Innovation activity management at the enterprises in the context of national innovation system development

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Kovalenko A. A.

Individual entrepreneur Kovalenko A.A., 6 – 225, 800-letiya Moskvy str., Moscow, 127247, Russia

e-mail: akovalenko777@mail.ru

Abstract

This article deals with developing of knowledge about innovation management mechanism in the context of researching national innovation system. We studied key factors that influence innovation process at the enterprises. We tried to develop key factors that help people in their innovation activity and that stem the tide. It was in our interest to define key factors that help the process of knowledge diffusion at the enterprise. Motivation, as we know, is the key element of innovation management mechanism. Also we studied innovation culture and some notions of it.

First, we studied some researches in the sphere of social oriented mechanism of innovation management as Russians authors and foreign. We tried to define key factors — motivator for innovation process so among shareholders and management, so among liner managers and specialists. We made expert survey using structured questionnaire. The number of experts was more than forty. We define the expert as a specialist with working experience in the sphere of innovation activity in different area of economics passed special courses of innovation management and having MBA or PhD degree.

We found out that in very large companies the most important factor that prevents the innovation process is the lack of financial recourses, high cost of innovation, not enough government support. In amount of middle, small and little companies the most important factors are: support of management, composition of project team.

We point out that knowledge management play the key role in innovative process and the key factors helping knowledge diffusion are support of company management and affiliation to some innovation team.

Innovation culture is associated with such notions as management participation in innovative process, fair incentives system, atmosphere of trust and striving to personal growth of each member.

Keywords:

innovation system, innovation management, motivation, key factors of motivation, knowledge management, innovation culture

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