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INNOVACION Y ADMINISTRACION DE LA TECNOLOGIA
INNOVATION CAPABILITY AUDIT NESTLE NUTRITION
1. ANNEX A2: SELF-ASSESSMENT VERSION OF THE INNOVATION CAPABILITY AUDIT TOOL
This annex, from Bessant, Rush and Hobday (2001), presents a simplified self-audit version of the tool used in the Korean analysis. Firms can use it on their own, or with a researcher, to assess their capability levels against the various key dimensions.
Company Name…………………………………………… Date...….……..
Number of employees/turnover………………………………………………..
Products/market………………………………………………………………..
Technologies required………………………………………………………….
Name/s of interviewee/s…………………………………….………………….
Please answer the following questions according to the scale below – enter 1,2,3,or 4, for each question1
Technology activity area | Key Questions | Strongly Disagree | Disagree Some-what | Agree Some-what | Strongly Agree | N/A |
Assessment Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
1 Technology plays an important part in my company’s business strategy | | | | | |
2 My company is well aware of the technologies most important to its business | | | | | |
3 My firm is well equipped to assess technological opportunities | | | | | |
4 My company can assess technology threats without difficulty | | | | | |
5 My company has special technological strengths which it is able to exploit | | | | | |
6 My company knows which technologies to outsource and which to develop internally | | | | | |
7 Our management is skilled at formulating a technology strategy to meet business goals | | | | | |
8 Our firm knows its main technology priorities | | | | | |
9 Our firm has a well developed technology ‘vision’ | | | | | |
10 Our firm knows how to select the technology needed for its business | | | | | |
11 Our company knows which are the best sources of technology | | | | | |
12 Our company is effective at acquiring technology...