Krause, T., Wahl, A., & Wuketich, M. (2019). Wachstumsverläufe von latenten Klassen in der Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung. Am Beispiel der sozialen Exklusion von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland.
Einstellungen und Verhalten in der empirischen Sozialforschung. Analytische Konzepte, Anwendungen und Analyseverfahren., 387–413.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-16348-8
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Innovation contributes to corporate competitiveness, economic performance, and environmental sustainability. In the Internet era, innovation intelligence is transferred across borders and languages at an unprecedented rate, yet the ability to benefit from it seems to become more divergent among different corporations and countries. How much an organization can benefit from innovation largely depends on how well innovation is managed in it. Thus, there is a discernible increase in interest in the study of innovation management. This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to this subject. The handbook introduces the basic framework of innovation and innovation management. It also presents innovation management from the perspectives of strategy, organization, resource, as well as institution and culture. The book's comprehensive coverage on all areas of innovation management makes this a very useful reference for anyone interested in the subjecBibTeX
Stahl, B. C., Chatfield, K., Ten Holter, C., & Brem, A. (2019). Ethics in corporate Research and Development (R&D): can Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) approaches aid sustainability?
Journal of Cleaner Production.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118044
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An increase in the number of companies that publish corporate social responsibility (CSR) statements, and a rise in their ‘sustainability’ research, reflects a growing acceptance that broad ethical considerations are key for any type of company. However, little is known about how companies consider moral objectives for their research and development (R&D) activities, or the basis upon which these activities are chosen. This research involves qualitative investigation into Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry, comprising 30 in-depth, pan-European interviews with key personnel in the industry, and focus groups with employees at 14 different companies. Through investigation of the ‘responsible’ activities these companies currently undertake, we shed light on the types of moral goals they set and their underlying ethical standpoints. By reviewing both the responsible innovation and sustainability discourses, and presenting phenomenological evidence, we demonstrate that companies have adopted some aspects of RRI, even though it might not be recognised as such. Our findings indicate that these innovators recognise some of the ethical and societal concerns associated with their activities but their approach is often piecemeal; primary focus is upon the most immediate issues and on legal compliance, to the detriment of broader societal issues and wider challenges. We recommend explicit mechanisms that draw upon established ethical thought and practical academic work to improve companies’ abilities to carry out their sustainability activities, and incorporate them into a responsible business strategy. We conclude with recommendations for innovators, corporate research and development, and policyBibTeX
Jahanshahi, A. A., Nawaser, K., & Brem, A. (2019). The effects of Customer Capital on Customer Response Speed and Innovativeness: the mediating role of Marketing Capability.
International Journal of Innovation Management,
23.
https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919619500580
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Customer capital has attracted a great deal of attention among marketing scholars in recent years. This study explores at first the links between customer capital with firm innovativeness (i.e., the ability to generate new ideas and actions within firms) and customer response speed (i.e., the ability to respond to the customers’ needs immediately). Furthermore, it is analysed how firms’ marketing capability mediates these relationships. For this, a unique environment in post-sanctions Iran is chosen. By using the original survey data from 107 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), our results confirm that durable relationships that a company builds with its customers over the time enhance the market information within firms. This, in turn, enables firms to respond faster to market changes with innovative products and services. Furthermore, the lifetime relationship with the customers enhances the awareness of firms about customers’ needs and demands in a timely manner. Accordingly, it accelerates the process of responding the customers’ requirements before competitors can catch up.BibTeX
Kraus, S., Brem, A., Schuessler, M., Schuessler, F., & Niemand, T. (2019). Innovative born globals: Investigating the influence of their business models on international performance. In A. Brem & T. Daim (Hrsg.),
Series on Technology Management (S. 275–328).
https://doi.org/10.1142/9781786346551\_0011
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Internationalization is a hot topic in innovation management, whereby the phenomenon of "Born Globals" is still limited to research in the domains of Entrepreneurship and International Management. As business model design plays a key role for Born Globals, we link these two concepts. For this, we propose hypotheses about the influence of efficiencycentered and novelty-centered business model design on international firm performance. To test these hypotheses, we performed a quantitative survey with 252 founders of international companies in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Additionally, we gained further insights through a case study analysis of 11 Born Globals. The results show that business model design matters to international firm performance and the business model design of Born Globals tends to be more efficiency-centered. Based on a multiple case study, we analyzed business models in a more sophisticated way and derived propositions that yielded in an archetype of a Born Global's business model.BibTeX
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This book addresses the issue of managing modern medical innovations through an inductive approach of looking into cases before putting forward solutions in terms of strategies and tools. It provides a model for the designing and implementation of effective healthcare technology management (HTM) systems in hospitals and healthcare provider settings, as well as promotes a new method of analysis of hospital organization for decision-making regarding technology to deliver better medical technological innovations. Given that medical innovations are mostly driven by technology (bottom-up) rather than top-down desires from the medical profession, the authors propose a strategy to manage medical technological innovations by finding a balance between bottom-up innovations (taking into consideration constraints, or standard for conformity, such as HL7) and what medical professionals want and need. In this book, the authors evaluate the issues of innovation strategies and present survey tools available to implement good designs. Case studies are used to demonstrate some of the applications areas of concepts and ideas outlined in the book. Managing Medical Technological Innovations is organized in three parts. Part 1 covers innovation strategies, laying the groundwork and concepts in design thinking. Part 2 follows by presenting the tools available for implementation. And finally, Part 3 uses the case studies of pharmaceutical firms in China and Holland's hospital medical record management system to illustrate how these ideas and methodologies have been applieBibTeX
Nylund, P., Arimany, N., Ferras, X., Viardot, E., Boateng, H., & Brem, A. (2019). Internal and External Financing of Innovation: Sectoral differences in a longitudinal study of European firms.
