The Fincoda User Guide
Dr. René Butter, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and Hannah Johnson, Carter Corson Ltd
This guide has been designed to provide an understanding of the FINCODA Innovation Barometer including its origins, purpose and modes of use within both business and academic institutions. This guide has been produced by the founders and creators of FINCODA to share the benefits of using the barometer and how to use it for the best outcomes.
A guide to university-company cooperation
Prof. Sue Baines & Jennie Shorley, Manchester Metropolitan University.
FINCODA brought together universities and companies from Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK to cooperate on addressing the need to enhance innovation competencies and measure individuals' capacity for innovation. At the heart of the project was the creation of the FINCODA Innovation Barometer Assessment Tool.
Needs analysis in all partner companies
Prof. Sue Baines et. al., Manchester Metropolitan University.
Work Package 2 is entitled “Needs analysis in all partner companies”. Its remit is to assess, analyse and report on perceptions of innovation, and the competencies necessary to achieve it, from the perspective of organisations as employers of innovators. This is important because FINCODA aims to extend the benefits of the INCODE Innovation Competencies Barometer into the workplace, which was developed for Institutions of Higher Education as educators of innovators....
Towards the FINCODA Barometer
Several publications as follows:
Marin-Garcia, J. A., Ramirez-Bayarri, L. & Atares-Huerta, L. (2015). Protocol: Comparing advantages and disadvantages of rating scales, behavior observation scales and paired comparison scales for behavior assessment of competencies in workers. A systematic literature review.
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Ramirez Bayarri, L., Marin-Garcia, J. A. & Atares-Huerta, L. (2016). How has been assessed the innovation competency in companies and universities?
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Marin-Garcia, J. A., Andreu-Andres, M. A., Atares-Huerta, L., Aznar-Mas, L. E., Garcia-Carbonell, A., González-Ladrón-de-Guevara, F., & Watts, F. (2016). Proposal of framework for innovation competencies development and assessment (FINCODA).
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Marin-Garcia, J. A., Gonzalez, E., Carrasco, M. & Ros, D. (2016). Action planning intervention to identify how to improve selection processes for internships.
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Andreu-Andres, M., Marin-Garcia, J. & Garcia-Carbonell, A. (2017). El Barómetro INCODE como herramienta de autoevaluación de las competencias de innovación.
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Perez Peñalver, M., Aznar Mas, L. & Montero Fleta, B. (2018). Identification and classification of behavioural indicators to assess innovation competence.
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Psychometric validation of a tool for Innovation Competencies Development and Assessment using a mixed-method design
Dr. René Butter and Wilke van Beest, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
The European Commission states that innovation is the main driver of economic growth in the EU. Accordingly, also universities of applied sciences are challenged to support students in developing their innovation skills. This effort is not limited to universities, but continues in business. The FINCODA (Framework for Innovation Competencies and Assessment) barometer is a formative online self-assessment tool for students and professionals that serves as a boundary object between the worlds of education and business...
An innovation process – competences needed to make it succeed
Meiju Räsänen, Ari Putkonen and Liisa Kairisto-Mertanen, Turku.
Higher education represents a critical factor in innovation and human capital development on society, curricula and individual levels. As a learning outcome individual competence consists of knowledge, skills and attitudes...
How to educate somebody to be innovative? – Developing and measuring innovation competences in university-company co-operation
Taru Penttilä, Sami Lyytinen, Turku.
All sectors of the economy underline the importance of innovations. For creating new innovations we need individuals that are capable to participate in diverse everyday innovation processes...
Hoe herkent u innovators in uw organisatie?
Wilke van Beest en René Butter, HU, Utrecht.
There is no valid measurement tool that can measure innovative capacity and thereby explicitly takes into account the relationship between the practice, education and the additional environmental factors...
Needs Analysis in all Partner Companies: Current Practices, Gaps and Challenges
Prof. Sue Baines et. al. Manchester Metropolitan University.
Work Package 2 is entitled “Needs analysis in all partner companies”. Its remit is to assess, analyse and report on perceptions of innovation, and the competencies necessary to achieve it, from the perspective of organisations as employers of innovators...
