Innovation
marjan shahsan; soheila zarin jouy alvar; shahein raz
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 July 2023
Abstract
Some family companies are more willing to innovate than other companies. Being innovative helps companies to deal with the complexity and change of the rapidly increasing turbulent external environment. In such a situation, companies that have the necessary resources for innovation are able to respond ...
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Some family companies are more willing to innovate than other companies. Being innovative helps companies to deal with the complexity and change of the rapidly increasing turbulent external environment. In such a situation, companies that have the necessary resources for innovation are able to respond to challenges faster, extract new products and get better opportunities than organizations that lack innovation. In the meantime, marketing resources can reduce or increase activities related to fundamental innovation. Although marketing resources only provide a partial understanding of the willingness of family companies to innovate, unless the family's specific resources (such as patient capital and social capital) are also considered in the dynamic and changing environment of the company for a more comprehensive analysis of the willingness. To make fundamental innovation.The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of marketing resources on the willingness of owners to radical innovation with the moderating role of the dynamics of the environment and specific family resources (study). Case: households with family business in Abadan city. In this research, 374 members of households with family businesses in Abadan city in 1401 were considered as a statistical sample by simple random sampling method. A standard questionnaire was used to collect data. The results of the research using PLS software have shown that market knowledge, reputation, relational resources and technological resources have an effect on the willingness of owners to radical innovation. Also, family social capital, family patience capital and environmental dynamics moderate the relationship between marketing resources and owners' willingness to radical innovation.
Innovation
Shahram Ajorlou; soheila sardar; ali rajabzadeh; anjhela ameli
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 10 June 2023
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The research was conducted with the aim of analyzing innovative factors affecting customer loyalty in multi-level marketing based on business intelligence. This research in terms of purpose; It is applied and in the field of quantitative-qualitative studies which was done with survey and data-mining ...
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The research was conducted with the aim of analyzing innovative factors affecting customer loyalty in multi-level marketing based on business intelligence. This research in terms of purpose; It is applied and in the field of quantitative-qualitative studies which was done with survey and data-mining methods. The statistical population of the research consists of 15 senior managers and experts in the field of research, i.e. Panh-Riz cosmetics and hygiene company, were selected by snowball method to identify the components and factors, and in the second part of the data warehouse of Panh-Riz company in the period of 2013 Data mining was done until 2018, which includes 5,200,000 records. The method of data analysis is data mining and customer clustering, which was done using R software. The results of data analysis showed that 6 indicators could be considered for the model, which are: the length of customer cooperation, purchase delay, repeat purchase, high purchase amount, profitability, and discounts to customers. In general, it can be stated that the loyalty of the customers of multi-level marketing companies is in accordance with the intelligence of the business, considering five clusters of customers, it is influenced by these six indicators, and in order to improve the level of customer loyalty and achieve a competitive advantage, the company must Active in this field should be considered. Also, for the development of multi-level marketing, it is suggested that the investigated companies pay more attention to the role of discounting and credit sales to customers, and on the other hand, keep their main customers more satisfied by providing better services and more support. It should be mentioned that so far no research has been done at the country level regarding the design and development of customer loyalty management model in MLM multi-level marketing and business companies based on business intelligence (BI) and this research as a project A new study with an innovative approach to the cosmetic and health products market can be a guide for network marketing managers in achieving greater customer loyalty.
Innovation
mahnaz mehrali; Seyed Habibollah Mirghafoori
Volume 17, Issue 36 , August 2019, , Pages 31-48
Abstract
One of the important factors in the destruction of organizations is the lack of creativity and innovation in the organization. The process of innovation in the past has been dependent on intellectual resources within the organization and the efforts to develop and commercialize them within the organization. ...
