摘要：Innovation, the implementation of new, original, useful ideas is viewed by many as the key to sustaining a competitive advantage (e.g., Dess & Pickens, 2000; Kuczmarski, 2003; Mumford & Hunter, 2005). By introducing new products and processes first - ahead of competitors - organizations are able to carve a substantial marketplace niche, oftentimes solidifying their role in a current business environment best characterized as turbulent, dynamic and rapidly changing. Moreover, organizational innovation provides companies with the tools to exist at the cusp of environmental shifts, allowing them to both stay ahead of and simultaneously shape the direction of business itself (Taggar, Sulsky, & MacDonald, in press).
