Does innovation (really) matter for success? The case of an IC consultancy firm

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Autor(a) principal: Mamede, R.
Data de Publicação: 2002
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/486
Resumo: The paper discusses to what extent innovation is a crucial variable in explaining the success of NOVABASE, a Portuguese IT consultancy firm. In order to proceed with this discussion, the evolution of NOVABASE is described, emphasizing the most important steps in the firm’s trajectory, which are shown to result from the joint influences of upstream technological change, downstream market opportunities, and the firm’s strategic options. Then, the paper reviews some contributions stemming form studies of innovation in services, building on these to form the framework of analysis used in the empirical research. The main results of the empirical work are then presented, leading to the discussion of the possible answers to the question in title.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Does innovation (really) matter for success? The case of an IC consultancy firm
title Does innovation (really) matter for success? The case of an IC consultancy firm
spellingShingle Does innovation (really) matter for success? The case of an IC consultancy firm
Mamede, R.
Innovation in services
Firm's growth
Industry evolution
Competitive advantage
Organizational development
IT Consulting
title_short Does innovation (really) matter for success? The case of an IC consultancy firm
title_full Does innovation (really) matter for success? The case of an IC consultancy firm
title_fullStr Does innovation (really) matter for success? The case of an IC consultancy firm
title_full_unstemmed Does innovation (really) matter for success? The case of an IC consultancy firm
title_sort Does innovation (really) matter for success? The case of an IC consultancy firm
author Mamede, R.
author_facet Mamede, R.
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Mamede, R.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Innovation in services
Firm's growth
Industry evolution
Competitive advantage
Organizational development
IT Consulting
topic Innovation in services
Firm's growth
Industry evolution
Competitive advantage
Organizational development
IT Consulting
description The paper discusses to what extent innovation is a crucial variable in explaining the success of NOVABASE, a Portuguese IT consultancy firm. In order to proceed with this discussion, the evolution of NOVABASE is described, emphasizing the most important steps in the firm’s trajectory, which are shown to result from the joint influences of upstream technological change, downstream market opportunities, and the firm’s strategic options. Then, the paper reviews some contributions stemming form studies of innovation in services, building on these to form the framework of analysis used in the empirical research. The main results of the empirical work are then presented, leading to the discussion of the possible answers to the question in title.
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