Naslov
Innovation in transition countries: case of Croatia

Autori
Prester, Jasna

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of 18th Production and Operations Management Society Conference / - , 2007

Skup
18th Production and Operations Management Society Conference

Mjesto i datum
Dallas (TX), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 03.05.2007. - 07.05.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
manufacturing companies; innovations; Croatia

Sažetak
Innovations are a core competence today (Loewe, Dominiquini, 2006). Dobni (2006) found more then a thousand recent books and articles on innovation that show a recent trend in this field of research. There are breakthrough innovations, and there are incremental innovations. There are innovative new products and new technology. According to Hamel (2006) technology and product innovation tend to deliver small-caliber advantages, unlike management innovations that create long lasting advantage. McKinsey (2005) urges that Asia is no longer a competitor based on low-cost labor rather that it is fast becoming a source of competitive advantage based on management innovation. Reichstein and Salter (2006) on the contrary, consider that no innovation is possible without an accompanying process innovation. A crucial question is how to foster innovation, and what specific innovation strategy to pursue. It is an important question even for developed countries and it is even more important for small countries like Croatia, still looking for its sustainable strategy. In this work we present a portion of results obtained on the Croatian sample. This whole research project is conducted in most European countries led by Fraunhofer Institute from Germany. The survey instrument is developed by Fraunhofer Institute and is conducted in parallel by all participating countries in order to facilitate cross-country comparisons. In this work we only consider questions addressing innovation and try to find in which way should Croatian companies seek and foster innovation given the fact that Croatia highly lack investment resources. Specifically we use regression analysis on constructs ; technology innovations, new product development, process innovations, and management innovation on business performance of the companies. This result should show the best innovation strategy for transition countries lacking financial resources. The lack of resources is identified by MANVIS research, in which Croatia also participated.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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