Network Dynamism and Firm Innovation: A Knowledge Based Perspective

A New Perspective Network Innovation

to develop new competences, to access markets, knowhow and resources, and to share risks. Therefore, the starting point of our article is the theory evolution of the concepts of innovation and innovativeness. Then our article enlarges the concept of organizational innovation in the sense of incorporating an integrated vision with suppliers, customers, competitors, and other partners—the “networ...

Impact of Intellectual Capital on Firm Performance: the Influence of Innovation Capability and Environmental Dynamism

The business values of intellectual capital (IntC) and innovation capability (InnoC) are enduring research questions, especially for high-tech firms. Although each one has been recognized as a critical factor for firm’s competitiveness, few studies discussed the influence of IntC and InnoC on firm performance in one integrated framework. Moreover, the moderating effects of environmental dynamis...

Product Innovation and Firm Survival in a Network Industry

This paper studies product innovation and firm survival in the U.S. ATM/debit card industry. The industry started with a few shared ATM networks in the early 1970s. The number of networks grew quickly up until the mid 1980s, but then declined sharply. We construct a theoretical model based on Jovanovic and MacDonald (1994). In contrast to their model focusing on cost-saving technological innova...

Open innovation through firm-hosted user communities: A social practice perspective on firm-community relationship

Knowledge sharing and firm innovation capability: an empirical study

Purpose – The study sets out to examine the influence of individual factors (enjoyment in helping others and knowledge self-efficacy), organizational factors (top management support and organizational rewards) and technology factors (information and communication technology use) on knowledge sharing processes and whether more leads to superior firm innovation capability. Design/methodology/appr...