Exploring information capability and its role in innovation

  1. Carmen Jaca 1
  2. Marta Zárraga Rodríguez 1
  3. Elisabeth Viles 1
  4. M. Jesús Álvarez 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Navarra
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    Universidad de Navarra

    Pamplona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02rxc7m23

Revista:
GCG: revista de globalización, competitividad y gobernabilidad

ISSN: 1988-7116

Año de publicación: 2016

Volumen: 10

Número: 1

Páginas: 66-81

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.3232/GCG.2016.V10.N1.03 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: GCG: revista de globalización, competitividad y gobernabilidad

Resumen

Este estudio se centra en analizar cómo puede lograrse la gestión y uso eficiente de la información en la empresa y cómo esto se integra en el proceso de innovación. En particular, el presente estudio analiza el papel que desempeña la gestión y uso eficiente de la información en la innovación a partir de experiencias de directivos de empresas españolas reconocidas como innovadoras aplicando la teoría fundamentada (grounded theory). Los resultados obtenidos sugieren que la estrategia de la empresa promueve los valores y la cultura organizacional alineados con la innovación. Así mismo, la estrategia también establece y proporciona los recursos, tanto internos como externos, que una organización necesita para ser competitiva apoyándose en la innovación. Es más, la cultura organizacional y los recursos sirven de apoyo para la gestión y el uso eficiente de la información que a su vez contribuye a la gestión del conocimiento necesaria para la innovación. Este estudio presenta un marco de referencia que explica los elementos que soportan la gestión de la innovación en las organizaciones; de esta forma contribuye a entender en qué medida la gestión y el uso eficiente de la información y la gestión del conocimiento son fuentes potenciales de innovación.

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