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Phillips MA, Pandza K. Could an incumbent firm develop a radically new medical technology with an old organizational capability? INNOVATION-ORGANIZATION & MANAGEMENT 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2023.2173204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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- Strategy and Innovation, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Tang C, Shi Y, Zhu X, Li Y. How exaptation mediates the effects of customer participation on low-cost innovation: The role of strategic flexibility. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1016524. [PMID: 36507040 PMCID: PMC9726787 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1016524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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With the advent of emerging markets, the need for low-cost innovation to meet the rising demands of people at the base of the pyramid has increased significantly. Although the critical influence of customer participation on new product development has been recognized, there have been few studies on the effects of customer participation on low-cost innovation. This study builds a moderated mediation model and explores the roles of customer participation on low-cost innovation. Based on the exaptation and strategic flexibility theories, the mediating role of exaptation and the moderating role of strategic flexibility are emphasized. A survey of 348 firms revealed that customer participation positively impacted both exaptation and low-cost innovation. In addition, exaptation mediated the correlation between customer participation and low-cost innovation. Resource flexibility negatively moderated the correlation between customer participation and exaptation and negatively moderated the mediating effect of exaptation. Furthermore, coordinate flexibility positively moderated the correlation between customer participation and exaptation and positively moderated the mediating effect of exaptation.
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- Chaoyong Tang
- School of Economics and Management, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, China,*Correspondence: Chaoyong Tang,
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- School of Economics and Management, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, China,Yongzhi Shi,
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- School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, China
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James S, Liu Z, Stephens V, White GRT. Innovation in crisis: The role of 'exaptive relations' for medical device development in response to COVID-19. TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE 2022; 182:121863. [PMID: 35855691 PMCID: PMC9276712 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in huge disruption to the healthcare sector. In response to this, there have been collaborative efforts between many different public and private organizations to foster medical innovations. The effect of crisis upon innovation, particularly medical innovation, remains a debatable subject. In addition, the role of inter-personal relations is becoming more widely acknowledged as a critical feature of innovation. Drawing upon exaptation literature, the study aims to understand the nature of the micro-relations within medical innovations that are undertaken in response to COVID-19. The findings of this paper contribute to the limited literature that examines the performance of medical innovation in response to crisis. In addition to confirming the importance of exaptive pools, exaptive events, and exaptive forums in fostering serendipitous developments, the study makes a contribution to theory by identifying a further form of serendipitous encounter that is 'exaptive relations'.
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- Steffan James
- South Wales Business School, University of South Wales, Llantwit Road, Pontypridd CF37 1DL, UK
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- Cardiff School of Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Western Ave, Cardiff CF5 2YB, UK
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- South Wales Business School, University of South Wales, Llantwit Road, Pontypridd CF37 1DL, UK
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- Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK
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Omezzine F, Bodas Freitas IM. New market creation through exaptation: The role of the founding team's prior professional experience. RESEARCH POLICY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2022.104494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Born E, Lehner JM. Variants of drill as preparations for responding to surprising events. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT 2022. [DOI: 10.1108/jmd-11-2021-0310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PurposeThis paper aims to contribute to research on management training and development by exploring the impact of extensive training labeled as drill on coping with critical situations. More specifically, it inquires into conditions and supplements for drill to move from mere adaptation to exaptation, relating to the transfer of drilled procedures to serve novel requirements, in events involving different types of surprise.Design/methodology/approachThe paper adopts an interpretive research approach. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with members of the Austrian Military on cases of resilient field action in manifold situations of surprise.FindingsThe paper reveals that two different kinds of drill lead to properties that are essential for recovery from shock during critical events: the pure drill and the preaptative drill. Pure drill enables automatized action in situations when time or emotional pressure is too high for reflection or consideration of different options. Preaptative drill, pertaining to drill enhanced with background knowledge, leads to adaption or even exaptation of automatized action through reflection.Originality/valueThe present paper is the first to show the potential impact of drill on the ability to deal with specific kinds of surprise. It suggests that incorporating explanatory background knowledge about why and how rules and learned behaviors that were created into training programs can be of vital importance for dealing with surprise successfully.
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Tang C, Shi Y, Cai R. Correlations of Resource Bricolage and Exaptation With Low-Cost Breakthrough Innovations: Moderating Effect of Organizational Agility. Front Psychol 2022; 13:846629. [PMID: 35369211 PMCID: PMC8965240 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.846629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The mechanism influencing resource bricolage driving low-cost breakthrough innovations remains unclear. By introducing exaptation and organizational agility, this study creates a regulated mediation model, explores effects of resource bricolage on low-cost breakthrough innovations, and analyzes the moderating effect of organizational agility and mediation effect of exaptation. The results revealed that resource bricolage exerted a significant positive impact on low-cost breakthrough innovations, and exaptation played a mediation role between resource bricolage and low-cost breakthrough innovations. In addition, both marketing agility and operational agility positively regulated the correlation between resource bricolage and exaptation. Further research revealed that the mediation effect of exaptation was positively regulated by marketing agility and operational agility, respectively. Overall, this study enriches the discussion of the impact mechanism of breakthrough innovations by resource bricolage and provides valuable enlightenment for enterprises to implement innovation-driven development strategies in the context of economic transformation.
