Abstract
Innovation, has become an important tool for enterprises to create competitive advantage, increase their profitability and create value by taking part in the market with new products for today. There are various classifications for innovation, which is also referred to as value creating newness. The problem that different types of innovations emerge at different degrees by feeding from different sources encourages enterprises to take action in innovation management and direct them to determine innovation strategies. For all that, in order to express the innovation competence of enterprises; Innovation capacity should be evaluated, including research and development activities, human resources investments, collaborations, information communication technologies infrastructures, intellectual property rights activities and innovation financing.
In this study, the impact of innovation management activities on the innovation capacity of enterprises was examined, the company operating in Ankara, manufacturing pharmaceuticals and health products, was selected as a sample, and a semi-experimental single group pre-test-post-test study was conducted. The IMP3rove Innovation measurement tool was used during the pre-test and post-test work, and as a result of the field study, transformation in the five dimensions of innovation were observed. Hereby, it has been determined that innovation activities have a positive effect on the innovation capacity of enterprises.