European Journal of Innovation Management.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-09-2018-0207
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Purpose Successful innovation requires a significant financial commitment. We therefore investigate the relation between internal and external financing and the degree of innovation in European firms. Methodology We carry out an empirical investigation using a longitudinal data set including 146 large, quoted, European firms over ten years, resulting in 1460 firm years. Findings We find that only firms in the energy sector will be more innovative when they are profitable. For the sectors of basic materials, manufacture, and construction, services, financial and property services, and technology and telecommunications, profitability is negatively related to innovation. External financing in the form of debt reduces the focus on innovation in profitable firms. Research Implication We analyze the findings through the lens of evolutionary economics. The model is not valid for firms in the consumer goods sector, which indicates a need for adapting the model to each sector. We conclude that the impact of profitability on innovation varies across sectors, with debt financing as a moderating factor. Originality To best of our knowledge, this is the first study analyzing internal and external financing and the degree of innovation in European firms on a longitudinal basis.BibTeX
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Most of the firms currently in the S&P 500 probably will not be there in 15 years. In times of great uncertainty, managers are called upon to make the right strategic choices, preserve core businesses, and prepare their organizations for the future. How can managers make these choices when the industry is under transformation? In this article, we explore how the popular VUCA framework can help to make sense of turbulent contexts and drive the decision making of managers. We study the case of the energy industry, in which traditional business models eroded quickly and dominant players lost their positions. Based on personal interviews with the CEOs of RWE (Germany) and NRG Energy (U.S.), we analyze how these executives led transformation of their organizations. We get immersed in their decision-making processes and depict how the VUCA framework helps them to identify, map, and prepare their organizations to respond to the volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in their industry. We propose a guide for executive managers to navigate through VUCA contexts, taking into account the necessity to introduce short- and long-term responses that prepare organizations and stakeholders for an uncertain future. (C) 2018 Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.BibTeX
Brem, A., & Brem, S. (2019). Die Kreativ-Toolbox für Unternehmen - Ideen generieren und innovatives Denken fördern.
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Ideen auf Knopfdruck: Kreativworkshops und Kreativitätstechniken • Was bei der Planung und Durchführung von Kreativitäts-Workshops zu beachten ist • 50 Kreativtechniken: intuitiv-kreative und systematisch-analytische Techniken • Toolbox für Unternehmen und Start-ups Innovative Ideen, die Kunden und Menschen überzeugen, sind in Unternehmen immer wieder aufs Neue gefragt. Aber Ideen auf Knopfdruck zu produzieren, ist nicht einfach. Was tun, wenn der zündende Gedanke fehlt? Verschiedene Methoden können helfen, in den Kreativmodus zu gelangen. Die Toolbox fasst das grundlegende Know-how zusammen, das zur Planung und Durchführung von Kreativworkshops notwendig ist, und stellt 50 klassische und neue Kreativitätstechniken vor, die kreatives Denken erfolgreich fördernBibTeX
Brand, M., Tiberius, V., Bican, P., & Brem, A. (2019). Agility as an innovation driver: towards an agile front end of innovation framework.
Review of Managerial Science.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-019-00373-0
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The innovation of products, services, and business models is key to firm survival, performance, and growth in today’s turbulent business environments. However, accelerating environmental dynamics also require speeding up the innovation process. A suitable solution may be the use of agility, especially at the front end of innovation. In this study, we aim to identify agility enablers in this first stage of the innovation process. We follow a two-step procedure. First, we review existing agility frameworks and find that several agility enablers are already discussed, but no holistic framework exists yet. Second, we conduct qualitative expert interviews to obtain a better understanding of additional enablers and enabler attributes. By comparing the theoretical and managerial sources, we find gaps in each side’s attention. As a result, we introduce a novel, agile front end of innovation framework that helps firms pay attention to agility enablers that can speed up the innovation process.BibTeX
Managing innovation: internationalization of innovation. (2019). In A. Brem, J. Tidd, & T. Daim (Hrsg.),
Technology Management (Bd. 34).
https://doi.org/10.1142/q0195
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Managing Innovation is a three-part series covering contemporary technology and innovation management research areas. Each volume comprises key articles from both the International Journal of Innovation Management and the International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management and provides an international, disciplinary approach across its broad coverage of topics. Relevant for both academics and practitioners, this volume looks at the international aspects of innovation with case studies from China, Germany, India and RussiBibTeX
Jahanshahi, A. A., & Brem, A. (2019). Entrepreneurs in Post-Sanctions Iran: Innovation or Imitation under Conditions of Perceived Environmental Uncertainty.
