Organizational Learning and Transformation: An Ezample of Two Cases
(0) Organizations are facing challenges of continuous innovation to stay competitive in the market. Business innovation enabled by information communication technology (ICT) is one type of organizational learning and transformation. With the constraints of resources, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are under more pressure in responding to competitive pressures for quick and effective flows of innovation. Therefore, the SMEs has to focus on organizational learning and transformation through the management of ICT and resources. Based on the literature of business innovation and dynamic capabilities, this study provides a model addressing the link between leadership enterpreneurship and organizational capabilities to accelerate innovation. A comparative analysis of the evolution of two textile manufacturers, Everest and Central reveals a cyclical process between leadership decisions and dynamic capabilities leveraging ICT for sustained competitiveness in these two SMEs. The finding suggests that to attain the capabilities for continuous innovation in the dynamic business environment, firms need adaptive leadership, which has the foresight to capture opportunities and the insight to manage internal resources to achieve ICTenabled innovation.
continuous innovation ICT adoption SMEs entrepreneurship dynamic capabilities
Shu Fang Lin Qiang Miao
Department of business and management, Yuanpei University, Shinchu, Taiwan, China Kajaani University Consortium, University of Oulu, Kajaani, Finland
国际会议
广州
英文
206-212
2008-12-11（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）