A Conceptual Paradigm and Approach for the Study of Innovators
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal
- Vol. 24 (1) , 68-82
- https://doi.org/10.5465/255824
Abstract
An operational approach for measuring an organization's innovativeness is proposed. This procedure draws on measurement theory to overcome problems often associated with single product and composite measures of innovativeness. A criterion variable is used to test the relationship between selected organizational characteristics and firm innovativeness. Firms possessing internal technical expertise were found to be more innovative than firms without such expertise.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Conceptual Issues in the Study of InnovationAdministrative Science Quarterly, 1976
- Unequal Cell Sizes in Marketing Experiments: Use of the General Linear HypothesisJournal of Marketing Research, 1975
- SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRIAL INNOVATIONS: A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS*Decision Sciences, 1975
- Wealth from KnowledgePublished by Springer Nature ,1972
- The Diffusion of Innovations among the American StatesAmerican Political Science Review, 1969
- Determinants of Innovation in OrganizationsAmerican Political Science Review, 1969
- The Process of Innovation and the Diffusion of InnovationJournal of Marketing, 1967
- The Characteristics of Technically Progressive FirmsJournal of Industrial Economics, 1959
- The Theory of the Estimation of Test ReliabilityPsychometrika, 1937