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Copyright Milton de Abreu Campanario 2011

Abstract

This paper is about "innovativeness" in the context of entrepreneurial orientation defined as a firm's trend to innovate. We use the literature on organizational practice to identify and systematize the variables that make up innovativeness in entrepreneurial software firms. Our literature review takes a new look at the concepts of entrepreneurial orientation and innovativeness and presents the conceptual foundation for the study. The empirical portion of the study is a qualitative and exploratory, using in depth interviews with managers of 13 entrepreneurial software firms in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The results of this study demonstrate the importance of innovativeness in the context studied and illustrate how it reverberates in organizations in terms of products and services, processes, financial resources, personnel, creativity and differentiation. It also describes managerial practices that support innovativeness. The study concludes by suggesting a set of five new elements that constitute innovativeness: Global products, New business models, Financial resources for innovation obtained from external sources, Partnerships developed for innovative activities, and practices established for the development of creativity. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Title
COMPONENTS OF INNOVATIVENESS IN THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Author
Cristina Dai Prá Martens; Henrique Mello Rodrigues de Freitas; Boissin, Jean-Pierre; Behr, Ariel
Pages
n/a
Publication year
2011
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
18092039
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
883440044
Copyright
Copyright Milton de Abreu Campanario 2011