THE STATE OF INNOVATIVENESS AWARENESS OF THE LEADERSHIP OF KENYAN BUSINESS SCHOOLS: DO THEY INFLUENCE BUSINESS INDUSTRY PRACTICES?
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This paper adopted an exploratory study design to ascertain the state of innovativeness awareness of the leadership of Kenyan business schools and assess the level of influence on industry practices. A questionnaire was distributed electronically to all top leadership of these business schools. The biographical characteristics of respondents were analyzed to develop an innovativeness awareness score for each respondent. This score was used to determine whether respondents’ innovativeness awareness was above average and whether the business schools were able to influence industry practices through innovation. The results indicated that the leadership of Kenyan business schools seemed not to be sufficiently innovatively aware for their business schools to contribute to improved business innovation education, influence development of innovation policies and innovation business practices. The researchers recommend development of harmonized innovation policies by the government and universities especially in the areas of improving the innovation culture and university business collaborations more so for small and micro enterprises.
Keywords; Business Innovation, Innovation Practices, Innovation Awareness, Business Schools, Innovation Policy
CITATION: Ndolo, J. (2019). The state of innovativeness awareness of the leadership of Kenyan business schools: do they influence business industry practices?. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (2), 1006 –1011.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v6i2.1167
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