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One of the important factors in the destruction of organizations is the lack of creativity and innovation in the organization. The process of innovation in the past has been dependent on intellectual resources within the organization and the efforts to develop and commercialize them within the organization. But today, the open innovation paradigm uses external ideas and technologies, and allows other companies to take advantage of their innovative ideas. Therefore, in this paper, the factors affecting innovation were identified in order to create open innovation in the sesame industry of Yazd province and the effect of these factors on each other was identified using the fuzzy dematel technique. Then, with the system dynamics technique, scenarios for increasing open innovation in this industry were presented. Finally, it was discovered that increasing the intermediaries of innovation and increasing integration and increasing the link between industry and university could increase open innovation. Other factors include the using close business business in the organization that affects Open innovation , and organizations should try to reduce the use of closed businesses and increase their Relation to customers and competitors and other organizations.
Innovation
Fariba Aref; fereydon ohadi
Volume 17, Issue 35 , April 2019, , Pages 5-18
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Nowadays, banking industry is an area in which innovation is required more than any other service industries. Studying the factors and indices effective on service innovation in tourism bank, is the aim of this research. Research statistical population consists of 580 out of the whole tourism bank personnel ...
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Nowadays, banking industry is an area in which innovation is required more than any other service industries. Studying the factors and indices effective on service innovation in tourism bank, is the aim of this research. Research statistical population consists of 580 out of the whole tourism bank personnel all over the country including users, senior users, bosses and deputies. The sample size is estimated 232 persons using Morgan Table, and the research time span is from Bahman 95 to Mordad 96. Data gathering is done through electronic questionnaire whose validity is verified by expert’s views, and its reliability by the coefficient of Chronbach’s alpha. In this research, based on studied literature, 58 indices effective on service innovation in the form of 9 factors at the bank level were identified including communication, strategic, human, market and customers, technologic, organizational and systematic, processing, financial, and learning ones; and their effects were studied by structural equations and Amos software. Also, the present status of service innovation factors in tourism bank indicates that its innovative performance is under alarming level for the communication, processing, organizational and systematic, and financial factors; it is nearly equal to alarming level for strategic, market and customers, and learning ones; and finally the human and technology factors are at higher level of alarming.
Innovation
zahra Ahmadi; Mohsen shafiei; younos vakil
Volume 16, Issue 32 , July 2018, , Pages 73-92
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The present research is applied in terms of purpose, qualitative in terms of variable, cross sectional in terms of time, and descriptive-survey and correlation- causal in terms of type. The statistical population consists of all the managers and experts of small and medium- sized manufacturing companies ...
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The present research is applied in terms of purpose, qualitative in terms of variable, cross sectional in terms of time, and descriptive-survey and correlation- causal in terms of type. The statistical population consists of all the managers and experts of small and medium- sized manufacturing companies of Semnan city, including units of R&D, production, training, marketing, and market researches. This paper has been done in period of Fall and Winter 1396. Sampling is based on the logic of partial least square with simple random sampling method. Data collection was performed using library and field study method, and with the help of questionnaire. Data analysis was implemented by a multi stage process as follows: components recognition by the related literature, reliability study of the mentioned components by Cronbach’s alpha and CR indices, and KMO index for sampling adequacy were used. Then, for responding to questions and hypotheses, the test of path and correlation analysis were used. In the next steps, confirmatory factor analysis for monitoring the indices in each constructor as well as validity were studied. Finally, all the research hypotheses were confirmed, and it can be said that open innovation has a significant impact on company innovative performance; also the moderating role of market turbulence in meaningful.
Innovation
mohammadreza moradian
Volume 16, Issue 31 , April 2018, , Pages 5-12
Abstract
Along with increasing acceleration of developments and changes in the modern world, the process of ongoing transformation is one of the main issues governing human life. Hence, companies and organizations seeking to establish or maintain their competitive advantage are forced to accept flexibility and ...
