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Learning ambidexterity and technology innovation: The moderating effect of knowledge network modularity J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Ziyi Zhao, Yulan Shen
The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of learning ambidexterity on firms’ technological innovation, especially in the context of varying degrees of modularity in firms’ knowledge networks. By combining temporal and cognitive aspects, this study focuses on the micro-level utilization of knowledge and redefines exploratory and exploitative learning as learning unfamiliar and familiar knowledge
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The impact of dynamic capabilities of platform firms on value co-creation - An empirical study based on chinese firms J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Yu-lian Liu, Fu-lin Wang
This paper explores the mechanism of dynamic capabilities of platform firms on value co-creation in a complex environment. Based on previous studies, a theoretical model of the relationship between dynamic capabilities, indirect network effects and value co-creation is constructed, and data are collected by distributing questionnaires and empirically tested using structural equation modeling. The results
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Insights into environmental sustainability implementation during the design stage of New Product Development: An industry perspective J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Emelia Delaney, Wei Liu
Design is an important stage within New Product Development (NPD) for sustainable development, with increased research on the roles of designers and other stakeholders. However, previous studies have been predominately theoretical, which has provided little insight into the current status of industry when aiming to produce sustainable products. This study investigates these themes further from the
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Sustaining SME agility through knowledge coupling, business process digitization, and innovation during crisis J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Sayed Muhammad Fawad Sharif, Wenping Wang, Naiding Yang, Omar Alghamdi, Fouzia Kanwal, Mikiale Gebreslase Gebremariam
SMEs faced a paradoxical state due to Covid-19. They must layoff to cover costs and doing so challenges their survival owing to loss of knowledgeable workforce. We empirically develop a strategy allowing SMEs to retain their innovation and agility besides downsizing. Analyses of 306 Chinese manufacturing SMEs indicate that innovation positively mediates between knowledge coupling (business process
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Impact of artificial intelligence on aeronautics: An industry-wide review J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Amina Zaoui, Dieudonné Tchuente, Samuel Fosso Wamba, Bernard Kamsu-Foguem
Curiously, there are few contributions in the scientific literature on the subject of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on aeronautics. However, many communications and reports have been published by aeronautic companies about their applications of AI technologies. This article makes an industry-wide review of AI in aeronautics using a three-step sequential approach: (i) a review of AI and
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The effect of innovation performance shortfall on firms’ trade-offs between exploratory and exploitative innovation: Do corporate governance factors matterʔ J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Ge Ren, Ping Zeng, Xi Zhong
Whether and when innovation performance shortfall (innovation performance below innovation aspiration) affects firms’ trade-offs between exploratory and exploitative innovation remains an important unexplored question. Based on insights from behavioral theory of the firm and agency theory, we propose that as the innovation performance shortfall widens, firms will devote more resources to exploratory
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Exploring team roles for social innovation labs: Toward a competence-based role self-assessment approach J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Ferney Osorio, Fabio Cruz, Mauricio Camargo, Laurent Dupont, José Ismael Peña
This research proposes a competence-based role model as a methodological basis for guiding the conformation of social innovation lab (SI lab) teams. Based on a comprehensive literature review including the comparison of 7 innovation team frameworks and a set of 14 competences for SI lab teams, a model consisting of the roles of facilitator, maker, visionary and manager is proposed. Applied to 10 nascent
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Industrial prototyping in the German automotive industry: bridging the gap between physical and virtual prototypes J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Laura Rehberg, Alexander Brem
The automotive industry is undergoing a profound transformation characterized by the transition from hardware-centric to software-driven vehicles. This results in a variety of challenges, such as the increasing complexity of components, shortened development cycles, and evolving regulatory requirements that need to be met. In this context, our article explores the impact of UNECE regulations R.155
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Exploring Corporate Governance on Post-IPO Performance of R&D Intensive New Public Firms J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Manali Chatterjee, Titas Bhattacharjee, Bijitaswa Chakraborty, Tugrul Daim, Birgul Kupeli
Building on corporate governance life cycle theory, this study aims to enrich the understanding of the influence of corporate governance on post-IPO performance of R&D intensive newly public firms. The findings of this study reveal that corporate governance is an essential factor for determining the long run post-IPO performance. Promoters who retained controlling ownership in the post-IPO period and
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Project performance and innovation: The impact of absorptive capacity and learning culture J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Rodrigo Valio Dominguez Gonzalez
