کاوش در ساختار نظام نوآوری سازمانی با مدلسازی ساختاری تفسیری

Introduction: Innovation serves as the driving force of the economy and a source of competitive advantage. It also holds significant importance from social and environmental perspectives today. Due to the complexities and numerous feedback loops among innovation actors, addressing innovation through the conventional linear process is less effective. Therefore, adopting an approach aligned with real-world conditions is essential. A systemic view of innovation, embodied within the innovation systems approach, addresses the shortcomings of the linear perspective. Accordingly, this study aims to identify the dimensions comprising the organizational innovation system, one of the levels within innovation systems, and the relationships among these dimensions.

Methods: The current research was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, Hoon’s meta-synthesis method was employed to identify the dimensions of the organizational innovation system. Keyword chains were searched in the Web of Science database, and after applying various filters and appropriate inclusion and exclusion criteria, four documents were selected and analyzed. Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) was used in the second stage to determine the relationships and hierarchical structuring of the identified dimensions. A questionnaire was administered to 16 faculty members from the Faculty of Management and Accounting and the Research Institute for Science and Technology Studies at Shahid Beheshti University, with research or executive backgrounds in innovation. Calculations were conducted using MATLAB 2017 software.

Results and Discussion: Following the analysis of the selected documents, seven dimensions were identified for the organizational innovation system. These dimensions include upstream actors, the focal innovative enterprise, innovation (value proposition), innovation processes, customers, complementors, and institutions. Based on Interpretive Structural Modeling, these dimensions are structured into four hierarchical levels. Innovation or value proposition, as the output of the organizational innovation system, is placed at the first level. The innovation process, customers, and complementors are at the second level. Upstream actors and the focal innovative enterprise constitute the third level, with institutions occupying the fourth and final level. Institutions are thus considered the most influential dimension within the organizational innovation system, affecting all other dimensions, suggesting that without appropriate institutional changes, any other modifications within the system would be unstable. Upstream actors and the focal innovative enterprise at the third level hold second priority. Complementors, the focal innovative enterprise, and customers share third priority, while innovation or value proposition, positioned at the first level, has the lowest priority. Additionally, MICMAC analysis classified these dimensions according to their influence and dependency levels. The innovation process, customers, and complementors exhibit the highest dependency, while institutions have the lowest dependency. Institutions demonstrate the greatest influence, with innovation or value proposition having the least. Upstream actors, focal actors, and institutions fall within the category of independent variables; innovation or value proposition is classified as a dependent variable, and the innovation process, customers, and complementors are categorized as linkage variables.

Conclusion: Findings suggest that utilizing the organizational innovation system framework can effectively promote innovation systematically at the micro-level, thereby facilitating the realization of innovation systems' objectives at higher levels, especially at the national level. By focusing on the innovative enterprise as the focal element, this system considers both upstream and downstream actors involved in the innovation process and adopts a holistic perspective that accounts for feedback relationships among all actors, thus aligning closely with the realities of a complex world.