Complementarity between different types of innovation
Thu, 29 May 2014 14:31:00 BST
At present, the recognition of innovation as a cornerstone of economic and social development is unanimous. The ability to innovate in companies has become a crucial factor for increasing its market share, access to new markets and obtaining and sustaining competitive advantages over time. However, the nature of the relationship established between the different types of innovation has not yet been elucidated. The struggle between two opposing visions, integrative and distinctive, is still in force. The first one understands that the different types of innovation contribute differently to the competitiveness of organizations, while the second, far from considering the different types of innovation as separate elements, presumed complementarity between them. In this presentation the results of a survey of manufacturing firms in Spain will be shown, and the implications of these results regarding the two theoretical positions aforementioned will be analysed.
Dr Manuel Guisado Gonzalez is a visiting affiliate attached to the GAMBI Group in the Business School during March to May 2014
He is a member of the University of Vigo, Spain where he has a prestigious scholarship from the Ministry of Education in Spain. The scholarship is for training university lecturers.
After completing a degree in law in 2009, which included an economics and business specialisations, he completed a six months practice period in the printing sector, where he became acquainted with private business. During this time he enrolled on the MBA programme at the University of Vigo where he obtained his MBA in June 2010.
His scholarship award was granted in October 2010 and since that date Manuel has been a member of the University of Vigo, first as a doctoral student and then as a lecturer. During the last three and a half years Manuel has taught introductory subjects for business management. His doctoral specialisation is the determinants of the different kinds of innovation, including product and process innovation and R&D cooperation. He investigated the levels and degrees of coexistence or complementary relationships in innovation.
