Managing Innovation in Small High-technology Firms: A Case Study in Brazil

Evaluating innovation competence and practices is a significant and complex issue for many contemporary organizations and it presents itself as a challenge for forthcoming initiatives. In this article, we present the case study of a small high-technology firm. Cianet Networking is a digital communic...

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Autores principales:	Uriona Maldonado,Mauricio, Dias,Norberto, Varvakis,Gregorio
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2009
Materias:	innovation SME high technology companies performance measurement
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description	Evaluating innovation competence and practices is a significant and complex issue for many contemporary organizations and it presents itself as a challenge for forthcoming initiatives. In this article, we present the case study of a small high-technology firm. Cianet Networking is a digital communication solutions manufacturer in Brazil that went through the implementation of an innovation management assessment system. This article reports the challenges the firm faced through the diagnosing/benchmarking and action plan proposal phases as well as the challenges facing the implementation phase. This system helped the firm to understand their strengths and weaknesses as well as to establish action plans in order to achieve higher performance. Since the beginning of the implementation, the results have corroborated the firm´s positive operational outcomes.
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title	Managing Innovation in Small High-technology Firms: A Case Study in Brazil
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Managing Innovation in Small High-technology Firms: A Case Study in Brazil

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