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innovativeness

innovativeness

1 6.7
Thinking of new ideas and using new ways to do things
  • noun
  • /ˌɪnəˈveɪtɪvnəs/
translation icon : innovación
  • Her innovativeness brought fresh ideas to the project, making it stand out from competitors.
  • innovativeness in business
  • level of innovativeness
  • organizational innovativeness

Examples

  • The second model included the innovativeness of the business model variable to test Hypothesis 3.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The research questions examined the emergence and prevalence of themes and their likely association with innovativeness.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Our research indicated that the relationship between innovativeness in the business models and performance was significant.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The firms that emphasized the customer information processes had a higher level of innovativeness in their business model.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The outcome of Research Question 3 involves the possibility of an association between the level of innovativeness of the individual and the perceived level of innovativeness of the organization.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The IS had acceptable reliability coefficients across multiple studies and was found to be a significant predictor of individual innovativeness.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The organizational climate for innovativeness has not changed over the 7-year period despite systematic downsizing and any interventions in the unit.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Our innovativeness measure focuses on a defined portion of the business model and comprehensively assesses these value-creating transactions.

    Academic text (2016)
  • For example, Summers et al. (2000) found that public accounting consultants and auditors differ in regards to innovativeness.

    Academic text (2001)
  • A demographic inquiry document, the IS, and the PORGI survey were administered to gather quantitative data on the participants and their personal level of innovativeness, as well as their perceived level of organizational innovativeness.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

creativity
vsinnovativeness
213 3.4

The ability to use imagination to make new ideas or things

is more about creating new methods and practical change
ingenuity
vsinnovativeness
53 6.1

Clever new thinking that finds solutions to problems and makes useful things

is broader, applying originality to new methods and wider change
novelty
vsinnovativeness
47 4.7

Something new or different that seems interesting

focuses more on purposeful introduction of new methods than mere newness
originality
vsinnovativeness
30 4.5

A quality of being new and different in ideas and not copied from others

stresses applying new methods and practical innovation rather than just newness
creative thinking
vsinnovativeness
5 3.7

Thinking in new ways to make things or solve problems

is a general quality applying when new methods are introduced
inventiveness
vsinnovativeness
5 4.9

The ability to think of new ideas and ways to do things

focuses more on introducing new methods across different areas
freshness
vsinnovativeness
5 2.5

The quality of being new and original

is centered on creating and applying new methods rather than just being new
unconventionality
vsinnovativeness
1 7.5

Doing things in a new or unusual way

is broader, including purposeful introduction of new methods beyond nonconformity
creativeness
vsinnovativeness
1 3.3

Ability to think of new ideas and make new things

emphasizes creating new approaches and methods rather than only ideas
out-of-the-box thinking
vsinnovativeness
  • Jargon
1 4.6

A way to find new, creative ideas to solve problems

is the general quality of introducing new methods, not only thinking style
ingeniousness
vsinnovativeness
7.2

Being very clever at finding new ways to solve problems and make things

places more weight on introducing new methods across contexts

Antonyms

19 6.8

A period when activity and growth stop, often in business or the economy

Not having new ideas or ways of doing things

How Innovative

originality
30 4.5
innovativeness
1 6.7
novelty
47 4.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

innovativeness = innovative (transparent) = innovate + ive + ness

Formed by adding the nominalizing suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'innovative', yielding 'the quality of being innovative'.

Etymology

Innovativeness comes from Latin parts in- meaning 'into' and novus meaning 'new', so it originally meant 'make new'. Think of the familiar word novel, which also means 'new', and that helps: being innovative is about creating or bringing new ideas or methods, so innovativeness is the quality of doing that.