Innovation as newness: What is new, how new, and new to whom?

Jon Arild Johannessen; Bj⊘rn Olsen; G. T. Lumpkin

doi:10.1108/14601060110365547

Innovation as newness: What is new, how new, and new to whom?

Jon Arild Johannessen, Bj⊘rn Olsen, G. T. Lumpkin

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Abstract

Innovation implies newness. To define and measure innovation better, we investigated three dimensions of newness: what is new, how new, and new to whom? Drawing on prior research by Schumpeter and Kirzner, we developed a scale that addresses six areas of innovative activity: new products, new services, new methods of production, opening new markets, new sources of supply, and new ways of organizing. Using factor analysis on data from two separate field studies — 684 firms from eight industries and 200 information technology firms — we found that innovation as newness represents a unidimensional construct, distinguished only by the degree of radicalness.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	20-31
Number of pages	12
Journal	European Journal of Innovation Management
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/14601060110365547
State	Published - Mar 1 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Measurement
Norway

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Management of Technology and Innovation

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