International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (4 papers in press)

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• Navigating the VUCA Waters: Unleashing Organisational Innovation through Scenario Planning  
  by Lance Mortlock, Oleksiy Osiyevskyy 
  Abstract: Today, organisations across all industries face the challenges of volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environments. To stay competitive in such contexts, it is crucial to manage the rate and scope of change in new and different ways through constant innovation. This study focuses on scenario planning, a systematic approach for thinking and exploring the future, allowing organisations to proactively plan for and effectively adjust to environmental turbulence through deliberate innovation. The findings are based on a qualitative case-based empirical study focusing on how scenario planning affects innovation within four organisations. The results demonstrate the mechanisms through which scenario planning enables innovative idea generation when supported by the proper engagement, culture, integration, people, governance and structure. Based on the cross-case comparison, the study also offers a maturity model and provides the corresponding managerial implications.
  Keywords: scenario planning; innovation; volatile; uncertain; complex and ambiguous; VUCA; governance; culture.
  DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2024.10066087
   
  
• Learning and Innovation go Hand in Hand! The Impact of Innovation Routines, Strong Ties and Resources in the New Product Development Process  
  by Judith Behrens 
  Abstract: How do innovation routines change learning activities within the new product development (NPD) process? Why does the subsequent impact differ across organisations? Our model explores the relationships between innovation routines, learning activities, relational ties, and resources in organisations in the NPD context. First, innovation routines facilitate learning activities in NPD, and learning activities promote innovation routines. Second, rather than only a bidirectional relationship between innovation routines and learning activities, the data reveal causation involving innovation processes and learning activities. Finally, the reciprocal causation between relational connections and innovation processes is indirect; we investigate the mechanism of this indirect relationship and the impact of strong ties and resources on this relationship.
  Keywords: case study; innovation routines; learning; innovation management; relational strong ties.
  DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2024.10067135
   
  
• Compassion as an enabler of organizational innovativeness  
  by Jenni Spännäri, Elina Juntunen, Pirjo Ståhle, Anne Birgitta Pessi 
  Abstract: Compassion potentially has a crucial role in developing organisational innovativeness, as it has been found to bring about organizational capability for renewal and change management. The relation between compassion and innovativeness has not, however, been thoroughly clarified. This article explores, based on empirical material (9 focus group interviews, 2 thematic interviews, 46+5 informants) to what extent innovativeness and compassion are interrelated, and more specifically, whether and how compassion acts as an enabler for innovativeness. The results highlight, 1) which compassionate practices promote innovativeness, 2) which are the essential contexts of these practices both with individuals and the working community, and 3) which dimensions of compassion are at play. Building on these results, this article presents a model of compassion as an enabler of organisational innovativeness.
  Keywords: compassion; innovativeness; copassion; organizational innovativeness; innovation management; compassion in organizations; change management; organizational capability; focus group interview.
  DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2024.10067138
   
  
• Exploring Entrepreneurial Inclination Schwartz's Values Theory and Bandura's Self-Efficacy Scale Applied to Hungarian University Students  
  by Judit Tessényi, Norbert Katona, Zsuzsanna Kun 
  Abstract: This study scrutinises how self-efficacy, the closely related entrepreneurial attitude and character, will develop among Hungarian university students. Based on an extensive international and domestic literature review, the paper stands out in examining the relationship between entrepreneurial inclination and self-efficacy of Bandura (1986) and the connection of entrepreneurial inclination to personal values according to Schwartz's (1992) approach. A simple random sampling procedure determined an online questionnaire to answer five hypotheses. Based on the results (N=323), two groups regarding entrepreneurial inclinations after the university years were statistically separated, with a close connection between the inclination to become an entrepreneur in the future, self-efficacy, and problem-solving skills. Results also show a significant relationship along the indicators of openness to innovation, risk, and excitement seeking. At the same time, the results also highlight the gender differences regarding entrepreneurial inclination among Hungarian university students.
  Keywords: entrepreneurial inclination; entrepreneurial spirit; entrepreneurial intention; entrepreneurial expectations; entrepreneurial attitude; self–efficacy; support of businesses; university students.
  DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2024.10067522