Revista: | Journal of technology management & innovation |
Base de datos: | CLASE |
Número de sistema: | 000342933 |
ISSN: | 0718-2724 |
Autores: | Uriona Maldonado, Mauricio1 Dias, Norberto Varvakis Rados, Gregorio Jean |
Instituciones: | 1Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Engenharia e Gestao do Conhecimento, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina. Brasil |
Año: | 2009 |
Volumen: | 4 |
Número: | 2 |
Paginación: | 130-142 |
País: | Chile |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
Enfoque: | Analítico, descriptivo |
Resumen en inglés | Evaluating innovation competence and practices is a significant and complex issue for many contemporary organizations and it presents itself as a challenge for forthcoming initiatives. In this article, we present the case study of a small high technology firm. Cianet Networking is a digital communication solutions manufacturer in Brazil that went through the implementation of an innovation management assessment system. This article reports the challenges the firm faced through the diagnosing/benchmarking and action plan proposal phases as well as the challenges facing the implementation phase. This system helped the firm to understand their strengths and weaknesses as well as to establish action plans in order to achieve higher performance. Since the beginning of the implementation, the results have corroborated the firm´s positive operational outcomes |
Disciplinas: | Economía |
Palabras clave: | Economía industrial, Brasil, Innovación tecnológica, Desempeño industrial |
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