A current initiative in this direction is to promote the development of innovation. The transformation of the intellectual capital and available resources into new products, services, processes, or just added value to the society
is one of the paths to enhance the prosperity of a country. However, this intention is
immersed in a complex context. In the emergent countries, companies achieve
performance under challenging conditions, for instance, the technologies are not
always accessible, the workforce does not have the required competences or
demand constant training not easily available; the lack of techniques to facilitate the
assimilation of new technologies and to learn from others; A limited perception
about the technical side of innovation, which produces the impression that this
process depends on a random creative effort, and no less important, a low assimilation degree of tools for planning the evolution of a product or an innovation system. Despite this complicated circumstances, the internal market and capacities continue to grow.
This book explores how the innovation process is carried out under such conditions.