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on Economics of Strategic Management |
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Issue of 2024‒07‒29
eight papers chosen by João José de Matos Ferreira, Universidade da Beira Interior |
| By: | Amoa-Gyarteng, Karikari; Eserifa, Oyin-Emi |
| Abstract: | This study aims to concisely examine the impact of innovation strategy on the survival of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the mediating role of organizational adaptability. Employing an explanatory research design, data were collected through structured questionnaires from SME owners and managers in Kumasi Metro, Ghana. Regression analysis reveals that innovation strategy is significantly related to organizational adaptability, which in turn positively influences SME survival. Therefore, organizational adaptability's mediating role is established, indicating its essential function in SME survival. |
| Keywords: | Innovation strategy, organizational adaptability, SME survival, diffusion of innovation theory, competitive advantage |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:esconf:298864&r= |
| By: | Chatzinikolaou, Dimos (Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Economics); Vlados, Charis (Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Economics) |
| Abstract: | This study explores the challenges of integrating macro, meso, and micro in the articulation of advanced innovation policy and examines, respectively, dimensions of public business support, intermediary organizations, and knowledge transfer. It conducts an integrative review of the pertinent literature and a bibliometric analysis of 440 articles. It reveals three major obstacles that seemingly impede the effective integration of macro, meso, and micro in contemporary policymaking and socioeconomic analyses: entrenched boundaries between different thematic areas, methodological discrepancies, and the relative lack of integrated theoretical models. These factors contribute to the absence of unified functional hubs focused on microlevel interventions. The proposed Institutes of Local Development and Innovation (ILDIs) could mitigate these challenges as they are presented as multilevel policy instruments intended to provide support to businesses—particularly to those facing chronic and structural problems. |
| Keywords: | Macro-meso-micro; Public business support; Intermediary organizations; Knowledge transfer; Microfirms; Multilevel policy; Institutes of Local Development and Innovation (ILDIs) |
| JEL: | D83 G38 L53 |
| Date: | 2024–06–19 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:duthrp:2024_004&r= |
| By: | Holloway, Samuel |
| Abstract: | This qualitative study explores the pivotal role of supply chain collaboration (SCC) in enhancing marketing effectiveness within organizations. By integrating supply chain management (SCM) practices with marketing strategies, companies can optimize operational efficiencies, anticipate consumer demands, and deliver personalized customer experiences. The study emphasizes technological integration, such as IoT, big data analytics, and blockchain, which enables real-time data sharing, predictive analytics, and enhanced visibility across the supply chain. Strategic alignment between SCM and marketing functions ensures efficient resource allocation and strategic deployment of marketing investments, fostering synergistic outcomes and maximizing market impact. Collaborative innovation within supply chains drives continuous improvement and product innovation, strengthening brand reputation and customer loyalty. Additionally, supply chain resilience, achieved through robust risk management and agile strategies, enables businesses to maintain operational stability and mitigate disruptions, safeguarding customer relationships and brand integrity. This research underscores the strategic imperative for organizations to embrace SCC as a driver of sustainable growth and competitive advantage in dynamic market environments. By leveraging SCC to integrate SCM and marketing functions, companies can navigate complexities, capitalize on market opportunities, and sustain long-term success. The findings provide valuable insights for business leaders seeking to enhance marketing effectiveness through effective SCC strategies. |
| Date: | 2024–06–28 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:zp7fw&r= |
| By: | Gartzou-Katsouyanni, Kira |
| Abstract: | Scholars of economic development in the Global South and of industrial policy in the Global North are increasingly advocating top-down policies by a strong, activist state to promote growth and innovation. Instead, we argue there is much to learn from firm-centered approaches about how the main economic decision-makers, namely, firms, engage with the constraints and opportunities that they face. This is particularly important in the semi-periphery, where public authorities do not always have the capacity, resources, and political support required to play the activist developmental role suggested in the literature. This introduction to the special issue develops the concept of the semi-periphery, showing that it can foster knowledge exchange across the North–South divide and promote innovation in analyses of the dynamics of economic development. It also presents the multilevel perspective through which the special issue accounts for cases where firms were able to overcome semi-peripheral constraints. We argue that carving out economic opportunities in the semi-periphery often requires the activation of the initiative of local firms, which form alliances with other actors from the private, public, and non-profit sectors. Rather than producing economic innovation directly, macro-institutions facilitate those efforts by providing a governance architecture that makes it easier for firms to form alliances and innovate. |
| Keywords: | governance; institutional change; semi-periphery; innovation; firms; political economy; multilevel approaches; cooperation; Springer deal |
| JEL: | R14 J01 |
| Date: | 2024–07–02 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:123742&r= |
| By: | Hafish, Muhammad; Famiola, Melia |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this paper is to focus on the contribution of stakeholder engagement to Sustainable innovation (SI) within the context of sustainable food and agriculture context. It investigates whether engagement with different stakeholders promotes sustainable innovation. The empirical analysis is based on a distinctive single case study of sustainable-oriented ventures that successfully deliver sustainable impact within their SI. A qualitative study, which an abductive approach was performed in order to delve the stakeholder engagement and its relationship with the type of SI. We use multiple data sources. Primary data such as semi-unstructured interview with several representative innovating ventures. Then, secondary data from multiple sources gathered to acquire deeper knowledge and information to capture the retrospective data about SI journey and development process of the ventures. Result showed that proactive role in venture to engage with various and wider stakeholders is needed to foster the SI particularly in system-building SI. Moreover, sustainability-oriented innovation (SI) as a journey and its characteristics constitutes from on practices that constitute day-to-day SI activities, strategies, activities, and linkages that resulting SI output and outcome. Particularly, stakeholders are part of these linkages. The wider and various of stakeholders also its engagement in co-creation of SI is affecting the output and outcomes of its SI. This research extends the response to the lack of systematic knowledge about stakeholder collaboration in SI. This paper provides a fine-grain qualitative analysis, a single case study, and identifies several types of stakeholders with various roles in the SI. |
| Date: | 2024–06–26 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:bp94f&r= |
| By: | Sun, Falin; Hou, Peibin; Qiu, Huanguang; Kong, Xiangwen |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness, Environmental Economics And Policy, Industrial Organization |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea22:343678&r= |
| By: | Geylani, Pinar Celikkol; Park, Timothy A.; Restrepo, Brandon J. |
| Keywords: | Productivity Analysis, Research And Development/ Tech Change/Emerging Technologies, Production Economics |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea22:343704&r= |
| By: | Bhandari, Thaneshwar; Gauchan, Devendra; Gurung, Tek Bahadur; Thapa, Yam Bahadur; Panta, Hari Krishna |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness, International Relations/Trade, Marketing |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea22:343826&r= |