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Innovation in Healthcare Organizations: Empirical Evidence from Portugal

Innovation in Healthcare Organizations: Empirical Evidence from Portugal
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Author(s): Orlando Lima Rua (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)and Maria João Correia (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 24
Source title: Handbook of Research on Internationalization of Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Global Economy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Luísa Cagica Carvalho (Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal & CEFAGE - Universidade de Évora, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8216-0.ch007

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Abstract

The main purpose of this chapter is to analyse innovation in organizations of the Portuguese healthcare sector, in order to identify its critical success factors. In this study, the authors followed a quantitative approach, combining statistical and documental analysis, through the Community Innovation Survey data analysis and processing, thus performing an exploratory, descriptive and transversal study. The healthcare sector reveals dynamism in introducing products that are new to the market and the company, mainly through a closed innovation process. External cooperation is preferably R&D-oriented, and there is low involvement of market agents in R&D activities, through partnerships. However, these are seen as an important source of information and organizations seek to meet their needs. Different types of organizations adopt different innovation strategies, depending on their market and current situation, which translates into a contextual innovation policy, in line with the current theoretical developments.

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