Does organizational structure facilitate inbound and outbound open innovation in SMEs?

S Gentile-Lüdecke, R Torres de Oliveira… - Small Business …, 2020 - Springer
Based on the evolutionary theory of the firm, this paper examines how traditional variables
that describe a firm's organizational structure—formalization, specialization, and …

How dynamic capabilities affect adoption of management innovations

HF Lin, JQ Su, A Higgins - Journal of Business Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Management innovation facilitates changes including technical innovation thus improving
organizational performance; Chinese firms typically adopt these management innovations …

Barriers to innovation among Spanish manufacturing SMEs

A Madrid‐Guijarro, D Garcia… - Journal of small business …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Innovation is widely recognized as a key factor in the competitiveness of nations and firms.
Small firms that do not embrace innovation within their core business strategy run the risk of …

The impacts of organizational structure on operational performance through innovation capability: innovative culture as moderator

M Iranmanesh, KM Kumar, B Foroughi, RK Mavi… - Review of Managerial …, 2021 - Springer
This study aims to test the impact of organizational structure on the innovation capability and
operational performance of manufacturing firms considering innovation capability as a …

[HTML][HTML] Taking risks in the face of uncertainty: An exploratory analysis of green innovation

S Roper, E Tapinos - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2016 - Elsevier
The relationship between uncertainty and firms' risk-taking behaviour has been a focus of
investigation since early discussion of the nature of enterprise activity. Here, we focus on …

Drivers and performance outcomes of innovativeness: An empirical study

LP Kyrgidou, S Spyropoulou - British Journal of Management, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The issue of innovativeness within organizations has attracted considerable attention in the
literature. However, limited knowledge exists about the drivers of and their simultaneous …

The role of systematic international market selection on small firms' export performance

LE Brouthers, G Nakos - Journal of small business …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This article hypothesizes that, on average, small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) that
use a systematic methodology in selecting foreign target markets (what we call systematic …

Leader cognition in real-world settings: How do leaders think about crises?

MD Mumford, TL Friedrich, JJ Caughron… - The Leadership …, 2007 - Elsevier
Leadership is typically understood as a process of social influence. The effective exercise of
influence, however, requires leaders to think. In the present effort, we examine the major …

Competitive strategy, structure and firm performance: A comparison of the resource‐based view and the contingency approach

EM Pertusa‐Ortega, JF Molina‐Azorín… - Management …, 2010 - emerald.com
Purpose–Decisions about the design of the organization and the competitive strategy of a
firm are very important in order to gain competitive advantage and to improve firm …

Can formalization, complexity, and centralization influence knowledge performance?

EM Pertusa-Ortega, P Zaragoza-Sáez… - Journal of Business …, 2010 - Elsevier
Based on the theory of organizational design and on the theory of knowledge, this paper
analyzes how the traditional variables which define a firm's organizational structure …