Asia Pacific Journal of Management.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-018-9618-4
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We examined the relationships between perceived environmental uncertainty and firm strategies (innovation vs. imitation) with a sample of 143 Iranian entrepreneurs. By using longitudinal data, we hypothesized that perceived environmental state uncertainty increases the possibility of pursuing innovative strategies and that the perceived effect and response of uncertainty increases the possibility of pursuing imitative strategies by Iranian entrepreneurs during the post-sanction period. Our results extend previous research by not only highlighting the importance of perceived environmental uncertainty in shaping firms’ strategic behavior, but also indicating how each dimension of perceived environmental uncertainty either enhances or inhibits the innovation/imitation strategy. Since perceived environmental uncertainty is a multidimensional and broad concept that usually stems from different sources, ignoring the exact types of uncertainty faced by entrepreneurs during strategy formulation could lead to unproductive investments and higher costs that may hurt firm performance in the long term. Our findings are in general consistent with the predictions of upper echelons theory and confirm that the strategy of a firm varies according to the types of uncertainty perceived by entrepreneurs.BibTeX
Managing innovation: understanding and motivating crowds. (2019). In A. Brem, J. Tidd, & T. Daim (Hrsg.),
Technology Management (Bd. 32).
https://doi.org/10.1142/q0193
Zusammenfassung
Managing Innovation is a three-part series covering contemporary technology and innovation management research areas. Each volume comprises key articles from both the International Journal of Innovation Management and the International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management and provides an international, disciplinary approach across its broad coverage of topics. Relevant for both academics and practitioners, this volume focuses on key aspects of crowd innovation including motivations, challenges and benefits of this approacBibTeX
Jovanovic, T., Brem, A., & Voigt, K.-I. (2019). Who invests why? An analysis of investment decisions in b2b or b2c equity crowdfunding projects.
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business,
37, 71–86.
https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2019.10010257
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Crowdfunding is a remarkable phenomenon in the field of financing, as it is evolving in theory and practice. However, most research is focused on non-equity based campaigns. Hence, we shed light on a yet under researched aspect: B2B and B2C-companies reaching for equity-based crowdfunding. We chose an empirical approach and conducted a quantitative study among almost 300 participants to reveal the difference between the funding decisions for startups located in either B2B or B2C-markets. Our results show that differences in investments between B2B and B2C firms do exist, revealing that other success factors are necessary in those cases. Moreover, we find that the involvement of the investor as lead user has relevance for the decision to invest in both cases. We conclude with implications for theory and practice, and give suggestions for future researcBibTeX
Nylund, P., Ferras, X., & Brem, A. (2019). Strategies for activating innovation ecosystems: introduction of a taxonomy.
IEEE Engineering Management Review,
47, 60–66.
https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2019.2931696
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Managers need to actively drive the growth of innovation ecosystems. This paper describes the obstacles companies face when commercializing innovations and identifies strategies for overcoming these barriers through activating innovation ecosystems. We explore three ecosystems at different stages of maturity, namely San Francisco, Barcelona, and Nairobi, and derive a taxonomy of strategies for activating innovation ecosystems with regard to the maturity of the ecosystem. The paper thus contributes to the wealth of knowledge concerning the commercialization of innovations in general and within innovation ecosystems in particular. We fill a gap in the understanding of the stages of maturity of innovation ecosystems, and the corresponding actions required by managers and policy makers. Policy makers and other actors can incentivize ecosystem development through adapting initiatives to the maturity of the ecosystem in question.BibTeX
McPhee, C., Giones, F., & Dutta, D. K. (2019). Editorial: Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (January 2019).
Technology Innovation Management Review,
9(1), Article 1.
https://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1207
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Bouncken, R., Aslam, M. M., & Brem, A. (2019). Permeability in Coworking-Spaces as an Innovation Facilitator.
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Contemporary organizations develop porous structures and permeable boundaries to employ external knowledge and resources. On the one hand, permeability in organizations engenders fluidity which increases organizational capabilities through adaptability, diversity, and speed. On the other hand, organizations continuously redefine and reinvent their boundaries to remain stable and to exhibit self-identity. These two competing demands of organizations to simultaneously become fluid as well as stable are evident in modern shared workplaces where organizations share offices with other organizations and professionals. The purpose of this research is to analyze how permeability in shared office spaces influence the internal work structures and processes of members’ organizations who have relatively fixed memberships, stable structures, and steep hierarchies. We collected qualitative data based on an inductive research methodology from the providers and users of a coworking-space. Our study concludes that participational autonomy, spatial and virtual connectivity and interrelational heterogeneity determine the level of permeability in a coworking-space. The space level permeability influences the work structures and task processes of members’ organizations. Changeability in organizational processes engenders structural differentiation, decentralization, and ad-hoc work processes, which provide autonomy to the organizational employees or independent users to define their work structures, task processes, and work routines. Organizations though maintain their rudimentary structures and permeable boundaries through self-regulatory resources. In this way, permeability enables organizations to leverage the differentiated capabilities of members within and outside of the space and facilitates knowledge exchange across boundaries and hierarchical levels that lead to innovative outcomes.BibTeX
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The engagement with industry actors is a key element in the transition towards an entrepreneurial university model. The purpose of this paper is to explore the university-industry collaboration (UIC) drivers from the industry side. It analyses how, and to what extent, policy interventions could increase the engagement of industry actors in UICs. An experimental research design involving a feasibility and pilot study (January to June 2018) with 36 firms. In a non-urban region context, with a satellite university campus. The pilot explores a randomized control trial (RCT) design, with a training intervention to a randomized group of participants in the pilot. Firms involved in universities' students (academic forms of UICs) might not necessarily consider the university as a research partner, even in a geographic proximity setting. In addition, there is a potential “dark-side” to proximity, when industry participants build their perceptions using second-hand experiences or indirect information. A training intervention facilitates to overcome pre-existing biases but does not trigger a substantial change in the UIC's behaviour of the firms in the short-term. The pilot study provides valuable insights for researchers interested in a larger randomized control trial. It also provides insights for university managers that want to understand the motivations of industry participants in UICs. The experimental approach of the research generates evidence on the feasibility to intervene in the activation of UICs from an industry perspective, a central aspect in transition towards an entrepreneurial university model.BibTeX
Giones, F., & Brem, A. (2019). Crowdfunding as a tool for innovation marketing: technology entrepreneurship commercialization strategies (T. Francois & Y. Hyungseok, Hrsg.; Bd. 3).
