Innovation Performance Indicators Research Articles

Effects of Key Innovation Performance Indicators on Enterprise Growth (A Survey of Retail Enterprises in Oyugis Municipality of Homa Bay County in Kenya)

Effects of Key Innovation Performance Indicators on Enterprise Growth (A Survey of Retail Enterprises in Oyugis Municipality of Homa Bay County in Kenya)

Implementasi Ketahanan Kesehatan Nasional: Studi Kasus Pelaksanaan Program Inovasi Bidang Kesehatan di Provinsi DKI Jakarta

The purpose of this study is to thoroughly review and analyze the development and implementation of innovation programs in the Provincial Health Office. This study uses a qualitative method with depth interview and secondary data review. This study has shown that innovation has been a necessity that has been conducted routinely in the health Office. The innovation performance indicators have been achieved and become one of the supporting factors for innovation, aside from public demands. The Health Office’s policies to promote innovation need further evaluation and improvement, hence able to strengthen the health system and achieve national health resilience.

Assessment of the Innovation Performance of Nigerian Quantity Surveying Firms

To attain a better competitive advantage due to the constantly evolving complexity of processes, products, and services, quantity surveying firms (QSFs) must establish a set of innovation performance indicators. This is because integrated innovativeness into practice can lead to an organization’s success. However, QSFs in the study area are yet to sufficiently explore the potential benefits of innovation performance. This study examined the indicators of innovative performance and assessed the factors influencing the innovation performance of QSFs in the study area. A list of potential innovation performance dimensions and influencing factors have been identified through the literature review. A quantitative research method was adopted for this study. Of the 198 administered questionnaires, a total of 155 questionnaires were retrieved and used in this study. Collected data were analysed using frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation and Mann-Whitney U-test. The findings indicated that although all the innovation performance dimensions were somewhat important, the most undertaking indicator is the process innovation – that is, formation of alliances with others, effective research and development department in the firm, success in terms of developed long-term working relationships with other firms, and level of providing and exchanging experience with other firms. In another development, findings indicated that lack of rewards for innovation, lack of incentive for training investment and lack of qualified innovative personnel are the perceived most important barriers to innovation in QSFs in the study area. Overall, this study helps the QSFs to recognize which innovativeness should be emphasized and the barriers to guide against.

Innovation Performance Indicators for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Organization

It is known that organizations can gain a competitive advantage only by managing effectively for today, while simultaneously creating innovation for tomorrow, and sustainability is one of the innovative strategies in major architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) organizations. Innovation is vital to AEC organizations’ growth, yet most do not have a comprehensive measurement of innovation performance. Similar to the balanced scorecard approach, key indicators should be identified for the measuring of innovation performance to facilitate management. This article presents a study by using a triangulation approach that integrates systematic literature reviews and two-step consultations with experienced senior professionals to compile a set of key indicators for innovation performance measures for the AEC Industry.

Determinants of innovative development on the example of Kazakhstan

PurposeAlthough many studies explored the drivers of innovative development and the innovation performance of different countries, very few studies looked at the association of the country’s GII score with the qualitative indicators of innovation performance. The purpose of this paper is to contribute such an investigation by looking at the Republic of Kazakhstan (79th in 2019 GII ranking).Design/methodology/approachThis study looks at eight dynamic variables, among which one dependent (the GII score) and seven independent (R&D spending, innovation grants, the total cost of innovative goods and services, the percentage of innovative organizations, the share of innovative goods and services in gross domestic product (GDP) and the number of R&D staff and R&D institutions) variables associated with innovation performance. Changes in variables were tracked over the period from 2010 to 2018..FindingsThe study found that the Kazakhstan’s GII score was reliant on variables, such as the percentage of innovative organizations, the value of innovative goods and services as a share of GDP, R&D spending and the cost of innovative goods and services. At the same time, the number of R&D institutions, innovation grants and number of R&D staff had no substantial impact on the GII score of Kazakhstan.Originality/valueUsing the proposed approach, this study proved that factors, which have no direct association with the country’s level of innovative development expressed in GII, could have a significant synergistic impact on this indicator.

