Background: Supply chain collaboration technologies (SCCTs) are digital tools designed to enhance communication, coordination, and integration among supply chain stakeholders. These tools are essential for enhancing transparency, efficiency, and traceability within complex supply chain networks,...

Purpose - Using Chinese A-share listed firms between 2007 and 2020 with 21,380 observations, we aim to examine the impact of cross-ownership on firms' innovation output and explore the underlying mechanisms. Design/methodology/approach - To test the influence of cross-ownership on firms'...

Globally, one-third of the food produced for human consumption globally is wasted, a figure projected to rise with increased food production. Collaborative efforts across food supply chains can mitigate post-harvest losses, playing a crucial role in enhancing food security. However, frameworks...

This article examines the concept of eco-innovation (EI) and its role in achieving sustainable economic growth by integrating environmental and social considerations. It focuses on identifying key practices and relationships that promote EI in supply chains through multi-stakeholder...

The main purpose of the article is to analyze the inter-organizational cooperation of enterprises for innovation in the Polish economy compared to the rest of Europe. The micro perspective assesses in detail the scope and scale of cooperation of Polish enterprises with selected stakeholders of...

Collaboration between large enterprises and startups is a distinct partnership that drives innovation by combining startups' agility and risk-taking with enterprises' resources and experience. While the literature on partner selection focuses primarily on developed economies, there is limited...

Solving complex societal problems requires collaboration across organizational boundaries. Such collaboration inherently involves strategizing across these boundaries, which is linked to a high degree of complexity and ambiguity. Despite its critical relevance, there is a paucity of empirical...

With the growth of the digital economy and environmental concerns, an increasing number of manufacturing firms are leveraging digitalization to advance their green innovation and sustainable development. Although previous studies have examined the impact of digitalization on green innovation,...

The aim of this paper is to determine the factors affecting technological collaborations among EU regions, focusing on the role of their technological profiles. We consider the population of EU NUTS2 regions and analyse the inter-regional collaborations in EPO patent applications and in EU...

Purpose - This study investigates the effect of asset specificity, inter-firm ecosystem and firm adaptability on supply chain integration. The study also investigates the mediation effect of firm adaptability on the relationship between asset specificity and supply chain integration and...

This paper explores how inter-organizational trust and inter-organizational collaboration can influence small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) supply chain performance. Specifically, the study investigates how inter-organizational collaboration will moderate and mediate inter-organizational...

Purpose The purpose of this article is to identify the predominant modes to realize corporate-startup engagement (CSE). Design/methodology/approach We carried out a systematic literature review to synthesize how startups and corporations collaborate in this form of innovation. Findings The...