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A knowledge-based innovation assessment system for small- and medium-sized ente...
Grillo, Catarina; Ferreira, Fernando A.F.; Marques, Carla S.E.; Ferreira, JoãoPurpose The 2008 global financial crisis showed that the ability to innovate is a key management skill and that approaches to assessing the innovation capability of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to be as realistic as possible. This study aims to address the latter practical need through a sociotechnical approach. Design/methodology/approach Based on a combined use of cognitive mapping and the ...
Assessing the innovation capability of small- and medium-sized enterprises usin...
Castela, Bernardo M.S.; Ferreira, Fernando A.F.; Ferreira, João José de Matos; Marques, Carla S.E.Purpose The aftermath of the recent financial crisis has shown that the ability to innovate is a vital management skill and that the methodologies used to evaluate innovation capability within small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should be as holistic and integrative as possible. The purpose of this paper is to address this issue through the combined use of cognitive mapping and the analytic hierarchy pro...