Analysis of Development of Innovation and Competitiveness in Montenegro
Keywords:
Innovations, Capacity for innovation, GCI, QuestionnaireAbstract
This paper presents some of the results obtained during many years of work on the scientific - research projects in the field of innovation and improvement of organizational performance with aim to find an answer about Capacity for innovation of Montenegrin organizations. The paper is based on the unique data-base which reflects the real conditions of the Montenegrin organizations. In the paper is also analyzed report prepared by World Economic Forum (WEF) for 2014-2015 years about Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) for Montenegro. In accordance with that report and analysis of survey performed in Montenegrin organizations carried out by interview method, authors of the paper tried to give an answer about Capacity for innovation in Montenegro. Based on that analysis we found that Montenegrin organizations are focused on innovation but there still have a lot of spaces for improving in order to achieve higher level of Global Competitiveness Index.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
References
Belitz H., Werwatz A. (2006), “Capacity for Innovation: Among Leading Industrial Countries, Germany only Manages a Middle Rank”, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 1-10.
Bossink B.A.G. (2002), “The strategic function of quality in the management of innovation”, Total Quality Management, Vol. 13, No. 2.
Casadesus M., Castillo S.M., Karapetrović S., Heros I., Martin I. (2008), “Do Standardized Management Systems Hinder Innovation Processes”, International Journal for Quality research, Vol. 2 No. 2, pp. 121 –127.
Davila T., Epstein M.J., Shelton R. (2006), “Making Innovation Work – How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit from It”, Wharton School Publishing.
Krivokapic Z., Crnogorac O., Vujovic A., Petrovic S., Jovanovic J. (2014), “Comparative Analysis Of Innovation Performance In Certified Firms In Montenegro And Republic Of Srpska”, International Journal for Quality Research, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 1-8.
Krivokapic Z., Vujovic A., Petrovic S., Jovanovic J., Pekovic S. (2012), “Research results of innovativeness in certified business systems”, Proceeding of 6th International quality conference, 07-09 June 2012, Kragujevac, pp. 9-13.
Krivokapic Z., Vujovic A., Petrovic S. (2012), “Značaj inovacija u sertifikovanim poslovnim sistemima”, Časopis kvalitet&izvrsnost, Vol. 1-2, pp. 31-33.
Leydesdorff L., Etzkowitz H. (1998), “The triple helix as a model for innovation studies”, Science & Public Policy.
Pavitt K. (2000), “Technology, Management and Systems of Innovation”, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
Porter M.E., Stern, S. (2001), “Nacional Innovative Capacity”, In the Global Competitivenes Report 2001-2002, World Economic Forum, Oxford University Press, New York.
World Economic Forum (2014), “The Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015”, available at: http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2014-2015/ (accessed April 30th 2015)
