La innovación en la Pyme: Barreras y facilitadores

espanolLa innovacion es un elemento estrategico para la competitividad, en cambio no siempre se refleja en el tejido productivo. Este trabajo se centra en identificar barreras y facilitadores para la puesta en marcha de proyectos de innovacion. El analisis se realiza con Pymes de la region de Malaga aplicando un analisis factorial que permite ponderar la influencia de cada uno. El principal hallazgo es que la innovacion no esta condicionada por la dimension sino que depende de la capacidad de utilizarla como formula de desarrollo. Se finaliza con implicaciones practicas dirigidas tanto para empresas como para agentes con competencias en el desarrollo socioeconomico. EnglishNowadays innovation is an undeniable and strategic element for competitiveness although companies don’t always reflect this belief in their levels of innovation. Spanish enterprises provide an excellent example of this trend considering that the statistics show that the level of innovation has improved but it is still a far cry from USA and Europe’s results. The size of enterprises, mainly SMEs (95%) is one of the possible causes. However, it seems contradictory if the power of innovation is so widespread there is not a relationship in economic activities of different companies. It involves indentifying what the facilitators and barriers are that explain why enterprises don’t undertake some innovation projects. Among the barriers to be considered: financial, management style, skills and knowledge or manpower. In relation to the facilitators in this study, corporate culture, communication processes and others aspects are analyzed.