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These days, crowdfunding has become an established tool for entrepreneurial financing. Beyond that, it also established a new way of innovation marketing, especially for high-tech products: using crowdfunding to find out if there is a market for the product. Without the goal of collecting money for the start-up, this approach makes a new strategic approach necessary how to setup entrepreneurial commercialization strategies. This chapter offers insights into such crowdfunding behavior, and how technology entrepreneurs can make use of it. For this, a market theory perspective is taken on crowdfunding platforms, with implications for theory and practice.BibTeX
Brem, A. (2019). Baik buruknya ruang kantor terbuka (open office) tergantung dari cara kita menggunakannya.
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Giones, F., Gurses, K., & Brem, A. (2019). The interplay of technology entrepreneurs and regulation in a new industry: the case of the drone industry. In F. Thérin, F. P. Appio, & H. Yoon (Hrsg.),
Handbook of Research on Techno-Entrepreneurship, Third Edition (3rd Aufl., S. 73--91). Edward Elgar Publishing.
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786439079.00012
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Technological innovations open opportunities for new entrants (techno-entrepreneurs) to transform and recreate industries, as they come as so called “innovation shocks”. These shocks can change technology trajectories and make irrelevant existing regulatory frameworks. It is unclear, however, what is the interplay between technology evolution, entrepreneurship, and regulation. We explore the case of the drone industry emergence to extract insights on how different profiles of new entrants respond to distinct regulatory frameworks, aiming to decipher the effect that those have on the exploration and development of new tech-based innovation opportunities. Our findings suggest that more attention should be given to the impact that regulatory responses can have on the short and long term development of emerging technological fields. We propose a process framework to make sense of the possible outcomes of distinct regulatory responses, elaborating on the consequences it has on entrepreneurial activity and overall market growth.BibTeX
Giones, F., Gozun, B., & Miralles, F. (2019). Unbundling the Influence of Human Capital on the New Ventures Performance. DLSU Business & Economics Review 28, 28(3), Article 3.
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We use a longitudinal dataset on new ventures to assess the effects of human capital factors (education, work experience, and entrepreneurial experience) on new ventures' performance. Our results show how the influence of human capital factors are dependent on the context (high vs. non-high technology industries) and illustrate the different effects of general and specific human capital factors. The findings help to clarify the existing debate on the influence of human capital where we introduce a longitudinal perspective that contributes to uncover the influence of factors such as prior experience, in particular if in the same industry, as a positive influence on new ventures' future performance.BibTeX
Daim, T., & Alexander, B. (2019). Introduction: Managing Mobile Technologies - An Analysis from Multiple Perspectives. In T. Daim & A. Brem (Hrsg.),
Series in R&D Management (Bd. 3, S. xvii–xix).
https://doi.org/10.1142/11397
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Brem, A. (2019). Open-plan offices are not inherently bad – you’re probably just using them wrong.
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Agarwal, N., Brem, A., & Dwivedi, S. (2019). Frugal & Reverse Innovation for Harnessing Emerging Markets Potential - the Case of a Danish MNC.
International Journal of Innovation Management.
https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919620500097
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In recent years, there has been a shift in the epicenter of innovation from developed to emerging markets. Western multinationals are increasingly harnessing the potential of emerging markets by setting up local subsidiaries and developing frugal and reverse innovations. This study is an attempt to explore this shift and investigate the process of development of these innovations using a case study analysis approach. The study analyzes the case of a technology-based Danish multinational (MNC) and explores how frugal innovations in India and China are developed. Based on nine interviews with leading R&D experts, the results provide evidence for the ongoing innovation shift and offer insights into the development of frugal products in local R&D projects. Growing traction towards reverse innovation, where MNCs are developing frugal products for global markets is also an important finding. <BibTeX
Brem, A., & Utikal, V. (2019). How to manage creativity time? Results from a social psychological time model lab experiment on individual creative and routine performance.
