Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research

Identifying and Ranking the Effective Indicators on Iimproving Innovation Capacity in Private Companies

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
davood ghobadi 1
bita tabrizian 2
Saber Khandan Alamdari 3
1 Department of Management and Accounting, Islamic Azad University, Roudhan branch, Roudhan, Iran.
2 Associate Professor of Economics, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen Branch, Roudhen, Iran
3 Industrial-Production Management, Department of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Roodehen Branch, Roodehen, Iran
10.22034/eir.2024.434120.1056
Abstract
Objective: In the current era, companies can maintain their long-term advantages in competitive fields by relying on innovation and strengthening and promoting innovation within themselves. The current research was conducted of identifying and ranking the effective indicators of the capacity of innovation with a qualitative-quantitative approach, which in terms of purpose is included in the category of development-applied research.
Method: The population studied in the qualitative section included 14 activists and experts in the field of research and development and innovation, and the findings of semi-structured interviews with them using a purposeful snowball sampling method led to the identification of 23 open codes. became in the quantitative part, the statistical population included all the managers and senior experts of the cooperating private companies in the number of 400 people, and 180 of them were randomly selected using Morgan's table.
Results: The data collection tool in the quantitative part was a researcher-made questionnaire, which was developed using the literature study, research background, and interviews. The findings indicate that among the identified criteria, the highest average rank belongs to the process category (4.13) and the lowest average rank belongs to the output category (4.00). It can be said that the identified indicators have a great impact on innovation and capacity improvement for private companies, which should be properly examined and the weaknesses and strengths of the organization should be evaluated to maintain and increase capabilities.
Keywords
Innovation
innovation capacity
competitive advantage
Private Companies

Subjects

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