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Review of EU projects with a focus on environmental quality: Innovation, eco-innovation, and circular-economy elements
March 2024
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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Fostering firm innovativeness: Understanding the sequential relationships between human resource practices, psychological empowerment, innovative work behavior, and firm innovative capability
March 2024
This study investigated the relationships between human resource (HR) practices, employee psychological empowerment, employee innovative work behavior, and firm innovation capability in the context...
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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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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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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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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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