Creativity and Innovation Management,
28, 291–305.
https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12309
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Companies have long used various approaches for organizing employees’ time related to creative and routine tasks as a means to improve their innovative performance. In this paper, we examine how work schedule autonomy affects individuals’ creative and routine performance. We then evaluate noncommissioned time models. Results of laboratory experiments with in total 233 participants reveal that while average routine performance is not affected by schedule autonomy, the effect of schedule autonomy on creative performance depends on the subject’s impulsiveness. There is evidence for an inverse relationship between schedule autonomy and creative performance among subjects of low impulsiveness. Hence, our results indicate that the optimal management policy depends on the manager’s focus on creative or routine performance and the types of employees the manager supervises. For routine performance, the creativity time model has no significant impact. But for creative tasks, creative performance goes down – only highly impulsive people do not have this effect. We found that the performance of lowly impulsive subjects in the spontaneous time model (compared to the predetermined time model) suffers more than performance of highly impulsive subjects. For all levels of impulsiveness, routine performance does not differ across treatments.BibTeX
Bilgram, V., Brem, A., & Voigt, K.-I. (2019). User-centric innovations in new product development — systematic identification of lead users harnessing interactive and collaborative online-tools. In A. Brem & T. Daim (Hrsg.),
Series on Technology Management (S. 173–212).
https://doi.org/10.1142/9781786346490\_0007
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Corporate innovation management geared to long-term success calls for a strategy to grow innovations into a substantial competitive advantage. This, however, coincides with an enormous failure-rate at the market, especially in the field of breakthrough innovations. Hence, in recent times, companies are trying to alleviate the risk of lacking user-acceptance through opening their innovation processes to external actors, particularly customers. The method of integrating lead users is determined by the effective and systematic identification of leading-edge customers, which is considered to be a critical phase within this approach. With the arrival of Web 2.0 applications, there is a huge potential to improve these selection processes. Our research into online communities and weblogs scrutinised the search criteria in an online environment and revealed the following characteristics as crucial factors for the online identification of lead users: being ahead of a market trend, high expected benefits, user expertise and motivation, extreme user needs as well as opinion leadership and an online commitment.BibTeX
Haikel-Elsabeh, M., Zhao, Z., Ivens, B., & Brem, A. (2019). When is brand content shared on Facebook? A field study on online Word-of-Mouth.
International Journal of Market Research,
61, 287–301.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1470785318805301
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When implementing social media strategies on Facebook brand pages, companies focus on factors that prompt electronic Word-of-Mouth (eWoM) about brand contents. This study examines individual and collective factors that lead to brand content sharing behaviors. The research conducts a field study of a real brand on its Facebook fan page to gather actual behavioral data. Both declarative and behavioral data are used to explain brand eWoM, based on 250 participants. Empirical results show that the Facebook activity has a positive influence on brand content sharing for active users (posters) but not for nonactive users (lurkers), while brand engagement positively affects brand content sharing for both active and nonactive users. Furthermore, brand community involvement does not have an influence on brand content sharing. Findings offer companies useful recommendations for using the determinants included in our research design to understand and analyze the sharing behaviors of users.BibTeX
Digital Entrepreneurship - Interfaces Between Digital Technologies and Entrepreneurship. (2019). In R. Baierl, J. Behrens, & A. Brem (Hrsg.),
FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20138-8
Zusammenfassung
Digital technologies have become a new economic and social force, reshaping traditional business models, strategies, structures, and processes. Digital entrepreneurship, which focuses on creating new ventures and transforming existing businesses by developing novel digital technologies or their novel usage, is seen as a critical pillar for economic growth, job creation, and innovation by many countries. Further, digital technologies have also enabled the growth of the sharing economy, linking owners and users and disrupting the previous dualism of businesses and customers.This volume discusses the management of new technology-based firms and technology projects initiated in academic or industrial contexts. The contributions feature new theoretical concepts, ethical considerations, empirical data analysis (qualitative and quantitative), archival and historical methods, design science approaches, action and field research, as well as management science methods, informatics and cybernetics.BibTeX
Brem, A. (2019). Les aires ouvertes au travail ne sont pas une si mauvaise idée. À condition de savoir les utilise.
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Brem, A., & Nylund, P. (2019). Innovation, open innovation and intellectual property rights: firm size differences.
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With growing interaction among firms in the innovation process, the need for efficient protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) also increases. The high costs and lengthy processes associated with patenting call for firms to use other methods of protecting their intellectual property (IP). The low costs and high revenues associated with the use of trademarks entice the adoption of this measure. For SMEs however, recent evidence questions the long-term benefits of trademarks, and suggests that industrial designs may be a more efficient form of IP protection. There is little evidence for or against using copyright, possibly due to difficulties in measuring this IPR. As product cycles are shortening, firms increasingly protect IP through speed-to-market and secrecy. However, more research is needed as to how secrecy relates to more formal methods of IP protection.BibTeX
Jahanshahi, A. A., Brem, A., & Gholami, H. (2019). Working in a Physically Dangerous Work Environment: Employee Vitality and Sustainable Behavior.
Sustainability,
11, 5170.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195170
Zusammenfassung
There is a limited understanding of the antecedents and consequences of employee vitality during war zone exposure. The current study is one of the first ones to investigate the direct effects of perceived danger on employee vitality by collecting data from Afghanistan, one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Furthermore, it was investigated how employee vitality affects sustainable behavior at the workplace. The hypotheses of the study have been tested by using data from two surveys collected from 192 employees working in small-sized private businesses in Afghanistan. The results indicate that high levels of perceived danger negatively impact employee vitality at work. In addition, we found that employees with vitality engage in more pro-environmental behavior in the workplace. The engagement of vital employees in pro-environmental behavior is higher among those employees who have a high level of environmental awareness. This paper concludes by presenting the limitations and implications of this study, as well as highlighting potential avenues for future research.BibTeX
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Daim, T., Brem, A., & Tidd, J. (2019). Introduction - Managing innovation: what do we know about innovation success factors? In A. Brem & T. Daim (Hrsg.),
Series on Technology Management (Bd. 33, S. cv–xix).
https://doi.org/10.1142/9781786346520\_0001
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Wimschneider, C., & Brem, A. (2019). The Perception of Creativity through Multicultural Experience - Results from an empirical analysis.
