Barriers to Innovation Faced by Manufacturing Firms in Portugal: How to Overcome it?

• DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1023825
• Publication Date: 2011-12-28T17:24:57Z
• Authors: Maria José Silva; João Leitão; Mário Lino Barata...
• Keywords: Innovation Management

This paper aims to identify the barriers innovation that influence capability of Portuguese industrial firms. The literature review about makes use two references approaches: (i) systemic; and (ii) networks inter-organizational relationships. database is obtained through Community Innovation Survey II (CIS II) conducted by EUROSTAT. Furthermore, from results several public policies are proposed in order overcome restraining factors entrepreneurial innovative capability.