Strategic planning, innovation, and firm reputation in Vietnamese SMEs: Integrating social cognition, diffusion of innovation, and institutional theories
Available online 19 March 2026
Vietnamese SMEs, facing rapid growth and rising competition, require effective strategic planning to maintain business performance. Despite the recognized importance of innovation and reputation, there...
Research on Scientific Research System Resilience Based on WoS Data
Available online 16 March 2026
In recent years, research systems have faced increasingly complex sustainability challenges, and improving system resilience has become the key to ensure their continuous and efficient operation. Based...
How does innovation network improve high-quality development? Evidence from Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle
Available online 13 March 2026
Countries worldwide have been increasingly embracing technological innovation to achieve intelligent, resilient, and sustainable urban development. In China, innovation serves as the primary driving...
From guidelines to practice: Navigating ethical and cultural challenges in operationalizing AI for project management
Available online 3 March 2026
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into project management is reshaping organizational capabilities by enhancing decision-making, automating routine tasks, and optimizing resource allocation....
Optimizing innovation in Malaysia: Analyzing cultural, organizational, and strategic factors influencing R&D and patent output
Available online 17 February 2026
As Malaysia strives to transition from a middle-income manufacturing hub to a high-income, innovation-driven economy, understanding the dynamics influencing research and development (R&D) and patent...
Scarcity, absorptive capacity, and social networking — Antecedents of self-constructed innovation in Vietnamese SMEs?
December 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...
CSR innovation and CSR altruism – A model of firm classification
December 2025
The relational construct between corporate social responsibility (CSR) altruism and CSR innovation has been under-studied in the literature. By examining firms’ innovation practices and CSR altruism...
Migration, innovation and social welfare evidence from OECD countries
December 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...
Identifying unobserved heterogeneity in agribusiness firms’ innovation dynamic capabilities
December 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...
Emerging countries could be different for MSMES: Digitalization and the mediation effects of innovation confronted to environmental practices
December 2025
Our study analyses the direct and indirect effects of digital strategic orientation on the performance of micro, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in emerging countries. Based on a statistically...
Customer environmental pressure, environmental initiatives and innovation as pathways to overcoming operational obstacles: The critical role of gender diversity
December 2025
Environmental sustainability has become a critical focus for many companies globally. Customer expectations increasingly pressure Tunisian firms to adopt environmentally sustainable practices. This...
The impact of knowledge inflows and outflows on NPD project performance
December 2025
Recent research indicates that companies cannot rely exclusively on their own innovation power to achieve a competitive advantage, and open innovation (OI) represents the strategy for companies to share...
Governance for structural transformation in Africa: Information technology thresholds
December 2025
This study examines the relevance of information technology in the effect of governance dynamics on structural transformation in Africa. The study focuses on 41 countries in the continent using data...
Food security concerns moderate safety concerns in the risk perception of imported agricultural and aquatic products
December 2025
Global concerns about the safety risks associated with imported food consumption are increasing due to rapid changes in political, economic, and environmental conditions. These concerns, which are largely...
Public sector innovation and wicked problems in Asia: From reactive to proactive governance
Available online 9 December 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a catalyst for governments to break away from complacency and innovate at unprecedented speeds. By analyzing 15 cases of public sector innovation (PSI) in response to...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...