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Along with increasing acceleration of developments and changes in the modern world, the process of ongoing transformation is one of the main issues governing human life. Hence, companies and organizations seeking to establish or maintain their competitive advantage are forced to accept flexibility and changes. In such a situation, innovation has become the mainstay of organizations. Success of organizations is primarily rooted in their innovation and management. Competitive advantages arising from innovation change in favor of those organizations which can make use of knowledge, technological skills, and experience to create innovation in their products and the methods to develop and supply them. Given the significance of innovation in the development and performance of organizations, evaluation of innovative capabilities is the most important prerequisite to move toward the deployment of innovative systems in organizations. In this study, Karan Mapna Materials Engineering Company was evaluated using Joe Teide model in five dimensions of organizational processes, organizational climate supportive of innovation, learning, strategy, and external communications. The research method was descriptive-survey and data collection instrument was a questionnaire whose validity was conformed using the judgment of experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient running SPSS software. Due to the limited population of the study, census sampling technique was used in this study. Also, to fit the model and confirmatory factor analysis of the indices of the questionnaire, structural equation modeling and PLS software were applied. After the model was fit, 14 indices were removed out of 40 ones. On the other hand, to rank the factors affecting innovation management in Karan Mapna Materials Engineering Company, paired comparison was run using ANP technique in Super Decisions software. Results obtained from the software indicated that strategy was placed in the first rank and learning, processes, structure, organization, and networking factors were placed in the next ranks, respectively.
Using the data in the questionnaires in this study, the situation on innovation management in Karan Mapna Materials Engineering Company was addressed. Findings from the study indicated that networking factor was the poorest one and the strategy had the best situation among other factors.
In this study, Karan Mapna Materials Engineering Company was evaluated using Joe Teide model in five dimensions of organizational processes, organizational climate supportive of innovation, learning, strategy, and external communications. The research method was descriptive-survey and data collection instrument was a questionnaire whose validity was conformed using the judgment of experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient running SPSS software. Due to the limited population of the study, census sampling technique was used in this study. Also, to fit the model and confirmatory factor analysis of the indices of the questionnaire, structural equation modeling and PLS software were applied. After the model was fit, 14 indices were removed out of 40 ones. On the other hand, to rank the factors affecting innovation management Karan Mapna Materials Engineering Company, paired comparisons was run using ANP technique in Super Decisions software. Results obtained from the software indicated that strategy was placed in the first rank and learning, processes, structure, organization, and networking factors were placed in the next ranks, respectively. Using the data in the questionnaires in this study, the situation on innovation management in Karan Mapna Materials Engineering Company was addressed. Findings from the study indicated that networking factor was the poorest factor and strategy factor had the best situation among other factors. Key words: Innovation, Innovation Capability, Innovation Management, Structural Equation Model (SEM)
Innovation
Abbas Khamseh; Mahmoud Vosough Rohani
Volume 16, Issue 31 , April 2018, , Pages 13-22
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The assessment of innovation management dimensions can help the firm’s managers in investments, leading the resources towards the right paths, and also selecting the appropriate techniques for obtaining technology. The aim of this research is to assess the effective factors on innovation management ...
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The assessment of innovation management dimensions can help the firm’s managers in investments, leading the resources towards the right paths, and also selecting the appropriate techniques for obtaining technology. The aim of this research is to assess the effective factors on innovation management in Golestan Company in direction of recognizing the empowering factors in this respect. A number of 40 indices were classified, based on Teidel & Bessant model (2009), in the form of 5 main factors including external relations, strategy, processes, organizational space, and learning; and the related questionnaires were designed, and distributed among 39 managers and experts of the mentioned company. Then, by using the confirmatory factor analysis with the Smart PLS software, the factors and indices were fitted, confirmed, and finally 3 indices removed after fitness. According to the findings, paying attention to the five above mentioned factors is necessary, and neglecting some of them causes lack of success in service innovation management of the company. Also, the ranking results shows now that organizational processes dimension is placed in the first and the learning one in the last rank in the company.
Innovation
maryam asghari; Nazanin Pilevari
Volume 15, Issue 30 , November 2017, , Pages 25-36
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Rapid changes in economic institutions, rapid growth, and environmental uncertainty has led some of the other issues discussed are very important innovation in organizations.Innovation has an important role in achieving competitive advantage, especially in the insurance industry has to be competitive, ...
