MHARICHU A.

BERMIO
HCA – MWF/3:00 – 4:00
October 21, 2022
THC 109

RESEARCH PAPER CRITIC

Innovation is an economic, social, and technical concept. It can come in the form of
new products, processes, organizational or marketing activities (OEDC, 2005). According to
(OECD, 2005), it is the “specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change
as an opportunity for a different business or a different service” (Drucker, P.F,1985). It can be
learned and practiced. However, any entrepreneur must learn how to identify sources of
innovation and opportunities. Dervitsiotis (OECD, 2005 explained that changes in an enterprise’s
external environment can lead to a corresponding change in customer preferences causing
existing offerings to be less attractive. Hence, “failure to adapt well to emerging conditions may
often lead to extinction (Dervitsi, K.N(2010) pp.905) According to Adams, Bessant, and Phelps,
(OECD, 2005) measuring innovation is important both for academics and practitioners. Adams
et al (Adams, R., Bessant, J., &Phelps, R. (2006) came up with an innovation management
measurement framework that lets managers assess their own innovation activity, explore the
extent to which their organization is innovative, and identify areas for improvement.

Successful entrepreneurs innovate to create new values and make different

contributions such as new product and services that are better in quality and lower in price
((Drucker, 1985; Gamal, 2011). It is argued that the sustainable growth of SMEs requires
sustainable innovation and the continual acceleration in innovation will sustain revenue growth
that can then fuel more innovation. Hence, to identifying enterprises’ motives for innovating and
their importance is of help in examining the forces that drive innovation activities, such as
competition and opportunities for entering new markets. Given these perspectives, we pose this
research problem: what are the innovation practices of four entrepinays from Camarines Sur
and what are its implications to their business performance? Specifically, we aim to identify the
types of innovation practices that the women entrepreneurs implement to ensure the continuity
of their business.

The entrepinays have access to people with the right skills, experience and education.
However, in terms of the number of people committed to the innovation task, it can be seen
that the entrepinays involve only a few people in the innovation process with the possible
exception of Carol who sought professional help to assist her in the marketing and operation
activities. Entrepreneur Beth enjoys the support of her family in the formulation of innovative
strategies while Entrepreneur Anna only has her husband as a source of innovative ideas. They
all have easy access to physical and financial resources. It is notable that the four entrepinays
have successfully utilized their network, through their industry associations or as a member of
several local organizations to gain access to information and resources necessary to implement
their planned innovative actions. For instance, entrepinay Anna’s industry associations allowed
her to go direct to the top management or to the decision maker, when necessary.

The three things that I have learned from the three authors are; First, It is very important
to keep the high morale of the employees by treating them fairly and training them well both in
the behavioral and technical aspects of their job since they are the backbone of the firm;
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HCA – MWF/3:00 – 4:00
October 21, 2022
THC 109

Second, In order to sustain innovation management, the women entrepreneurs should have a
succession plan to be able to pass on what they have started and train the people who will be
able to acquire the skill of creativity and innovation to be able to continue the existence of the
business. And Lastly, Innovation strategy is manifested in the vision, commitment to innovation
and leadership, efforts to motivate their people, propensity to take risks, and efforts to make the
organization an attractive place to work on points to the value they put on the measure
“organization and culture”.

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