Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2013, 61(7), 2423-2433 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201361072423

Proposal of system for work with innovative ideas, opportunities and innovations in the company

Viliam Lendel, Michal Varmus
Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, Dept. of Management Theories, University of Zilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovak Republic

The paper is based on a detailed analysis of literature and conducted research to create a system for work with innovative ideas, opportunities and innovations in company. This paper reports the main results of the research that authors conducted on a sample of 318 respondents. Main purpose of the research was to identify the key elements of the use of innovation in marketing management system for work with innovation, opportunities, knowledge and application of lateral thinking. This paper deals with the identification of the main preconditions for successful use of the proposed system for work with innovative ideas, opportunities and innovations in business. Attention is also paid to the identification of the most common problems in the use of innovation and innovative ideas in business. The paper presents a series of recommendations to minimize the described problems and serves valuable tool for marketing manager for the efficient use of labour with innovative ideas, opportunities, innovation and expertise in the company. Following methods were used for research: comparative method of qualitative evaluation method, the method of structured and structured interviews, observation method, the method of document analysis (method of content analysis) and questionnaire method.

Keywords: innovation, invention, innovation opportunities, innovative potential, innovation management, system for work with innovations
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This paper was partially supported by the Slovak scientific grant VEGA 1/0992/11 2011-2013.

Received: March 1, 2013; Published: December 24, 2013  Show citation

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Lendel, V., & Varmus, M. (2013). Proposal of system for work with innovative ideas, opportunities and innovations in the company. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 61(7), 2423-2433. doi: 10.11118/actaun201361072423
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