scholarly journals Effects of Digital Platform Openness on Recognition of Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Integration of Entrepreneurial Resources

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Dan Li ◽  
Kang Li
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Action Mechanism ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunities ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship ◽  
Service Optimization

Drawing on the theories of open innovation and entrepreneurship, this paper discusses the action mechanism of digital platform openness (DPO) on the recognition of entrepreneurial opportunities (EOR) and the integration of entrepreneurial resources (ERI) and explores the boundary conditions of this mechanism. Several hypotheses were put forward and verified by analysing 302 valid questionnaires. The results show that the breadth and depth of DPO positively affect EOR and ERI; these positive effects are positively moderated by the service level of the digital platform. The research findings provide a reference to digital platform enterprises to decide on platform opening strategy and platform service optimization.

scholarly journals Bridging the gap: integrating external knowledge from open innovation platforms

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl ◽  
Tim Hampel
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Organizational Resistance ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Project Level

AbstractWhile external knowledge has the potential to benefit a firm’s innovation activities, research shows that the positive effects of a more open model of innovation do not come naturally. This paper draws on the project level to explore the organizational factors that hamper or impede the integration of external knowledge sourced from an open innovation platform and to suggest interventions to overcome these barriers. While open innovation is mainly discussed as a concept that resides at the level of the organization, this paper draws on the project level to contribute to a multi-level understanding of open innovation and to offer a deeper understanding of the challenges project teams face, when integrating external knowledge. To investigate occurring barriers, four cases of external knowledge integration within a multinational corporation are analyzed. The results show that due to the external nature of the knowledge, an additional effort of project teams is required such as forming alliances with key individuals and changing negative attitudes towards external sources to overcome organizational resistance. Theoretical as well as practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Prepoznavanje socialnih veščin pri glasbenih dejavnostih v skupini tri- in štiriletnih otrok v vrtcu

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-346
Author(s):  
Katarina Zadnik ◽  
Sara Smrekar
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Secondary Results ◽  
Music Activities ◽  
Research Studies

ecognition of social skills during music activity among three- and four-year-old children in kindergarten. The positive effects of music activities on social development have been substantiated as secondary results in Slovenian research studies. In the contribution, we used a sample of ten 3- and 4-year-olds to study the development of social skills during music activities in kindergarten. The research findings showed that the frequency of involvement and participation in music activities, instrument sharing, establishing contacts and mutual cooperation gradually increased over the six-month period. The results showed that music activities also prompted a higher frequency of sharing toys, various objects, as well as greater mutual cooperation and engagement among children in other kindergarten activities.

scholarly journals Empirical Research of Mandarin Popularization Boosting County-level Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Ethnic Minority Regions: Evidences from Eight Counties (Cities) in Guangxi Sino-Vietnam Border

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 75-93
Author(s):  
Bian Zhiyao
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Quantitative Model ◽  
County Level ◽  
Action Mechanism ◽  
Complete Sample ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Minority Regions ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship

From the perspective of the transaction cost theory, this paper analyzes that the mandarin popularization in ethnic minority regions helps reduce the transaction cost, enhances trust, results in the "innovation and entrepreneurship" effect, and improves the action mechanism of the county-level innovation and entrepreneurship rate. Furthermore, based on the complete sample investigation results of rural residents within 0-3km in eight counties of Sino-Vietnam border, it constructs the quantitative model to conduct the empirical analysis of the significant positive role played by mandarin popularization in the county-level innovation and entrepreneurship in ethnic minority regions, which is that when the mandarin level is changed by 1%, the county-level innovation and entrepreneurship rate is changed by 0.397%.

scholarly journals Groups need selves, but which selves? Dual selves in groups and the downsides of individuation

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark P. Healey
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Work Groups ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Group Functioning ◽  
Groups And Teams

AbstractIt may be true that “groups need selves,” as Baumeister et al. contend. However, certain types of selfhood and too much selfhood can both be detrimental to group functioning. I draw on theory and research on dual selves in work groups and teams to outline boundary conditions to the hypothesis that emphasizing individual selves yields positive effects for groups.

Multicultural skills in open innovation: relational leadership enabling knowledge sourcing and sharing

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurelia Engelsberger ◽  
Jillian Cavanagh ◽  
Timothy Bartram ◽  
Beni Halvorsen
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Relational Leadership ◽  
Knowledge Sourcing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovation Teams

