The impact of structural capital on product innovation : an empirical study on dental technology laboratories in capital Amman

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

Hamad, Layla Wail

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

Miqdadi, Yunus Abd al-Aziz

أعضاء اللجنة

Abd al-Aziz, Riyad Ahmad
al-Qurashi, Dahir

الجامعة

جامعة الشرق الأوسط

الكلية

كلية الأعمال

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم إدارة الأعمال

دولة الجامعة

الأردن

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2011

الملخص الإنجليزي

The main objective of this study was to analyze the impact of structural capital on product innovation strategy in the Jordanian dental technology laboratories in Amman.

The study sample consisted of (450) dental technicians working in Jordanian dental technology laboratories, which included senior technicians, their assistants, and trainees.

In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher developed a questionnaire consisting of (43) paragraphs to gather the primary information from study sample.

The statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) program was used to analyze and examine the hypotheses.

The study used many statistical methods.

After executing the analysis to study hypotheses; the study concluded a number of results, mainly the following: 1- The major aspect of database can be summarized as knowledge accumulation environment, and the database can contribute in the high level of accuracy, and high speed of work accomplishment with low cost.

2- Information systems are highly functional in human capital, which could be determined by the pathway of information processing within the labs to direct and organized the day work activities, in order to speed up the work and achievement in the laboratory.

3- There is a limited amount of patents used, this lack is related to culture and organizational factors , which can summarize the lack of believes in human ability and capacity to contribute and innovate in the personal level.

Besides, there is a lack of opportunists for financial support, and a limited ground to conduct development researches.

4- The dental Technology industry has obvious limitations because of its nature , and the high costs of conducting development research to invent new material.

5- Existence of a significant impact of structural capital on the product innovation strategy.

6-There was no significant impact of structural capital on product innovation strategy of dental technology laboratories in Jordan, due to demographic variables.

After finding these results, the researcher recommended the following: 1- Conducting further research in the area of dental technology, to find the relationship between the leadership style and innovations.

2- The importance of sustaining human capacity building in laboratories, to create human infrastructures which could contribute to the innovation process.

3- The importance of experience exchange with leading international companies, in the dental technology industry, to find-out creative potentials and develop the skills of employees.

التخصصات الرئيسية

إدارة الأعمال
طب الأسنان

الموضوعات

• الإدارة
• الابتكارات العلمية
• طب الأسنان
• الأردن
• عمان

عدد الصفحات

100

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-697489