Browsing by Author "Alpkan, Lutfihak"

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Organizational support for intrapreneurship and its interaction with human capital to enhance innovative performance
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2010) Lutfihak Alpkan; Cagri Kaderoglu Bulut; Gürhan Günday; Gündüz Ulusoy; K. Kilic; Alpkan, Lutfihak; Bulut, Cagri; Kilic, Kemal; Ulusoy, Gunduz; Gunday, Gurhan
Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and interactive effects of organizational support and human capital on the innovative performance of companies. Individual effects of the organizational support dimensions namely: management support for generating and developing new business ideas allocation of free time convenient organizational structures concerning in particular decentralization level or decision-making autonomy appropriate use of incentives and rewards and tolerance for trial-and-errors or failures in cases of creative undertakings or risky project implementations are also to be investigated. Design/methodology/approach: The study develops and tests a theoretical research model where the organizational support dimensions are the independent variables innovative performance is the dependent variable and the human capital has a moderating role in this relationship via a questionnaire study covering 184 manufacturing firms in Turkey. Findings: Among the individual direct effects of the dimensions of organizational support management support for idea development and tolerance for risk taking are found to exert positive effects on innovative performance. Availability of a performance based reward system and free time have no impact on innovativeness while work discretion has a negative one. As for the role of human capital (HC) it is found to be an important driver of innovative performance especially when the OS is limited. However when the levels of both HC and OS are high innovative performance does not increase any further. Originality/value: Two distinct research streams namely organizational support literature and human capital literature have already focused on their individual impacts on the innovative performance. However a combination of these separate streams was not tried before. The paper discusses and investigates what will happen when both positive drivers interact with each other. Moreover it also investigates how organizational support and human capital are complementary. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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The Nature and Layers of Dynamic Capabilities of Firms Engaging in Business Model Innovations: A Qualitative Study on Information Technology firms in Istanbul's Science-Parks
(WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD, 2023) Seher Ogrenci; Lutfihak Alpkan; Gaye Karacay; Cagri Bulut; Ogrenci, Seher; Alpkan, Lutfihak; Bulut, Cagri; Karacay, Gaye
This study aims to explore the dynamic capabilities (DCs) framework (with sensing seizing and reconfiguration dimensions) by exploring the fulfilment layer and underlying processes and structures employed in business model innovation (BMI) process within both new and established entrepreneurial firms. We employed exploratory and descriptive qualitative research method and gathered data through semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs of nine firms operating in the science-park settings in Istanbul Turkiye. This study uncovered rich insights about the DCs as categorized in this study under 10 sub-dimensions. In addition three different fulfilment layers of DCs emerged at the entrepreneurial firms: (i) the entrepreneurial capabilities at the individual layer (ii) the entrepreneurial team's complementary capabilities at the top managerial layer and (iii) the mechanisms and routines at the organizational layer. DC sub-dimensions suggested in our study are clues for entrepreneurs to develop BMIs. Practitioners are recommended to consider their primary responsibility for BMIs processes independent of the size of the firms to build entrepreneurial teams with partners having the complementary skill set and concentrate on the employees' selection as well as their adaptation to the firm routines. Additionally the study complements Teece's theoretical DC framework on BMI extending it into fulfilment layer and opens a fruitful research area for scholars.