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Rapid changes in economic institutions, rapid growth, and environmental uncertainty has led some of the other issues discussed are very important innovation in organizations.Innovation has an important role in achieving competitive advantage, especially in the insurance industry has to be competitive, it is significant.In this study, the literature and summarize research and expert opinions of assessing the number of 42 indicators of innovation management in the insurance industry to identifyAnd by developing a questionnaire with Likert scale and effectiveness of the indicators of the industry experts surveyed universities and On the decision making criteria and was accepted after screening 32 index. These indicators form five main factors:1-Organization2-sterategy3-process4-system5-technology,Were classified by experts,Using smart PLS factors have been analyzed ,And finally using AHP factors were prioritized.The pattern is designed in a successful innovation management in the insurance industry, according to all five factors are essential and lack of attention to some factors in successfully managing technological capabilities will be diminished.
Innovation
ali asghar molaie
Volume 14, Issue 28 , November 2016, , Pages 5-20
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Ever-increasing developments in business environment, rapid changes in markets and increase of competitiveness have made the role of innovation to be highlighted in economic growth and development process of organizations and to create competitive advantage for them more than the past. An important part ...
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Ever-increasing developments in business environment, rapid changes in markets and increase of competitiveness have made the role of innovation to be highlighted in economic growth and development process of organizations and to create competitive advantage for them more than the past. An important part of the company research in innovation process always involves generating new ideas that have commercial capability. In order to generate new and innovative ideas, the perspectives towards new product must be extended. Integration of various customers in the early stages of the innovation process-it is called the front-end of innovation (FEI) - can lead to innovation success and creativity increase. As a result, in this paper by reviewing literature, we present a new model of customer-based innovation through synthesis and development of valid models, which by focusing on front-end of innovation, it integrates simultaneously the customers of competitor companies, and customers of other industries (marginal ones) in addition to the customers of the company, in order to generate creative ideas about new product. On the other hand, using such an approach will not be possible without openness capability and applying the open innovation paradigm. The purpose of this paper is to design a systematic model so that managers can enter the next steps of innovation process with confidence about new product success in front-end of innovation.
Innovation
Mahdi Khaleghi; Mahdi Elyasi
Volume 14, Issue 28 , November 2016, , Pages 87-100
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The importance of open approach to innovation and its role in firms’ growth and business development has been acknowledged today. There is no review paper in Persian to deal with literature about open innovation. In this respect, the paper tries to study basic concepts, research lines of the past ...
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The importance of open approach to innovation and its role in firms’ growth and business development has been acknowledged today. There is no review paper in Persian to deal with literature about open innovation. In this respect, the paper tries to study basic concepts, research lines of the past literature and horizons ahead of open innovation which are useful for business managers, students and researchers of related disciplines. Along with the value chain from suppliers to users the open innovation literature has widened during the last decade. It has also considered different contextual factors such as industry type, firm size, organizational culture and structure, etc… This literature has also tried to develop required tools and deepen the process of open innovation from the view point of different units of analysis such as individuals, projects, firms, regional clusters and industries. Analyzing the gaps in this literature indicates that the alignment with business models, the effect of open innovation in the cases such as SMEs, service business, IP regimes, and the required tools, are among the most important research lines in this respect in the future.
Innovation
Volume 13, Issue 25 , May 2015, , Pages 15-32
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We are living in the world that uncertainty, ambiguity in the fields of technology changes, market, competitors’ strategies, and expectations of customers and the other stakeholders, have caused the companies to concern severely about their competitive advantages and even their survivals.
In the ...
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We are living in the world that uncertainty, ambiguity in the fields of technology changes, market, competitors’ strategies, and expectations of customers and the other stakeholders, have caused the companies to concern severely about their competitive advantages and even their survivals.
In the direction of these changes, innovation, innovativeness and innovative organizations have become the main priorities of the organizations’ leaders. But the development of these capabilities requires specific structural, process, and managerial mechanisms which are paid less attention in Iran.
In response to this urgent need, innovation and innovativeness of the organizations are studied first in this article. Then the key concepts, characteristics, and dimensions of the innovative organizations are explained along with the way of their organizing and leadership. Finally, their future challenges and prospects are described.
