%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T Alliances in Financial Ecosystems: A Source of Organizational Legitimacy for Fintech Startups and Incumbents %A Christopher Svensson %A Jakob Udesen %A Jane Webb %K financial ecosystems %K fintech startups %K organizational legitimacy %K relational perspective %K strategic alliances %X Financial ecosystems are transforming around new financial technology, or “fintech”. As such ecosystems transform, the basis for being seen as legitimate also changes for all actors. Thus, alliances between actors within financial ecosystems are increasingly formed to help gain, maintain, and repair organizational legitimacy. From interviews with fintech startups in Sweden and with venture capitalist firms investing in fintech startups in Sweden, we explore the intertwined quests for organizational legitimacy in a transforming financial ecosystem. As Swedish fintech startups seek to establish a sense of their legitimacy, simultaneously incumbents seek to maintain and repair their organizational legitimacy. Adopting a legitimacy-based view of strategic alliances, we set out the aspects of organizational legitimacy that incumbents and fintech startups look for in a potential partner and how these aspects meet the legitimacy needs of each partner. We argue that alliances further enhance the organizational legitimacy of both fintech startups and incumbents. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 20-32 %8 01/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1209 %N 1 %1 Chalmers University of Technology Christopher Svensson is a Business Developer and fintech enthusiast working at Minna Technologies, a fintech startup in Sweden. He has a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, with a focus on Quality and Operations Management, from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. He has also studied Economics at the Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law, Sweden. His multidisciplinary background within Technology Management and Economics has shaped Christopher’s particular interest in how technology startups transform and disrupt industries. %2 Chalmers University of Technology Jakob Udesen is an Associate Business Developer working at Tetra Pak. He holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, with a focus on the Management and Economics of Innovation, from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. A part of his Master’s level studies was carried out at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal. Jakob has a strong interest in how to manage innovation processes to ensure the best financial outcomes, and he has a deep understanding of agile processes as well as classic management approaches. %3 Chalmers University of Technology Jane Webb is a PhD candidate in Innovation Management and Organizational Behavior at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Her doctoral research draws on a two-year ethnographic study of a partnership of 15 organizations testing and demonstrating electric vehicles and related services “live” in a city. Her interest is in how participants in collaborative innovation successfully nurture a web of goals to keep joint work alive. Jane has previous experience in policy, project, and operations management in the public sector, as well as in design research. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1209 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T Using Action Research to Organize Technology Transfer in Complex Innovation Contexts %A Armando Machevo Ussivane %A Paul Ellwood %K action research %K agricultural innovation %K boundaries %K international collaboration %K technology transfer %X Technology transfer projects increasingly consist of multiple, diverse organizations, with each pursuing their own agenda as well as that of the overarching programme. In this article, we adopt a participatory action research methodology in order to explain and improve the coordination of the autonomous innovation activities within an organizationally complex project. The context of the research involved the transfer of rice production technology from China to Mozambique. The action research identified four categories of boundary within the project that were hindering performance: Intellectual/Land property rights; Public/Private sector logics; Inside/Outside programme; and Collaboration/Competition between programme actors. The process of co-inquiry with stakeholders enabled by the action research allowed programme actors to reach an understanding of others, and it created a new thinking space for mutual problem solving. By these means, the action research process makes a resource of the differences between stakeholders rather than it being seen as a barrier to be compromised through negotiation. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 17-26 %8 04/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1230 %N 4 %1 RBL Armando Machevo Ussivane is the Chairman of RBL, E.P – a Mozambique Government agency in charge of the management of the Baixo Limpopo Irrigation Scheme. The objectives of this scheme are food security and poverty alleviation through improved agricultural productivity. His career includes 18 years of experience in the management of agriculture development projects. His research interests lie within the areas of inter-organizational collaboration including partnerships and technology transfer in cross-cultural agriculture contexts. Armando holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. %2 University of Liverpool Paul Ellwood is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the University of Liverpool. His research interests are broadly in the area of science-led innovation and include technology transfer, responsible innovation, and the organization of university scientific research groups. His early career included leadership positions in a private science-based industry. Since moving to a university management school, he has become increasingly interested in issues relating to the engagement between academic research and management practice. