The impact of business owners' individual characteristics on patenting in the context of digital innovation

Corvello, Vincenzo; Belás, Jaroslav; Giglio, Carlo; Iazzolino, Gianpaolo; Troise, Ciro

dc.title	The impact of business owners' individual characteristics on patenting in the context of digital innovation	en
dc.contributor.author	Corvello, Vincenzo
dc.contributor.author	Belás, Jaroslav
dc.contributor.author	Giglio, Carlo
dc.contributor.author	Iazzolino, Gianpaolo
dc.contributor.author	Troise, Ciro
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Business Research
dc.identifier.issn	0148-2963 Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.identifier.issn	1873-7978 Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.date.issued	2023
utb.relation.volume	155
dc.type	article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier Science Inc
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113397
dc.relation.uri	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296322008621
dc.relation.uri	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296322008621/pdfft?md5=204f9d88227a4e79b46942a4b631d599&pid=1-s2.0-S0148296322008621-main.pdf
dc.subject	digital innovation	en
dc.subject	digital transformation	en
dc.subject	Industry 4.0	en
dc.subject	patents	en
dc.subject	owners' diversity	en
dc.subject	individual characteristics	en
dc.description.abstract	As digital transformation accelerates, generating demand for new digital products, processes, and technologies, it is necessary to create consensus among all the actors involved on the company's digital innovation strategies. Owners greatly influence a company's objectives and design: they represent a group to which the top management must pay particular attention. Understanding which individual aspects of the owners influence digital innovation processes becomes very important. However, studies on the impact of owners' characteristics on digital innovation are rare. This article analyzes over 550 patent-holder firms engaged in digital innovation to fill this gap. The study evaluates the relationship between owners' characteristics and patenting activity. The results show a significant impact of gender diversity, education, and minority status of the owners on digital innovation. By favoring a deeper understanding of the profile of owners concerning digital innovation, the findings of this study help top management identify more effective engagement strategies for a better performance of the digital transformation process.	en
utb.faculty	Faculty of Management and Economics
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10563/1011271
utb.identifier.obdid	43884640
utb.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-85143804494
utb.identifier.wok	000883257700004
utb.identifier.coden	JBRED
utb.source	J-wok
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-06T08:04:01Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-06T08:04:01Z
dc.description.sponsorship	Italian National Operational Programme on Research and Innovation Attraction and International Mobility [AIM1805501-1]
utb.ou	Centre for Applied Economic Research
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Belás, Jaroslav
utb.fulltext.affiliation	Vincenzo Corvello a,, Jaroslav Belas b, Carlo Giglio c,d, Gianpaolo Iazzolino f, Ciro Troise e a Dept. of Engineering, University of Messina, Contrada di Dio, 98166, Messina, Italy b Center for Applied Economic Research, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Mostní 5139, 760 01 Zlín, Czech Republic c Dept. of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Via dell’Università, 25, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy d Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom e Dept. of Management, Ciro Troise, University of Turin, Via Verdi 8 - 10124, Turin, Italy f Dept. of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria, Building 41/C, 87036 Rende (Cosenza), Italy Corresponding author at: Dept. of Engineering, University of Messina, Contrada di Dio, 98166, Messina, Italy. E-mail address: vincenzo.corvello@unime.it (V. Corvello). Vincenzo Corvello, Ph.D., is assistant professor at the Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria. He holds a PhD in Business and Economic Engineering from the University Federico II of Naples. His research interests are in the field of entrepreneurship, innovation management and organizational theory. He published in international journals like Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Journal of Production Economics, European Journal of Innovation Management, Knowledge Management Research and Practice, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research. He is cofounder and former CEO of Beautiful Mind, an academic spin-off of University of Calabria. He is Research Associate at the London School of Economics and Political Science, London Multimedia Lab. He is editor in chief of the European Journal of Innovation Management. Jaroslav Belás is a full professor at Tomas