Innovation Strategies Developed by Research Centers in Public Universities of the Department of La Guajira, Colombia

The purpose of this article is to analyze the innovation strategies developed by the research centers of public universities in the department of La Guajira, Colombia. It is descriptive, not experimental, transversal design field; the population formed by the University of La Guajira and National Open University and Distance. The data collection technique was the survey with Likert For information analysis determined the average, interpreted through scales with established range scale. The results point to the universities under study have designed strategies of innovation, as they perform a few research and development, there are few incentives given to researchers, the existing organizational culture does not encourage creativity and innovation, it has a low use of information and communication technologies. Therefore, it is necessary to establish innovation strategies as essential tool to generate competitive advantages and success of these universities.