TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovation as newness
T2 - What is new, how new, and new to whom?
AU - Johannessen, Jon Arild
AU - Olsen, Bj⊘rn
AU - Lumpkin, G. T.
PY - 2001/3/1
Y1 - 2001/3/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Innovation
KW - Measurement
KW - Norway
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U2 - 10.1108/14601060110365547
DO - 10.1108/14601060110365547
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84986107434
VL - 4
SP - 20
EP - 31
JO - European Journal of Innovation Management
JF - European Journal of Innovation Management
SN - 1460-1060
IS - 1
ER -