Authors:
Maria Obeso
1
and
Maria Jesus Luengo-Valderrey
2
Affiliations:
1
University of Cantabria, Spain
;
2
University of the Basque Country, Spain
Keyword(s):
Knowledge Country, Sweden, Innovation, Knowledge Management, Innovation Strategy.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Innovation Facilitation
;
KM Strategies and Implementations
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Symbolic Systems
Abstract:
In a scenario where knowledge is considered an essential tool for firms and organizations, the paper presented an analysis about how Sweden, considered as a knowledge country, manages its innovation process. First, the paper presents the measures that Sweden government are doing, exposing the essential points in its innovation strategy. Then, the behaviour of Swedish enterprises related to innovation is analysed. Using an ANOVA technique, the paper shows that there are not differences between Swedish regions managing innovation, but there are differences between industries. After that, a comparison between industries in order to analyse which are the differences has been realized. Results show that machinery and retail industries are the most innovative, and fabricated metal industry is considered the least innovative. Although there are differences between industries, results show that in general Swedish enterprises are innovative because only a 9 per cent of enterprises have not re
alized something related to innovation process.
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