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Exploratory innovation, exploitative innovation, and performance
Nankai Business Review International, 2010PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of a firm's innovation activities on performance, and focus on the internal fit and external fit of two types of innovation activities – exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation.Design/methodology/approachThe paper adopts the survey data of 397 enterprises in eastern, middle, and ...
Yi Li, Nan Zhou, Youhe Si
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Smart supply chain innovation model selection: exploitative or exploratory innovation?
International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 2021Building smart supply chains have attracted huge attentions from practitioners and academia, but not all initiatives are a success due to limited practical implications and theories guiding the sel...
Shuang Wei +4 more
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Exploratory innovation, exploitative innovation and employee creativity
Chinese Management Studies, 2018PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between exploratory/exploitative innovation and employee creativity in the Chinese context and how these two relationships can be moderated by an important cultural dimension – collectivism.Design/methodology/approachA theoretical framework was developed to explore the relationships ...
Hong, J. +3 more
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Innovative Ecodesign: An Exploratory Study
The Design Journal, 2000Environmental limits and the need for a more sustainable future require dramatic technological and societal innovation. This has led to the concept and practice of ecodesign, and though the theoretical framework and literature on the subject suggest a significant role for design for sustainability, current ecodesign practice lags someway behind.
Chris Sherwin, Tracy Bhamra
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Innovation in Service Firms: Exploratory Analysis of Innovation Patterns
Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, 2007The 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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The Exploratory Mindset and Corporate Innovation
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019AbstractWe 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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Innovative Design for Deepwater Exploratory Wells
IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, 2004Abstract Currently, in the southeastern cost of Brazil, a major deepwater exploratory campaign is being carried out. In a period of two years more than 150 wells are expected to be drilled. With water depth varying from 1,000 to 2,800 meters (3,280 to 9,200 ft), these exploratory wells are being designed and drilled taking into account ...
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Financing exploratory innovation: Experience matters
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018This paper investigates the role of path dependent learning from prior experience on the proclivity to finance exploratory innovation.
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Intellectual capital for exploratory and exploitative innovation
Journal of Intellectual Capital, 2019PurposeIntellectual 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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ASSESSING ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS FOR INNOVATION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INNOVATIVENESS [PDF]
International 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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