Analysis of innovation and entrepreneurial initiative in corporate textile companies in Blumenau - SC

Authors

  • Jaison Ademir Sevegnani FURB
  • Marianne Hoeltgebaum Furb
  • Giancarlo Gomes Furb
  • Gabriel Guterro Furb

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22277/rgo.v2i1.148

Abstract

The study objective was to better understand the process of innovation and entrepreneurial initiative in corporate textile industries of the region of Blumenau in Santa Catarina for this, the managers interviewed were of twelve companies of small and medium businesses. The research was qualitative, descriptive and data collection instrument used in this study was developed by Goosen, Coning and Smit (2002) and used in English by Guterres and Hoeltgebaum (2008). It is composed of closed questions (Likert scale, with 7 scales from disagree completely to completely agree) with 18 points. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that the companies have some difficulties to innovate, such as: do not usually invest in projects with low risk and low return, do not reserve specific budget to invest in developing new ideas and projects, difficulties in communication between teams and lack of autonomy in decision-making employees. In departure from the search results showed intrapreneurs of companies to launch new products and cause changes in its products and services, adopting an aggressive posture to negotiate with competitors, their supervisors accept suggestions; promoting freedom, creativity and reward in order to encourage the innovation process.

Published

2009-07-09