Measuring Innovation: Insight from Nigeria's Innovation Incubators

Innovation is one of the principal keys for a country to achieve sustainability, thereby remaining competitive in the global innovation sector. The surge in technological innovations and entrepreneurships in emerging economies can be partly attributed to the propagation of innovation incubators. Innovation incubators are interfacial firms, private or public, that aids the successful transition of technologies from research facilities, individual or small firms, to the commercial sector. The purpose of this study is to uncover the contribution of existing innovation incubators in Nigeria. The research study was conduct through qualitative methodology, through interviews and questionnaires. This allowed us to identify the relationship between different variables used to determine the innovativeness of an organization. This study can be used as a scientific foundation to study the significance of innovation inspiring organizations.