A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Barriers to employee-driven innovation – A study of regional medium-sized bakery
Subtitle: A study of regional medium-sized bakery
Authors: Aaltonen Satu, Hytti Ulla
Publisher: IP Publishing Ltd
Publishing place: London
Publication year: 2014
Journal: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Journal acronym: IJEI
Volume: 15
Issue: 3
First page : 159
Last page: 168
Number of pages: 10
eISSN: 2043-6882
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5367/ijei.2014.0157(external)
Abstract
Innovativeness and employee-driven innovations in particular
are important sources of competitiveness for small and medium-sized food
companies. The fierce competition in the food industry is forcing these
companies to increase their operational efficiency in order to compete
with the large companies in the market. This paper investigates barriers to
innovations in the bakery sector through a case study of a growth-oriented
regional bakery. The study contributes to new contextualized knowledge of
employee-driven innovation activity in small food production companies.
It provides a nuanced understanding of how the manufacturing context of
a bakery leads to specific constraints on innovative employee behaviour,
and of how the context and the human, organizational and physical resources
interact with employee-driven innovation activity.
Innovativeness and employee-driven innovations in particular
are important sources of competitiveness for small and medium-sized food
companies. The fierce competition in the food industry is forcing these
companies to increase their operational efficiency in order to compete
with the large companies in the market. This paper investigates barriers to
innovations in the bakery sector through a case study of a growth-oriented
regional bakery. The study contributes to new contextualized knowledge of
employee-driven innovation activity in small food production companies.
It provides a nuanced understanding of how the manufacturing context of
a bakery leads to specific constraints on innovative employee behaviour,
and of how the context and the human, organizational and physical resources
interact with employee-driven innovation activity.
Innovativeness and employee-driven innovations in particular
are important sources of competitiveness for small and medium-sized food
companies. The fierce competition in the food industry is forcing these
companies to increase their operational efficiency in order to compete
with the large companies in the market. This paper investigates barriers to
innovations in the bakery sector through a case study of a growth-oriented
regional bakery. The study contributes to new contextualized knowledge of
employee-driven innovation activity in small food production companies.
It provides a nuanced understanding of how the manufacturing context of
a bakery leads to specific constraints on innovative employee behaviour,
and of how the context and the human, organizational and physical resources
interact with employee-driven innovation activity.
Innovativeness and employee-driven innovations in particular
are important sources of competitiveness for small and medium-sized food
companies. The fierce competition in the food industry is forcing these
companies to increase their operational efficiency in order to compete
with the large companies in the market. This paper investigates barriers to
innovations in the bakery sector through a case study of a growth-oriented
regional bakery. The study contributes to new contextualized knowledge of
employee-driven innovation activity in small food production companies.
It provides a nuanced understanding of how the manufacturing context of
a bakery leads to specific constraints on innovative employee behaviour,
and of how the context and the human, organizational and physical resources
interact with employee-driven innovation activity.
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