Innovation
Volume 13, Issue 25 , May 2015, , Pages 33-44
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One of the most difficult challenges facing today’s executives in the innovative civilized world is the management of the variety tools which cause sustainable competitiveness in the fields of science and technology, and business environments. An effective management would happen when a widespread ...
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One of the most difficult challenges facing today’s executives in the innovative civilized world is the management of the variety tools which cause sustainable competitiveness in the fields of science and technology, and business environments. An effective management would happen when a widespread collection of organizational elements and activities with reasonable costs and time are integrated; logical and powerful tools and methods in dynamic environments are required for this integration.
This article, primarily, proceeds to analyze the innovation management tools according to knowledge-based economy by using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. Then the pure and essential methods and tools are recognized and prioritized by utilizing the experts’ viewpoints and studying the valid documents.
Innovation
Volume 12, Issue 23 , April 2014, , Pages 31-40
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The emergence of the concept of "complex products and systems" began from the literature of military systems, the complexities of the system, the school of large technical system, project management and industrial organization studies. Complex products which are technically manufactured by advanced companies, ...
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The emergence of the concept of "complex products and systems" began from the literature of military systems, the complexities of the system, the school of large technical system, project management and industrial organization studies. Complex products which are technically manufactured by advanced companies, are technologically advanced capital goods; and investment for capacity building in production sector is one of the important landmarks of national economic power. In the area of complex products, industry structure is mainly composed of very small number of very large firms, suppliers, manufactures, and customers. These firms involve in the process of design, research and development, systems integration, further improvements of the product and maintenance. Now, economic developments require commercialization and development of complex technologies in which the innovation happens only through a complex network. So, one of the distinguishing features of these products compared with the simple ones in mass production is the difference in the related mechanism and innovation management.
Technology Development
Volume 10, Issue 20 , January 2013, , Pages 19-26
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Technology development is largely dependent on designer’s creativity of the product or the technology. Since the new opportunities for the development of modern technologies should be examined by experts, the creation of innovative ideas for technology development and successful entrepreneurship ...
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Technology development is largely dependent on designer’s creativity of the product or the technology. Since the new opportunities for the development of modern technologies should be examined by experts, the creation of innovative ideas for technology development and successful entrepreneurship is essential. One of the creative problem solving methods is systematic innovation (TRIZ) which was founded by Russian scientist, Gnrysh Altshuler, in 1946. Over the years, this method has been changed to a practical tool for innovation and solving technical problems of varying degrees of complexity. This paper is compiled to study the TRIZ capability rate for solving engineering problems. It is tried to carry out the steps of problem recognition and its solution by TRIZ for a gas accumulator; then, the resulted innovative ideas and their feasibilities to become operational are evaluated. It is obvious that any applicable innovative idea is an opportunity toward entrepreneurship.
Innovation
Volume 9, Issue 17 , April 2011, , Pages 25-40
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Innovation power evaluation in national level is an introduction to policy making in this domain. For this reason, far-reaching studies have been done, and different models are presented up to now. By reviewing the presented models in the world and also the steps taken in the country, this article tries ...
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Innovation power evaluation in national level is an introduction to policy making in this domain. For this reason, far-reaching studies have been done, and different models are presented up to now. By reviewing the presented models in the world and also the steps taken in the country, this article tries to present an indigenous model for evaluating innovation power of I.R. of Iran. On this base, a few of these models –with emphasizing on the presented ones for under developed countries- are studied first. The comparison among the models shows that all of the effective components in innovation for evaluating are not studied in some of the models; therefore, they can’t evaluate systematically the effective components of innovation in national level. Hence, this article has presented a systematic conceptual framework for evaluating the innovation power by reviewing different approaches, summing up their weak and strong points and also taking into account the considerations on the indigenization of the country arising from economic, political and social characteristics of I.R. of Iran. Since it has been tried to present a systematic model, the innovation components have been evaluated in four groups of input, output, process, and environment components. In our suggested framework, it is tried to establish a clear picture of the weak and strong points of innovation system for policy makers.
