Hi Katarzyna,

There`s a working paper on it writing by Carine Peeters and Bruno Van Pottelsberghe

and by also Johannes Horner & Larry Samuelson. You can Google them. 

Hi Katarzyna,

You might find some useful resources in the dynamic capabilities area also distinguishing competencies from capabilities is key.

Kearney, A., Harrington, D., & Kelliher, F. (2014). Exploiting managerial capability for innovation in a micro-firm context: New and emerging perspectives within the Irish hotel industry. European Journal of Training and Development, 38(1/2), 95-117.

Waite, A.M. (2014). Leadership's influence on innovation and sustainability: A review of the literature and implications for HRD. European Journal of Training and Development, 38(1/2), 15.

Saunila, M., & Ukko, J. (2012). A conceptual framework for the measurement of innovation capability and its effects. Baltic Journal of Management, 7(4), 355-375.

Muller, A., Välikangas, L., & Merlyn, P. (2005). Metrics for innovation: guidelines for developing a customized suite of innovation metrics. Strategy & Leadership, 33(1), 37-45.

Cohn, S. (2013). A Firm-Level Innovation Management Framework and Assessment Tool for Increasing Competitiveness. Technology innovation management review(October 2013), 6-15.

Damanpour, F., & Aravind, D. (2011). Managerial Innovation: Conceptions, Processes, and Antecedents. Management and Organization Review, 8(2), 423-454.

McFadzean, E., O'Loughlin, A., & Shaw, E. (2005). Corporate entrepreneurship and innovation part 1: the missing link. European Journal of Innovation Management, 8(3), 350-372.

Best of luck with your research!

J

The RG colleagues have given references above so I shall give my opinion: If a firm does not have a good quality management, then no real innovations are expected from the firm. A management, which reached its position by affiliations & connections and not by merits, will have survival as the first priority & will not value innovation well. I liked very much a simile " An army of lions led by a rabbit is in a worse situation than an army of rabbits led by a lion". In many 3rd world countries, the management plays a negative role of de-activation of the firm pushing it into routine function which ultimately leads to downfall. 

Great question. I have been looking at this anecdotally for years. Honestly, I have found very little in the literature that satisfies me in relation to business intelligence, but am interested in collaborating on this important topic. I am specifically interested in Business Intelligence, and how innovative (or risk taking) managers are in this area, and whether that risk taking behavior has paid off. I have a few examples, but not enough yet to draw valid inferences. Be in touch if you want to discuss further [email protected]

Hi Katarzyna,

this is a very interesting field. Especially it is some point of counter perspective for management researchers who mainly use the organizational layer as unit of analysis.

I wrote my disseration in a nearby field. I was asking which competences professionals need in the future in a particular industry because of digitalization (its a methodological and theoretical work). And because you can only stay and survive in a future you have to remain competitive through innovation. So, it was more the other way around (If you are interested, send me a message).

Whereas the others in this forum already gave some good literature advices, I would point to the methodological issue: With this question your are crossing two or maybe three levels of analysis. The individual, (the group), and the organizational level. This brings some methdological challenges because changes on the one might case effect on the other, called multi-level research. There are a lot of paper that ignore this issue. But actually this is what you want to investigate. I read the paper of "EMERGENCE OF THE HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCE: A MULTILEVEL MODEL" by ROBERT E. PLOYHART & THOMAS P. MOLITERNO (Academy of Management Review, 2011, Vol. 36, No. 1, 127–150.) It was a bit an eye-opener for me.

And they refer to "K. J. Klein & S. W. J. Kozlowski (Eds.),Multilevel theory, research, and methods in organizations: Foundations, extensions, and new directions." A book that is discussing different methods how you can research on the indiviudal level and connect it to organzational (or the other way around).

You can find some hints (tables 2 & 3 for example) in this: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2051522 

Thanks a lot for your help!

You mignt be interesed in the attached article:

Only multicriterial expert evaluations. See Zvirblis; Zavadskas

Hi, Katarzyna:

I think this recent study (Hsu et al., 2014) will be very helpful for what you're looking for! This study used a blended view of corporate entrepreneurship and operations core capability as enablers of innovation. Survey data collected from automotive OEM suppliers in five emerging countries in South-east Asia are used to examine the relationships among corporate entrepreneurship, operations core competency and innovation.

The authors  measured corporate entrepreneurship by its corporate culture and leadership, whereas operations core competency was operationalized by a firm’s knowledge management, technology management and process management.

The authors demonstrated that innovation is measured by process innovation and product innovation. Their analyses show that in the context of Asia, corporate entrepreneurship affects a firm’s operations core competency, which in turn affects innovation. Their findings provide valuable insights about the enablers of a firm’s competency and innovation.

Hsu, C., Tan, K. C., Jayaram, J., & Laosirihongthong, T. (2014). Corporate entrepreneurship, operations core competency and innovation in emerging economies. International Journal Of Production Research, 52(18), 5467-5483.

Hope this helps!

Nadeem

You may be interested to the enclosed arrticle; kind regards, MV

Check out (psychology) research on transformational leadership. The model is highly relevant to innovation and apparently a lot of research has been undertaken on it.