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Innovation as a Source of Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness and Strategy
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Innovation as a Source of Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness and Strategy

A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2022) | Viewed by 18318

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Judyta Kabus

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Faculty of Management, Czestochowa University of Technology, 42-201 Czestochowa, Poland
Interests: innovation; management; CRS; SCM; FMCG
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Dr. Luiza Piersiala

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Faculty of Management, Czestochowa University of Technology, 42-201 Czestochowa, Poland
Interests: international management and entrepreneurship; innovations; special economic zones
Dr. Ireneusz Miciuła

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Department of Sustainable Finance and Capital Markets, Faculty of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Szczecin, 70-453 Szczecin, Poland
Interests: social policy; communication and media; quantitative social research; human-computer interaction; financial economics; microeconomics; international economics information science; information systems (business informatics)
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Dr. Anna Sałamacha

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Faculty of Management, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Interests: management; marketing management; industrial organization

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The conditions and development of a knowledge-based economy mean that modern organisations must meet many new challenges associated with the need to adapt to changes and transformations occurring in the environment. Creating social innovations searching for knowledge necessary to run a modern business is becoming the basis of modern entrepreneurship. The gap between the innovative capacity and the enterprise's intentions is considered an important reason for the enterprise to use pro-innovation services.

Both the enterprise, the organisation, and the economy as a whole need to develop innovative solutions which, on the one hand, will attract customers, change the organisation and the processes taking place to reduce unnecessary costs, and become competitive, and on the other, should be aimed at improving the quality of life of the population and eliminating social exclusion.

Innovation is, in fact, of key importance for the functioning of the enterprise as a whole and thus for the increase in competitiveness in times of constant change and fluctuation (free market, globalisation, and internationalisation of economic activity).

The effective introduction of new ideas requires the acquisition or supplementing of knowledge in the field of the implementation of this process, taking into account the specificity of the changes made. Each of the innovative actions undertaken in the social area is aimed at improving the quality of life of the inhabitants and eliminating social exclusion.

Through social activity, the aim is to develop and implement innovative, practical solutions of high quality, whether in the policy of the company, organisation, city, or country.

All the more so in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, we should be discussing topics related to quality of life. It is the area of quality of life that is the most extensive of all in the smart city concept. It includes indicators of comfort, safety, and opportunities for personal development from the perspective of the resident and his or her family, such as access to: health care, cultural goods, the education system, social security, and a sense of well-being.

In this Special Issue, we would like to encourage the publication of original articles on the latest research in the broad field of sustainable social innovation, strategies, models, methods, and new solutions to the challenges and social needs of residents.

We are looking for innovative academic approaches and papers presenting theoretical and empirical research addressing the following topics:

  • Managing Social Innovation; trends, perspectives, and challenges;
  • Social innovation and its impact on the quality of life of local communities;
  • Social innovation in the context of social economy;
  • Importance of social innovations in shaping the image of the region;
  • Social innovations as sources of competitive advantage;
  • Open innovation;
  • Management of innovation in the enterprise;
  • Strategic aspects of innovation management;
  • Level of innovativeness of EU countries;
  • Importance of innovation in the economy.

Dr. Judyta Kabus
Dr. Luiza Piersiala
Dr. Ireneusz Miciuła
Dr. Anna Sałamacha
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • entrepreneurship
  • management
  • innovation
  • local development
  • competitiveness, economic and social activity
  • economic growth
  • public finance
  • economy
  • countries
  • monetary policy
  • corporate social responsibility
  • special economic zones
  • small and medium-sized enterprises
  • business management

