Propensity for innovation in textile manufacturing companies at the city of Gaspar/SC, national capital of children's fashion

• Givaldo Bezerra da Hora ^[1] ; Vanessa Edy Dagnoni Mondini ^[1] ; Glaucia Marian Tenfen ^[1] ; Taylane Souza Barros ^[1]
  1. [1] Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina (IFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
• Localización: Revista de Empreendedorismo e Gestão de Pequenas Empresas, ISSN 2316-2058, ISSN-e 2316-2058, Vol. 13, Nº. 1, 2024
• Idioma: inglés
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    Objective: to analyze the propensity for innovation in textile manufacturing companies in the town of Gaspar/SC. Methodology: characterized as descriptive, the research uses a quantitative approach. An electronic questionnaire was administered, answered by 35 textile companies based in a Local Productive Arrangement (LPA). Results: the results highlight that, among the implemented innovation typologies, there is a domain of process innovation. Within the main factors that motivate innovation is the adoption of more efficient production methods. The predominant problems/challenges are a lack of qualified labor and the high costs of innovation. Theoretical/methodological contributions: to offer a systematic vision about the theme of innovation applied to a productive arrangement of national relevance. Relevance/Originality: the gathering of data and the discussion on innovation in textile manufacturing companies for children's clothing in a specific Brazilian productive arrangement were not previously done. Social/management contributions: The research provides to company managers of textile confections that their effort on the innovation process generates only incremental innovations, derived from external knowledge provided by suppliers, that generates a dependency to innovate.

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    Objective: To analyze the propensity for innovation in textile manufacturing companies in the town of Gaspar/SC. Methodology: Characterized as descriptive, the research uses a quantitative approach. An electronic questionnaire was administered, answered by 35 textile companies based in a Local Productive Arrangement (LPA). Main results: The results highlight that, among the implemented innovation typologies, there is a domain of process innovation. Within the main factors that motivate innovation is the adoption of more efficient production methods. The predominant problems/challenges are a lack of qualified labor and the high costs of innovation.Theoretical/methodological contributions: To offer a systematic vision about the theme of innovation applied to a productive arrangement of national relevance.Relevance/originality: The gathering of data and the discussion on innovation in textile manufacturing companies for children's clothing in a specific Brazilian productive arrangement were not previously done. Social/management contributions:The research provides to company managers of textile confections that their effort on the innovation process generates only incremental innovations, derived from external knowledge provided by suppliers, that generates a dependency to innovate.