¡§Market orientation will improve performance¡¨, this issue has been discussed over 30 years. Most of scholars think market orientation is the core of modern marketing management and strategy. However, there are numerous empirical studies that have examined the association between market orientation and organizational performance. Many studies have found a positive association between market orientation and organizational performance, but some studies have found no significant relationship. Therefore, some scholars interpret the mixed findings by incorporating the mediating variables. Some studies incorporate the innovation as a mediating variable between market orientation and organizational performance. Additionally, a series of recent studies have found that a firm¡¦s organizational learning is likely to indirectly affect organizational performance by facilitating the type of generative learning that leads to innovations in products, procedures, and systems. Therefore, this research presents a conceptual framework for incorporating organizational learning and innovations as the mediating variable between market orientation and organizational performance. The sample of this study has 145 companies of Information Technology Industry in Scientific Industry Park. Many quantitative methods, including t-test, ANOVA, regression analysis, and LISREL analysis, and used to test the hypothesis of this research. The major findings of this study are summarized as following: (1) Overall, the global model fit is acceptable. This empirical result supports the relationships among the market orientation, organizational learning, organizational innovations, and organizational performance. (2) Market orientation has a positive impact on organizational learning, administrative and technical innovation. Furthermore, the direct effect of market orientation on technical innovation is greater than the direct effect of market orientation on administrative innovation, but the total effect of market orientation on technical innovation is smaller than the total effect of market orientation on administrative innovation. (3) Organizational learning has a positive direct impact on administrative and technical innovation, but the direct effect of organizational learning on performance is not statistically significant. However, organizational learning has a positive indirect impact on performance by organizational innovations. Moreover, the direct effect of organizational learning on administrative innovation is greater than the direct effect of organizational learning on technical innovation. The indirect effect of organizational learning on performance by administrative innovation is greater than the indirect effect by technical innovation. (4) The direct effect of administrative innovation on performance is greater than the direct effect of technical innovation on performance. However, the effect of the two innovations types (administrative and technical) interact impact with each other is not statistically significant.

Abstract An organization with high creativity can always form an awareness momentum while pursuing its mission. Its creativity helps it to conquer obstacles and obtain sustained competitiveness for survival. The factors and circumstances of operating a business are variable. The management should treasure any creativity or new ideas that will improve the organization. The creativity and new ideas may cover the fields of strategy management, leadership management, technological research, organization restructure, marketing and operation control. These are the basis to improve the performance of a business. This research focused on the real cases of the 6 subsidiaries of China Steel Corporation, including the businesses of shipping, venture capital, steel trading, security surveillance, recreational, real estate, information management and services. The analysis of this research, through in-depth interview on key issues, studied how the companies applied their industrial advantages to create their innovative management ability. This research not only analyzes the relationship of creativity with "business characters", "industry environment", and "mission strategy", but also analyzes the business competitiveness which is created by the management renovation. Hope the suggestions concluded by these analyses would provide some helps to the studied business and the follow-up researchers.

Background: The banking industry is today evolving in a mature market, with a strong competition. Banks’ situation is forcing them to constantly innovate in order to keep their customers and to stay attractive for prospects. This environment is particularly true in Sweden. Purpose: All long this research the authors have explored the way Swedish banks are innovating today. Comparing their practices to customers’ opinions on how they would like their banks to implement innovations, the authors mainly focused on innovation strategies for banks in order to satisfy their customers. Method: First of all the authors have made a literature review in order to explore previous researches conducted on innovation strategies and customers satisfaction. This has firstly been used in order to make hypotheses, then in order to build the interviews guides for banks as well as the quantitative questionnaire for customers. Then, a comparison has been made between customers’ opinions and banks’ practices, all of this combined with the theoretical part in order to draw conclusions on the topic. Results and conclusions: Results of this research have shown a difference of point of view from both parts. This difference is not very strong, but could be at the origin of innovation success for Swedish banks understanding it

