As much of the work of service employees is supported by IT, the quality of the service often depends on how the technology is used. Most employees only use a fraction of the functionality available on their desk-top. This may also depend on their personality. We performed research on the relationship of personality and technology acceptance. In our study we combined the technology readiness in...

In the article the logistic regression modeling method was proposed to evaluate the innovativeness of 207 inquired enterprises of Lublin Region. Single and multiequation models describing the process of introduction in 2002 and the plans of introduction in 2003 of the technological, organizational and product innovations were built. Checked with many indicators (Pearson chi – squared statistic,...

Although a rich literature has emerged analyzing the impact of localization, urbanization, and Jacobs externalities on regional innovativeness, the findings are still contradictory. Traditional studies differ mainly in the employed data but rely on similar empirical approaches. This paper argues in favor of using in this context production frontier approaches instead of the commonly employed pr...

In this dynamic global environment only those companies survive who know the power of knowledge and consistently create new knowledge. Such knowledge creating firms utilize dynamic dimensions of human capital. Human capital is the most important resource for a firm and has ability to create new knowledge in a changing environment. Various dimensions of human capital transcend themselves through...

With respect to waste water services in Germany technical as well as organizational innovations are often demanded in order to improve efficiency and to tackle environmental and possibly health related problems. However, it is not finally clear which factors do determine firms' innovativeness. First of all there is still a debate going on whether allowing for more private engagement and competi...

BPM maturity is a measure to evaluate how professionally an organization manages its business processes. Previous research provides evidence that higher BPM maturity leads to better performance of processes and of the organization as a whole. It also claims that different organizations should strive for different levels of maturity, depending on their properties. This paper presents an empirica...

Most existing innovation system models include culture as a factor; but they do not see it as a variable factor or do not provide the means to influence it. The open system approach is suggested by systems theory as an organizational paradigm to meet the current competitive challenges. It can be applied on the individual level, the organizational level and on the level of the societal system. A...

In today's changing conditions, supply chain provides firms with many advantages in terms of such as cost, speed and quality. this respect, the investigation factors that increase performance presents important findings to both literature practitioners. The aim study is examine relationships between information sharing, absorptive capacity, innovativeness, performance. For purpose, data were co...

Established firms often face significant obstacles to innovation. As a solution, it has been suggested to form corporate ventures. Based on a sample of corporate and independent ventures in German manufacturing, we show that corporate ventures are more innovative than the control group of independent ventures. In particular, corporate ventures are more successful at developing radical innovatio...