СТРАТЕГІЧНИЙ ВПЛИВ ІННОВАЦІЙ НА ФІНАНСОВИЙ СТАН ПІДПРИЄМСТВ

Анотація. Побудова високоефективної національної інноваційної системи передбачає розвиток державної наукової діяльності та інноваційної діяльності промислових підприємств. Мета дослідження — визначити вплив упровадження інновацій на зростання фінансових ресурсів підприємств. Розгляд літературних джерел засвідчив, що підприємства, які впроваджують інновації з метою вдосконалення своїх процесів та диференціації своїх товарів і послуг, значно випереджають конкурентів за ринковою часткою, якістю, гнучкістю процесів виробництва та обслуговування. З метою всебічного вивчення впливу інноваційної діяльності на прибутковість підприємств було досліджено взаємозв’язок між узагальненими показниками реалізованої інноваційної продукції, валовою доданою вартістю і валовим прибутком підприємств. Результати проведеного аналізу показали, що інноваційна діяльність є важливим фактором економічного зростання підприємств. Було встановлено, що виробництво інноваційної продукції сприяє зростанню фінансових результатів підприємства. Для аналізу загальних показників ефективності інноваційної діяльності підприємств України було також проаналізовано залежність обсягу реалізованої інноваційної продукції від загального фінансування інновацій, було виявлено низький рівень ефективності інноваційної діяльності українських підприємств, що є негативним фактором, який стримує фінансове зростання підприємств. Аналіз діяльності промислових підприємств, які здійснювали інноваційну діяльність, дозволяє зробити висновок, що у структурі діяльності інноваційних напрямів відбулися значні зміни. Важливим завданням інноваційного розвитку промислових підприємств сьогодні є впровадження нових технологій виробництва і зберігання, що дають змогу створювати якісну та безпечну продукцію. Для залучення іноземних інвестицій підприємствам важливо розвивати інновації, які розв’язують глобальні економічні, промислові, соціальні проблеми. Ключові слова: інновації, інноваційний розвиток, фінансові ресурси, інноваційна продукція, інноваційна діяльність, стратегія. Формул: 0; рис.: 3; табл.: 3; бібл.: 12.

Main elements of formation of the mechanism of providing innovative development of industrial enterprises

The article is devoted to the research of theoretical and methodological principles of formation of the basic elements of the mechanism of providing innovativ edevelopment of domestic enterprises. The urgency of a thorough study of the elements of forming a mechanism for ensuring the innovative development of industrial enterprises, which effective use of which all ows to increase the competitivenes sof the enterprise, contributing to the achievement of certaingoals and align them with the task sin the direction of their solution. The purpose of the article is to form the basic elements of the mechanism for ensuring innovative development of industrial enterprises. The object of research is the innovative development of industrial enterprises. The subject of the study is the formation of the mechanism of providing innovative development of industrial enterprises. The methodological basis of the research is general scientific and special methods of cognition, research and research literature, scientific works of main elements of formation of the mechanism of providing innovative development of industrial enterprises. The essence of the mechanism and the basic conditions for its provisionared etermined. It is proved that the overall result of the mechanism is to achieve current and predicted indicators that will be better than competitors indifferent are asof the enterprise, which will ensuret argeted innovation and technological transformation sat the enterprise. The structurals cheme of the main elements of the mechanism for providing innovative development of the enterpriseis presented, which should contain the established goal and settasks, functions and principles, the basic requirements, that are put to the formation of the mechanism, the components of ensuring the operation of the mechanism that ensure the achievement of the set innovation goals. In addition, the sequence of actions to develop a mechanism for providing innovative development of the enterprise is proposed. The main levers that ensure the operation of the mechanis matthenational and regional level sas well as atthe enterprise level are highlighted. Furt her research will address the issue sof developing monitoring of industrial innovation impvement process esaimed attracking enterprise innovation performance indicators and improving the irimplementation of appropriate measures.

The impact of technology-environmental innovation on CO2 emissions in China's transportation sector.

