Exploring the contribution of a changing external and internal organizational context to the innovation of large organizations

Abstract

© 2016, Budapest Tech Polytechnical Institution. All rights reserved. The aim of this study is to establish the relationship between the degree of an organizations' innovation and external dimensions, taking into account the dynamics of fluctuations from the environment together with the characteristics of organizations, implemented incremental management innovations and realized business results. The object of the research is the analysis of a changeable contextual frame of innovation in large organization systems. While doing the research, we observed the performance of large organizational systems during 2012 and 2013, depending on the fluctuations of external and internal factors that influence innovation. A random sample of 50 large organizational systems, in the territory of the Republic of Serbia was used, which represents 5% of the base number and covers all regions and business sectors. During the testing of set hypotheses, we used the following statistical methods: ANOVA, MANOVA, and the Kruskal-Wallis tests. The research results indicate the existence of the difference in innovation degree, depending on consumers’ preferences, as external dimension and number of employees, values of operating income and operating assets as internal dimension, as well as, a statistically significant correlation between entrepreneur-oriented managerial behavior as an aspect of management innovation and organizations' innovation.