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1230 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2018 %T Understanding the Role of Rural Entrepreneurs in Telecentre Sustainability: A Comparative Study of the Akshaya and eSeva Projects in India %A Gaurav Mishra %A Balakrishnan Unny R %K developing countries %K entrepreneurship %K India %K services %K sustainability %K telecentres %X In rural areas of India, telecentres provide access to computers and other digital technologies and have been utilized as a delivery channel for various government services. Following a public–private partnership (PPP) model, there is a general belief among policy makers that the revenue from government-to-consumer (G2C) services would be sufficient to cover the village-level entrepreneurs’ cash flow requirements and therefore provide financial sustainability. Also, the literature suggests that telecentres have a large enough market for public-access businesses to be commercially viable. In India, around 100,000 telecentres are being set up to serve 600,000 villages – one telecentre for every six villages – to provide one-window access to government services. In the literature, a lack of government services is often quoted as a reason for telecentre failure. This study, using an exploratory approach, aims to understand the parameters that relate to the sustainability of telecentres across a number of common, government-related services. It is observed that some telecentres perform better than the others even though they have the same number of government-related services. Reasons for such differences are explored and the learnings from this research will benefit the stakeholders who are engaged in providing telecentre-based services in other developing countries. In addition, a theoretical framework is suggested to understand the dynamics between different types of sustainability parameters such as financial, social, staff, technology, and institutional. The findings of this research have policy implications in terms of the way services are designed and delivered through telecentres in developing countries such as India. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 8 %P 16-23 %8 01/2018 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1130 %N 1 %1 Nirma University Gaurav Mishra is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Management at Nirma University in Ahmedabad, India. Before joining Nirma University, he was associated with the Development Management Institute in Patna and the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology in Gandhinagar as Assistant Professor. He also worked with International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad in the Knowledge Management and Sharing department. He received his PhD from the University of Reading, United Kingdom. His thesis focused on understanding adoption, social Inequality, and development impact with respect to e-government centres in rural India. He also holds an MS degree from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology. %2 National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli Balakrishnan Unny R is currently pursuing his PhD in the area of software project management from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy) in Tamil Nadu, India. He has over 10 years of experience in academia and consulting in the area of IT and risk. He has executed projects in information security, business continuity, IT risk, and IT process improvements. Prof. Balakrishnan also has experience working in projects across multiple domains including financial markets, telecommunications, and IT service provision. He holds an MBA from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, with a specialization in IT and risk management. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1130 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2016 %T Weighing the Pros and Cons of Engaging in Open Innovation %A André Ullrich %A Gergana Vladova %K benefits %K entrepreneurship %K Open innovation %K open innovation participation %K risks %K self-assessment tool %K SMEs %X The positive aspects of open innovation projects are widely discussed in innovation management research and practice by means of case studies and best practices. However, enterprises, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) also face miscellaneous challenges in open innovation practice, leading to uncertainty and even renunciation of open innovation project participation. Thus, it is essential for SMEs to find the right balance between possible positive effects and negative consequences – the latter being the less studied “dark sides” of open innovation. However, appropriate methods of finding this balance are still lacking. In this article, we discuss the assessment of open innovation project participation by presenting a weighing and decision process framework as a conceivable solution approach. The framework includes an internal, external, and integrated analysis as well as a recommendation and decision phase. Piece by piece, we investigate the current situation and the innovation goals of the enterprise as an initial point for a decision for or against engaging in open innovation. Furthermore, we discuss the development of a software tool that automatically applies this framework and allows self-assessment by SMEs. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 6 %P 34-40 %8 04/2016 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/980 %N 4 %1 University of Potsdam André Ullrich has worked as a Research Assistant and a PhD Candidate at the Chair of Business Informatics with an emphasis on Processes and Systems at the University of Potsdam, Germany, since graduating there with a Diploma in Business Administration in 2011. Currently, his research interests are open innovation processes, employee qualification, the performance capability of indicators for assessing organizations, and change capability research. Furthermore, he continuously moderates creativity workshops regarding turbulences in business environments. He has published several national and international articles in the research areas of change capability, creativity techniques, seasonality’s, and employee qualification. %2 University of Potsdam Gergana Vladova is a Research Assistant and a PhD Candidate at the Chair of Business Informatics with an emphasis on Processes and Systems at the University of Potsdam, Germany. She holds a Master's degree in International Economic Relations from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a Magister degree from the Freie Universitît Berlin, Germany. She has been working within diverse research projects, and she lectures graduate courses and seminars in the field of knowledge management. Her main fields of research are corporate communication and culture, knowledge management, product counterfeiting, and open innovation management. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/980 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2015 %T Cyber-Resilience: A Strategic Approach for Supply Chain Management %A Luca Urciuoli %K cross-border trade %K cyber-resilience %K ICT %K IT %K risk management %K supply chain management %X Risk management and resilience strategies in supply chains have an important role in ensuring business continuity and reliability in a cost-efficient manner. Preventing or recovering from disruptions requires access and analysis of large amounts of data. Yet, given the multiple stakeholders, operations, and environmental contexts in which a global supply chain operates, managing risks and resilience becomes a challenging task. For this reason, information and communication technologies (ICT) are being developed to support managers with tailored tools and services to monitor disruptions, enhance instantaneous communication, and facilitate the quick recovery of supply chains. Hence, the objective of this article is to shed light on managerial strategies to improve the resilience of supply chains and thereby to point out how these could be automated by means of innovative ICT systems. In particular, this article concludes by warning about existing challenges to implementing such systems. If these challenges are not correctly addressed by managers, there is a major risk of further jeopardizing supply chains. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 5 %P 13-18 %8 04/2015 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/886 %N 4 %1 Zaragoza Logistics Center Luca Urciuoli is an Associate Research Professor in the MIT International Logistics Program within the Zaragoza Logistics Center in Spain, where he teaches and performs research in supply chain network design, supply chain risk, and security management. He holds an MSc degree in Industrial Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, and a Doctorate in Transportation Security from the Engineering University of Lund, Sweden. He has been working at the research unit of the Volvo group as a project manager developing on-board transport and telematics services. He also led the research of the Cross-border Research Association in Switzerland and collaborated in several FP7 research and consultancy projects, with a focus on topics such as e-Customs, trade facilitation, supply chain security, waste security, and postal security. He is also an editorial board member for the Journal of Transportation Security, and he has published his research in several scientific and practitioner journals. Contact: lurciuoli@zlc.edu.es %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/886 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2013 %T Risk Management in Crowdsourcing-Based Business Ecosystems %A Suchita Nirosh Kannangara %A Peter Uguccioni %K business ecosystem health %K business ecosystems %K crowdsourcing %K risk management %X The benefits of crowdsourcing are enabled by open environments where multiple external stakeholders contribute to a firm's outcomes. However, crowdsourcing typically has been examined as a general process and not from the specific perspective of a mechanism for driving value creation and capture within a business ecosystem. In this conceptual article, we highlight this research gap by examining crowdsourcing from a business ecosystem perspective and by identifying the inherent business risks in crowdsourcing-based business ecosystems. We apply the concept of ecosystem health to the crowdsourcing context, in terms of how firms create and capture value, and we examine the methods by which these firms can maximize health by mitigating risk in crowdsourcing-based business ecosystems. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 3 %P 32-38 %8 12/2013 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/751 %N 12 %1 Carleton University Nirosh Kannangara is a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He holds a BEng in Communications Engineering, also from Carleton University. Nirosh has more than two years of experience designing software in the optical transport communication industry and currently works as a Photonics Software Engineer at Ciena Corporation. %2 Carleton University Peter Uguccioni is a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Ottawa. Peter has more than 20 years of experience in software development and as a manager of technology innovation at a variety of firms in Ottawa. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/751