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- Chaoyong Tang
- School of Economics and Management, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, China
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- Modern Educational Technology Center, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, China
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- School of Business, Changshu Institute of Technology, Suzhou, China
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Ardito L, Coccia M, Messeni Petruzzelli A. Technological exaptation and crisis management: Evidence from COVID‐19 outbreaks. R&D MANAGEMENT 2021; 51. [PMCID: PMC8013845 DOI: 10.1111/radm.12455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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One of the key issues in the field of technology analysis and innovation management is how new technologies origin and evolve in the presence of environmental threats. We confront this problem focusing on emerging innovative solutions to cope with unexpected and harmful problems posed by crises and needing a rapid, effective response. We specifically analyze the patterns of critical innovations to cope with new coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) that is generating public health and economic issues worldwide. Accordingly, in the context of the theory of technological exaptation, we adopted a narrative approach examining vital innovations that ended up treating COVID‐19 even though they were originated to treat other diseases (more or less distant from the COVID‐19 domain), as the antiviral drug Remdesivir and the antirheumatoid arthritis drug Tocilizumab. Results reveal that technological exaptation, especially if characterized by a longer exaptive distance, is a potential driving force of innovation to cope with COVID‐19 in the short‐term and other similar issues. On this basis, we provide propositions for a more general crisis model of innovation. This study adds a new perspective that may be helpful to explain the evolution of innovation in the presence of crises, considering technological exaptation in a context of environmental threats.
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- Lorenzo Ardito
- Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and ManagementPolytechnic University of BariVia E. OrabonaBari4‐70125Italy
- Institute for Innovation and EntrepreneurshipMount Royal University4825 Mt Royal Cir SWCalgaryABT3E 6K6Canada
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- Research Institute on Sustainable Economic GrowthCNR – National Research Council of ItalyCollegio Carlo AlbertoVia Real CollegioMoncalieri, Torino30‐10024Italy
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- Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and ManagementPolytechnic University of BariVia E. OrabonaBari4‐70125Italy
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Hanisch M, Rake B. Repurposing without purpose? Early innovation responses to the COVID‐19 crisis: Evidence from clinical trials. R&D MANAGEMENT 2021; 51:393-409. [PMCID: PMC8014695 DOI: 10.1111/radm.12461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The novel coronavirus has created one of the biggest social and economic challenges in recent decades. Since a critical issue in overcoming a large‐scale pandemic involves finding effective treatments for the disease, there is typically urgent pressure on the health‐care sector to develop innovations to combat the pandemic. Recently, scholars have argued that repurposing – that is, reusing an existing innovation in a different context – allows for such rapid innovation responses and can reduce costs, as the groundwork has already been laid. In this paper, we compare these benefits with the considerable disadvantages associated with innovation repurposing, including lowered barriers to entry, which can lead to declining average quality and duplicate work. Using data on 2,456 COVID‐19‐related clinical trials initiated between December 2019 and July 2020, we find that merely one‐third of the trials actually investigated drugs or vaccines, whereas the rest focused on diagnostics and crisis management issues. In the trials concerning drug testing, we find that drug repurposing is a predominant innovation strategy, but many trials tested the same (combination of) drugs. This indicates an inefficient use of resources and reductions in the average variety and novelty of clinical trials. Furthermore, the small percentage of biopharmaceutical firms involved in the search for COVID‐19 treatments raises the question of whether firms may have insufficient incentives to redirect innovation efforts to respond to the pandemic. Our paper contributes to crisis management research, the nascent debate on COVID‐19, and the emerging literature on innovation repurposing.
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- Marvin Hanisch
- Department of Innovation Management & StrategyUniversity of GroningenNettelbosje 2Groningen9747 AEThe Netherlands
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- School of BusinessMaynooth UniversityMaynoothCo. KildareIreland
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De Noni I, Ganzaroli A, Pilotti L. Spawning exaptive opportunities in European regions: The missing link in the smart specialization framework. RESEARCH POLICY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2021.104265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Andriani P, Kaminska R. Exploring the dynamics of novelty production through exaptation: a historical analysis of coal tar-based innovations. RESEARCH POLICY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Cohen AK, Cromwell JR. How to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic with More Creativity and Innovation. Popul Health Manag 2020; 24:153-155. [PMID: 32559141 DOI: 10.1089/pop.2020.0119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Alison K Cohen
- Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration, Innovation, and Strategy, School of Management, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Strategy, School of Management, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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Beltagui A, Rosli A, Candi M. Exaptation in a digital innovation ecosystem: The disruptive impacts of 3D printing. RESEARCH POLICY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2019.103833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gillier T, Lenfle S. Experimenting in the Unknown: Lessons from The Manhattan Project. EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/emre.12187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Paris France
- Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau France
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Absorptive capacity for need knowledge: Antecedents and effects for employee innovativeness. RESEARCH POLICY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2018.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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