Previous studies indicate that absorptive capacity (ACAP) is a key factor for companies to achieve dynamic capability and competitive advantage. This construct is usually operationalized from two dimensions, namely the potential absorptive capacity (PACAP) and the realized absorptive capacity (RACAP). This study investigates the influence of both ACAP dimensions concerning project performance and project
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Latecomers’ technological catch-up dynamics in natural resource-based industries: Evidence from Iran’s oil & gas sector J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Sina Tarighi
This study sheds light on the catch-up dynamics in natural resource-based industries (NRBI) of developing countries considering learning modes, technological capability dimensions, catch-up strategies, and windows of opportunity. It provides a framework for examining the technological catch-up of latecomer Exploration & Production companies while emphasizing the nature of the industry and characteristics
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Management support and learning from innovation trophies: Insights from a large french energy company J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Souad Brinette, Abdoulkarim Idi Cheffou, Vessélina Tossan
This article aims to show how a firm learns from innovation trophies while focusing on a specific category of these trophies concerning symbolic rewards of intrapreneurial projects that were professionally managed but failed for various reasons. It was written after a case study in a big company. The interest of this Trophy of Best Failed Ideas is discussed based on interviews conducted with intrapreneurs
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Industry 4.0: An investigation of benefits and barriers with managers of Brazilian manufacturers adopters J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Felipe Bastos dos Reis, Alceu Salles Camargo Júnior
This study aims to understand how Brazilian manufacturers’ managers perceive the benefits and barriers to adopting I4.0. The study collected data from 194 managers who implemented I4.0 solutions developed by technology suppliers supported by Finep Inovacred 4.0. Our results show that large and high-technology-intensity manufacturers considered managerial benefits more critical, while small-medium sized
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Research on innovation cooperation network of Chinese universities based on patent data J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Yamin Du, Miaomiao Wang, Yushi Yin
Innovation collaboration is of paramount importance in the socio-economic context. This study employs social network analysis methods to investigate patent data from Chinese universities between 2002 and 2021. We constructed a patent collaboration network and explored its dynamics. We analyzed and compared the evolution of university patent collaboration networks across different stages. The results
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The set up process of Innovation Units: Resource development and interaction J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Arianna Chiarabilli, Serena Galvani, Alessandro Pagano
This study observes the set-up and development process of Innovation Units in firms, exploring implications at the intra- and inter-organisational level. Methodology relies on an in-depth, qualitative single case study of an engineering firm operating in the Oil & Gas sector. The analysis identifies three phases constituting the process of developing Innovation Units (IUs); every phase requires combining
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Development of a self-assessment tool for the effective management of Living Labs J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Fumiya Akasaka, Yuya Mitake, Kentaro Watanabe, Yusuke Tsutsui, Yoshiki Shimomura
Living Lab (LL) is an innovation platform through co-creation among users and other stakeholders. Existing LL studies have provided frameworks and guidelines for LL practices but not specific methods to manage the long-term and complex design process in an LL project. This study develops a self-assessment tool that supports the effective management of LL projects by assessing the state of LL projects
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Geographic distance and innovation: The impact of distant knowledge acquired on patent value J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Hsin-Ning Su, Igam M. Moaniba
Measuring the value of inventions in the intellectual property landscape is a complex challenge. Experts rely on patent valuation techniques that use resources like the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This study contributes to patent value research by examining the relationship between the geographic distance among collaborating inventors and patent value indicators. Scholars have suggested
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How to leverage the impact of firm-specific uncertainty on innovation performance? Moderating effects of alliance stage and partner type in the pharmaceutical industry J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Hyejae Jung, Junseok Hwang, Eungdo Kim
This study investigates the impact of firm-specific uncertainty on innovation performance and how alliances moderate this relationship in the pharmaceutical industry. To reflect drug research and development (R&D) characteristics, we separate the alliance stage into “preclinical research” and “drug development,” and examine the effects of alliances with different partner types (public and private)
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Organizational learning and the evolution of firms’ competitive advantage J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Chien-Nan Chen, Jun-You Lin
How do firms manage timing and transitions when changes occur in the level of their competitive advantage? This study explores the relationship between firms’ organizational learning and the evolution of their competitive advantage to ascertain when a firm should switch between exploitation and exploration learning as its competitive advantage changes. This study utilizes a sample of Tech 100 in Taiwan
