Purpose: Innovation has been widely studied in business and economics, but different innovation and innovativeness measures have been used by scholars. Within this context, this research aims to identify the main innovation and innovativeness measures used by high-impact or recent papers within the past 10 years. Design/methodology/approach: Regarding methodology, the bibliometric process Proknow-C was used, selecting 26 papers from a sample exceeding 2,000 articles in the Web of Science database. Findings: Based on the literature review, these articles’ innovativeness measures were classified in terms of inputs, capabilities and outputs. In summary, the articles of the bibliometric portfolio used diverse innovativeness measures comprising inputs (R&D investments, R&D staff qualification, patents, etc.), capabilities and processes (culture, leadership, knowledge, strategy, etc). and outputs (number of innovations, percentage of revenues of innovative products, etc.). Furthermore, a new innovativeness classification was proposed with eight types of organizations considering the presence of inputs, capabilities and outputs. Research limitations/implications: Although Proknow-C is an established bibliometric process, it naturally has some limitations to select a bibliometric portfolio of approximately 20 articles from a sample exceeding 2,000 articles. The major limitations involve the filters used, such as aligned titles, number of citations in Google Scholar, Pareto principle, aligned abstracts and full text availability. Originality/value: This research contributes to theory, as it covers high-impact and recent papers concerning innovativeness, specifically by analysing the main measures used and by gathering recommended future research directions, beyond proposing an innovativeness classification. It also contributes to practice, as it gathers diverse innovation measures, which could be used by managers in their organizations.

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) play a large role in different economies; hence the relevance of research on the factors that may leverage MSMEs competitiveness such as innovation and management. This research aims to review highly cited articles in the Web of Science database regarding management and/or innovation in the context of MSMEs. Besides showing MSMEs classifications across regions, this review also showed that variables employed in the highly cited papers have correspondences with excellence/quality management factors and traditional innovation types, which hence still serve as theoretical frameworks for research on MSMEs competitiveness. Moreover, theoretical relations were identified among all variables, being the strongest among networks-open innovation, information-knowledge, and product and process innovations. The results indicated that MSMEs competitiveness is related to sustainability, information-knowledge, and networks-open innovation; hence MSMEs managers and owners should pay attention to these factors. Finally, future research directions were also gathered and discussed.

As organizações, em geral, têm buscado a inovação como meio para obtenção de vantagem competitiva. No contexto das micro e pequenas empresas (MPEs), essa prática tem sido apoiada pelo Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (SEBRAE) por meio do programa Agentes Locais de Inovação (ALI), que tem como objetivo fortalecer a prática da inovação pela identificação de oportunidades para inovar. A principal ferramenta utilizada neste trabalho é o Radar da Inovação, que tem como base o trabalho original de Sawhney, Wolcott e Arroniz (2006). Este artigo buscou alcançar dois objetivos i) analisar como as MPEs podem utilizar o Radar como instrumento para a construção de estratégias para a inovação; ii) analisar comparativamente os setores participantes da amostra no que se refere à dimensão em que ocorre a inovação bem como a importância da inovação para cada setor analisado. A amostra do estudo foi composta de 1139 micro e pequenas empresas que aderiram ao programa ALI em 2012, Localizadas no Estado do Paraná. Os dados foram analisados por meio de testes estatísticos como o de Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney entre outros. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que as MPEs inovam por meio de dimensões semelhantes do Radar, ainda que pertençam a setores diferentes. Contudo, a diferença entre os setores analisados está na intensidade da inovação, que mostrou-se mais robusta no setor de software e mais fraca no setor moveleiro. Verificou-se ainda que muitas dimensões do Radar foram pouco exploradas, o que mostra grande potencial para obtenção de vantagem competitiva por meio da inovação.