Definition
En overordnet betegnelse for at skabe noget nyt og ændre en etableret metode, fremgangsmåde eller opfattelse. Definitionen på innovation er mange - her et uddrag:
Schumpeter: “At gøre nye ting eller at gøre ting, som allerede er gjort, på en ny måde.”
Drucker: “The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.”
BCA: “something that is new or significantly improved, done by enterprise to create added value either directly for the enterprise or indirectly for its customers:”
Kilde
Schumpeter, J. (1934): The Theory of Economic Development. Harvard University Press
Drucker, P. F. (2015): Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles. Routledge
BCA (1993): Managing the Innovation Enterprise. Melbourne: Business Council of Australia