Along with the development of urbanization and informationization, an increasing attention has been attracted to CO2 emissions of China's transportation sector and its influencing factors. Such researches mainly utilize single indicator or two indicators to represent technology process. This research aims to verify the influence of technology-environmental innovation indicator system on CO2 emissions of China's transportation sector by decoupling elasticity and econometric model. We firstly recognize the decoupling status of CO2 emissions of China's transportation sector from social economic development and aggregate China's 30 provinces into two groups according to the varied decoupling status, namely expansive coupling and weak decoupling groups. Then, we develop a relatively comprehensive technology-environmental innovation indicator system to measure technology process. Finally, the multi-region comparison of emission drivers is studied among overall China and the two groups. The result shows that the decoupling elasticity of China's transportation has experienced an evolution process trending to desired development status and all the provinces have experienced expansive coupling and weak decoupling from 2001 to 2016, except Qinghai. Innovation performance indicators exert most important influence on the CO2 emissions of transportation sector. Finally, the influences of technology-environmental innovation indicators are similar across groups with different magnitude, suggesting that common but differentiated strategies should be provided when mitigating CO2 emissions with technology process. Graphical abstract.

Entrepreneurial orientation and innovation performance: insights from Korean ventures

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the curvilinear relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and innovation performance in ventures of Korea, where this topic has been unexplored.Design/methodology/approachThis study used 1,837 ventures’ responses in a panel data of the 2015 Korea’s Venture Business Investigation Survey. The measurements of EO based on the Miller/Covin and Slevin scale were used from the survey. The author adopted and independently measured three different indicators of innovation performance: technology innovation, product innovation and sales growth.FindingsThe results of the regression analysis show the significant curvilinear relationships of EO with technology innovation and product innovation, while the relationship between EO and sales growth remains linear. The author also found that multiplicative EO construct explains the changes inR2better than the summative EO construct for the improvement of innovations in technology and product.Originality/valueThis paper provides empirical evidence on the EO–innovation performance relationships from Korean ventures – an underexplored area of research. It also takes into account the curvilinear relationships of summative and multiplicative EO constructs with different performance indicators. Future research can benefit from the use of the multiplicative EO estimation and multiple performance indicators to capture a clearer picture of the causal relationships.

Современные подходы к оценке эффективности инновационных проектов в области утилизации газовых выбросов нефтехимических производств

The relevance of the economic issues discussed in the article is due to the high degree of interest of developed countries in the implementation of innovative projects. A competent approach to the analysis and evaluation of their economic indicators is the guarantee of their success. The article is devoted to the study of the analysis of existing approaches to assessing the economic efficiency of investment projects related to the introduction of innovations. The authors consider the key economic indicators of investment projects on the example of the implementation of innovative technology for the catalytic utilization of gas emissions from petrochemical enterprises. The descriptive-comparative, mathematical-statistical and economic methods for evaluating the results of the analysis of innovation performance indicators are used in the article.

The R&D composition of European countries: concentrated versus dispersed profiles

In this study, we use a unique dataset covering all higher education institutions, public research Institutions and private companies that have applied for funding to the European Framework Programs for Research and Innovation in the period 2007–2017. The first aim of this study is to show the composition of R&D performing actors per country, which to the best of our knowledge has never been done before. The second aim of this study is to compare country profiles in R&D composition, so that we may analyse whether the countries differ in concentration of R&D performing institutions. The third aim of this study is to investigate whether different R&D country profiles are associated with how the R&D systems perform, i.e. whether the profiles are associated with Research and Innovation performance indicators. Our study shows that the concentration of R&D actors at country-level and within the sectors differ across European countries, with the general conclusion being that countries that can be characterized as well-performing on citation and innovation indicators seem to combine (a) high shares of Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D as percentage of GDP with (b) a highly skewed R&D system, where a small part of the R&D performing actors account for a very high share of the national R&D performance. This indicates a dual R&D system which combines a few large R&D performing institutions with a very large number of small actors.

