Abstract Sustainable innovation is imperative for organizational survival and success in the turbulent market environment of the digital age, especially more so in the current COVID-19 pandemic crisis. This paper presents convergence innovation (CI), powered by the exponential fusion effect of the various objects, technologies, ideas, and strategies, as a new sustainable core competence of organizations. We present the concept of CI including its autonomous ecosystem enabled by advanced technologies, unique life cycle features, relationships with other innovation approaches, and its purpose of value creation for the stakeholders and beyond (for the greater good). The paper also explores how CI can be a catalyst for managing the current COVID-19 pandemic and charting the path to post crisis. The study makes contributions to both innovation literature and to practicing managers with new insights on sustainable innovation strategies for organizational performance and beyond.
Last. Giacosa Elisa(UNITO: University of Turin)H-Index: 1
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Abstract Sustainable innovation and its management have become fundamental forces for change in business and society. Paradoxically, little attention has been given to how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) manage sustainable innovation in the current knowledge-intensive context. By studying 80 SMEs from the high-tech manufacturing sector in Italy, this research has found that, when combined with stakeholder engagement, sustainable innovation management becomes a pivotal phenomenon for ne...
#1Sang M. Lee(NU: University of Nebraska–Lincoln)H-Index: 59
#2DonHee Lee(College of Business Administration)H-Index: 13
The Industry 4.0 era has brought a shift in consumers’ purchasing behaviors from traditional retailing to online and/or mobile channels, triggered by advanced digital technologies and an easy access to the global market. Smart digital devices and advanced technologies have enabled “untact” service, facilitating customer encounters without a face-to-face contact with employees. This study presents the concept of untact service based on a review of the literature on technology-enabled customer enc...
#1Klas Hedvall(Chalmers University of Technology)H-Index: 4
#2Siri Jagstedt(Chalmers University of Technology)H-Index: 1
Last. Anna Dubois(Chalmers University of Technology)H-Index: 27
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Abstract Based on the combination of an interorganizational perspective and a processual view of solutions, this paper analyzes the provisioning of solutions in business networks. Drawing on a case study in a transportation industry setting, the interdependencies between solutions are uncovered. The case illustrates how 1) firms are simultaneously involved in the provisioning of multiple solutions, 2) firms take on multiple roles in the provisioning of solutions in the business network, and 3) s...
Last. Vinit Parida(University of Vaasa)H-Index: 33
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Abstract Servitization is a rising trend across manufacturing companies, but it is not achievable without the corresponding transition of the manufacturers' service network. Despite the key role of service network actors, their servitization pathways are not widely understood. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to understand how diverse service network actors approach servitization under varying conditions. Findings are derived from an exploratory case study of eight service network actors for a...
Dynamic capabilities that enable innovation are crucial to survival and success in today's highly competitive business environment, because they enable organizational adaptation, transformation, and seizing of opportunities. Absorptive capacity is an important dynamic capability that enables organizations to leverage external knowledge for innovation purposes. In this theory-building article, we address the fundamental research question of how organizations can leverage external partners as exte...
THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM is under siege. In recent years business increasingly has been viewed as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely perceived to be prospering at the expense of the broader community.
#2Dimitris Charitos(UoA: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)H-Index: 5
Last. Marc Böhlen(UB: University at Buffalo)H-Index: 6
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This paper highlights selected grand challenges that concern especially the social and the design dimensions of research and development in Ambient Intelligence (AmI) and Smart Environments (SmE). Due to the increasing deployment and usage of ‘smart’ technologies determining a wide range of everyday life activities, there is an urgent need to reconsider their societal implications and how to address these implications with appropriate design methods. The paper presents four perspectives on the s...
Information sharing and consumption play an important role during a pandemic in managing constrained resources and devising effective plans to minimize a pandemic’s impact null The type of support extended by information also changes as a pandemic evolves null In this paper, we present a novel framework to understand the different types of information support needed during a pandemic crisis null Adapting phases from the pandemic crisis management lifecycle, we propose five different overlapping ...
#1Akriti Chaubey(NITR: National Institute of Technology, Rourkela)H-Index: 2
#2Chandan Kumar Sahoo(NITR: National Institute of Technology, Rourkela)H-Index: 10
Abstract The business intelligence (BI) has been often touted as a game-changer especially during the pandemic crisis. Although most managers are familiar with BI and agree that, it should be operationalized across their organizations. The BI is not well assimilated throughout adopting organizations. Rooted in institutional and upper echelon theories, this study proposes a theoretical model aimed toward explaining BI assimilation. We surveyed 174 respondents occupying leadership positions from17...
ABSTRACT Delivery of products in online orders by drones has begun to be tested by major retailers. How about consumers? Are they ready for this? Due to the emergence of Covid-19 and its easy transmission from person to person, considering the risks in the streets, a lot of people have started to place their orders online. However, the interaction between the courier and the consumer during the order delivery has become a problem over time. Reducing people's anxiousness in such pandemic situatio...
In recent years, emerging technologies have gained popularity and being implemented in different fields. Thus, critical leading-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and other related technologies (blockchain, simulation, 3d printing, etc.) are transforming the operations and other traditional fields and proving their value in fighting against unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks. However, due to this relation's novelty, little is known about the interplay between emerging techn...
Innovation is a crucial force underlying the organizational and societal ability to survive and thrive in crisis times, especially in education. However, not all challenges require creating novel solutions; occasionally, combining pre-existing solutions—an approach known as the mashup methodology—can provide equal benefit. Nevertheless, this approach appears to be relatively unknown. In the current case study, we provide an example of using a mashup of technologies to solve the challenge of runn...
Last. Joana F. Reis(University of Lisbon)H-Index: 10
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In order to better understand how the problem of overindebtedness is perceived from a laypeople standpoint, Study 1 inquired both overindebted and non-overindebted consumers on the perceived causes of and attitudes toward the overindebted. Situational and dispositional factors were perceived to have similar impact as causes of overindebtedness, but non-overindebted consumers showed stronger agreement with those causes than overindebted consumers. Regarding attitudes, non-overindebted consumers t...
This paper aims to search measures that unicorn startups have implemented during the pandemic and show what lessons can be learned to help entrepreneurs and small and medium businesses to overcome the crisis.,The method is a multiple case study with five unicorn startups. This study collected data through interviews and analyzed them by the content analysis technique.,The findings show that the pandemic affects negatively unicorns’ businesses; that a digital business model innovation affects the...
In 2020, the world has witnessed an unprecedented global pandemic with COVID-19. It has led nations to take measures that have an enormous impact on individuals, society, and the economy. Researche...
Last. Nan Hu(Xi'an Jiaotong University)H-Index: 21
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Abstract null null By developing a machine learning-based measure of corporate big data strategies, this study empirically explores how stock markets respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and whether corporate big data strategies make firms immune to the pandemic effect. We find that except for information technology and health care sectors, firms in most sectors in China are negatively affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Among these firms, an increase in the number of daily new confirmed cases in the...