Browsing by Author "Batra, Safal"
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Does Strategic Planning Determine Innovation in Organizations? A Study of Indian SME Sector
Batra, Safal (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Innovation is considered to be a source of competitive advantage. Not surprisingly, innovation has been a matter of scholarly interest for several decades now. However, despite its critical importance to the strategy ... -
Does strategic planning determine innovation in organizations? A study of Indian SME sector
Batra, Safal; Sharma, Sunil; Dixit, Mukund R.; Vohra, Neharika (Sage, 2018)While some researchers argue that strategic planning assists new product development and can be viewed as a framework for innovation, others believe that it restricts creativity and innovation. Despite a literary appreciation ... -
Exploring the linkages of cognitive style and individual innovativeness
Vohra, Neharika; Batra, Safal (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016)Purpose: This study aims to explore a crucial but less-understood antecedent of individual innovativeness – cognitive style. Design/methodology/approach: Data for this study were collected using a survey questionnaire ... -
Measuring the effectiveness of strategic planning: proposing a second order operationalization
Sharma, Sunil; Dixit, Mukund R.; Vohra, Neharika; Batra, Safal (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a multi-dimensional second-order operationalization of strategic planning, to advance the understanding of this construct. Design/methodology/approach: Data on the ... -
Performance implications of industry appropriability for manufacturing SMEs : the role of technology orientation
Batra, Safal; Sharma, Sunil; Dixit, Mukund R.; Gupta, Vishal; Vohra, Neharika (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014)Purpose – Industry appropriability – the degree to which firms in an industry can appropriate benefits from their innovations – is a crucial dimension of industry environment. Small and medium manufacturing enterprises ... -
Seeds of demand-side legitimacy: when do existing companies procure from B2B startups?
Batra, Safal; Gupta, Vishal K.; Sharma, Sunil; Yadav, Rahul (Emerald, 2022-01-27)The purpose of this study is to investigate potential lenders of legitimacy for business-to-business (B2B) startups as reflected in the willingness of potential customers to do business with startup firms. This study ... -
Strategic orientations and innovation in resource-constrained SMEs of an emerging economy
Batra, Safal; Sharma, Sunil; Dixit, Mukund R.; Vohra, Neharika (SAGE Publications, 2015)While previous research has explored the linkages of strategic orientations and innovation for large businesses of developed economies, relatively little is known about these linkages for SMEs of emerging economies. To ...