İNOVASYON YÖNETİMİ SÜREÇLERİNİ ETKİLEYEN FAKTÖRLERİN KAHRAMANMARAŞ’TA FAALİYET GÖSTEREN KOBİLER ÜZERİNDEN İNCELENMESİ
INVESTIGATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING INNOVATION MANAGEMENT PROCESSES ON SMEs OPERATING IN KAHRAMANMARAŞ

Summary/Abstract: Innovation is a tool that is often used nowadays to increase the competitiveness of businesses and to differentiate from competitors. It is known that innovation does not occur itself spontaneously. Increasing the innovation management capacities of enterprises will contribute to revealing new product, process and service varieties. Nowadays, even the EU framework programs support innovative projects and provide some supports for the increase of innovation management capacities of SMEs. In the scope of the study, indirect and direct approaches which can contribute to the innovation management capacities of SMEs and can influence this process are examined. In the theoretical part of the study, the concept of innovation, innovation management process and the factors that can affect this process are examined. In the application phase, nine different dimensions consisting of approaches and some concepts that can affect the innovation management process were determined and the relationship between these dimensions and innovation performance was examined by the analysis of interest. Data were gathered from 108 SMEs operating in manufacturing industry in Kahramanmaraş province by survey. In the analysis section the hypotheses tested in the context of the study showed some results like regarding innovation management processes, there is a positive, linear and medium / high level meaningful relationship between innovation performance and the level of applications under strategy, culture and environment, leadership, choice / planning, idea management, personnel, collaboration, communication. It is also seen that there is a positive relationship between the innovation performance of SMEs and manufacturing, market and financial performance.

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