Innovation, quality management and learning: Short-term and longer-term effects

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dc.contributor.authorBourke, Jane
dc.contributor.authorRoper, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-21T10:00:19Z
dc.date.available2017-12-21T10:00:19Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-29
dc.date.updated2017-12-20T12:37:12Z
dc.description.abstractQuality-orientated management change and innovation are central strategies for firms. Implementing both quality improvement and innovation poses significant managerial, organisational and technical challenges, and may also involve significant lags before benefits are realised. Here, using data on a large group of Irish manufacturing plants and econometric analysis, we establish the short- and longer-term influence of plantsâ adoption of quality improvement methods (QIMs) on product innovation performance. Our study highlights the short-term disruptive and longer-term beneficial effects of QIM adoption on product innovation performance. In addition, we find evidence of complementarities and learning-by-using effects from QIM adoption. Our results suggest that maximising the returns to innovation and quality improvement requires consideration of the soft and/or hard nature of individual QIMs and the timing and sequencing of their adoption.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationBourke, J. and Roper, S. (2017) 'Innovation, quality management and learning: Short-term and longer-term effects', Research Policy, 46(8), pp. 1505-1518. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2017.07.005en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.respol.2017.07.005
dc.identifier.endpage1518en
dc.identifier.issn0048-7333
dc.identifier.issn1873-7625
dc.identifier.issued8en
dc.identifier.journaltitleResearch Policyen
dc.identifier.startpage1505en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5205
dc.identifier.volume46en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en
dc.rights© 2017, the Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/en
dc.subjectInnovationen
dc.subjectQuality improvementen
dc.subjectManagement changeen
dc.titleInnovation, quality management and learning: Short-term and longer-term effectsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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