In the European Union and in Hungary, the food and beverage industry is the leading manufacturing one. By contrast, food industry is seen less innovative compared to other branches of the economy, especially in the European Union. The level of the R&D spending is very low in the Hungarian food...

This study analyzes the effects of innovation and innovation characteristics on the survival of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the service industry. After analyzing around 22,300 innovative SMEs in Korea's service industry using Kaplan-Meier analysis, it is confirmed that the...

We analyze the effects of digitalization and the knowledge acquired through vertical and institutional cooperation across the value chain on the introduction of patents and technological, namely, product and process, innovations in large, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We study...

Green product innovations offer a large number of compelling benefits to different stakeholders throughout their life cycle (raw material extraction, production, use and maintenance, end of life). However, in inert sectors such as the construction industry, the development of green products is...

Quid pro quo policies, mainly in foreign partial acquisitions of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China, have been controversial due to the corresponding forced technology transfer for market access. Whether and how quid pro quo affects SOE innovation has received limited attention. This study...

Innovation can be a source of competitive advantage for companies, either through the improvement of methods and techniques capable of generating new products or services, or perfecting existing ones. Along these lines, it is particularly important to measure innovation and discuss the results...

Despite the surge in academic and non-academic literature on business model innovation (BMI) and its implications on firm performance, research on the antecedents of BMI is still evolving. Building on institutional theory, we empirically advance extant knowledge by proving that managerial ties...

The adoption of open innovation practices is becoming increasingly important for SMEs seeking to remain competitive in today's fast-paced business environment. The aim of this study is to understand the implementation of open innovation processes by SMEs while highlighting two critical...

Purpose Due to a high failure rate of new products, there is an urgent need to probe the drivers of new product success, by probing internal and external factors. Thus, our study empirically examines the synergistic effects of market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation (external focus)...