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Platform enhancers: Collaborating in the early stages of transactional platform development J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Daniel Trabucchi, Clarissa Falcone, Luca Gastaldi, Tommaso Buganza, Mariano Corso
Transactional platforms have emerged over the last decades as a dominant business configuration, receiving substantial attention from scholars and practitioners in several fields. Despite their pivoltal role, several transactional platforms fail in the launching phase, given the difficulties of reaching a critical mass and igniting cross-side network externalities. In this study we explore how a platform
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The affordances of technology and strategic roadmapping: An exploration of its instrumental, symbolic, and political functions J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Romain Rampa, Guy Parmentier
Scholars agree that the roadmapping process and product both have multiple benefits for organizations in terms of strategic planning and coordination of strategic activities. However, the social and organizational aspects surrounding strategic and technological roadmapping are still poorly understood. By mobilizing the literature on strategic tools-in-use, and the theory of affordances, this paper
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Configuring motivational pathways to manage academics’ individual motivation for engagement: Insights from German higher education institutions J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Eva Sormani, Peter van der Sijde
Higher education institutions are a driver of innovation within the knowledge-based economy. Knowledge transfer via academic engagement with society is a promising response to societal challenges. This study investigates academics’ motivation to engage with society by testing hypotheses derived from self-determination-theory. Effects of intrinsic regulation (joy), integrated regulation (internalized
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The missing link between project and product risk management: From the review to the call to action J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Jelena Petronijevic, Alain Etienne, Samuel Bassetto, Ali Siadat
Comprehensive process / project and product risk management is not easy to achieve due to the complexity of products and projects, and the nature of standardized methods which are usually suitable for one of the two areas. This review investigates risk management tendencies in engineering literature. It distinguishes the notion of risk regarding the subject involved; emphasizes the risk tradeoffs based
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Relationship management for recurrent project value creation J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Nelli Theyel, Gregory Theyel
This paper investigates how firms can be the most effective at relationship management to create initial and long-term, recurrent project value. The paper uses qualitative data from in-depth interviews to analyse the project experience of a multinational firm with its strategic partners to better understand inter-firm relationship success. The analysis shows that complementary resources and knowledge
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A reverse engineering-based model for innovation process in complex product systems: Multiple case studies in the aviation industry J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Maryam Rozesara, Soroush Ghazinoori, Manouchehr Manteghi, Seyed Habibollah Tabatabaeian
Reverse engineering is an activity of innovation based on knowledge and data acquired from the earlier design, which plays a significant role in complex product systems (CoPS) industries. However, no study has yet been conducted on the innovation process based on reverse engineering in these industries. This paper provides a model for this process and addresses hidden and unknown interactions between
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The project manager as chameleon? Changing project manager roles with technological uncertainty J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Omar Bentahar, Stephane Tywoniak, Thomas Loilier
This paper proposes an integration of the fragmented views of project manager (PM) roles from an organizational perspective: technical, management, leader, innovator, and champion. We explore how PM roles appear to be discriminately activated depending on context through an empirical study of 26 case studies of dam projects with varying technological uncertainty profiles. Our study extends the organizational
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Profiling green innovative behaviour: Evidence from Italian technology-based SMEs J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Antonio Thomas, Giuseppe Scandurra, Alfonso Carfora
Scientific literature investigating the process of adoption of green innovations (GIs) by technology-based SMEs is still incomplete and fragmented despite their importance for a country's economic development. In this paper, the authors analyse a sample of these SMEs to investigate how they relate to GIs. The findings show that these SMEs follow different approaches toward GIs, their decision being
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Measuring R&D team’s focus towards innovation: Scale development and empirical validation J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Gaurav Dilip Tikas
This study aims to conceptualize ‘focus towards innovation’ as a team-level construct and develop a theoretically grounded and empirically robust mechanism to measure it within organizational settings. A rigorous multi-method design was used to develop and validate the team focus towards innovation (TFI) scale. Factor analysis on the analysis sample (n1 = 256) and validation sample (n2 = 216) were
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Exploring the probability of firm cooperation in innovation: The role of technological intensity, knowledge intensity, and size J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Giovanna Lara, Anna Arbussà, Josep Llach
