CREATING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION TO SUPPORT KEY COMPETENCES DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL ECONOMY

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Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Maria José
Data de Publicação: 2014
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/8018
Resumo: Abstract This paper presents a study about the innovation culture of a Portuguese SME, which has developed a new service to promote digital economy in Portugal. The research question is: What are the main factors that allow a small organisation to be successful innovating in digital economy? The study was conducted in the Portuguese SME Hi-Media witch culture is characterized by employee’s values – participation and involvement and managers behaviour influencing and promoting innovation and experimentation without risk constraints. It was applied a qualitative research methodology and the main techniques to collect data were document analysis, observation and Interviews based on a questionnaire. The main findings of the study were the acknowledgement of an emerging culture of innovation promoted by the transmission of a vision and a strategic intent by top and middle management with tolerance to risk, mistakes, and failure, the support for intrapreneurs empowering cross-functional teams and creating a strong sense of community. The key implications to practice were the awareness of an existing link with the organisational competencies, the workers know-how and the customer needs, driving to a learning environment where new digital services and products are created. The paper is structured as follows: literature review on innovation concept and innovation culture. It also analyses the origins, obstacles and facilitators of the innovation that promotes digital economy.
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title CREATING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION TO SUPPORT KEY COMPETENCES DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL ECONOMY
spellingShingle CREATING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION TO SUPPORT KEY COMPETENCES DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL ECONOMY
Sousa, Maria José
innovation
competences
technology
digital economy
title_short CREATING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION TO SUPPORT KEY COMPETENCES DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL ECONOMY
title_full CREATING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION TO SUPPORT KEY COMPETENCES DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL ECONOMY
title_fullStr CREATING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION TO SUPPORT KEY COMPETENCES DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL ECONOMY
title_full_unstemmed CREATING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION TO SUPPORT KEY COMPETENCES DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL ECONOMY
title_sort CREATING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION TO SUPPORT KEY COMPETENCES DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL ECONOMY
author Sousa, Maria José
author_facet Sousa, Maria José
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Sousa, Maria José
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv innovation
competences
technology
digital economy
topic innovation
competences
technology
digital economy
description Abstract This paper presents a study about the innovation culture of a Portuguese SME, which has developed a new service to promote digital economy in Portugal. The research question is: What are the main factors that allow a small organisation to be successful innovating in digital economy? The study was conducted in the Portuguese SME Hi-Media witch culture is characterized by employee’s values – participation and involvement and managers behaviour influencing and promoting innovation and experimentation without risk constraints. It was applied a qualitative research methodology and the main techniques to collect data were document analysis, observation and Interviews based on a questionnaire. The main findings of the study were the acknowledgement of an emerging culture of innovation promoted by the transmission of a vision and a strategic intent by top and middle management with tolerance to risk, mistakes, and failure, the support for intrapreneurs empowering cross-functional teams and creating a strong sense of community. The key implications to practice were the awareness of an existing link with the organisational competencies, the workers know-how and the customer needs, driving to a learning environment where new digital services and products are created. The paper is structured as follows: literature review on innovation concept and innovation culture. It also analyses the origins, obstacles and facilitators of the innovation that promotes digital economy.
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