Business organizations often need to manage creative work. An important way of promoting creative work is to use idea generation techniques (IGTs). Numerous IGTs have been developed, and choosing from such a big pool of candidates can be demanding, which is further complicated by the elusiveness...

While dynamic capabilities (DCs) are recognized as an important enabler of digital transformation, research lacks knowledge about the underlying challenges and adequate responses of building these capabilities. More specifically, this study aims to shed light into successful digital business...

Research into the "future of work" has become a central concern of scientists, experts and political decision-makers. This special issue addresses this topic and brings together 14 contributions from the fields of business and management. These articles offer new perspectives on the broad...

This study proposes a model of the impact of transformational leadership both on followers' creativity at the individual level and on innovation at the organizational level. The model is tested on 163 Ramp;amp;D personnel and managers at 43 micro- and small-sized Turkish software development...

As the business market environment continues to shift and long-term stability is not easily attainable with the constant market disruptions and emerging regions. In order to compete on this platform, organizations must maintain flexibility within their business models and strategies to...

Methodological individualism is the doctrine that economic or social phenomena are ultimately grounded in individual knowing and choice. Recently numerous collective concepts have been introduced into our thinking about the firm - absorptive capacity, communities of practice, dynamic...

The provider-client relationship is at once the main locus and the fundamental source of innovation through the interactive exchange of information and knowledge occurring during service production. However, one relevant research gap concerns the influence of relationships with clients on...

Innovation has become an integral part of increasing performance and competitiveness in the rapidly changing volatile business market. To effectively respond to the demands of innovation, the strategic decision making process has to encompass a broad spectrum of attributes which constructs and...

Services form an important part of the economy today. Innovation for service firms is as important as for manufacturing, but the innovation process for service firms is comparatively little studied. In this paper, I review the literature there is on the innovation process for service firms, and...