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

Hidemichi Fujii, Satoshi Washio () and Akihiko Shinozaki ()
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Satoshi Washio: InfoCom Research, Inc.
Akihiko Shinozaki: Kyushu University

SN Business & Economics, 2023, vol. 3, issue 9, 1-21

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Process innovation; Data utilization; Management and organizational practices survey; Wholesale industry; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L81 M15 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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