The innovation challenge in Spain: A Delphi study

Public funding for information and communication technology (ICT) innovation in Spain appears to be slow, bureaucratic, highly restrictive, and not agile. Therefore, the innovation process is negatively affected. These restrictions could be attributed to inadequate trust from public funders toward e...

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Autores: Giménez Medina, Manuel, González Enríquez, José, Olivero González, Miguel Ángel, Domínguez Mayo, Francisco José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/181282
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.120611
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Palabra clave:Innovation assessment
Innovation framework
Capability maturity model
Delphi study
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spelling The innovation challenge in Spain: A Delphi studyGiménez Medina, ManuelGonzález Enríquez, JoséOlivero González, Miguel ÁngelDomínguez Mayo, Francisco JoséInnovation assessmentInnovation frameworkCapability maturity modelDelphi studyPublic funding for information and communication technology (ICT) innovation in Spain appears to be slow, bureaucratic, highly restrictive, and not agile. Therefore, the innovation process is negatively affected. These restrictions could be attributed to inadequate trust from public funders toward executors and ontological problems regarding the definitions of ICT innovation (i.e., the I+D+i formula), affecting all Quadruple Helix stakeholders. In this study, a Delphi study was proposed to reach a consensus among 81 experts (i.e., innovation managers, public funders, and consultants) to validate this hypothesis. The study included 41 statements and 59 questions organized into the following five objectives: (1) concept of innovation, (2) public funding and its restrictions, (3) theoretical model of innovation, (4) public funders’ trust and executors’ freedom, (5) assessment of capabilities and maturity for innovation. The experts discussed, evaluated, and reached a consensus, after two rounds, on 52 of the 59 questions. The results revealed wide dispersion of the proposed ICT innovation questions. They demonstrated that the innovation management ecosystem in Spain’s ICT context is immature and the I+D+i formula did not represent the innovation process. The study reached a consensus on requirements for an Agile Innovation Funding Framework (AIFF) oriented toward obtaining an improved competitive advantage for ICT products or services based on trust, transparency, inspection, and adaptation principles. The results revealed that a joint framework involving public funders and executors based on organizational capability and maturity positively affects the innovation process. The capabilities of the executors should be standardized and measured, and public funders must move from supervisors to mentors to acquire new capabilities. Furthermore, innovation regulation and the various types of calls for proposals should be analyzed globally to change their fiscal and controlling nature restricting innovation.ElsevierLenguajes y Sistemas InformáticosTIC276: Diverso Lab - International ComputingMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/181282https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.120611reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésExpert Systems With Applications, 230 (120611), 1 p.-23 p..PID2019-105455GB-C31https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957417423011132?via%3Dihubinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1812822026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The innovation challenge in Spain: A Delphi study
title The innovation challenge in Spain: A Delphi study
spellingShingle The innovation challenge in Spain: A Delphi study
Giménez Medina, Manuel
Innovation assessment
Innovation framework
Capability maturity model
Delphi study
title_short The innovation challenge in Spain: A Delphi study
title_full The innovation challenge in Spain: A Delphi study
title_fullStr The innovation challenge in Spain: A Delphi study
title_full_unstemmed The innovation challenge in Spain: A Delphi study
title_sort The innovation challenge in Spain: A Delphi study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Giménez Medina, Manuel
González Enríquez, José
Olivero González, Miguel Ángel
Domínguez Mayo, Francisco José
author Giménez Medina, Manuel
author_facet Giménez Medina, Manuel
González Enríquez, José
Olivero González, Miguel Ángel
Domínguez Mayo, Francisco José
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author2 González Enríquez, José
Olivero González, Miguel Ángel
Domínguez Mayo, Francisco José
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos
TIC276: Diverso Lab - International Computing
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Innovation assessment
Innovation framework
Capability maturity model
Delphi study
topic Innovation assessment
Innovation framework
Capability maturity model
Delphi study
description Public funding for information and communication technology (ICT) innovation in Spain appears to be slow, bureaucratic, highly restrictive, and not agile. Therefore, the innovation process is negatively affected. These restrictions could be attributed to inadequate trust from public funders toward executors and ontological problems regarding the definitions of ICT innovation (i.e., the I+D+i formula), affecting all Quadruple Helix stakeholders. In this study, a Delphi study was proposed to reach a consensus among 81 experts (i.e., innovation managers, public funders, and consultants) to validate this hypothesis. The study included 41 statements and 59 questions organized into the following five objectives: (1) concept of innovation, (2) public funding and its restrictions, (3) theoretical model of innovation, (4) public funders’ trust and executors’ freedom, (5) assessment of capabilities and maturity for innovation. The experts discussed, evaluated, and reached a consensus, after two rounds, on 52 of the 59 questions. The results revealed wide dispersion of the proposed ICT innovation questions. They demonstrated that the innovation management ecosystem in Spain’s ICT context is immature and the I+D+i formula did not represent the innovation process. The study reached a consensus on requirements for an Agile Innovation Funding Framework (AIFF) oriented toward obtaining an improved competitive advantage for ICT products or services based on trust, transparency, inspection, and adaptation principles. The results revealed that a joint framework involving public funders and executors based on organizational capability and maturity positively affects the innovation process. The capabilities of the executors should be standardized and measured, and public funders must move from supervisors to mentors to acquire new capabilities. Furthermore, innovation regulation and the various types of calls for proposals should be analyzed globally to change their fiscal and controlling nature restricting innovation.
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