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Innovation Audit: Measuring Innovation Management Capabilities

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Absorptive capacity; Audit; Commercialization; Entrepreneurial university; Entrepreneurship; European Paradox; Evidence-based decision making; HEInnovate; Higher education; Higher education management; Indicator; Indicators; Information flow; Informed decision making; Innovation; Innovation goals; Innovation management; Innovation orientation; Innovation performance; Innovation strategy; Institutional effectiveness; Institutional management; Institutional research; Knowledge repository; Performance measures; Portfolio management; Process efficiency; Process management; Project management; Quality enhancement; Quality management; Research; Research management; Return on investment; Spin offs; Startups; Strategic planning; Third mission

Introduction

Over the last two decades, a considerable number of innovation studies in the literature have addressed different aspects of innovation (Chesbrough 2003; Dodgson et al. 2013; OECD 2018), innovation management (Goffin and Mitchell 2010...

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  1. Department for Continuing Education Research and Educational Technologies, Center for Educational Management and Higher Education Development, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria

    Attila Pausits

  2. European Higher Education Society (EAIR), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Attila Pausits

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  1. Unit for Quality Enhancement (UQE), University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    David F. J. Campbell

  2. Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies (iff), Institute of Science Communication and Higher Education Research (WIHO), Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt, Vienna, Austria

    David F. J. Campbell

  3. Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    David F. J. Campbell

  4. Department for Continuing Education Research and Educational Management, Centre for Educational Management and Higher Education Development, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria

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Pausits, A. (2019). Innovation Audit: Measuring Innovation Management Capabilities. In: Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6616-1_200089-1

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