Vida Packaging is one of Sweden’s biggest packaging companies, the main products are pallets, pallet collars and cable drums. At the five modern factories and because of the company size big volumes and short lead times are possible, but even customized products are available maid from the requests from the customers. Thanks to these products it’s possible to transport large quantities in a fast and smooth way with all of the usual transportations. The packaging industry is a mature industry, not much development has been done in the different product segments. This is because of a lot of aggravating factors in the industry like standardization of the products which aggravate the innovation process. However Vida Packaging has noticed big advantages with innovation when they have developed a new product which has been well received from the market. The purpose with this report is there by to investigate the possibility of innovation in this kind of business and investigate the possibilities of improvement on the innovation process at Vida Packaging. By mapping out how the innovation process is done today, you got a starting point which you move on the look at different methods which have proven successful for other companies and methods that have proven successful from different research. These then have to be evaluated from the perspective of the company the get methods that works even for this kind of company to get a plan which is customized for Vida Packaging. / Vida Packaging är ett av Sveriges största emballagebolag och huvud-produkterna är pallar, pallkragar och kabeltrummor. På sina fem moderna fabriker och tack vare sin storlek så har man möjlighet att tillverka stora volymer med korta ledtider, men även möjlighet att specialanpassa sina produkter efter kundens önskemål. Tack vare dessa produkter så är det möjligt att frakta stora mängder gods på ett snabbt och smidigt sätt med alla de vanliga transportsätten. Emballagebranschen är en mogen bransch, lite utveckling har skett inom de olika produktområdena. Detta beror på en rad försvårande faktorer inom branschen som bland annat standardiseringar av produkter som försvårar innovationsarbete. Vida Packaging har dock märkt stora fördelar med innovation då man har utvecklat en ny produkt som har fått ett gott mottagande av marknaden. Syftet med denna rapport är därför att undersöka möjligheterna till innovation inom en bransch som denna och undersöka möjligheter till förbättringar av innovationsarbetet på Vida Packaging. Genom att kartlägga hur innovationsarbetet går till idag så kommer man till ett utgångsläge för att sedan kolla på vad det finns för möjliga förbättringar som har fungerat för andra företag samt metoder som har visats gynnsamma inom forskning. Dessa måste sedan utvärderas ur företagets synvinkel för att kolla om dessa metoder kan fungera även för denna typ av företag för att få en handelsplan som är specialanpassad för Vida Packaging.

Most companies have some sort of business model showing how they operate their activities,resources, cost and revenues etcetera. What is becoming increasingly emphasised in today'sbusiness is however to integrate sustainability within the business model. Our research willtherefore investigate how companies are attempting to make their business model moresustainable. We have chosen to focus on the mobile phone industry as reports have shown thatthey are a significant contributor to carbon emissions and electronic waste. With this in mind ourresearch question is formulated as follows:"How is the mobile phone industry attempting to innovate their business models towardssustainability?"As we attempt to understand how the mobile phone industry is attempting to innovate towardsgreater sustainability, we have chosen to perform a qualitative study. The material we usedconsisted of reports and web pages as well as interviews with manufacturers of mobile phonesand MNO’s. To analyse the material we had collected, we chiefly utilised a list of materialconcerns specific to the aforementioned mobile phone industry stakeholders, a proposedarchetype system for classifying attempts to innovate the business model to become moresustainable and finally a tool for graphically presenting a business model and its inner workings.Our conclusions show what the companies we have interviewed are attempting to innovate intheir business model. The innovations focus mainly on their partnerships, activities, resourcesand value propositions. By performing this study we contribute to the still young research area ofsustainable business model innovation through providing a snapshot of what our interviewedcompanies are attempting to innovate at the time of our study. Furthermore it also contributes tothe empirical use of the proposed sustainable business model innovation archetypes as we applythem to empirical data in an attempt to classify the data. Through performing both of theseactions we also contribute a proposed way of classifying sustainable business model innovationwithin a business model through the combining of the archetypes and the business model canvas.

Purpose: Environmental sustainability was firstly thought to be an obstacle to economic development, whereas innovation promotes it. Nowadays, the contradiction between these two terms is less and the purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of the connection between environmental sustainability and eco-innovations as this can lead to a win to win procedure with the help of the relevant strategies that should be applicable based also on scientific evidence. Design – Methodology – Approach: This paper consists of four case studies in the sustainability and eco-innovation sector in Sweden. An abductive method is used. Emails were sent and phone calls were made to the companies. Skype and telephone interviews were conducted. Findings: The findings provide a practical contribution to the companies of how certain strategies can be implemented in businesses so as to connect environmental sustainability and eco-innovations. Moreover, the findings showed that barriers did not appear that could influence or change companies’ strategies. Research limitations / implications: This paper is only limited to one dimension of sustainability, that of the environment, besides focuses on eco-innovations that come from the gulf of the environmental sustainability. Furthermore, the thesis is limited in the strategies that businesses implement towards environmental sustainability and eco-innovations, as well as the potentials barriers that may come up. Practical Implications: The practical implications are identified to the actions / strategies that businesses follow towards environmental sustainability and eco-innovations. Originality – Value: This paper finds and fills the gap that many companies have as far as the non-comprehension of how environmental sustainability and eco-innovations are connected by the means of implementing specific strategies. Key Words: sustainability, innovation, eco-innovation, strategies for sustainability and eco-innovations, barriers. Paper: Master Thesis

