The Challenges While Measuring Enterprise Innovative Activities - the Case from a Developing Country
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME sector) carry a significant component of an overall economy performance in both developed and developing countries. This paper presents the results of innovation activities analysis on a given sample of SMEs from the Republic of Serbia. By implementing a compl...
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| author | Indira Popadić Jelena Borocki Mladen Radišić Ivan Štefanić Lena Duspara |
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| description | Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME sector) carry a significant component of an overall economy performance in both developed and developing countries. This paper presents the results of innovation activities analysis on a given sample of SMEs from the Republic of Serbia. By implementing a complex questionnaire for assessing innovation activities authors investigate what innovation activities are conducted in sampled enterprises. Results are processed with Cochran Q, McNemar and statistical significance tests and indicate what particular innovation activities measures enterprises focus on, as well as what measures are considered as relevant by enterprises but are not used. At the same time, the factor analysis was performed to test the quality and structure of the questionnaire itself, namely whether measures of achieved innovation performances of enterprises are properly divided into categories. Additionally, specific innovation activities were analyzed and their implementation modalities by the sampled enterprises. The results contribute in the domain of better understanding of innovation activities measurement within SMEs coming from developing countries. Based on the research results, we got the insight into specific innovation activities SMEs perform, as well as key innovation performance indicators SMEs use. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c13d81742c674d10a89b0e1a0d50468f2024-04-15T15:02:24ZengFaculty of Mechanical Engineering in Slavonski Brod, Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Osijek, Faculty of Civil Engineering in OsijekTehnički Vjesnik1330-36511848-63392018-01-0125Supplement 245245910.17559/TV-20180507100421The Challenges While Measuring Enterprise Innovative Activities - the Case from a Developing CountryIndira Popadić0Jelena Borocki1Mladen Radišić2Ivan Štefanić3Lena Duspara4University of Belgrade, Technical Faculty Bor, 12 Vojske Jugoslavije, 19210 Вor, Republic of SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Republic of SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Republic of SerbiaJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, TERA TEHNOPOLIS d.o.o., Gajev trg 6, HR-31000 Osijek, CroatiaCollege of Slavonski Brod, Dr. Mile Budaka 1, 35 000 Slavonski Brod, CroatiaSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SME sector) carry a significant component of an overall economy performance in both developed and developing countries. This paper presents the results of innovation activities analysis on a given sample of SMEs from the Republic of Serbia. By implementing a complex questionnaire for assessing innovation activities authors investigate what innovation activities are conducted in sampled enterprises. Results are processed with Cochran Q, McNemar and statistical significance tests and indicate what particular innovation activities measures enterprises focus on, as well as what measures are considered as relevant by enterprises but are not used. At the same time, the factor analysis was performed to test the quality and structure of the questionnaire itself, namely whether measures of achieved innovation performances of enterprises are properly divided into categories. Additionally, specific innovation activities were analyzed and their implementation modalities by the sampled enterprises. The results contribute in the domain of better understanding of innovation activities measurement within SMEs coming from developing countries. Based on the research results, we got the insight into specific innovation activities SMEs perform, as well as key innovation performance indicators SMEs use.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/302816Cochran Q testdeveloping countriesinnovation activitiesMcNemar testsmall and medium enterprises |
| spellingShingle | Indira Popadić Jelena Borocki Mladen Radišić Ivan Štefanić Lena Duspara The Challenges While Measuring Enterprise Innovative Activities - the Case from a Developing Country Tehnički Vjesnik Cochran Q test developing countries innovation activities McNemar test small and medium enterprises |
| title | The Challenges While Measuring Enterprise Innovative Activities - the Case from a Developing Country |
| title_full | The Challenges While Measuring Enterprise Innovative Activities - the Case from a Developing Country |
| title_fullStr | The Challenges While Measuring Enterprise Innovative Activities - the Case from a Developing Country |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Challenges While Measuring Enterprise Innovative Activities - the Case from a Developing Country |
| title_short | The Challenges While Measuring Enterprise Innovative Activities - the Case from a Developing Country |
| title_sort | challenges while measuring enterprise innovative activities the case from a developing country |
| topic | Cochran Q test developing countries innovation activities McNemar test small and medium enterprises |
| url | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/302816 |
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