Exploring climate for innovation in the telecommunications industry in an emerging market contextEl Gendi, R. and Clark, M. (2023) Exploring climate for innovation in the telecommunications industry in an emerging market context. Journal of Business and Management Sciences, 11 (4). pp. 254-265. ISSN 2333-4495
It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.12691/jbms-11-4-5 Abstract/SummaryInnovation management has aroused interest of practitioners and researchers in recent years. It is crucial for organisations to create and foster a climate for innovation to enhance employees’ innovativeness. It is important to identify the practices, policies and procedures that enable organisations to implement new ideas. Thus, the aim of this research is to investigate and identify dimensions of climate for innovation within an emerging market, namely the Egyptian telecommunications industry. This study contributes to the innovation management literature by identifying further dimensions of climate for innovation that foster organisation innovativeness in a real-life setting.
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