Bata University in Zlín. He is director of Center for Applied Economic Research at Faculty of Management and Economics. He has cooperation with University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, PanEuropean University in Bratislava, and other universities. He is a renowned expert in area of small and medium-sized enterprises. He published many articles in this field in journals which are indexed on Web of Science. He is an author of 9 monographs; the results of the research activities have been output through 100 various scientific works that had been published in prestigious journals. At presence, he manages 5 scientific projects. He is a member of editorial board of some journals on SSCI. Carlo Giglio is an Assistant Professor in Business&Management Engineering (Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy) with several experiences abroad: Imperial College Business School (UK); Technical University of Denmark-DTU (funded by the Danish Government); Universit´e Lille1 (France); ERASMUS+ Teaching Mobility (Masaryk University, Czech Rep.). He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research (University of Calabria). He acted as a Principal Investigator of national projects on Social Innovation nominated by WIRED&AUDI, and within the European Commission’s ETP-ALICE. He holds editorial roles (European Journal of Innovation Management), and published in Technological Forecasting&Social Change, Journal of Engineering&Technology Management, Scientometrics, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management. Gianpaolo Iazzolino is Associate Professor in Business Economics at the Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering at the University of Calabria, Italy. He received his Ph.D. in Systems and Computer Engineering and his M.Sc. (cum laude) in Management Engineering. His main research interests are in Firm Performances and Evaluation of Innovation and Intangibles. He has published several articles in leading journals in the field. He is currently Delegate of the Rector for the Right to Education and member of the Technical Committee for Spin-Offs at the University of Calabria. He was Professor of the Year 2012 of the Management Engineering curriculum. He is co-founder and partner of a young company operating in business simulation tools for education and training. Ciro Troise, Ph.D. is qualified as Associate Professor in Business Enterprise and Management at University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Department of Economics. He is active in the innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability and small business management fields. He has been a visiting scholar at the Queen Mary University of London. He has chaired several tracks, attended many conferences and he has published over 40 publications including papers, books, book chapters and conference papers. He has published his work in leading international journals including British Journal of Management, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, International Journal of Information Management, European Management Journal, Management Decision, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. He has chaired several tracks and attended many conferences. He has previous editorial experiences as (leading) guest editor of several special issues. He is a member of several journal’s editorial boards (and scientific committees (e.g. IFKAD, DIF).
utb.fulltext.dates	Received 18 February 2022 Received in revised form 17 October 2022 Accepted 23 October 2022 Available online 1 November 2022
utb.fulltext.sponsorship	Funding: this work was partly supported by the Italian National Operational Programme on Research and Innovation Attraction and International Mobility AIM1805501-1.
utb.wos.affiliation	[Corvello, Vincenzo; Iazzolino, Gianpaolo] Univ Messina, Dept Engn, Contrada Dio, I-98166 Messina, Italy; [Belas, Jaroslav] Tomas Bata Univ Zlin, Fac Management & Econ, Ctr Appl Econ Res, Mostni 5139, Zlin 76001, Czech Republic; [Giglio, Carlo] Mediterranean Univ Reggio Calabria, Dept Civil Energy Environm & Mat Engn, Via Univ, 25, I-89124 Reggio Di Calabria, Italy; [Giglio, Carlo] Imperial Coll London, Imperial Coll Business Sch, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, England; [Troise, Ciro] Univ Turin, Dept Management, Ciro Troise, Via Verdi 8, I-10124 Turin, Italy
utb.scopus.affiliation	Dept. of Engineering, University of Messina, Contrada di Dio, 98166, Messina, Italy; Center for Applied Economic Research, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Mostní 5139, Zlín, 760 01, Czech Republic; Dept. of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Via dell'Università, 25, Reggio Calabria, 89124, Italy; Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom; Dept. of Management, Ciro Troise, University of Turin, Turin, Verdi 8, 10124, Italy
utb.fulltext.projects	AIM1805501-1
utb.fulltext.faculty	Faculty of Management and Economics
utb.fulltext.ou	Centre for Applied Economic Research