13.2 WHAT DRIVES INNOVATION
The most important conclusion of the NSF study was that innovations happen due to the personal efforts of a product champion (or the technical entrepreneur), the driving motor in an organization who champions the scientific--technical--managerial activity that results in innovation. Besides the product champion, other important factors necessary for innovation identified were early recognition of need, scientific and technological opportunities, intellectual property protection, adequate financing, supporting inventions, effective management, and planned or unplanned confluence of technology.
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