Title: Conditions of implementation of employee-driven innovation

Authors: Søren Voxted

Addresses: Department of Marketing and Management, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Abstract: This paper discusses the opportunities and barriers for the transfer of employees' ideas to implementation of new solutions in employee-driven innovation. The theoretical approach is the existing research not only on innovation transfer but also on the transfer of learning, knowledge and technology. Based on the results from an action research project aimed at training and involving shop-floor employees in employee-driven innovation, the paper identifies five factors that have been crucial to the process of transfer from employees' ideas to new solutions in production. The paper discusses five factors for transfer compared with existing literature and knowledge on employee-driven innovation.

Keywords: employee-driven innovation; transfer; action research; employee participation; adult education; blue-collar workers.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2018.092974

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2018 Vol.22 No.4/5, pp.471 - 488

Accepted: 26 Jan 2017
Published online: 04 Jul 2018 *

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