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Impact of business management and data utilization on process innovation in the Japanese wholesale industry

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  • Hidemichi Fujii

    (Kyushu University)

  • Satoshi Washio

    (InfoCom Research, Inc.)

  • Akihiko Shinozaki

    (Kyushu University)

Abstract

This study empirically analyzes how business management and data utilization efforts affect innovation behavior in the Japanese wholesale industry using individual data from a survey of business establishments. The analysis covered 2954 valid responses from business establishments to a questionnaire survey conducted in FY 2018. The study revealed that in the wholesale industry overall, process innovation was more actively implemented in establishments with higher levels of organizational management structure development, frequency of feedback through data use, and degree of data utilization. Analysis by sector revealed that the impact of business management and data use on innovation behavior varied across sectors. It also revealed that business management and data use did not have a significant relationship with innovation behavior in the textile and clothing wholesale sector, which handles products that are easily influenced by trends and temperatures in a complex supply chain.

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  • Hidemichi Fujii & Satoshi Washio & Akihiko Shinozaki, 2023. "Impact of business management and data utilization on process innovation in the Japanese wholesale industry," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 3(9), pages 1-21, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:snbeco:v:3:y:2023:i:9:d:10.1007_s43546-023-00554-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s43546-023-00554-w
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    Keywords

    Process innovation; Data utilization; Management and organizational practices survey; Wholesale industry; Japan;
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    JEL classification:

    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management
    • L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce

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