International Journal of Innovation Management.
https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919619500658
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This research is an approach to connect creativity and multicultural experiences (MCEs): we give insights into how and what type of MCE influences people’s perceptive abilities such as creativity. We offer one of the first empirical examinations that links the perception of creativity concept to strategy of acculturation. This study addresses an often-mentioned research gap by examining laypersons’ ability to perceive different levels of creativity. For this, a sample of 195 participants from 26 countries with and without MCE was researched. Findings indicate that attitudes as well as personal and professional goals apparently influence people’s creativity perception. The acculturation strategy integration seems to be a determining factor in this respect. As MCE has become a firm part of many people’s CV, the present paper adds to an omnipresent phenomenon in today’s society, which is worth studying.BibTeX
Joshi, K., Chandrashekar, D., Brem, A., & Momaya, K. (2019). Foreign Venture Capital Firms in a Cross-Border Context: Empirical Insights from India.
Sustainability,
11, 6265.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su11226265
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Syndication or co-investment is a potent way of pooling resources among peer Venture Capital (VC) firms. This is even more vital for Foreign VC firms (FVCFs) when investing in destinations that are geographically distant from their countries of origin. Although FVCFs are relatively abundantly endowed in terms of financial capital, they are distinctly disadvantaged in terms of their social capital when investing in geographies that are distinctly different in terms of their institutions, norms, and culture from their own. One of the ways in which FVCFs overcome this impediment is by investing in human resources that serve as a bridge between their financial and social capital. Accordingly, the primary aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the resources of FVCFs and their syndication intensity. Using the technique of logistic regression, we arrive at several interesting findings. FVCFs with a greater proportion of investment executives with prior founding experience in India and those with lower proportions of professionals of Indian origin demonstrate lower syndication intensity. Similarly, the syndication intensity diminishes with the increase in size of the investing team. FVCFs with greater fund size demonstrate a lower need for syndication. Greater endowment of social capital as proxied by the age of the VC firm is seen to enhance the syndication intensity.BibTeX
Managing innovation: what do we know about innovation success factors? (2019). In A. Brem, J. Tidd, & T. Daim (Hrsg.),
Technology Management (Bd. 33).
https://doi.org/10.1142/q0194
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Managing Innovation is a three-part series covering contemporary technology and innovation management research areas. Each volume comprises key articles from both the International Journal of Innovation Management and the International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management and provides an international, disciplinary approach across its broad coverage of topics. Relevant for both academics and practitioners, this volume answers how organisations can develop innovative approaches from a perspective that encompasses technological advances, changes in the market and individual entrepreneurBibTeX
Brem, A., Bilgram, V., & Marchuk, A. (2019). How crowdfunding platforms change the nature of user innovation – from problem solving to entrepreneurship.
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 348–360.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.11.020
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Crowdfunding has become a key research trend in recent years providing a new form of acquiring funding for innovation projects from users prior to the realization of the product in a ‘market before the market’. In this paper, we link the concept of crowdfunding with the user innovation phenomenon and show how user innovators harness crowdfunding to complement their innovative behavior and obtain funding to build firms and produce products in a more professional way. Conducting three case studies ranging from low- to high-tech crowdfunding campaigns, we investigate how crowdfunding impacts constituent dimensions of user innovation theory such as user motivation, user role, user community, collaboration between users and user investments. In particular, we argue that crowdfunding platforms (CFPs) may give rise to a more widespread occurrence of user entrepreneurs, who found a firm to commercialize their product or service in a marketplace they have created for their own need. Hence, we show the development from traditional user innovation to crowdfunding-enabled user innovation, which democratizes not only the creation but also the more large-scale commercialization of new products and serviceBibTeX
Clauß, T., Niemand, T., Kraus, S., Schnetzer, P., & Brem, A. (2019). Increasing crowdfunding success through social media: The importance of reach and utilization in reward-based crowdfunding.
International Journal of Innovation Management.
https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919620500267
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The rising use of crowdfunding makes it important for project initiators to know how they can increase the likelihood of success of their crowdfunding campaign. The effects of using social media, although relatively easy to do via most crowdfunding platforms, have not yet been analyzed in greater detail in scientific research. We address this research gap by investigating the effects of social media reach and utilization on measures of reward-based crowdfunding success, based on an analysis of 230 projects from the crowdfunding platform wemakeit. Our results show that social media reach via the number of social media accounts that belong to the project and the number of accounts that belong to the project initiator increases the number of investors and the percentage of the funding goal that is obtained. Furthermore, social media reach via the size of the projects’ and the individuals’ social networks has not been found to be important for crowdfunding success. Social media utilization in regard to the amount of content shared is found to be positively associated with crowdfunding success.BibTeX
Mayerl, J., Krause, T., Wahl, A., & Wuketich, M. (2019).
Einstellungen und Verhalten in der empirischen Sozialforschung: Analytische Konzepte, Anwendungen und Analyseverfahren.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-16348-8
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Henninger, P., Brem, A., Giones, F., Bican, P., & Wimschneider, C. (2019). Effectuation vs. Causation: Can established firms use Start-Up Decision-Making Principles to stay innovative?