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Determinants of Social Entrepreneurship Intention: A Longitudinal Study among Youth in Higher Learning Institutions
by Atikah Mohd Zulkifle and Kamarulzaman Ab. Aziz
Soc. Sci. 2023, 12(3), 124; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12030124 - 24 Feb 2023
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Social entrepreneurship had been acknowledged as an important solution to highlight various social issues, which many are compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. Locally, the Malaysian government launched the first Social Entrepreneurship policy framework in 2015 with an allocation of RM 20 million to [...] Read more.
Social entrepreneurship had been acknowledged as an important solution to highlight various social issues, which many are compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. Locally, the Malaysian government launched the first Social Entrepreneurship policy framework in 2015 with an allocation of RM 20 million to produce 1000 social enterprises by 2018. However, as of June 2022, the reported number of social enterprises in Malaysia was only 414. This raised questions on the viability of the agenda. Nevertheless, in April 2022, the government expressed continued political will by launching the Malaysian Social Entrepreneurship Action Plan 2030 (SEMy2030). To ensure success, it is important to understand the determinants of social entrepreneurship intention, especially among youth, the leaders of tomorrow. A previous study on another emerging economy observed changes to the social entrepreneurship dynamics due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, the analysis for this study was performed following a longitudinal design on a sample of 486 respondents before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings found Social Awareness, Self-Efficacy, Prior Entrepreneurship Experience, and Cosmopolitanism consistently to be significant determinants of Social Entrepreneurship Intention both pre- and post-pandemic. Meanwhile, Perceived Social Support became significant post-pandemic. Furthermore, gender was found to have a moderating role in several relationships. These insights can lead to the formulation of effective policies and programs to encourage, as well as enable, new generations of social entrepreneurs. Full article
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How to Predict the Innovation to SMEs? Applying the Data Mining Process to the Spinner Innovation Model
by Ronnie Figueiredo, Carla Magalhães and Claudia Huber
Soc. Sci. 2023, 12(2), 75; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12020075 - 31 Jan 2023
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Despite the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for the growth and development of companies, the high failure rate of these companies persists, and this correspondingly demands the attention of managers. Thus, to boost the company success rate, we may deploy certain [...] Read more.
Despite the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for the growth and development of companies, the high failure rate of these companies persists, and this correspondingly demands the attention of managers. Thus, to boost the company success rate, we may deploy certain approaches, for example predictive models, specifically for the SME innovation. This study aims to examine the variables that positively shape and contribute towards innovation of SMEs. Based on the Spinner innovation model, we explore how to predict the innovation of SMEs by applying the variables, namely knowledge creation, knowledge transfer, public knowledge management, private knowledge management and innovation. This study applied the data mining technique according to the cross industry standard process for data mining (CRISP-DM) method while the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS_Version28) served to analyze the data collected from 208 SME employees in Oporto, Portugal. The results demonstrate how the Spinner innovation model positively influences the contributions of the SMEs. This SME-dedicated model fosters the creation of knowledge between internal and external interactions and increases the capacity to predict the SME innovation by 56%. Full article
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Effect of Education on the Economic Income of Households in Peru, Application of the Mincer Theory in Times of Pandemic (COVID-19)
by Julio Cesar Quispe-Mamani, Miriam Serezade Hancco-Gomez, Amira Carpio-Maraza, Santotomas Licimaco Aguilar-Pinto, Adderly Mamani-Flores, Giovana Araseli Flores-Turpo, Wily Leopoldo Velásquez-Velásquez, Balbina Esperanza Cutipa-Quilca and Maria Isabel Alegre-Larico
Soc. Sci. 2022, 11(7), 300; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070300 - 12 Jul 2022
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The objective was to determine the effect of education on the economic income of households in Peru in times of the pandemic (COVID-19), for which a quantitative research approach was applied, of a non-experimental type and of descriptive-correlational design; the econometric model of [...] Read more.
The objective was to determine the effect of education on the economic income of households in Peru in times of the pandemic (COVID-19), for which a quantitative research approach was applied, of a non-experimental type and of descriptive-correlational design; the econometric model of log-linear type was used, based on the Mincer equation, with the information from the database of the National Household Survey, for the period of 2021. The economic income on average was 275.96 soles, with a standard deviation of 1451.41 soles, with high variability, identifying very precarious economic income ranging from 15.00 to 15,000.00 soles/month per worker; the years of schooling of the worker on average were 12 years, showing the scope of complete secondary training, with a population without years of education, and on the contrary, there are workers with postgraduate education, with the variability of 4 years. Finally, the effect of education measured through years of schooling on economic income is positive, or direct, since education explains 14.34% of economic income; the experience of the worker, gender, area of residence, age and marital status, in the same way, have a positive effect on economic income, strongly highlighting gender and area of residence which explain 19.86% and 30.45% of the economic income in the household in Peru. Full article
