Organizational theory emphasizes how new organizational forms are produced by technological innovation but has glossed over the role of cultural innovation. This chapter suggests that social movements are important sources of cultural innovation and identifies the scope conditions under which social movements create new organizational forms. By doing so, it lends substance to the notion of inst...

The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework and research hypotheses based upon a thorough review of the conceptual and limited published empirical research in the organizational learning and innovation performance literatures. Hypotheses indicate the relationships between organizational learning, its antecedent, perception of the environment, and the outcome variable, innovat...

abstract This paper consolidates the state of academic research on innovation. Based on a systematic review of literature published over the past 27 years, we synthesize various research perspectives into a comprehensive multi-dimensional framework of organizational innovation – linking leadership, innovation as a process, and innovation as an outcome. We also suggest measures of determinants o...

The aim of this paper is to explore if ambidextrous strategy can support structured open innovation practices through dynamic capabilities. Drawing on multi-disciplinary literature with complementary theoretical roots, open innovation is linked to higher level organizational ambidextrous strategy and organizational processes that encompass dynamic capabilities. A theoretical framework is develo...

Structuring the innovation process and managing multifunctional teams is a basic prerequisite successful innovation. A well-structured process gives the possibility to implement effective multifunctional teamwork. Meanwhile, multifunctional teamwork helps to optimise and accomplish the innovation process. Organizational support is necessary to achieve effective teamwork. Designing or changing t...

Technological innovation is a phenomenon that has been explored from a variety of perspectives, most prominently from the perspective of economics. Recently scholars from organizational and economic sociology have begun to explore innovation. In your view, does this research offer a coherent perspective on innovation? Of what value is an organizational and economic sociology perspective on inno...

Innovation is an important source of competitiveness and is studied extensively by both the academicians and the practitioners particularly in the last decades. This study is based on the results of an exploratory study conducted in the Northern Marmara region of Turkey covering 184 manufacturing firms. A model is developed to determine the determinants of innovativeness and data is gathered th...

purpose: this study was designed to investigate the association between knowledge creation and   organizational innovation among the staff of tehran university of medical sciences (tums).   materials and methods: in this descriptive correlational study, 132 individuals from tums   employees were randomly selected based on cochran’s formula. the questionnaires of knowledge   creation management ...

today, organizations that increasingly involved with dynamic environment and change must predict future changes in order to survive and succeed in a competitive world. the aim of this article was survey of the effect of innovation strategies on organizational entrepreneurship development with emphasis on organizational learning capacity in lorestan industrial estates. the research objective was...