Barriers to innovation for SMEs in a small less developed country (Cyprus)

Hadjimanolis, Athanasios

doi:10.1016/s0166-4972(99)00034-6

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“…Perception does not necessarily capture the state of the problem. This can provide an explanation, to a certain extent, why some studies (such as Hadjimanolis, 1999) found no correlation between constraints and innovativeness. However, it is difficult to define an appropriate measure of many constraints and measure their presence with great precision.…”

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“…Examples are Mohnen, Palm, van der Loeff, and Tiwary (2008), Galia, Mancini, and Morandi (2012), Iammarino, Sanna-Randaccio, and Savona (2007), D 'Este, Iammarino, Savona, and von Tunzelmann (2008), to name just a few. Earlier contributions to the literature that are not based on CIS data include work of Piatier (1984) and later Hadjimanolis (1999Hadjimanolis ( , 2003.…”

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The factors constraining innovation performance of SMEs in Croatia

Božić

Rajh

2016

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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The factors constraining innovation performance of SMEs in Croatia

Božić

Rajh

2016

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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“…In a study of Canadian firms, including SMEs, Tourigny and Le (2004) found that firm characteristics, in particular firm size, affected the propensity to innovate. Hadjimanolis (1999), in a study of SMEs in Cyprus, showed that the most important internal barriers were the lack of time, inadequacy of R&D activities, design and testing within the company, and inadequate financial resources, while the most challenging external barriers were ease of copying the innovation, government bureaucracy, lack of government support, lack of qualified human resources, government policies, and bank lending. Madrid-Guijarro et al (2009) found that the barriers to innovation that Spanish SMEs faced were the external environment, human resources, and financial position.…”

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Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States

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Dohnert²,

Maffioli³

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“…Minguela-Rata et al, 2014;Madrid-Guijarro et al, 2009; Fisk, 2008;Oke, 2004;2002a;2002b;Griffin, 1997), Europe (e.g. Hölzl & Janger, 2014;Minguela-Rata et al, 2014;Madrid-Guijarro et al, 2009;Segarra-Blasco et al, 2008;Galia and Legros, 2004;Hadjimanolis, 1999), Asia (e.g. Zhu et al, 2012;Kim et al, 1993), North America (e.g.…”

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Barriers to innovation in service SMEs: evidence from Mexico

Maldonado-Guzmán

Garza‐Reyes

Castro

et al. 2017

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Purpose Specific research related to the study of innovation barriers in service SMEs in the Latin American region is limited. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects that external environmental, financial and human barriers have on innovation activities, particularly, within the context of Mexican service SMEs. Design/methodology/approach Three hypotheses were formulated and tested using structural equation modelling. Data were collected through an instrument that was developed based on relevant constructs adapted from the literature. The instrument was validated using confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach’s α test and the composite reliability index to ensure reliability of the theoretical model. The instrument was distributed among service SMEs in the Aguascalientes state of Mexico, from were 308 valid responses were obtained. Findings In general, the results indicate that all the three barriers investigated (i.e. external environmental, financial and human) hinder innovation in service SMEs, with the external environmental barrier being the most significant of the three. Practical implications The findings of this research can inform managers of service SMEs and policy makers when formulating and implementing strategies to reduce innovation barriers. Originality/value Evidence suggests that specific research related to the study of innovation barriers in service SMEs in the Latin American region is limited. This paper fills this research gap by expanding the limited body of knowledge in this field and providing further evidence on this phenomenon. The study also enables the distinctive characteristics of innovation barriers to be understood within a particular context, expanding in this way the body of knowledge on this field.

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Barriers to innovation for SMEs in a small less developed country (Cyprus)

Cited by 366 publications

References 10 publications

The factors constraining innovation performance of SMEs in Croatia

The factors constraining innovation performance of SMEs in Croatia

Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States

Barriers to innovation in service SMEs: evidence from Mexico

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