This study explores the probability of a company cooperating in innovation, in particular with universities and research institutes, in relation to its technological and knowledge intensity, and its size. It uses data from the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) conducted in Spain in 2014. While size is the relevant variable to explain propensity to collaborate with universities and research institutes
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Journey to the Big Bang: How firms define new value propositions in emerging ecosystems J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-14
The goal of an ecosystem is the creation of a value proposition firms could not offer alone. But how are new value propositions being defined in emerging ecosystems? Our study with eight cases yields several implications along these lines: First, how to come up with an initial idea for a value proposition and convince partners to commit to it? And, second, how to set-up the iterative process of value
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Configurational model for the process of alignment in technology implementations J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 José Coelho Rodrigues, Ana Cristina Barros, João Claro
The full realization of the potential of a technology requires good understanding of its implementation. During implementations, lack of compatibility between technology and its adopters require dynamic sequences of alignment. This process is understood to be central to the success in technology assimilation. This paper proposes a configurational model to explain and predict the alignment process during
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Critical Success Factors in a multi-stage adoption of Artificial Intelligence: A Necessary Condition Analysis J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-24 Sam Solaimani, Lucas Swaak
Notwithstanding the widespread publicity, Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption has remained relatively limited. One important reason is a lack of insight into critical factors in the adoption process. This study reviews the literature on AI and several similar technologies to identify success factors and employs Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) to empirically assess the criticality of the identified
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Technological capability and performance in developing countries: A meta-analysis J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Jorge Tello-Gamarra, Mônica Fitz-Oliveira
There has been an increasing interest in the literature pertaining to the relationship between technological capability and performance in developing countries. However, these studies have generated heterogeneous results. This is the literature gap that this article intends to explore. The goal of this paper is to find the relationship between technological capability and performance in developing
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How to be an open innovator when you are an SME? An institutional work analysis J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-14 Amanda Barth, Kadígia Faccin, Mateus Augusto Fassina Santini, Bibiana Volkmer Martins, Alsones Balestrin
The literature of Open Innovation (OI) has portrayed an important number of cases of large enterprises that are adopting a more open, collaborative and networked model for developing new products, processes, and management models. However, few studies have reported how Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are using this innovation dynamic. To understand the phenomenon of the adoption of OI by
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Assessing the effect of supply chain collaboration on the critical barriers to additive manufacturing implementation in supply chains J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Ifeyinwa Juliet Orji, Frank Ojadi
This study proposes a decision support model to explore the effect of supply chain collaboration on the existing barriers to implementing additive manufacturing in manufacturing supply chains. Based on data from Nigerian manufacturing companies, this study determined the severity of the barriers to implementing additive manufacturing in supply chains and then analyzed the impact of supply chain collaboration
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Linking innovation, empowerment to facilitate project performance: A mediated moderation model J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Junwei Zheng, Yu Gu, Hongtao Xie, Guangdong Wu
Existing literature on construction innovation has not achieved an in-depth understanding of how and under which conditions individuals engage in creative activities to facilitate project task performance. In this study, 286 matched data sets between project members and leaders/supervisors, were collected and examined using a mediated moderation model. Drawing from the conservation of resources theory
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Unmasking what drive academic output in domestic journals: A longitudinal study considering the intensity of international collaboration J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Wenhui Pan, Zhenxing Liu
Papers published in domestic journals are related to local issues, making it convenience for scholars to get the current research situation and future development of some topics. Despite researchers have concentrated on factors driving academic output in domestic journals from different perspectives, they did not consider interpersonal relationships. This study investigates how the intensity of international
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Innovation in the construction sector: Bibliometric analysis and research agenda J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Nannan Wang, Zhuhuizi Xu, Zhankun Liu
The construction industry has been criticised for its lack of innovation compared to other industries. However, the unique characteristics of the construction industry, such as site-based operations, project-based business models, and temporary supply chains, make it difficult to measure construction innovation using criteria used for other industries. This study adopts a two-stage approach, including
