Distinctive Innovation Capabilities of Argentine Software Companies with High Innovation Results and Impacts

Abstract

The software sector is of growing importance and, due to its degree of dynamism,the identification of capabilities for innovation is vital. This study identifies capabilities variables that distinguish Argentine software companies with high innovation results and high innovation impactsfrom those with lesser results and impacts. It is applied to a sample of 103 companies, a measurementmodel and the component variables of an innovation degree index for software companies (INIs)formulated in previous studies. A Principal Component Analysis and a biplot are conducted. In theanalysis of results and impacts, 100% of the variability within the first two components is explained,which shows the high correlation between variables. From the biplots, it appears that companieswith high results have higher degrees in the variables of motivation, strategy, leadership and internaldeterminants; and those with high impacts present higher degrees of structure, strategy, leadership,free software and innovation activities. The findings add elements to the theory of capabilitiesfor innovation in the software sector and allow us to consider the relative importance of differentcapabilities variables in the generation of innovation results and impacts.