Abstract
The ability of contemporary organizations to create innovative solutions in the areas of products, processes, organization and marketing requires proper technical and managerial skills and the skill of continuous learning. The pursuit and efforts of companies to upgrade their competitive position through innovation requires active involvement and improvement from all employees of an organization. Large organizations and international corporations usually have significant resources for developing and supporting management processes. SMEs are struggling with a range of economic, legal and psychosocial barriers, and difficulties in accessing innovative financing sources. Innovation management in smaller businesses, supported by recent data and analytical tools, has a potential for more effective and faster implementation. The aim of this article is to show the determinants and proposals of actions (organizational innovations) supporting the creation of a specific climate and culture of innovation in enterprises from the SME sector. In addition, the article presents an original solution in the form of a developed web application supporting innovation management in an enterprise. The presented utility tool is a proposal for organizational innovation dedicated to companies from the SME sector.
Highlights
Product innovation, process innovation, organizational innovation, and marketing innovation are fundamental factors in a company's position on the market
The main aim of the article is to present the current determinants of innovative activities carried out by enterprises from the SME sector, and describe the developed application, the task of which will be to build the innovation culture in these enterprises
Innovation management in an enterprise is controlled by many factors of a political, social, economic and technological nature (Fig.1) [15]
Summary
Process innovation, organizational innovation, and marketing innovation are fundamental factors in a company's position on the market. What is crucial is continuous development and improvement on the part of the owners, managers of businesses and the entire staff [1]. Proper business management fostering creation and development of innovative products requires continuous research and analysis of implemented innovative solutions [2]. Supporting the innovation management process with analytical tools aids correct and efficient implementation of innovation. With the tool for analyzing, evaluating and reporting activities to support the creation of an innovative organization, companies in the sector will be able to improve communication in the area of innovative activities, analyze the internal and external environment, including factors which generate and impede innovation, report ideas for improvement and formulate innovation projects in the area of products, processes, organization and marketing. The application is a proposal of an IT solution to be used in an enterprise by the management staff and in selected modules by all employees
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