... quality and the quantity of innovation in an organization depend on both its internal and external environment Innovations within an organization diffuse into the external environment and changes in ... factors affecting innovation: information and communication, behavior and integration, knowledge and skills, project raising and doing, guidance and support, and external environment The author ... positive and negative impact on innovation which depend mainly on the context (Ancona and Caldwell, 1992) In their study of the top management in the banking industry, Bantel and Jackson (1989)...