Aelita Skaržauskienė, Steponas Jonušauskas and Monika Skaržauskaitė Table 2: The reasons for being an innovative organisation
Table 3: In what way the innovation could be measured in public administration?
75 % of respondents answered the question“ How did you cope with technology and innovation in the company until today?” with the answer“ We did not cope”. 90 % of organisations try to cope with technologies and innovation trough research organisations( e. g. Universities, Technological – Educational Institutes) and innovation relay centers( 80 %). Only 42 % organisations receive support from in house R & D department. Consulting companies help 74 % of organisations to cope with innovations, business companies are good example coping with innovation for 75 % of respondents.
Market research and marketing activities, as well as environment, are sources for developing innovation. 68 % of respondents identified customers as a source for innovation and similar percentage‐ technology evolutions.
26 % of respondents claim there is no award system associated with the innovative ideas or proposals in their organization, 33 % of organization don`t have financial rewards for innovative activities, on the other hand 41 % of respondents inform about salary raises, benefits, allowances and other financial rewards in their organisations related to innovative activities.
The analysis of the most important obstacles to organizations in order to develop innovations shows that the most commonly mentioned factors are bureaucracy( 90 %), investment deficit( 80 %), infrastructure shortage( 85 %) etc.
Limitations: The references used for this survey are not an exhaustive list within the topic area. Relevant sources of information may also exist in other domains of scientific inquiry. Because of the chosen research approach, the research results may lack generalizability. The research was launched as a national survey; therefore there is no possibility to compare results across different countries.
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