Investigating the effects of business process orientation on organizational innovation performance

Business process orientation (BPO) supports business process management by reorienting employees' focus from functional performance to customer value adding. While it is generally believed that BP improves various aspects of organizational performance, there has been a lack of empirical evidence. The results of this study showed that BPO significantly influences organizational innovation performance and identified the underlying mechanism for the effect. Interestingly, it is found that a process view is not sufficient to enhance organizational innovation performance. Cross-functional integration may also need to be carefully managed for innovation. These findings improve the current understanding of BPO and offer managerial suggestions for enhancing innovation. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.