Attributes of innovative companies in diverse innovation typologies. (1st January 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lewrick, Michael; Raeside, Robert
• Is Part Of: International journal of entrepreneurship and innovation management. Volume 15:Number 3(2012)
• Page Start: 159
• Page End: 176
• Publication Date: 2012-01-01
• Subjects: innovation -- management of innovation -- organisational characteristics of innovation -- innovation typologies -- survey -- regression analysis -- innovation performance assessment; Entrepreneurship -- Periodicals; 338.0405
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1368-275X

Abstract

The subject of the study reported in this paper is the exploration of companies' attributes, which discuss the impact of core companies' characteristics towards innovation in diverse innovation typologies, for both incremental and radical innovations. The study of companies in a high technology cluster confirms that innovation drives business performance, and it also outlines, which organisational attributes drive radical innovations. These include attributes associated with product centricity, internationalisation, bottom-up strategies and the degree of centrality in interorganisational networks. The impact of organisational characteristics in different industry sectors is also analysed.