Literature on organizational innovation: past and future

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues Alves, Marlon Fernandes
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Vasconcelos Ribeiro Galina, Simone, Dobelin, Silvio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração e Inovação
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rai/article/view/147832
• topic: Literature review; Learning; Capabilities; Leadership; Organizational innovation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine what are both the main theoretical basis and the recent perspectives within the organizational innovation literature. Design/methodology/approach – The authors have conducted a bibliometric analysis reviewing the research on organizational innovation from 460 articles published in the period from 2007 to 2016 and indexed in the Web of Science through co-citation and bibliographical coupling analyses. Findings – The clusters analysis results show that the main theoretical foundations are learning and evolution; implementation of innovation; and leadership, creativity and learning. Regarding recent perspectives, the clusters indicate studies on core concepts, knowledge and capability, learning for resource development and human resources for innovation. Originality/value – This study organizes the knowledge basis for future research on organizational innovation, and, unlike most literature reviews, this study provides the current trends on the topic and presents a comprehensive research agenda.