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Beyond product innovation: deciphering process-oriented innovators, complementarities and performance effects.
- Source :
- Technology Analysis & Strategic Management; May2018, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p582-595, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Relatively little attention has been paid to the understanding of process innovation, compared to the well-researched product innovation. This paper contributes to improve our understanding of process innovation and its specific process capabilities and performance by exploring, across many industries, 4,608 process-oriented innovators. Process innovation is defined as adoption of technologically new or significantly improved production methods, including changes in equipment, organisation or methods of product delivery. Process-oriented innovators or <italic>process seekers</italic> are those firms which usually <italic>only</italic> introduce process innovation, and no product innovation. These have received less attention by scholars. Results show that process innovation without also organisational innovation complements constrains innovative performance. Complex process-based innovation complementarities result from the simultaneous development and integration of new machinery and organisational innovations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09537325
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128887425
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2017.1347623