Innovation is an important way for corporations to increase their competitiveness. An analysis of the literature on innovation shows that almost all studies in that field keep focus on large companies. To overcome such gap, this paper focuses on the study of the Innovation Management in micro, small and medium-sized enterprise. The purpose of this study is to assess the most relevant factors related to Innovation Management of companies that compose the Electronic Valley, a cluster located in Brazil. The following dimensions regarding innovation will be herein analyzed: Strategy, Internal Processes, External Environment, Organization and Culture. Another indicator we considered is Innovative Performance, which was investigated based on data provided by the companies we analyzed.The quantitative research approached 41 corporations, approximately 28% of the general population. The regression analysis showed that the five dimensions of Innovation Management are directly associated with Innovative Performance;Culture is the most relevant variable.
The present paper presents a descriptive study regarding practices and indicators related to social and environmental management in business incubators in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The objective is to analyze how sustainability has been taken into consideration in managerial decisions and in daily actions, as well as the adoption of social and environmental indicators. The research procedure is based on both quantitative and qualitative research. We chose managers from 37 incubators to answer questionnaires and we conducted semi-structured interviews to collect data. The outcomes show that, despite being aware of the importance of the adoption of sustainability practices and indicators, incubators are far from being sustainable. None of them has social responsibility certifications and, despite the common awareness, all managerial planning is still based on financial issues. Therefore, our study demonstrates there is a great potential to be explored when it comes to social and environmental management in incubators. To conclude the paper, we make recommendations for managers of business incubators regarding this issue.
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