International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

The research paper addresses the adoption of the mobile application for ordering from the restaurant by the user with their value during the pandemic period. The model used here is the UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) model, the research model has six determinants to address intention to use — performance expectancy, perceived risk, price saving, social influence, effort expectancy, and facilitating condition. The data was collected among college students from South India, who are regular in using the mobile application for the ordering. The sample size of 120 respondents was collected and analysed using SEM (Structured Equation Modeling). The SEM results give that the drivers of intention to use the mobile application are social influence and price saving that are significantly related, perceived risk is significant with the social influence, social influence significantly impacts price saving and performance expectancy impacts price saving construct.

This paper analyzes the phenomenon of open innovation in three Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) units through the interaction of their alliance networks, internal resources, and capabilities through a multiple case study analysis. The results show the importance of open innovation for an agribusiness public research institute because balancing internal and external resources and capabilities improves innovation. A well-structured alliance portfolio helps to mitigate the most relevant internal weaknesses related to the innovation processes, leading to a better innovative capacity. This work finds evidence for the existence of complementarity between internal and external resources and capabilities. However, the organization must present some level of internal capabilities, especially related to innovative culture, if they wish to take full advantage of this complementarity.

This research was conducted to fill the research gap between perceived ease of use and intention to use by exploring the Service-Dominant Logic Theory in the development of ergo-functional value resonance. The process involved surveying 352 MacBook users through Instagram. The data obtained were processed using AMOS 23 and the results showed the possibility of ergo-functional value resonance serving as a mediator between perceived ease of use and intention to use. This research contributes to the perspective of Service-Dominant Logic, which regards the product as a medium for value exchange, with the actual value being the functional aspect of the product.

Constructability has always been the focus of many construction firms, to bring the construction knowledge and experience into the early project phases of planning and design. However, there have always been different ideas on how to perform it in the best way and to avoid lack of knowledge of project components and constructability concept, poor coordination among project team members, and wrong estimation of time and cost result in duplications and project wastes. Improper use of multidimensional modelings in the construction process, negatively affects the success of projects. The use of new technologies has enhanced the constructability implementation. This research provides a practical framework to apply the benefits of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to fulfill the prerequisites for constructability implementation. This framework reduces project wastes and prevents errors, delays, duplications, and thus reduces project time and cost. Using BIM, all project practitioners are present from the beginning of the project, and the needs of each member and project goals are identified. A powerful database is developed to access project data at any time, which can be effective in making critical decisions. In this way, it can facilitate constructability processes. According to the existing literature reviews and the results obtained from the interviews, this study has developed a practical framework that provides some solutions to effectively meet constructability prerequisites. This is important because many of the problems of construction infrastructure projects are due to insufficient communication, lack of integration, lack of familiarity with new technologies, duplications, and lack of attention to constructability of projects.

In this paper, we study the key factors affecting China’s high-speed rail development using a case study methodology and following the perspective of catch-up cycles. In addition to factors such as windows of opportunities and responses identified in the extant literature, we found that the focal organization’s strategic intent is the most important driving force. Strategic intents, opportunities, and responses, all change over time. This finding has important theoretical implications, and indicates the importance of effective coordination by the focal organization in the process of catching up in complex technology systems such as high-speed rail.

As firms continue to use social media checkout and shopping integrations, and social media platforms become primary search engines for consumers, social commerce is slowly replacing traditional e-commerce. However, there is still a limited understanding of why consumers frequently switch between e-commerce and social commerce platforms during the process by which they discover and purchase a product. This study attempts to bridge this gap by investigating the switching behavior from traditional e-commerce to social commerce at the consumer level. By following a mixed-methods approach, this study develops and empirically validates a research model derived using the push–pull–mooring framework and the findings of the exploratory study. The test results showed that the proposed research model explains a large portion (0.607%) of the variance in consumers’ switching intentions. Besides, social influence was also found to moderate the impact of push and pull factors on switching intention.

Bioenergy is a significant renewable energy source with great potential for addressing global environmental challenges. This study aims to construct and analyze the patent collaboration network of bioenergy in Chinese provinces along the Belt and Road (BR) initiative. By collecting and analyzing co-patents from the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) between 1993 and 2017, this research investigates the network’s structure, evolution, and the provincial differences in bioenergy technology development. The results reveal an increasing number of co-patents since 2006. I-I, E-E, E-R, and E-U are common types of collaboration, and this paper believes that E-E will be the most important type in the future. The network is relatively sparse and in its early development stage. However, the cohesion of the network is gradually increasing, and it has good development potential. From the perspective of IPC, the scope of patents for bioenergy is relatively narrow, and the breadth and depth of research need to be improved. Moreover, the study highlights Guangdong as a promising province for bioenergy and emphasizes the close collaboration between provinces along the Belt and Road and those not along it, such as Guangdong and Jiangsu.

The increasing recognition of universities as a seedbed of new knowledge and technology to boost economic growth, technological improvements, and competitiveness has led to the notion of commercialization of university research outputs to gain traction and popularity in different fora. Despite the significance attached, the commercialization of research outputs and innovation has remained low in universities. The purpose of this study is to lay emphasis on Uganda’s Universities in light of the examination of how institutional pressures and collaboration influence the commercialization of university research output with the mediating role of transformational leadership. Data was collected using a questionnaire from 115 university staff in the 23 chartered universities in Uganda. The paper adopted Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) for instrument validity and reliability, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) for testing and estimating relations between the commercialization of university research outputs with its antecedents of institutional pressures, collaboration and transformational leadership. The results indicate that the operational measures developed for research commercialization, along with its antecedents satisfy the reliability and validity tests. The proposed measurement scale for research commercialization with its antecedents (institutional pressures, collaboration and transformational leadership) will help practitioners to measure research commercialization performance in universities. The findings demonstrated that transformational leadership mediates the relationship between institutional factors and collaboration with the commercialization in Ugandan Universities.

This paper seeks to explore innovation in new work practices in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic and identify which indicators of same lead to workplace attractiveness. From a socio-demographic perspective, service industry employees constituted the focus of this study. The study employed a two-step mixed-methods approach. First, the qualitative component deduced a data structure of innovative new work practices by conducting 21 semi-structured interviews with top- and middle-level managers. Second, hypotheses were formulated based on the qualitative data, and a quantitative survey with 155 employees was used to test the effectiveness and attractiveness of innovative new work practices using psychological empowerment as a mediator. The data structure was conceptualized according to three dimensions: (i) innovating approaches to new work, (ii) innovating leadership attitudes, and (iii) innovating organizational culture. The results of the quantitative study suggest that the innovation in leadership attitude and in organizational culture have a strong influence on psychological empowerment, thereby positively influencing workplace attractiveness. This paper contributes to a uniform understanding of innovative work practices in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through empirical testing, the paper highlights specific indicators of innovation in work that lead to increased workplace attractiveness. Service organizations during such crises as pandemics can concentrate on the three dimensions and the specific indicators to implement innovative work measures while increasing workplace attractiveness for their employees.