Inovacijų tyrimų analizė atskleidžia, kad yra žinoma daugiau apie inovacijų vaidmenį ir poveikį nei apie tai, kaip jos kuriamos ir diegiamos. Disertacijoje analizuojama atskirų inovacijų veiksnių įtaka inovacinės veiklos rezultatams, atsižvelgiant į kontekstą ir sisteminį inovacijų pobūdį. Analizuojant teorinius aspektus, kritinius nustatant veiksnių reikšmingumą, nagrinėjamas inovacijos apibrėžimas, taip pat tipologija ir valdymo ypatumai, kurie riboja inovacijų veiksnių aibę. Ekonominėje ir vadybinėje literatūroje pateikiamų veiksnių sisteminė analizė leidžia identifikuoti teorinius inovacijų veiksnius, tarp kurių yra ir ekonominiai veiksniai. Taip pat išryškinama inovacijų ir jų veiksnių matavimo problema, kuri kyla vertinant veiksnių reikšmingumą. Atsižvelgiant į teorinės analizės išvadas bei inovacijų veiksnių ekonominių empirinių tyrimų patirtį, formuojamas inovacijų veiksnių įtakos vertinimo algoritmas ir nuoseklumas. Inovacijų veiksnių įtaką siūloma vertinti naudojant tikimybinį logit metodą bei analizuojant veiksnių kintamųjų koeficientų statistinį reikšmingumą bei ribinius poveikius. Remiantis sudarytu algoritmu bei metodais, atliekamas empirinis inovacijų veiksnių įtakos tyrimas Lietuvos įmonėse, apimantis 1999-2001 ir 2002-2004 m. laikotarpių duomenis. Analizuojami veiksniai, kurie turi įtakos tam, ar įmonėje bus diegiamos inovacijos, bei veiksniai, turintys įtakos atskirų tipų – produkto ir proceso – inovacijoms. Suvokiamo inovacijų įtakos laipsnio veiksnių... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The analysis of innovation research reveals that it is known more about the role and impact of innovations than about how they are developed and implemented. In the dissertation, various innovation factors are analysed taking into account context and systemic nature of innovation. While analysing theoretical aspects critical for identification of significant innovation factors, innovation definition, typology, and management peculiarities are considered, because they limit the set of innovation factors. Systemic analysis of factors, presented in economic and management literature, allows identifying a number of theoretical innovation factors, which also include economic factors. Problems related to factor measurement are described as well, because measurement issue is a part of factor significance evaluation task. Taking into account the conclusions of theoretical analysis and experience of empirical research on innovation factors, research algorithm and sequence, used for evaluation of innovation factors’ influence, are formulated. It is suggested to evaluate the influence of innovation factors by using logit method and analysing statistical significance of variables’ coefficients and factors’ marginal effects. Using the algorithm and related methods, empirical study of innovation factors’ influence in Lithuanian firms during the periods 1999-2001 and 2002-2004 is conducted. Factors, which have influence on innovation implementation in firms, and innovation factors having... [to full text]

