Measuring the Bulgarian IT Sector Innovations Capabilities Through Company Innovative Leadership Model

Zornitsa Yordanova () and Dimitar Blagoev
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Zornitsa Yordanova: University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Economic Alternatives, 2016, issue 3, 379-393

Abstract: The research aims at exploring the information technology (IT) sector in Bulgaria in terms of its innovative leadership at the company level. For this purpose the Company Innovative Leadership Model (CILM) is used. The paper examines, evaluates and indexes companies’ efforts, performance and capabilities in providing and implementing innovations. The importance of measuring companies with respect to their innovation activities stems from the significance of innovations in general. Innovations are regarded as the engine of the economy. The Company Innovative Leadership Model does not evaluate the innovations already implemented in companies, as the rest of the models and statistics do. What is more, the model also measures and assesses the companies’ endeavors and capacity for further innovation development. By using the Company Innovative Leadership Model, this paper exposes the potential of Bulgarian IT companies in terms of their innovation leadership, development, performance and commitment. Forty IT companies took part in the research by revealing their innovation efforts, activities, performance and ambitions. The results provide a benchmark for the IT sector and its companies’ innovative leadership capacities and practices.

Keywords: leadership; innovations; company leadership; innovation index; model for innovation; measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D90 M21 O31 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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