Obstacles to radical innovation

Radical innovation is on the agenda of many companies and researchers. Using three lenses of analysis (organizational resource’s platform, culture and structure) interviews in two Portuguese companies were conducted in order to identify such barriers. It was found that barriers differ per case but common barriers were identified. A conservative budgeting practice controlled by a restrict group and a hierarchical structure jeopardize the ability to explore and therefore they also “hurt” the capacity to radically innovate. Moreover, it was found that the lack of cooperating competencies undermine the innovation competencies of any company. Below a discussion of such findings will be presented