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Disentangling the effects of open innovation in the time of financial crisis: A strategic choice perspective J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-15 Li Yao, Jun Li
This study sets out to disentangle the effects of open innovation on firm growth in the time of economic crisis. Adopting the strategic choice perspective, we argue that the adoption of OI can lead to better performance in terms of business growth in the time of financial crisis, particularly through the “quick-shot solutions” approach relative to the “long-term horizon” approach. We also argue that
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Redefining the characteristics of process-industries: A design theory approach J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Kenichi Kuwashima, Takahiro Fujimoto
This study redefines the characteristics of process-industries from the design theory perspective. The extant literature partially and conceptually mentions these characteristics and does not systematically identify the differences between process and assembly-based industries. Therefore, we analyse process-industries using data collected through in-depth interviews at sixteen process and six assembly-based
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Research on the mechanism of sustainable business model innovation driven by the digital platform ecosystem J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Xiao Li, Lulu Zhang, Jiarou Cao
With the deep convergence of the new-generation digital platform ecosystem and the manufacturing industry together with the pressure of economic, social, and ecological sustainability, companies need to grasp digitalization and sustainability for transformation. Under sustainable development pressures, the digital platform ecosystem has become an important way for manufacturing companies to shift to
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Does operations capability enhance or impede the relationship between information technology capability and firm performance? J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Yufan Wang, Michael Song, Haili Zhang
The information technology (IT) literature suggests that IT capability enhances firm performance. Yet recent studies have challenged this positive relationship. Based on the capability hierarchy theory, we propose a theoretical model to study how operations capability moderates the effects of IT capability on firm performance. We test the research hypotheses using data collected from 278 U.S. and 326
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The relation between high-performance work systems and product innovativeness: The mediating role of technological capabilities and the moderating role of university-industry collaboration J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Lütfihak Alpkan, Evrim Gemici
The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between high-performance work systems (HPWS) and product innovativeness. Drawing on the dynamic capabilities perspective, this study examines the mediating role of technological capabilities in this relationship as well as considering the moderating role of university and industry (U-I) collaboration between HPWS and technological capabilities
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Knowledge integration in interdisciplinary research teams: Role of social networks J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-24 Xueyan Zhang
Successful knowledge integration in interdisciplinary research teams is critical for solving complex problems and achieving innovation. Empirical research on knowledge integration in interdisciplinary research teams only emphasizes the role of knowledge heterogeneity but with mixed findings and ignores the impacts of team social networks where members are embedded. Based on the knowledge-based view
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Short communication: To speed or not to speed? The impact of market type and the COVID pandemic J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-26 Haili Zhang, Michael Song
Rapidly developing and bring an innovation to market (innovation speed) should have positive effects on performance. Yet innovation and technology management literature also suggests that faster innovation speed may lead to higher innovation failures in some scenarios. We investigate the value of innovation speed in four market scenarios: established markets before and during the COVID pandemic and
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Case study as a methodological foundation for Technology Roadmapping (TRM): Literature review and future research agenda J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-24 Bingjie Ding, Xavier Ferràs Hernández
Technology roadmapping (TRM) is a flexible methodology that is widely applied at firm, sector, and national levels to support long-term strategic planning, innovation, and policy development. As the case study approach is a prevalent methodology used in TRM development, this study conducts a systematic literature review to investigate the case studies applied in TRM research. The findings are discussed
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An integrated framework for assessing the technology roadmapping process from multiple perspectives: The case at the sector level J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-24 Youngjung Geum, Clare Farrukh, Sungjoo Lee
We propose an approach to assess, and thus, update the technology roadmapping process. Building on extant literature, we define the ideal roadmapping process and suggest an integrated framework to guide its improvement from three perspectives: process maturity, system elements, and contextual validity. To verify its effectiveness, we applied the proposed approach to roadmapping conducted by a Korean
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Ecosystems, strategy, and resilience: Four empirical cases in the COVID-19 crisis J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Wesley da Paixão de Oliveira, Márcia Regina Neves Guimarães, João Eduardo Azevedo Ramos da Silva
