Product and Process Innovation in the Portuguese Footwear Industry

摘要

This paper addresses the issue of product and process innovation in the Portuguese footwear industry. The main goal is to analyse the product and process innovation, their relation and the relation with other types of innovation in firm's daily management. The analyses were based in the results of the Community Innovation Survey (CIS). The main conclusions identified a low propensity to innovation and when it exists is mainly at the product and process level. It was also verified that when companies adopt an innovation strategy, it means that the company presents an innovative culture at all organizational levels.