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Incidence of Human Capital in the Innovative Performance of Service Companies: A Study in Ecuador
by Orly Carvache-Franco, Mauricio Carvache-Franco, Wilmer Carvache-Franco and Miguel A. Bustamante-Ubilla
Soc. Sci. 2022, 11(5), 222; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11050222 - 20 May 2022
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The relationship between human capital and innovative performance in service companies has been studied in countries with fast-growing economies and knowledge-intensive companies, but little evidence exists in other contexts. The research examined the relationship between human capital variables and the innovative performance of [...] Read more.
The relationship between human capital and innovative performance in service companies has been studied in countries with fast-growing economies and knowledge-intensive companies, but little evidence exists in other contexts. The research examined the relationship between human capital variables and the innovative performance of Ecuadorian service companies. The methodology is quantitative. It is a non-experimental, cross-sectional investigation, and data from Ecuador from the national survey of innovation activities 2015 were used. A bivariate probit regression was performed. The results indicate that the variable training in innovation activities is positively related to service innovation, but not to process innovation, because service innovation requires a greater development of skills and abilities than process innovation in these activities. Company workers and the variable workers with higher education are positively related to process innovation, but not to service innovation. The research contributes to the gap in the literature on the relationship between human capital variables and innovative performance and provides empirical evidence of the relationship in developing countries where evidence is scarce. The research has practical implications for managers and administrators of service companies: Increasing training in innovation activities can increase the potential for service innovation and increasing workers with higher education increases the innovative potential in the processes in these companies. The originality of this study is that it presents evidence of this relationship in a developing country that has companies in a different context such as scarcity of qualified human resources, low level of R&D investment, and companies with a medium level of knowledge complexity, since the evidence focuses on companies in developed countries and knowledge-intensive companies. Full article
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Fintech Innovation in Social Service Provision: A Bibliometric Review
by Alan Munodei and Athenia Bongani Sibindi
Soc. Sci. 2023, 12(1), 47; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12010047 - 14 Jan 2023
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The employment of fintech as a product and service distribution mechanism in various sectors has been widely adopted for the provision of seamless services. The adoption of fintech by both individuals and organisations avails more convenience in product and service provision. The combination [...] Read more.
The employment of fintech as a product and service distribution mechanism in various sectors has been widely adopted for the provision of seamless services. The adoption of fintech by both individuals and organisations avails more convenience in product and service provision. The combination of fintech and social protection service provision has been receiving increased attention, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic era. This paper sought to investigate and show the importance of fintech in social protection research. The study aims to show the evolutionary idea of fintech in social protection to elucidate how much research has been done and elucidate the emerging areas surrounding fintech in social protection. A review of the literature that links social protection provision and fintech was conducted to establish whether more research is needed in integrating fintech with social protection provision. This study employed a bibliometric review to explore linkages that exist between financial technology (fintech) and social protection provision to establish whether the area needs further research. Data were sourced from the SCOPUS database using the Boolean search approach with the use of keywords and filters. Search results were processed and analysed in both SCOPUS and VOSviewer for visual and network positioning. The findings of the study show that fintech and social protection have received increased attention, as shown by the number of publications since 2018. Details of the most influential authors, documents, countries, and sources were documented. The results indicate the following emerging research themes: (1) the adoption of fintech in social protection service provision; (2) blockchain technology research on social protection, (3) fintech in health care service provision combined with health insurance; and (4) fintech as a cushion against the impacts of climate change. Full article
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