The pandemic pushed companies to rethink competitive strategies and the innovation ecosystem structure. Then, we studied four small organizations from different industries through interviews, observations, and documentation. We offer five key findings: First, the crisis affected the cases in distinct ways, benefiting those in the healthcare sector. Second, innovation ecosystems provided opportunities
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The importance of possessing knowledge on black-box components: The case of smartphone OEMs J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-23 Antonello Cammarano, Vincenzo Varriale, Francesca Michelino, Mauro Caputo
Traditionally, the black-box approach in buyer-supplier relationships does not require knowledge exchanges between the actors, since the purchased module is autonomously developed by the supplier. However, the purpose of the article is to demonstrate that in high-tech sectors, despite the presence of black-box approaches, the OEM can achieve higher market performance if it develops in-house competences
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Flawed decision models and flexibility in product development J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Gary J. Summers, Christopher M. Scherpereel
In this article we answer a fundamental concern of product development management: How to best respond to uncertainty, unforeseeable uncertainty, and complexity in product development? To answer this question we apply reliability analysis, from behavioral economics, to product development and build a new model, showing that successful frameworks, practices, tools, and decision-making succeed by reducing
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Assessment of the mono-disciplinary approaches and interdisciplinary approaches in prototyping practice J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Fei Yu, Ralf Stolzenberg, Alexander Brem
Traditionally, designers and engineers develop prototypes to visualize concepts and test features. People from other disciplines were less involved in this process. Nowadays, more interdisciplinary approaches are required to solve complex problems in new product development. The evidence showing the value of interdisciplinary approaches in prototyping practice is limited. This study designs a workshop
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Effects of demotivational managerial practices on job satisfaction and job performance: Empirical evidence from Myanmar’s construction industry J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Zin Mar Aung, Djoen San Santoso, Tharindu C. Dodanwala
The study examined how demotivational managerial practices in the construction industry are linked to job satisfaction and performance. Data were gathered from a questionnaire survey of 260 non-managerial construction professionals in Yangon, Myanmar. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted to assess the underline dimensions of demotivational managerial practices before developing a structural
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Effects of innovation capability on radical and incremental innovations and business performance relationships J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-09 Nor’Aini Yusof, Ernawati Mustafa Kamal, Eric C.W. Lou, Ahmed Mohammed Kamaruddeen
A mediation and moderation model was developed to investigate the effects of innovation capability on the links between radical and incremental innovations and business performance. The findings showed that innovation capability fully mediates the relationship between radical innovation and business performance. Additionally, construction companies with a low innovation capability have a strong effect
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Sentiments about autonomous vehicles J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Hio Nam Io, Chang Boon Lee, Zhaotong Lian
There is a lot of hype about autonomous vehicles (AV) but there are few studies on how people feel about this innovative product. To fill this research gap and to provide richer insights on this subject, this study crawled 10,374 AV-related comments from a microblogging website and used sentiment analysis to evaluate people’s feelings and perceptions. The results show that people’s sentiments depend
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The arcanum of artificial intelligence in enterprise applications: Toward a unified framework J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 Heinz Herrmann
Disagreement and confusion about artificial intelligence (AI) terminology impede researchers, innovators, and practitioners when developing and implementing enterprise applications. The prevailing ambiguities and use of buzzwords are exacerbated by media and vendor marketing hype. This study identifies several ambiguities within and across AI fields and subfields. Combining a systematic review with
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Does the learning ability of smart products lead to user resistance? J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-11 Inès Chouk, Zied Mani
The rapid development in recent years of smart products characterized by their ability to learn is arousing increasing interest from researchers and managers. However, relatively little work has focused on negative user reactions to these devices, especially with regard to resistance and distrust reactions. Specifically, it is not known how the perception of their learning ability influences user resistance
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How firms’ openness promotes radical innovation performance: The joint interaction effects of political ties and business ties J. Eng. Technol. Manage. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-10 Chun-Hsien Wang
This study investigates the role of openness to innovation knowledge sources in driving firms’ radical innovation. First, we develop a theoretical model that predicts how political ties and business ties can be used by firms as a complementary mechanism to capitalize on their preferential resources. This complementary mechanism is more effective than relying on a single kind of tie. Moreover, using