PurposeIn this paper, the authors argue that multicultural skills and relational leadership act as enablers for open innovation, and thereby examine the process through which teams can utilize multicultural skills to support the development of relational leadership and knowledge sourcing and sharing (KSS) through individual interaction and relationship building. The authors address the following research question: How does relational leadership enable open innovation (OI) among employees with multicultural skills?Design/methodology/approachThis paper applies a multi-level approach (team and individual level) and builds on interviews with 20 employees, middle and senior managers with multicultural experiences, working in open innovation environments.FindingsThe authors’ findings shed light on the process through which social exchange relationships among team members (e.g. R&D teams) and knowledge exchange partners are enhanced by the use of multicultural skills and support the development of relational leadership to facilitate KSS and ultimately OI. The decision for participants to collaborate and source and share knowledge is motivated by individual reward (such as establishing network or long-lasting contacts), skill acquisition (such as learning or personal growth in decision-making) and a sense of reciprocity and drive for group gain. The authors encourage greater human resource (HR) manager support for relational leadership and the development and use of multicultural skills to promote KSS.Research limitations/implicationsDespite the value of our findings, this paper is not without limitations. The authors explained that the focus of this study design was on the work activities of the participants and their skill development and not specific projects or organizations. It was outside the scope of this study to examine variations across organizations and individuals as the authors wanted to focus on multicultural skills and relational leadership as enablers for OI. The authors recommend that future studies extend our research by unpacking how various boundary conditions including relational leadership and multicultural skills impact KSS and OI over the life cycle of innovation teams within large multinational organizations, across countries and ethnicities.Practical implicationsThe study’s findings provide managers with improved understandings of how to enable an individual's willingness and readiness to source and share knowledge through multicultural skills and relational leadership. Managers need to ensure that human resource management (HRM) practices celebrate multicultural skills and support relational leadership in innovation teams. The authors suggest managers engaged in OI consider the components of social exchange as described by Meeker (1971) and utilize reciprocity, group gain, rationality and status consistency to support the emergence relational leadership and KSS in innovation teams.Originality/valueIn this paper, the authors contribute to the dearth of literature on the boundary conditions for OI by examining the role of relational leadership and characteristics/skills of the workforce, namely multicultural skills and contribute to the scarce research on the role of employees with multicultural skills and their impact on OI and present multicultural skills/experiences and relational leadership as enablers for OI.

Advancing a Framework for Entrepreneurship Development in a Bioeconomy

2021 ◽  
pp. 295-315
Author(s):  
Oluwaseun James Oguntuase
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Entrepreneurship Development ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunities ◽  
Substitute Products ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship

This chapter frames bioeconomy as a pathway to sustainable development, and entrepreneurship as the bedrock of a bioeconomy. Its objective is threefold. First, the chapter enumerates the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in a bioeconomy. Second, the chapter identifies the key production determinants and transformative game changers in a bioeconomy that should be the focus of innovative entrepreneurial activities. Third, it presents a conceptual framework for entrepreneurship development in a bioeconomy. The chapter employs systematic literature review approach to achieve its objectives. In total, the chapter asserts that there are several entrepreneurial opportunities in a bioeconomy, spanning the production determinants, the development of transformative game changers, and in distinct innovations like substitute products, new (bio-based) products and new (bio-based) processes.

An Open Innovation Lens on the Digital Transformation Frontiers

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-104
Author(s):  
Maryia Zaitsava ◽  
Elona Marku ◽  
Manuel Castriotta
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Research Findings

The aim of the present study is to explore Digital Transformation frontiers using the lens of Open Innovation. By implementing bibliographic coupling method, the authors bring together segmental publications from different research fields and provide a comprehensive overview of the combined Open Innovation and Digital Transformation field's intellectual structure, revealing the different groups of thoughts, influential authors, and pressing topics. The research findings illustrate, the research area has polycentric composition with absence of overlaps between articles. Five main research groups are identified: Co-evolution of Digital Technologies and Open Innovation; Digital Peer-communities; Digital Ecosystems; Knowledge Management in the Open and Digital Era; and Open Innovation, Digital Technologies, and Businesses Performance. The current research contributes both Open Innovation and Digital Transformation fields by cross-exploring each phenomenon and revealing how Digital Transformation shapes the nature of innovation as a collaborative activity as part of an independent research area.

scholarly journals Internal and External Coordinated Open Innovation Ecosystems: Concept Building and Applying to Shanghai Zizhu International Education Park

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Haiyan Yan ◽  
Linlin Wang ◽  
Xinyue Yan ◽  
Qiongbo Zhai
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Education ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
School Funding ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Concept Building

In an environment marked with phenomena such as globalization and creation, open innovation is critical for universities to cooperate with external resources and meet the requirements of the era. To investigate open innovation ecosystem of higher education, we use secondary data and interviews to analysis interactive model of Zizhu International Education Park from both internal and external perspectives. The analysis result suggests that the open innovation ecosystem could have positive effects on the development of higher education. It can contribute to deepening the integration of production, teaching, and research; improve the efficiency of scientific research transformation; and use this part of the income to supplement school funding. While the university–industry collaborative relationship could also be a limiting factor for it.

scholarly journals Undergraduate Research as a High Impact Practice in Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Shari Lanning ◽  
Mark Brown
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Research Initiatives ◽  
High Impact Practice

Higher education research indicates that student engagement is the most critical factor in retention programs for undergraduate students (Upcraft, Gardner and Barefoot, 2005; Tinto, 2012; Pascarella, Seifert, and Whitt, 2008). These studies illustrate that if students do not feel engaged, they are at high risk for leaving their institution prematurely. Among high impact practices, undergraduate research has been shown to have the most positive effects with regard to promoting student engagement (Kuh, 2018; Kuh, 2008). Herein we highlight the use of mentored research as a high impact practice in undergraduate education, Further, we call upon the education community to share their models, approaches, observations, and research findings related to undergraduate research initiatives.

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