THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIONAL CULTURE DIMENSIONS AND DEGREE OF INNOVATION

Alexandre Luis Prim (), Luiz Stephany Filho (), Guilherme Augusto Cavallaro Zamur () and Luiz Carlos Di Serio ()
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Alexandre Luis Prim: Department of Operations Management Escola de Administração de, Empresas de São Paulo of the Fundação Getúlio Vargas, 474 Itapeva 8th Floor, São Paulo, SP 01332-000, Brazil
Luiz Stephany Filho: Department of Management, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, 1700 Av. Dr. Silas Munguba, Fortaleza, CE 60714-903, Brazil
Guilherme Augusto Cavallaro Zamur: Department of Operations Management Escola de Administração de, Empresas de São Paulo of the Fundação Getúlio Vargas, 474 Itapeva 8th Floor, São Paulo, SP 01332-000, Brazil
Luiz Carlos Di Serio: Department of Operations Management Escola de Administração de, Empresas de São Paulo of the Fundação Getúlio Vargas, 474 Itapeva 8th Floor, São Paulo, SP 01332-000, Brazil

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2017, vol. 21, issue 01, 1-22

Abstract: The objective of this research is to analyse the relationship between cultural dimensions and the degree of innovation at the national level. For such, secondary data were collected relating to Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and the Global Innovation Index (GII). They were analysed using multiple linear technical regressions based on a sample of 72 countries. The results reveal the existence of three cultural dimensions associated with innovation outputs (technology and creativity): individualism, long-term orientation and indulgence, while a partially supported relationship was encountered for the power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity dimensions. National cultures were also classified as being competitive, planning, hierarchical or benevolent, to distinguish the most innovation-driven cultures. This evidence contributes to the innovation and competitiveness perspective, in which the intrinsic values of a national culture can favour the development of innovation and raise the competitiveness level of both nations and organisations.

Keywords: National culture; national innovation; global innovation index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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