National Innovation System of India: An Empirical Analysis

The present article aims to analyse empirically the national innovation system (NIS) of India. Specifically, the objectives were to (a) examine the different innovation-related input and output variables that reflect the structure of NIS over the years, and (b) examine the factors determining NIS. However, it was very difficult to identify the variables that could reflect the NIS of the country. Individual indicators of innovation, both from input and output side, are largely inconclusive. However, relatively more reflective indicators were chosen for the period 1980–2012. It was found that although India’s GDP has increased over the years, but its share in total world’s GDP was very meagre. Further, it was also found that as compared to major developed and comparable emerging economies, India lagged behind in both innovation inputs variables like expenditure on R&D and S&T manpower; and innovation output indicators like patents, proportion of high-tech manufacturing exports, etc. Further, for the second objective of the article concerning the determinants of NIS, a modified version of the Crepon, Duguet and Mairesse (CDM) model (1998) was used. The estimation using three-stage least square (3SLS) estimator for simultaneous equations shows that expenditure on R&D by government, stock of science and technology personnel, world’s stock of patents and openness index have positive impact on innovation performance indicators. Therefore, policies should be framed in a manner that they emphasize more on innovation inputs like expenditure on R&D and building human capital in the form of S&T personnel.

Differences in efficiency of innovation performance among EU candidate countries and EU 28 countries

The aim of this paper is to identify if there are differences in the efficiency of innovation performance between the two groups of countries: EU candidate countries such as Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey and the average level of innovation performance in EU-28 countries from 2010 - 2017. The further paper’s analysis aims to identify the most crucial factors and indicator that contribute to the efficiency of innovation performance in both groups of countries.In that sense, the comparative analyses of the two observed groups of countries has been done, using the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) data as well as 12 EIS indicators for the period 2010 - 2017. For benchmarking of the countries three indicators are created: sub-index Input Innovation (II), sub-index Output Innovation (OI) and the Innovation Efficiency Performance Index (IEPI).The findings show that there is a difference in efficiency of innovation performance indicators between the observed two groups of countries, but as well as among each the EU candidate country. In fact, Macedonia (IEPI=2.33) has twice higher efficiency of transforming innovation inputs into innovation output unlike the EU28 countries (IEPI=1.17), Serbia (IEPI=1.06) and Turkey (IEPI=.24).It can be noted as well that Macedonia managed to use its limited resources to input (sub-index II= 0.13) in much more efficient/productive way (IEPI= 2.33) and to obtain most output innovation (sub-index OI= 0.29). This paper’s findings can be used for designing better innovation policy in the observed EU candidate countries.

Methodological aspects of innovation performance measurement in the IT sector

The aim of the paper is to answer the research question of what innovation performance indicators are appropriate for research on innovation process in the IT sector in the Lubuskie voivodship. The authors have used the method of systematic review of literature and have analysed 125 research papers and additional sources. The research consluions are that the indicators shoud consider such aspects as the dimmension of innovation performance, the type of product novelty and level of analysis.

Memorable projects and aesthetic experiences in an industrial R&D lab

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to show the mechanism of aesthetic experiences of work in a research and innovation context – an R&D laboratory of a multinational communications and information technology company. Analysing memorable projects of this laboratory through the lenses of aesthetics is a useful way to understand organizational and innovation culture and the quality of life of researchers and innovators.Design/methodology/approachAn exploratory study focusing on memorable projects of 31 researchers who worked on 70 projects during four years was conducted. The data analysis is based on the grounded theory.FindingsThe study reveals six key dimensions that describe the dimensions of R&D researchers’ aesthetic experiences: perceptive, emotional, intellectual, communicative, collective and organizational. These dimensions are closely related and support an innovation culture in an R&D environment.Research limitations/implicationsThe aesthetic dimensions have to be correlated to innovation performance indicators to better understand which aspects are the most relevant for innovation.Practical implicationsThe paper proposes first examples of implications for the industry to foster an innovation culture through aesthetic experiences.Originality/valueNo study has been done on aesthetic experiences in an R&D environment.

LONG-RUN DYNAMICS BETWEEN PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE LENGTH AND INNOVATION PERFORMANCE IN MANUFACTURING

Changes in the duration of product life cycles (PLCs) have been identified as a driving factor for increasing the speed of new product development (NPD). However, the facilitating potential of increasing the speed to market of new products regarding their success has been subject to extensive debate. In this paper, we shed light on the long-run dynamics between PLC and key innovation performance indicators. A large secondary data set allows us to investigate long-run within-company differences. We observe significantly shrinking PLC on the one hand and significantly increasing NPD speed on the other. A change in the length of the PLC is positively linked to changes in time to market (Ttmarket) and time to volume. Also, we confirm a positive empirical relationship between shorter Ttmarket and quicker implementation of targeted quality and productivity. However, we cannot confirm a positive relationship between shorter Ttmarket and shorter time to break-even of investments.

