firms to develop a foresight capability to proactively shape future direction and to improve innovation capacity. Recent … open innovation literature discusses external search strategies and their impact on innovation performance. In order to … problem solutions throughout the innovation process. However, it is so far poorly understood how firms can employ external …

Frugal innovation is gaining traction globally, not only in emerging economies, but also in the industrialized world … Relevance of Frugal Innovations in the Context of Global Innovation Competition". The research was conducted in two steps. In a … discussing the relevance of frugal innovation for Germany. These insights were then verified in 20 semi-structured interviews …

with 20 or more employees comprising 1993-1995 CIS II data on firm innovation strategic motivations and 1995-1998 data on … model in which the covariates include firm strategies (innovation and environmental), and a set of other explanatory … negative impact from environmental innovation strategy, implying either a short-medium effect, possibly balanced in the long …

unique aspect of this survey is it collected management data from the CEO, a random sample of senior managers and workers. We … poorly managed firms. This distribution of management scores is similar for CEOs, senior managers and workers management, and …, we find that the CEO's management scores are the most predictive of firm performance, followed by the senior managers and …

entrepreneurs and managers in specifically targeted sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, or services was more likely to …

The beneficial effects of innovation for firms' performance and competitiveness are well documented, but it has been … suggested in recent years that innovation regimes differ between advanced and emerging economies. While advanced economies rely … to local firms. We investigate whether FDI spillovers influence different phases of the innovation process (from decision …

The term "frugal innovation" has established itself in scholarly discourse as well as in actual business practice in a … a bibliometric analysis, which indicate that the present-day understanding of frugal innovation is shaped primarily by … discourses on "bottom of the pyramid", "reverse innovation" and "disruptive innovation" and it has been targeted at "emerging …