International Journal of Innovation Management.
https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919620500024
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More and more, established companies try to cooperate with start-ups, build their own, or try to imitate their mindsets. But, do they make decisions like expert entrepreneurs? Effectuation theory describes entrepreneurial decision-making, it has been popular in entrepreneurship research for the last two decades, but still underexplored in contexts such as established company’s decision-making. Therefore, this study answers the question of which factors affect the use of effectuation in established companies. Furthermore, the current use of the start-up decision-making principle is investigated. The research results show a higher use of effectuation over causation (alternative mechanism) in established companies. However, decision-making principles like “Mean orientation” and “Contingency orientation” are still dominated by causation. Identified factors for implementing effectuation in established companies are divided into six categories. In particular, effectuation requires a high flexibility and willingness to change goals. Using the already available means and resources of a company to pursue new goals, is another argument for using effectuation. Additionally, a more open and transparent culture, encouraging the identification and admittance of mistakes, also supports the use of effectuation. Based on this research, established companies should be able to understand better on which factors the implementation of effectuation depends and where it makes sense to use it.BibTeX
Nylund, P., Ferras, X., & Brem, A. (2019). Automating profitably together - Is there an impact of open innovation and automation on firm turnover?
Review of Managerial Science.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-018-0294-z
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Technologies like computer vision, advanced sensors, internet of things, 3D printing, big data, or artificial intelligence are penetrating all facets of the industrial value chains. Hence, industry is engaged in an accelerated automation race where industrial automation converts value chains into intelligent, data-driven systems. This generates new business models and spurs firm competitiveness in general. Companies thus pay attention to the development, acquisition, and incorporation of related technologies to profit from these developments in specific. For this, they must incorporate external flows of knowledge to succeed in innovation. Yet, there is a dearth of research that links open innovation to the incorporation of industrial automation, and to firm performance. Hence, this paper takes a knowledge-based view of the firm and sheds light on the moderating role of the processes of open innovation on the economic results of firms’ subject to automation. In order to do so, we estimate the impact of the interaction of open innovation and automation on firm turnover using panel data for 5287 Spanish firms from a variety of manufacture and service industries. We separate the effects for different open-innovation partners and find that turnover is increased for those automating firms that engage in open innovation with suppliers. These results indicate that suppliers possess the knowledge required for successful automation, and firms that innovate together with suppliers fare better at leveraging investments in automation. In addition, automating firms should exercise caution when choosing collaboration partners from the same country.BibTeX
Brem, A., & Freitag, F. (2019). Internationalisation of new product development and research & development: Results from a multiple case study on companies with innovation processes in Germany and India. In A. Brem & T. Daim (Hrsg.),
Series on Technology Management (S. 27–58).
https://doi.org/10.1142/9781786346551\_0003
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A rich body of literature has emerged from research on Western new product development (NPD). However, the impact of country- and culture-specific influences on these processes has not been examined in detail yet. Hence, this study identifies the differences in NPD practices between the Indian and German research and development (R & D) subsidiaries of multinational companies (MNCs). Data have been generated by interviews with R & D executives in both countries across multiple cases. The study samples strategic, organisational, and operational aspects and indicates differences in process coordination, reward systems, NPD creativity techniques, market orientation, and the average age of NPD teams. Other aspects, such as top management support, the use of structured NPD processes, and the use of heterogeneous NPD teams, show no substantial differences between the countries. Our findings suggest that, while some aspects are universally applicable across cultural frontiers, Western companies must understand Indias different expectations regarding NPD and adjust their practices accordingly.BibTeX
Schmeisser, W., Beckmann, M., Brem, A., Eckstein, P., Hartmann, M. H., & Becker, W. (Hrsg.). (2019). Neue Betriebswirtschaft - Theorien, Methoden, Geschäftsfelder (2., überarbeitete Auflage).
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Die Betriebswirtschaft erfindet sich immer wieder neu. Sie entwickelt regelmäßig Theorien und Methoden und verfängt sich nicht in den methodischen Fehlschluss, die Wirtschaftswissenschaften müssten nach naturwissenschaftlichen-mathematischen Gesetzmäßigkeiten in der Wirtschaft suchen.
Vor diesem Hintergrund ist die neue Betriebswirtschaft ein Ansatz, die klassische Betriebswirtschaft mit aktuellen Fragestellungen zu verbinden.
Dieses Buch stellt deshalb klassische Themen wie Buchhaltung, Kosten-, Erfolgs- und Umsatzrechnung, Finanzierung dar, aber auch explizit Statistik zur Datengewinnung und Datenauswertung. All diese Themen werden stets im Lichte der aktuellen Entwicklungen von Digitalisierung, Internationalisierung und innovativen Geschäftsmodellen behandelt.
Die Autoren wenden sich klassischen Funktionen des Betriebes zu, aber auch Themen wie Security, Compliance, Nachhaltigkeit, Online-Marketing, Innovationsmarketing, Strategisches Controlling, Cross-Mergers and Acquisitions, u.a. in Verbindung mit der Unternehmensbewertung, sowie Risk-Management.
