IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ids/ijeima/v4y2004i4p373-382.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Measurement of the quality and maturity of the innovation process: methodology and case of a medium sized Finnish company

Author

Listed:
  • Pekka Berg
  • Jussi Pihlajamaa
  • Juha Nummi
  • Mikko Leinonen
  • Virpi Leivo

Abstract

Continuous improvement of the effectiveness of R&D requires an adequate and comprehensive assessment and measurement system. The present method, quality and maturity method (QMM), for assessing the quality and maturity of R&D, examines R&D from six viewpoints: R&D as part of business strategy, R&D as part of product and technology strategy, strategic implementation of R&D, R&D as a business section, R&D outputs, and implementation of R&D projects. Procedures for each of the six viewpoints are assessed and scored by five maturity levels. The verifying of the preliminary QMM method in four pilot companies has shown that the viewpoints used in the assessment describe factors pertaining to the quality and maturity of R&D quite well, and indicate central development needs.

Suggested Citation

  • Pekka Berg & Jussi Pihlajamaa & Juha Nummi & Mikko Leinonen & Virpi Leivo, 2004. "Measurement of the quality and maturity of the innovation process: methodology and case of a medium sized Finnish company," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(4), pages 373-382.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:4:y:2004:i:4:p:373-382
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=5481
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Niemi, Petri & Huiskonen, Janne & Kärkkäinen, Hannu, 2009. "Understanding the knowledge accumulation process--Implications for the adoption of inventory management techniques," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 118(1), pages 160-167, March.
    2. Bengü Güngör & Burcu Felekoğlu & A. Serdar Taşan, 2023. "Eco-efficiency maturity model: a practical assessment tool for managers," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(6), pages 5087-5121, June.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:4:y:2004:i:4:p:373-382. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sarah Parker (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=7 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.