The methodology developed by the Minnesota Innovation Research Program to evaluate the processes of innovation, called the Minnesota Innovation Survey (MIS), was the basis for proposing a model to analyze environments conducive to innovation. The need for a new model emerged from observing the results of studies that used the same methodology, in which questions and dimensions were highly correlated, generating redundancy measurements of constructs and poor accuracy of results. By using a theoretical basis and multivariate statistics we sought to reduce the number of related constructs in order to avoid multicollinearity and dubious results. The methodology used to develop the proposed model is characterized as descriptive with quantitative method. We applied the MIS questionnaires to 349 employees of a metalworking company. The application of the original model followed all the prescribed steps, adhering to Structural Equation Modeling. Then we applied the same questionnaire to a hospital, using a different sample size, in order to increase the reliability and generalization of the model. As a result, we found that the reduction of data from statistical tests caused significant changes in the basic methodology, which characterizes the appearance of a new methodology for the 70% decrease of the multivariate data. It is concluded that the new methodology, despite eliminating 65 questions from the data collection instrument, does not reduce its explanatory power and effectiveness in terms of the relations between organizational environments and innovation results. In terms of implementation, the new research model facilitates data collection, minimizes the dispersion of the respondent at the time of questionnaire completion by increasing the reliability of the data, provides accurate information about the innovative environment, and ensures robust analysis. Companies can benefit from this research tool because of its easy application, understanding, and analysis.
environment of innovation; innovation management; innovation
