Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship—Introduction

Carvalho, Luísa Cagica; Madeira, Maria José

doi:10.3390/admsci11030073

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“…In addition, they found that introduction of novel products and market innovations appears to be associated with the use of more or less freely accessible information sources (Varis and Littunen, 2010). Carvalho and Madeira (2021) noted that innovation help entrepreneurs exploit change as a business opportunity, apply the idea and make it successful in the market. It is clear that innovation contributes to entrepreneurship development depending on the level of development, forms of innovation, size of the enterprise and environment where enterprises operate or are set up.…”

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Crafting Innovativeness for Graduate Entrepreneurship Development in East Africa: Are Graduates Innovators or Imitators?

Nade

2022

Management & Economics Res. J.

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Innovation is a central determinant that contributes to entrepreneurs’ pursuits of opportunities. It is the vehicle that carries the means to concur market and successful establishment of an enterprise. This study aimed at assessing graduates’ innovativeness for entrepreneurship development by employing a cross-sectional research design. The study involved 124 respondents selected from a population of Master's students specialising in science subjects originating from East African countries. Objectives one and two were analysed descriptively via per cent and frequencies while objective three was analysed through inferential statistics where one sample T-test was employed for assessing the difference between innovation developed and innovation advanced to markets. The findings indicate that for all forms of innovation the level of innovation is relatively low since all the ratings were below 40 per cent. Similarly, the innovation advanced to the markets was respectively low compared to innovation developed. It is concluded that the level of innovation is limited among first-degree graduates specialising in science subjects in East African countries and the number of innovations advanced to the market for entrepreneurship development is relatively low compared to innovation developed. This calls for a review of the innovation process development in the higher learning education system. In addition, the recasting of enabling environment for innovation development is needed.

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