The analysis of innovation research reveals that it is known more about the role and impact of innovations than about how they are developed and implemented. In the dissertation, various innovation factors are analysed taking into account context and systemic nature of innovation. While analysing theoretical aspects critical for identification of significant innovation factors, innovation definition, typology, and management peculiarities are considered, because they limit the set of innovation factors. Systemic analysis of factors, presented in economic and management literature, allows identifying a number of theoretical innovation factors, which also include economic factors. Problems related to factor measurement are described as well, because measurement issue is a part of factor significance evaluation task. Taking into account the conclusions of theoretical analysis and experience of empirical research on innovation factors, research algorithm and sequence, used for evaluation of innovation factors’ influence, are formulated. It is suggested to evaluate the influence of innovation factors by using logit method and analysing statistical significance of variables’ coefficients and factors’ marginal effects. Using the algorithm and related methods, empirical study of innovation factors’ influence in Lithuanian firms during the periods 1999-2001 and 2002-2004 is conducted. Factors, which have influence on innovation implementation in firms, and innovation factors having... [to full text] / Inovacijų tyrimų analizė atskleidžia, kad yra žinoma daugiau apie inovacijų vaidmenį ir poveikį nei apie tai, kaip jos kuriamos ir diegiamos. Disertacijoje analizuojama atskirų inovacijų veiksnių įtaka inovacinės veiklos rezultatams, atsižvelgiant į kontekstą ir sisteminį inovacijų pobūdį. Analizuojant teorinius aspektus, kritinius nustatant veiksnių reikšmingumą, nagrinėjamas inovacijos apibrėžimas, taip pat tipologija ir valdymo ypatumai, kurie riboja inovacijų veiksnių aibę. Ekonominėje ir vadybinėje literatūroje pateikiamų veiksnių sisteminė analizė leidžia identifikuoti teorinius inovacijų veiksnius, tarp kurių yra ir ekonominiai veiksniai. Taip pat išryškinama inovacijų ir jų veiksnių matavimo problema, kuri kyla vertinant veiksnių reikšmingumą. Atsižvelgiant į teorinės analizės išvadas bei inovacijų veiksnių ekonominių empirinių tyrimų patirtį, formuojamas inovacijų veiksnių įtakos vertinimo algoritmas ir nuoseklumas. Inovacijų veiksnių įtaką siūloma vertinti naudojant tikimybinį logit metodą bei analizuojant veiksnių kintamųjų koeficientų statistinį reikšmingumą bei ribinius poveikius. Remiantis sudarytu algoritmu bei metodais, atliekamas empirinis inovacijų veiksnių įtakos tyrimas Lietuvos įmonėse, apimantis 1999-2001 ir 2002-2004 m. laikotarpių duomenis. Analizuojami veiksniai, kurie turi įtakos tam, ar įmonėje bus diegiamos inovacijos, bei veiksniai, turintys įtakos atskirų tipų – produkto ir proceso – inovacijoms. Suvokiamo inovacijų įtakos laipsnio veiksnių... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

Magistro darbe pateikiamas tyrimas, kuris yra taikomas vertinant ir analizuojant X rajono švietimo ir ugdymo organizacijų vadovų požiūrį, nuostatas, vertinimus taikant edukacines inovacijas. Išanalizuoti Europos Tarybos komunikatai, kurie reglamentuoja inovacijų, žinių trikampio ir kūrybiškumo svarbą šiuolaikinėje visuomenėje. Mokslinės ir dalykinės literatūros pagalba išryškinta kas yra inovacija ir edukacinė inovacija, jų klasifikavimas ir raiška švietime. Pateikiama gautų tyrimo duomenų analizė, kuria siekiama ištirti X rajono švietimo ir ugdymo organizacijų vadovų edukacinių inovacijų taikymo galimybes ir barjerus. / In this Master paper is given the reseach, which is used to evaluate and analyse the X district educational managers views, attitudes, evaluations of using educational innovation. In the research there are given the Communications of European Union Council, which regulates of innovations, the triangle of knowledge, and the importance of creativity of nowadays society. With help of Scientific and special literature there is highlighted what is the innovation and educational innovation, its classification and the expression in the education. The study emphasizes the results of data analysis, which is for exploration in the X area of education and training managers of educational innovation, its opportunities and barriers.

In today competitive business environment MNCs need to extend their R&D and include external sources to explore and exploit knowledge; Open Innovation is used to meet this increased competitive environment. The aim of this thesis is to explore how MNCs act when they select their external collaboration channels; why MNCs select a specific channel of innovation and problems associated with the work. The conclusion of this thesis could help MNCs and their managers regarding the choice of Open Innovation channels. This thesis also studies different Open Innovation channels and when companies work with several channels together.   A qualitative multiple-case study was conducted to explore how seven MNCs act when they select which external channel to collaborate with to increase their innovation capacity. An MNCs´ Open Innovation channel selection process is formed by the innovation needed, the innovation needed tend to form which channel to collaborate with, for example the timeframe perspective; when MNCs are focusing on long-term development of products they collaborate with universities. Further, if an MNC wants to develop an already existing technique, they choose to collaborate with suppliers, as they are familiar with the product. All companies use their already existing network as a channel to gain external innovation and new ideas.