Organizational culture, inter-organizational learning ability and innovation performance of the technology alliance of small and medium enterprises

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang Xiaodi ◽  
Zheng Zhanxing ◽  
Huang Kexin ◽  
Wang Ping
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Innovation Culture in SMEs: The Importance of Organizational Culture, Organizational Learning and Market Orientation

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasliza Abdul-Halim ◽  
Noor Hazlina Ahmad ◽  
Alan Geare ◽  
Ramayah Thurasamy
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Conclusive Evidence ◽  
Innovation Culture ◽  
Competitor Orientation ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Abstract Academic and practitioner have considered innovation as an approach to produce value to customer in order to remain competitive in the market. However, previous studies on innovation culture among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have received little attention and SMEs need to inculcate the innovation culture in order to generate innovation. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically the influence of organizational culture, organizational learning and market orientation on innovation culture. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted to gather data from SMEs in Malaysia. Questionnaires were distributed and gathered with a total of 183 usable responses. The analysis was conducted via SMART PLS to produce interesting findings. Findings suggest that all dimensions of organizational culture (adaptability, involvement, mission and consistency) have an influence on innovation culture, organizational learning in terms of information acquisition and behavioural & cognitive have an impact on innovation culture. Finally, only competitor orientation influences innovation culture. Although SMEs play an important role within the Malaysia economy, their contribution to innovation is small and marginal. This study makes an important contribution by providing information to SMEs on the elements that could nurture innovation culture in their organizations. As such, it is hoped that this study will generate interest among the researchers to reach more conclusive evidence about the practice of innovation culture among SMEs in Malaysia. More effort should be devoted to comprehending the concept of innovation culture among SMEs from the context of developing country. The findings combined with the suggestions may offer alternative insights on innovation culture and extend a basic framework for further investigation.

scholarly journals Integrasi Fleksibilitas Strategis dan Kapabilitas Pembelajaran Organisasi sebagai Second-order Factor terhadap Kinerja Inovasi dan Perusahaan

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Emiliana Sri Pudjiarti ◽  
Honorata Ratnawati Dwi Putranti
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Strategic Flexibility ◽  
Learning Capability ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Learning Capabilities ◽  
Medium Enterprises

<span lang="EN-US">T</span><span>egal was once dubbed Japan's Indonesia, but the presence of the disruption era caused turbulence for Tegal metal SMEs (<em>Small and Medium Enterprises</em>). Many SMEs are not ready to face the changes that occur so that the bankrupt. Facing this situation, efforts are needed to maintain it. Efforts are made, among others, through the company's dynamic ability to manage the organization's internal resources. This study aims to examine the role of strategic flexibility and innovation performance as a mediating relationship between organizational learning capability and business performance. The objects in 224 SME</span><span lang="EN-US">’</span><span>s of metal smelting and casting in Tegal were randomly selected. The tool tests the hypothesis using the structural eqution model (SEM). The results of the study concluded that strategic flexibility reinforces the positive effect of organizational learning capabilities on innovation performance and business performance, so that when strategic flexibility is high, business performance will increase higher, when associated with high innovation performance. Strategic flexibility is a source of competitive advantage that is supported by the role of management, and is driven by superior employees as organizational assets. So the company has the ability to be responsive and adaptive to changes that occur. This finding is a mechanism for navigating to face market turbulence and competition.</span>

scholarly journals From Barriers to Enablers: The Role of Organizational Learning in Transitioning SMEs into the Circular Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1021
Author(s):  
Sara Scipioni ◽  
Meir Russ ◽  
Federico Niccolini
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Contextual Elements ◽  
Transfer And Retention ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Medium Enterprises