Das Buch richtet sich an Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften sowie an Unternehmer und Manager, die sich mit betriebswirtschaftlichen
Themen in Theorie und Praxis auseinandersetzen.BibTeX
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Creativity workshops are a common way of involving employees and other stakeholders in innovative endeavors. However, not much is known about how to successfully plan and execute such innovation workshops, especially for people with no specific expertise in this field. This paper introduces a creativity workshop setup, which can serve as a blueprint for different kinds of workshops where the creation of novel ideas is the goal. In order to achieve this, a basic distinction of creativity techniques is provided, as well as a structured overview of a creativity workshop implementation structure and time plan. The paper closes by identifying typical mental barriers for decision makers that should be taken into consideration when planning such workshops.BibTeX
Managing Mobile Technologies - An Analysis from Multiple Perspectives. (2019). In T. Daim & A. Brem (Hrsg.),
Series in R&D Management (Bd. 3).
https://doi.org/10.1142/11208
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This book captures recent research on managing mobile technologies. It provides a handbook-style reference to professionals in different industries to help them manage the very latest technologies that have become a part of every business today. The book reviews multiple perspectives of the challenges brought by the introduction of mobile technologies into our lives. The technical perspective covers major constructs at play; the organizational perspective reviews international cases; and the personal perspective investigates the adoption of emerging applications and their impact. By reviewing multiple perspectives, readers will be able to adopt a tool to manage the complexities and challenges brought by the mobile technologieBibTeX
Brem, A. (2019). Das Neue in der Betriebswirtschaft: Ansätze zur qualitativen Forschung und Konzeption theoriegenerierender Forschungsstrategien (Bd. 21, S. 25–38).
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Qualitative Forschung in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre – ein nach wie vor oft vernachlässigtes Thema. Denn schwerpunktmäßig werden qualitative Verfahren vorwiegend in soziologischen Bereichen angewandt, obwohl in vielen Lehrbüchern zur empirischen Forschung die Zusammengehörigkeit von quantitativen und qualitativen Verfahren – auch in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre – beschworen wird. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellt vorliegender Beitrag die historische Entwicklung der Wissenschaftsziele in der Betriebswirtschaft dar, um über die Mischform der angewandten Forschung auf die Rahmenbedingungen für anwendungsorientierte, qualitativ-empirische Forschung in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre zu sprechen zu kommen. Nach der Definition elementarer Begrifflichkeiten wie Bezugsrahmen, Modell und Theorie und der Abgrenzung quantitativer zu qualitativer Forschung schließt der Beitrag mit dem Vorschlag einer theoriegenerierenden Forschungsstrategie für qualitative Untersuchungen im betriebswirtschaftlichen Kontext.BibTeX
Brem, A., Tidd, J., & Daim, T. (2019). Introduction: Crowdsourcing Challenges. In A. Brem & T. Daim (Hrsg.),
Series on Technology Management (Bd. 32, S. xvii–xxiv).
https://doi.org/10.1142/q0193
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Puente-Diaz, R., Toptas, S. D., Cavazos Arroyo, J., Wimschneider, C., & Brem, A. (2019). Creative potential and multicultural experiences: The mediating role of creative self-efficacy.
Journal of Creative Behavior.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.408
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Kleine, K., Giones, F., & Tegtmeier, S. (2019). The Learning Process in Technology Entrepreneurship Education—Insights from an Engineering Degree.
Journal of Small Business Management,
57(S1), Article S1.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12514
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We propose a model for the learning process in technology entrepreneurship based on the findings from an in-depth case study of an engineering degree that emphasizes technology entrepreneurship. Taking learning paradigms from entrepreneurship education into account, we specify the links between pedagogical approaches, activities, and learning contexts and specific technology entrepreneurship learning outcomes. For example, we examine how the use of existential learning with self-directed activities in real-world contexts contributes to achieving high-level entrepreneurial competencies such as the ability to critically self-reflect on the choices made by the technology-based venture. As such, we contribute to the definition of teaching models for technology entrepreneurship education.BibTeX
Hofmann, M., & Giones, F. (2019). Entrepreneurship as an Innovation Driver in an Industrial Ecosystem. In R. Baierl, J. Behrens, & A. Brem (Hrsg.),
Digital Entrepreneurship: Interfaces between Digital Technologies and Entrepreneurship (S. 99--121). Springer - FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20138-8_5
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Understanding how a new digital technology can translate into a valuable innovation is a challenge for established players and new entrants. For industrial players in an ecosystem it can be both a threat or an opportunity. Furthermore, the new technologies open collaboration opportunities between corporates and startups. But, it is remains unclear what are the consequences of opening up, and whether it has an impact on the innovation dynamics in the industrial ecosystem. We use the case of the Wind Industry in Denmark, as a maturing industrial ecosystem, to study when and how the new entrants (technology entrepreneurs) have had an impact on the innovation dynamics. We first combine archival data with interviews to build an historical account of the evolution of the industrial ecosystem, then we incorporate data from the new entrants in the industry to specify the types of innovations that the most recent digital technology entrepreneurs have triggered. The results suggest differences in the innovation dynamics depending on the value chain position. While some activities have remained rather closed (for instance the technological development of the core elements in the wind turbines), the operations and maintenance activities have profited from digital technologies introduced by new entrants. Using these insights, we present and discuss suggestions to institutional actors interested in protecting the innovation leadership of their regional industrial ecosystems.BibTeX
Brem, A., Tidd, J., & Daim, T. (2019). Introduction - Managing innovation: internationalization of innovation. In A. Brem & T. Daim (Hrsg.),
Series on Technology Management (Bd. 34, S. xv–xxi).
https://doi.org/10.1142/9781786346551\_0001
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