Volume 9, Issue 1, November 2014, Pages 393–400
Samia Fakhri1 and Abdelaziz Bahoussa2
1 Laboratoire d'Analyse des Systèmes de Traitement d'Information et du Management Intégré, Ecole Supérieure de Technologie, Université Mohamed V Agdal, Maroc
2 Laboratoire d'Analyse des Systèmes de Traitement d'Information et du Management Intégré, Ecole Supérieure de Technologie, Université Mohamed V Agdal, Maroc
Original language: English
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Research on the innovation has traditionally focused on the determinants promoting innovation and R&D in SMEs. However, an approach to study the barriers and the decision to innovation among entrepreneurs, seems it never been studied before. Our goal is to focus on this approach. Thus, through a qualitative study using focus groups with entrepreneurs, researchers, and government actors, we were able to identify the main barriers faced by entrepreneurs to innovation. A quantitative study was subsequently possible to draw up an inventory of the situation and generate results to conclude that the main obstacles studied vary according to the type of creation and the phase in the creative process. Finally some managerial implications were discussed towards the end.
Author Keywords: obstacles to innovation, innovation d.
Samia Fakhri1 and Abdelaziz Bahoussa2
1 Laboratoire d'Analyse des Systèmes de Traitement d'Information et du Management Intégré, Ecole Supérieure de Technologie, Université Mohamed V Agdal, Maroc
2 Laboratoire d'Analyse des Systèmes de Traitement d'Information et du Management Intégré, Ecole Supérieure de Technologie, Université Mohamed V Agdal, Maroc
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Research on the innovation has traditionally focused on the determinants promoting innovation and R&D in SMEs. However, an approach to study the barriers and the decision to innovation among entrepreneurs, seems it never been studied before. Our goal is to focus on this approach. Thus, through a qualitative study using focus groups with entrepreneurs, researchers, and government actors, we were able to identify the main barriers faced by entrepreneurs to innovation. A quantitative study was subsequently possible to draw up an inventory of the situation and generate results to conclude that the main obstacles studied vary according to the type of creation and the phase in the creative process. Finally some managerial implications were discussed towards the end.
Author Keywords: obstacles to innovation, innovation d.
How to Cite this Article
Samia Fakhri and Abdelaziz Bahoussa, “Obstacles of innovation among the entrepreneur: An empirical study,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 393–400, November 2014.