Contraste entre los determinantes de la inversión en I&D y del registro de patentes en sectores industriales de Colombia

<p>Resumen</p><p>Esta investigación contrasta los determinantes del esfuerzo innovador y del conteo de patentes de sectores industriales de una economía emergente. En muchos estudios se tiende a considerar el gasto en I&D y el conteo de patentes como indicadores de desempeño innovador. Sin embargo, el presente trabajo prueba que el esfuerzo innovador y el registro de patentes son dos comportamientos diferentes, no directamente relacionados y sin los mismos determinantes. Se usan datos provenientes de la tercera encuesta de desarrollo e innovación tecnológica (DANE–DNP–COLCIENCIAS). Los resultados sugieren que las condiciones del desarrollo tecnológico e institucional de Colombia se reflejan en relaciones entre determinantes y los dos indicadores de desempeño innovador, distintas de las que se observan en países industrializados.</p><p>Abstract<strong> </strong></p><p>In this research are contrasted the determinants of R&D investment and patent count of industries belonging to an emerging country. In many studies is common to consider indistinctly these indicators as a proxy of innovation performance. However, this research shows that R&D investment and patent count are two different behavior: these don not have necessarily a direct relationship and the same determinants. It was used de data provided for third survey of Innovation and Technology Development (in forward EDIT) (DANE–DNP–COLCIENCIAS). The results obtained suggest that the institutional and technological conditions of Colombia are reflected in some relationships between innovation determinants and both innovation performance indicators used different from that observed in industrialized countries.</p>

A Study on Sustainable Innovation Profile of Turkey

Innovation is the only way of solution to achieve sustainable growth, social welfare and employment in a country. This study principally focuses on the relationship between growth and innovation in the light of information derived from a general literature review about definition, sources and risks of innovation, and measurement of innovation performance. Then, the contributions of innovative capability on economic growth and employment as well as innovation systems on a country basis have been discussed, and accordingly, actions to be taken, including a shift in paradigm, for a growth-innovation-national innovation system and its sustainability have been addressed. In addition, current innovation performance indicators of Turkey have been discussed in the light of a scope which is outlined in the initial sections of the study, and the change in such performance indicators between 1998 and 2009 has been examined. After analysis of the above mentioned criteria and comparisons against practices in developed countries and communities, suggestions have been made about the activities to be carried out in order to make Turkey’s current innovation system “sustainable”, to support and improve innovation. In the study, a research application has been conducted using the content analysis method on the “President’s Message” letters of 158 state and foundation universities that are located in Turkey and that have a website, and the importance accorded to innovation by the universities has been determined.

Driving Innovative Thinking in the New Zealand Construction Industry

This paper examines the relationship between innovation and productivity improvement in the construction industry. It is argued that this relationship is not well understood due to lack of in-depth understanding of innovation in construction. To overcome this obstacle, the authors present a multi-dimensional innovation classification system which aims at better defining and classifying what is meant by innovation in construction. The use of this classification system is demonstrated by applying it to a database of 500 innovations reported by the construction alliance, the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team. The results clearly demonstrate the diversity of types, degree of novelty and performance improvement benefits among construction innovations. Such diversity means that the impact of the reported innovations on productivity and performance are of different levels of significance. The classification system developed in this study can be used by construction organisations and alliances in the future to develop more detailed methods of calculating innovation performance indicators, based on the innovation type, novelty and benefits factors. By using this system, they can also put in place mechanisms to influence the types of innovation developed in their projects with the aim of maximising their productivity performance.

The R&D and Innovation Systems in Romania and Bulgaria in the EU Context

Once the economic upsurge ended and the crisis settled in, the decisional behaviour regarding research, development and innovation in the public as well as private sectors deflected the upward trend of innovation performance indicators for both Bulgaria and Romania. While the overall innovation index for EU27 kept a positive growth rate, the evolution of the input and output innovation indicators for both countries along 2009 have downgraded their relative position amongst the EU countries. Therefore, in 2010, Bulgaria and Romania were screened out from the “catching-up countries” and moved back in the “modest innovators” cluster, where they have hovered until now.