Editorial: Exploring the resilience and innovation nexus – a call for interdisciplinary research

• Published in: Innovation & management review Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 98 - 102
• Main Authors: Pacheco, Larissa Marchiori, Moore, Elizabeth, Brandl, Kristin, White, Robin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: São Paulo Emerald Publishing Limited 24-04-2023; Emerald Group Publishing Limited; Emerald Publishing
• Subjects: Business models; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Innovations; Medical research; Pandemics
• ISSN: 2515-8961; 2515-8961
• DOI: 10.1108/INMR-04-2023-228

Resilience is a multi-level phenomenon that can be assessed from different perspectives (i.e. individual, organizational, industrial, regional or country), creating many definitions that challenge research and practice (Horgan & Dimitrijević, 2018; Linnenluecke, 2017). [...]the ambiguity of the concepts is widely criticized for lacking an accepted or consistent definition and conceptualization (see Linnenluecke, 2017 for an exciting review). The development of new products or services through radical or incremental changes directed to processes or products (McKeown, 2008), the entry into different markets or the complete reformulation of a company’s business model are typical results of business efforts in response to crises. [...]innovation emerges as the recipe for success and survival and helps strengthen an organization’s resilience. Previous research has pointed to a significant and robust relationship between a region’s resilience and entrepreneurial and innovative capacities. Since innovation and other learning capabilities present themselves as ways for a region to reorient its technological and industrial structures, innovative regions tend to respond better to crises due to their ability to reinvent themselves and sustain their performance over time. Entrepreneurial capability, resilience and business performance mediate this relationship and deserve further investigation of their role in promoting better crisis management in companies. [...]the research presented in this manuscript advances the connection between innovation and entrepreneurial capabilities through which companies build resilience to respond to environmental disruptions.