TY - JOUR
T1 - Diffusion of innovation concepts in Portuguese manufacturing companies
AU - do Rosário Cabrita, Maria
AU - Machado, Virginia Helena
AU - Barroso, Ana Paula
AU - Cruz-Machado, Virgilio
N1 - The authors would like to thank the Unidade de Investigacao e Desenvolvimento em Engenharia Mecanica e Industrial for its support [PEst-OE/EME/UI0667/2011].
PY - 2015/4/3
Y1 - 2015/4/3
N2 - This paper focuses on the diffusion of innovation concepts in Portuguese manufacturing companies. Based on the literature, the concepts of technical and non-technical innovations are explored and three purposes guide our study: (i) to what extent technological and organizational innovation concepts are diffused in Portuguese manufacturing companies; (ii) how the use of technological innovation concepts are interrelated with the use of organizational innovation concepts; and (iii) to what extent Portuguese companies since 2009 have introduced product innovation and product-related service innovation. Data were collected from 62 companies participating in the European Manufacturing Survey (EMS) 2012 and findings indicate that: (i) Portuguese manufacturing companies are more organizationally innovation oriented where quality and price are quoted as the most important competitive factors, whilst service offerings and service sales attain far less rank; (ii) technological innovation concepts are significantly related to organizational innovation; and (iii) product innovation has a higher diffusion level than product-related services.
AB - This paper focuses on the diffusion of innovation concepts in Portuguese manufacturing companies. Based on the literature, the concepts of technical and non-technical innovations are explored and three purposes guide our study: (i) to what extent technological and organizational innovation concepts are diffused in Portuguese manufacturing companies; (ii) how the use of technological innovation concepts are interrelated with the use of organizational innovation concepts; and (iii) to what extent Portuguese companies since 2009 have introduced product innovation and product-related service innovation. Data were collected from 62 companies participating in the European Manufacturing Survey (EMS) 2012 and findings indicate that: (i) Portuguese manufacturing companies are more organizationally innovation oriented where quality and price are quoted as the most important competitive factors, whilst service offerings and service sales attain far less rank; (ii) technological innovation concepts are significantly related to organizational innovation; and (iii) product innovation has a higher diffusion level than product-related services.
KW - European Manufacturing Survey (EMS)
KW - non-technical innovation
KW - organizational innovation
KW - Portuguese manufacturing companies
KW - technical innovation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85007357993&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17509653.2014.943316
DO - 10.1080/17509653.2014.943316
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85007357993
SN - 1750-9653
VL - 10
SP - 126
EP - 136
JO - International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management
JF - International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management
IS - 2
ER -
