Guest Editorial: An analysis of the two-way relationships between management practices and firm innovation
Jayawardena, Nirma
Jayawardena, Nirma
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2026-09
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The purpose of this special issue is to provide insights into the application of the concept of innovation as a driver of productivity which is widely discussed in the literature (Dani et al., 2022; Novillo-Villegas et al., 2022; Wei et al., 2025). However, due to the absence of high-quality data, the role of management practices has remained empirically unexplored for a long time such as the practices used in operations, monitoring procedures targets, and incentives (Patyal & Koilakuntla, 2017; Bloom et al., 2012; Ahire & Dreyfus, 2000). In addition to innovation, an analysis of firm-level productivity should consider the quality of the firm's management practices (BartzZuccala et al., 2018). Although they are not identical, there is a correlation between the two; every company uses management practices, but not every company innovates (Lööf & Heshmati, 2002; Younas, 2025).
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Jayawardena N, Muenjohn N and Nyuur R (2026) Guest Editorial: An analysis of the two-way relationships between management practices and firm innovation. European Business Review. Accepted for publication.
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