Innovation capability and competitive advantage: A case study of two Brazilian Firms

Author

de Mello, A.M. ; de Lima, W.D. ; Villas Boas, E. ; Sbragia, Roberto ; Marx, Ronald

Author_Institution

Polytech. Sch., Production Eng. Dept., Univ. of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo

fYear

2008

fDate

27-31 July 2008

Firstpage

606

Lastpage

617

Abstract

This study investigates practices used by firms to link their innovative capability to competitive advantage. The basic assumption is that innovative capability is conditioned by a series of factors regarding to cultural, resources, competences and external connections that promote competitive advantage through creation and introduction of new/improved products to the market. An exploratory and case study is used, based on two Brazilian firms in different industries. The results indicated that the innovative capabilities assumes different meanings in different settings, thus resulting in different impacts on firm competitive advantage.

Keywords

competitive intelligence; innovation management; Brazilian firms; competitive advantage; innovation; Africa; Cities and towns; Environmental economics; Innovation management; Investments; Knowledge management; Production engineering; Research and development; Resource management; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering & Technology, 2008. PICMET 2008. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cape Town

Print_ISBN

978-1-890843-17-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-890843-18-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599670

Filename

4599670