Estudio de la gestión de la innovación en empresas del sector agrícola de la provincia del Guayas.

Abstract

Innovation in the business field brings with it a series of benefits in the different processes that are developed within an organization, regardless of what it does or what products it trades. For this reason, this research aims to study the innovation management of organizations in the agricultural sector, specifically in the province of Guayas; in such a way that, it is determined if an adequate innovation management is being implemented. The first chapter describes the main concepts of innovation and innovation management, that were essential for the correct understanding and progress of the research. In chapter two, the design of the methodology is described, where the population and the sample that was included for the development of the study are exposed; where surveys were conducted to 292 companies in the agricultural sector of the province of Guayas, specialized in perennial and non-perennial crops. Finally, chapter three and chapter four, the results showed that most companies are concerned about improving their performance in innovation management; sending personnel to train, and acquiring new technologies that revolutionize the way of working in the agricultural sector; In addition, the most pertinent conclusions that contribute to facilitate the understanding of the findings in this study were exposed at the end of the ocument.