What do you perceive as good topics for applied research in entrepreneurship and innovation?
Note the emphasis on applied research.
The excellent topic for me is students' entrepreneurship because they have good ideas and a fresh view on many areas which older entrepreneurs used to solve in schemes. The out of the box thinking is interesting. I prefer then research on case studies or chosen groups of students surveys.
Dear Brian
What kind of methodology do you want to use (e.g. action research)?
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Roland
The question is on applied research you perceive as relevant (more than what i perceive) so there are no real methodological bounds. It is certainly not about methodology i am comfortable with.
The excellent topic for me is students' entrepreneurship because they have good ideas and a fresh view on many areas which older entrepreneurs used to solve in schemes. The out of the box thinking is interesting. I prefer then research on case studies or chosen groups of students surveys.
Open innovation in companies, innovation and business performance, barriers to innovativeness....there are many topics
Ok. So what do you think about the influence of the leadership style on innovativeness? I assume it is also vital to define the type of innovation (e.g. incremental, radical or even disruptive).
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Dear Brian Barnard,
In recent years, cooperation programs of territorial self-governments with enterprises have been developed in some countries to activate entrepreneurship and innovativeness of business entities.
Because in developed countries information, innovations, new technologies and entrepreneurship are considered as one of the most important factors of the country's economic development and, as a consequence, also economic growth measured, for example, by the Gross Domestic Product in subsequent years.
In addition, research and research and implementation works are conducted in these themes, which further underline the high level of significance of innovation, new technologies and entrepreneurship in contemporary national economies.
In connection with the above, I would like to ask you the following question: Are there research and development programs in your countries for cooperation between territorial self-governments and enterprises to activate entrepreneurship and innovation of business entities?
Best wishes
The development of innovation is currently one of the key production factors in developed economies.
In recent years, developed economies have created many technological, process, product, service, marketing, ecological, material and other innovations.
In some countries cooperation programs for research and R & D centers with enterprises are being developed to activate entrepreneurship and innovation of business entities.
Because in developed countries information, innovations, new technologies and entrepreneurship are considered as one of the most important factors of the country's economic development and, as a consequence, also economic growth measured, for example, by the Gross Domestic Product in subsequent years.
In addition, research and research and implementation works are conducted in these themes, which further underline the high level of significance of innovation, new technologies and entrepreneurship in contemporary national economies.
Clusters are created within which enterprises undertake cooperation with other business entities, with scientific, research and implementation centers, universities, public sector institutions to exchange experiences, transfer knowledge, run and develop joint research and implementation projects, including innovative technological and process solutions , research, organizational and other.
However, in order to be able to objectively verify the effectiveness of these programs to activate the level of innovation, it is necessary to periodically perform a precise measurement of changes in the level of innovation in geographical, local, national, in relation to individual departments, sectors of the national economy or by examining specific types of business entities, companies and corporations.
Because innovation is determinant of economic development of a qualitative nature, it is difficult to measure.
In connection with the above, I would like to ask you the following question: How is the level of innovation most often measured in your country?
Are they carried out periodically, eg surveys among management, among managers of companies and corporations, or other methods, are periodical changes in the level of innovation in specific types of business entities or in individual sectors of the national economy?
Do you have specific quantitative measures developed that can be helpful in measuring innovation?
Best wishes
The enterprise sector of SMEs generates the majority of output of entire economies. To a large extent, therefore, the economic situation in the entire national economy depends on the economic and financial condition of economic entities in this sector.
The aim of activating economic processes is necessary to create and develop instruments of state intervention, thanks to which it is possible to effectively stimulate entrepreneurship and innovation of economic entities of the SME sector.
In view of the above, I would like to ask you: What are the instruments of state intervention in your countries to stimulate entrepreneurship and innovation in enterprises in the SME sector?
Activation of entrepreneurship and innovation is essential for effective socio-economic development of the national economy.
Failure in entrepreneurship in the context of entire markets, sectors, the whole society, the entire economy is a negative effect of taking risks in the situation of starting a business and running a business.
This is the price of few, spectacular business successes. Therefore, it should not be reduced due to the existence of investment risk. Investment risk should be examined, analyzed, measured and hedged, for example, in the form of maintaining established, estimated financial provisions for the situation of potential loss of financial liquidity. An entrepreneur should take risks, accept a certain level of investment risk, measured and hedged risk.
Entrepreneurship should be supported by both public sector institutions and through private investment funds that finance the development of innovative startups. In modern knowledge-based economies, the state through central and through local government public institutions should support the development of entrepreneurship and innovation.
In view of the above, the current question is: Should the state support the development of entrepreneurship and innovation?
Dear Friends and Colleagues of RG
The issues of the importance of innovativeness and entrepreneurship in economic development are described in the publication:
Chapter The Importance of Innovation in Poland`s Business and Financ...
I invite you to discussion and cooperation.
Best wishes
I enjiyed reading Dariusz Prokopowth discussion in the topic. In Croatoa the inovariveness is measured by R&D investment which is not a good measue since it accounts only the formal issies but does not measure the actual innovation market success. But wven from tgis simple measur we can identify one of the core problems with innovativeness in Croatia: only a few percent of total R&D investments are made in private sector, i.e. by entrepreneurs, while the vast majority comes from government.
Our research from 2005 ( available on RG) also 8dentifies that entrepreners in Croatia, especially fro SMEs do not percieve innovativeness as something profitable, due to nuber of barriers they face when trying to go for it.
Adam Sulich has lovely suggestions on the differences in perspective between different groups of entrepreneurs. it is also clearly research that more actively involves the entrepreneur.
Mirna Leko-Šimić 's suggestion of open innovation seems very fresh. innovativeness still surfacing potentially suggests the need for something more concrete in this regard.
personally i see Roland Kaulbars 's suggestion on leadership and innovativeness as very innovative in itself, but it must be made more practical, to be truly applied research, in my opinion.
Dariusz Prokopowicz has excellent suggestions, but again i think the questions must be reworked to serve as applied research.
overall, i would question whether entrepreneurs can actually use and benefit from entrepreneurship research in a very practical and hands-on way, thus the emphasis on applied research.
I think that the Australian National University "ANU" is doing a fine job by offering an undergraduate course entitled (Entrepreneurship and Innovation).
https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/course/MGMT3027
Such a course, through its intended learning outputs, will let some brilliant students become aware about how to translate a bright idea into an eventual "successful" commercial venture. In the very mechanism of this process, applied research must be implemented.
There is a widespread problem among academics in not having a clear distinction between basic (or fundamental) research & applied research. Once the difference becomes well recognized, there will be those few persons who will meet the challenges accompanying applied research "which will involve solving existing problems & trying to surmount the difficulties or hurdles".
Our university J.J. Strosmayer in Osijek, Croatia, together with Turku University Finland, Graz University, Austria, Maribor University, Slovenia has developed international doctoeal program Entreprenership and innovativeness ICES.
Dear Friends and Colleagues of RG
In my opinion, the research in the issues of entrepreneurship and innovativeness that relate to the identification of sources and entrepreneurship and innovation in the context of business development and determining the most effective instruments for activating entrepreneurship and innovation in business activities, taking into account the specificity of running enterprises in a given country, are particularly important.
Best wishes
I think there are many topics for example, (innovation barriers in SMEs), the impact of product innovation on SME growth,
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