Are Individual Innovators Invisible?

Sugar , Violeta; Belullo, Alen; Dzanic, Emin

ARE INDIVIDUAL INNOVATORS INVISIBLE?

VIOLETA SUGAR , ALEN BELULLO, EMIN DZANIC

Abstract:

The research about the population of individual inventors/innovators in Croatia was carried out with the aim of finding answers to the following questions: 1. How many inventions/patents in Croatia are (not) commercialized; 2. What are the reasons of (un)successful commercialization of Croatian individual inventors' inventions/patents; 3. Is there any correlation between various forms of support for inventors / patent owners and successful commercialization; 4. Could education/training contribute to the successful commercialization of inventions/patents? The research was carried out on individual inventors/innovators in Croatia via combination of online questionnaire and telephone interviews. The acquired data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. Based on the results of the research, the literature and practical experience of the project “Innovation Management”, which took place at the Faculty of economics and tourism "Dr. Mijo Mirkovic", a typology of Croatian individual inventors / innovators has been created.

Keywords:
innovation management; individual inventor/innovator; innovation eco system; education; support for commercialization

DOI: 10.20472/BM.2019.7.1.008

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APA citation:
VIOLETA SUGAR , ALEN BELULLO, EMIN DZANIC (2019). Are Individual Innovators Invisible?. International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. VII(1), pp. 104-124. , DOI: 10.20472/BM.2019.7.1.008