Abstract

Today's changing and developing level of competition and power, continuous learning, knowledge and technology management, transformation in the production process, market-oriented-based innovation and knowledge as communication applications, companies are routed to make more resources and research about the ability of innovation. The innovation factor has enabled new processes, products, ideas to adapt successfully for the production and market structure, and correspondingly implementation of them. In this point of view, innovation ability is the integration of new information resulting in product and process innovation by activating the power that a company provides to its employees. This ability has referred to the information between internal knowledge and external market demands. Accordingly, the factors affecting the innovation capability dimensions have a vital importance for companies. The fact that there exist limited number of studies on the weighting of the factors affecting the dimensions of innovation ability in the comprehensive literature review, is another factor increasing the importance of the subject. In this study, the innovation ability dimensions have been weighted in corporate logistics companies in Sakarya. Plithogenic set based CRITIC method, which is one of the multi criteria decision making techniques, has been used. The most important factor in the study was determined to be ability of accessing information resources.

Highlights

  • Innovation factor, which is the adaptation and integration of ideas or behaviors to the company, is a concept that have a direct relationship with the dynamic structures of companies, competitiveness, R&D activities, skills to develop their basic skills and their level of use of technology

  • In this study the dimensions of innovation ability for logistics sector are evaluated via plithogenic sets based CRITIC method

  • In this study dimensions of innovation ability for logistics sector are prioritized via plithogenic sets based CRITIC method

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Introduction

Innovation factor, which is the adaptation and integration of ideas or behaviors to the company, is a concept that have a direct relationship with the dynamic structures of companies, competitiveness, R&D activities, skills to develop their basic skills and their level of use of technology. Small and medium-sized enterprises play a key role in enabling them to achieve their goals, due to their limited ability to move and respond flexibly [3] In this context, the innovation capability examined in the study is generally considered as one of the most important dynamics that guide companies in order to get the innovation ability of a company and its advanced competitiveness in national and international markets [4]. Three variables are included in the analysis of innovation capacity, being the capabilities, internal resources, and external inputs over the network [5] In this context, the sources in the literature show the dimensions of innovation capability that is vital for companies. Suggestions have been made regarding the results and future studies

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