To contribute to small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) sustainable transition into the circular economy, the study proposes the activation of organizational learning (OL) processes—denoted here as multi-level knowledge creation, transfer, and retention processes—as a key phase in introducing circular business models (CBMs) at SME and supply chain (SC) level. The research employs a mixed-method approach, using the focus group methodology to identify contextual elements impacting on CBM-related OL processes, and a survey-based evaluation to single out the most frequently used OL processes inside Italian construction SMEs. As a main result, a CBM-oriented OL multi-level model offers a fine-grained understanding of contextual elements acting mutually as barriers and drivers for OL processes, as possible OL dynamics among them. The multi-level culture construct—composed of external stakeholders’, SC stakeholders’, and organizational culture—identify the key element to activate CBM-oriented OL processes. Main implications are related to the identification of cultural, structural, regulatory, and process contextual elements across the external, SC, and organizational levels, and their interrelation with applicable intraorganizational and interorganizational learning processes. The proposed model would contribute to an improved implementation of transitioning into the circular economy utilizing sustainable business models in the construction SMEs.

Entrepreneurial Orientation and Organizational Learning Ability Analysis for Innovation and Firm Performance

2017 ◽  
pp. 144-165
Author(s):  
Fakhraddin Maroofi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Research Stream ◽  
The Relationship

Organizational Learning Ability (OLA) and innovation performance playing a mediating role in the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and firm performance, as per this research. Results also suggest that EO improves OLA and innovation performance, which in turn improves firm performance. Innovation performance performs as a mediating variable between EO and firm performance. Our findings make an important contribution to the recent extension of the EO–firm performance research stream focusing on the intermediate links between EO and firm performance. In this paper, we also suggest that the relationship between EO and innovation performance cannot studied ?as a direct relationship, but it is also conditional or dependent on OLA, the organizational factors that facilitate the organizational learning process. EO is a managerial attitude that must be support by certain organizational conditions that facilitate learning and have positive implications for performance. The results support our conceptual model and show its utility in illustrating differences in intra-industry firm performance.

scholarly journals Knowledge transfer and innovation performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs): An informal economy analysis

Heliyon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e04740
Author(s):  
Ayodotun Stephen Ibidunni ◽  
Aanuoluwa Ilerioluwa Kolawole ◽  
Maxwell Ayodele Olokundun ◽  
Mercy E. Ogbari
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Economy Analysis

scholarly journals Barriers and drivers towards eco-innovation for SMEs: Evidence from the context

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-89
Author(s):  
Stefano Brogi ◽  
Tamara Menichini
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Innovation Cycle ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Policy Strategies ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Eco-innovations have become a clear target of EU policy strategies. Consequently, measuring eco-innovation performance at the country level has become crucial to detect eco-innovation patterns and to design eco-innovation policy implementation. This paper focuses on EU small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with the aim to understand to what extent EU funding programmes influence barriers and drivers towards SMEs’ eco-innovation performance. A correlation analysis between data from Eco-Innovation Scoreboard index and competitiveness and innovation framework programme/Entrepreneurship and innovation programme/Eco-innovation programme projects database reveals that the countries with the highest number of EU funded projects are those with the lowest levels of green early-stage investments. According to the findings, EU funding programmes reduce financial constraints that SMEs face for developing eco-innovations. This paper recommends that policymakers should keep in mind the dynamic interaction between private and public funding support, the latter is customised according to the entity of risk along the innovation cycle.   Keywords: Eco-innovation, barriers, drivers, policy strategies, index.    

scholarly journals COOPERATIVES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
Kusuma Candra Kirana ◽  
I.Soni Kuriawan ◽  
Lucia Fransiska Noviani
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Yogyakarta City

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of organizational culture and individual characteristics on career development with motivation as an intervening variable. The object of this research is the Yogyakarta City Health Office. This study used a descriptive study using a quantitative approach with a total sample size of 35 respondents. The results of this study indicate that: Organizational culture has a positive and significant effect on motivation, Individual characteristics have a positive and significant effect on motivation, motivation has a positive and significant effect on Career Development, Organizational Culture has a positive and significant effect on Career Development,Individual Characteristics Culture has a positive and significant effect on Career Development, there is no positive and significant influence between Organizational Culture on Career Development with Motivation as an intervening variable, there is no positive and significant effect between Individual Characteristics on Career Development with Motivation as an intervening variable.  

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