Innovation and organizational performance: A critical review of the evidence and a research agenda

Richard M. Walker

doi:10.5465/ambpp.2005.18783338

Innovation and organizational performance: A critical review of the evidence and a research agenda

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Abstract

The notion that innovation is a route to higher levels of organizational performance in public agencies is examined in this critical review. Substantial support for the innovation-performance hypothesis is found in the published quantitative studies. The evidence first points towards the importance of simultaneously introducing product and process innovations and second highlights the mediating role that innovation plays in the management-performance relationship. The evidence does not, however, allow clear conclusions to be reached on where, when and how a strategy of organizational innovativeness should be pursued. Major conceptual, methodological and empirical issues are addressed in a research agenda.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Academy of Management Proceedings
Editors	Sonia Taneja
Publisher	Academy of Management
Volume	2005 (No. 1)
ISBN (Electronic)	2151-6561
ISBN (Print)	0065-0668
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2005.18783338
Publication status	Published - Aug 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2005): A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century - Honolulu, United States Duration: 5 Aug 2005 → 10 Aug 2005

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Conference	65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2005)
Abbreviated title	2005 AOM Annual Meeting
Place	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	5/08/05 → 10/08/05

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Innovation
Organizational performance
Public organizations

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Academy of Management Proceedings. ed. / Sonia Taneja. Vol. 2005 (No. 1) Academy of Management, 2005.

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