BARRIERS TO INNOVATION IN AP VOJVODINA: ANALYSIS OF DATA AND RESEARCH FINDINGS FROM THE ASPECT OF AGE AND GENDER

Dusan Bobera () and Bojan Lekovic ()
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Dusan Bobera: The Faculty of Economics Subotica, University of Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
Bojan Lekovic: The Faculty of Economics Subotica, University of Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Interdisciplinary Management Research, 2013, vol. 9, 57-66

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explore the barriers that inhibit the development of innovation and innovative culture within enterprises in AP Vojvodina as a north part of Republic of Serbia. A study was conducted to explore and define the barriers to innovation perceived by entrepreneurs with special direction on three groups of barriers: organizational, formal and informal. The questionnaire that was created for the purpose of this analysis and research consists of 24 questions covering up three groups of barriers to innovation. The survey was designed to capture information on the perceived barriers from the aspect of age and gender of entrepreneurs. Data collected are processed using the software package for statisticalanalysis -SPSS. Specifically, independent samples T-test were used to explore differences between these two groups of entrepreneurs.

Keywords: Barriers; Entrepreneurship; SME’s; Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L53 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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