Explaining innovative efforts of SMEs.

Keizer, J.A.; Dijkstra, L Lieuwe; Halman, Johannes I.M.

doi:10.1016/s0166-4972(00)00091-2

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“…The study crystalizes several studies that outline a firm innovation's predictors [77,204,205]. This result may be explicated by Keizer et al [206], who realized that absorptive capacity is possible in SMEs due to higher cognition, but more attention capability is needed to apply the practices of the firm rather than merely relying on the potential absorptive capacity for sustainable innovation achievement. The intrapreneurship of capturing and exploiting opportunity by the willingness of entrepreneurial actor is fully mediated by the incremental change of best practices in process innovation.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 60%

The Role of Process Innovation between Firm-Specific Capabilities and Sustainable Innovation in SMEs: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia

Widya-Hasuti¹,

Mardani

Štreimikienė

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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The importance of sustainable innovation achievement propels firms to consider the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. However, it is important to clarify that not all innovations impact sustainable development. Regardless of the limited circumstances in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), intrapreneurship, stakeholder integration, and absorptive capacity are firm-specific capabilities that could be explored as strategic intentions of management practices in the organization. This paper investigated the mediating role of process innovation in the relationship among the firm-specific capabilities of absorptive capacity, intrapreneurship, and stakeholder integration for sustainable innovation in SMEs. This empirical study examines the manufacturing sector of Indonesian SMEs with a sample size of 190 firms. The study found that practices of process innovation, as a mediator triggered by the firm-specific capabilities of absorptive capacity, intrapreneurship, and stakeholder integration affect sustainable innovation, although at low stages. Finally, implications for the theory and practice of attaining sustainable innovation in SMEs are drawn.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 60%

The Role of Process Innovation between Firm-Specific Capabilities and Sustainable Innovation in SMEs: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia

Widya-Hasuti¹,

Mardani

Štreimikienė

et al. 2018

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“…Analogically, Ionica (2013) concludes that innovation in SMEs of Romania have been influenced by international strategic partnerships. In a similar vein, studies by Ehrenberger et al (2015) on Czech Republic, Radas & Božić (2009) on Croatia, Pikkemaat (2008) on Austria, Keizer et al (2002) on Netherlands confirm the positive influence of external cooperation on innovation of SMEs.…”

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confidence: 61%

Determinants of Innovation Activity of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Small Post-Soviet Countries

Karymshakov¹,

Sulaimanova²,

Aseinov³

2020

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This paper aims to study the determinants of innovation activity of small and medium-sized enterprises in five small post-Soviet countries. Empirical analysis is based on the data from the fifth wave of the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey. Innovation of SMEs is measured with five innovation practices. For each aspect of innovation probit model is applied. Estimation results shows that experience of managers has curvilinear effect on the innovation in SMEs. Moreover, foreign participation, export orientation and competitiveness in sectors are indicated as important condition for innovation by SMEs. Competition forces firms to innovate in order to survive, while openness of the economy provides with exporting opportunities and participation of the foreign capital. Especially the latter factor may significantly reduce costs of innovation through technological transformation from abroad.

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“…Within the category of 'region', there are such determinants as 'location' [60] and 'proximity" advantage [61]. Within the category of 'culture', there are such determinants as 'external financial support' [62,63], 'power distance', 'risk avoidance', 'femininity-masculinity', 'collectivism-individualism', and 'temporal orientation' [64][65][66][67].…”

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“…Within the category of 'networking', there are various interactions with different stakeholders, such as universities, research centers, industrial and professional associations, consultants, service providers, suppliers, and consumers [61,63,[68][69][70]. The category of 'knowledge and technologies' deals with 'how knowledge/technology is acquired' by an economic entity, consisting of both formal and informal acquisitions and taking various forms.…”

Section: Environmental Factors That Positively Affect An Economic Entmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors and Steps for Successful Transition from a State of Making to One of Innovating

Forrest

Gong

2019

Sustainability

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Other than serving as the introduction to this special issue, this paper looks at the question of how an underdeveloped or a developing economic entity can manage to acquire the knowledge and ability to overcome various barriers, be they social, cultural, or institutional, to establish its desired momentum of self-sustained growth. It addresses the question by surveying relevant literatures, first, about what factors, both internal and external, positively determine the innovativeness of an economic entity; and second, regarding what steps are necessary for an underdeveloped or a developing entity to engineer its momentum of self-sustained growth and for an established entity to maintain its existing momentum. By doing so, we demonstrate the theoretical significance and practical importance of this issue and the works contained in this issue.

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Explaining innovative efforts of SMEs.

Cited by 227 publications

References 16 publications

The Role of Process Innovation between Firm-Specific Capabilities and Sustainable Innovation in SMEs: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia

The Role of Process Innovation between Firm-Specific Capabilities and Sustainable Innovation in SMEs: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia

Determinants of Innovation Activity of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Small Post-Soviet Countries

Factors and Steps for Successful Transition from a State of Making to One of Innovating

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