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A Framework for Innovation: Application in a Business Development Software Company

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ENTERprise Information Systems (CENTERIS 2010)

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This paper describes the innovation framework adopted by a software development organization in order to implement the innovation process. There are analyzed knowledge management and innovation concepts as they provide foundation for the further understanding of the framework’s operation. The innovation architecture, on which the innovation process is based, enables the framework adoption by organizations from other sectors.

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  1. Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal

    Olga Fedotova, Helena Alvelos & Leonor Teixeira

  2. Governance, Competitiveness and Public Politics (GOVCOPP), University of Aveiro, Portugal

    Helena Alvelos & Leonor Teixeira

  3. Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA), Portugal

    Leonor Teixeira

  4. Primavera Business Software Solutions (BSS), Braga, Portugal

    Olga Fedotova & Paulo Cruz

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  1. Dept. de Engenharias, Quinta de Prados, University of Trás-os Montes e Alto Douro, Apartado 1013, 5001-801, Vila Real, Portugal

    João Eduardo Quintela Varajão

  2. Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Campus do IPCA, Lugar do Aldão, 4750-810, Vila Frescaínha - Barcelos, Portugal

    Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha

  3. University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058, Guimaraes, Portugal

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  4. Coimbra Institute of Accounting and Administration, Portugal

    António Trigo

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Fedotova, O., Cruz, P., Alvelos, H., Teixeira, L. (2010). A Framework for Innovation: Application in a Business Development Software Company. In: Quintela Varajão, J.E., Cruz-Cunha, M.M., Putnik, G.D., Trigo, A. (eds) ENTERprise Information Systems. CENTERIS 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 109. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16402-6_32

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