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ASSESSING ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS FOR INNOVATION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INNOVATIVENESS [PDF]

open access: possibleInternational Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 2013
The purpose of this study is to identify and present the key organizational characteristics of innovativeness which will provide an organization a better assessment of their readiness for innovation. An extensive examination of the existing literature was performed to identify the gaps in research on innovativeness, and to generate candidate ...
CEVAHIR UZKURT   +2 more
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The Exploratory Mindset and Corporate Innovation

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
AbstractWe propose that chief executive officer (CEO) exploratory mindset (inherent desire to search for novel ideas and long-term orientation) promotes innovation. Firms with CEOs with PhD degrees (PhD CEOs) produce more exploratory patents with greater novelty, generality, and originality.
Zhaozhao He, David Hirshleifer
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Innovation in Service Firms: Exploratory Analysis of Innovation Patterns

Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, 2007
The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of innovation in services. First, service firms were classified according to the degree of customization of service product and technology, because it reflects the degree of interaction between producer and consumer.
María Dionisia Elche Hortelano   +1 more
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Exploratory analysis of innovation strategies in the pharmaceutical industry

2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), 2017
In the pharmaceutical industry, expiring patents may cause substantial revenue losses for the patent-holding firm. From the firms' perspective, losses of legally protected market exclusivity equal to painful losses of competitive advantages. Thus, pharmaceutical companies need to face different strategies after patent expiration in order to survive ...
Wolfgang Burr, Johann Valentowitsch
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Competitive Intelligence in Technological Innovation: An Exploratory Study

2021
[Purpose/Significance] This paper makes an exploratory study on the competitive intelligence activities in technological innovation, trying to find out the use mode, function and influencing factors of competitive intelligence in technological innovation.
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Coping with multiple innovations in schools: An exploratory study

School Organisation, 1991
Abstract This paper reports on small‐scale exploratory research into the ways in which schools manage, alongside ongoing work, the concurrent implementation of innovations generated by central government's agenda for education reform, by LEAs, and by the schools themselves. A description is given of the changing pattern of innovations, key internal and
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Intellectual capital for exploratory and exploitative innovation

Journal of Intellectual Capital, 2019
PurposeIntellectual capital (IC) has been suggested to be a means by which firms develop capabilities that enhance competitive advantage. There is, however, a paucity of empirical research linking IC with innovation in construction firms, leaving the IC–innovation link in such environments unclear.
Bismark Duodu, Steve Rowlinson
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The impact of earnings pressure on exploratory innovation

R&D Management, 2018
While earnings expectation has been shown to determine a firm’s investment decisions, the knowledge about how such expectation influences a firm’s investment horizon for innovation is still blurred. This study therefore addresses this research issue by examining the relationship between earnings pressure and exploratory innovation while investigating ...
Heng‐Yu Chang   +2 more
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An Exploratory Study of the Innovation Evaluation Process

Journal of Product Innovation Management, 1996
In their search for the keys to successful product innovation, product managers and researchers typically focus on trying to identify the most effective organizational processes, strategies, and structures. Surprisingly, little or no effort is directed toward understanding the process that consumers use for evaluating an innovation.
Richard W. Olshavsky, Richard A. Spreng
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Financing exploratory innovation: Experience matters

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018
This paper investigates the role of path dependent learning from prior experience on the proclivity to finance exploratory innovation.
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