Innovation and the performance of Portuguese businesses: a 'SURE' approach

Marques, Carla Susana; Gerry, Chris; Covelo, Susana; Braga, Alexandra; Braga, Vítor

doi:10.1504/ijmed.2011.041545

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“…Johne and Davies 2000;Marques et al 2011;Hatzikian 2013;Hashi and Stojčić 2013), indicating that the most innovative companies place more emphasis on management techniques. This allows them to reach higher levels of performance (e.g.…”

Section: Effects Of Skm In Performance -Directly and Via Innovationmentioning

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Strategic Knowledge Management, Innovation and Performance: A Qualitative Study of the Footwear Industry

Marques

Cardoso

2015

J Knowl Econ

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This paper focuses on the first phase of research that sought to encourage discussion and to promote a better understanding of the effects of strategic knowledge management (SKM) on innovation and performance in the Portuguese footwear industry. The rationale for the research is based on the understanding that innovation has played a major role in the recent good performance of this industry, building up its global market share and increasing employment and value in the context of Portugal's economic recession. This empirical study, to our knowledge, is the first to examine the interface between SKM, innovation and performance in the footwear industry. The research used a qualitative methodology, gathering data through semi-structured interviews with three chief executive officers of footwear firms and three academic specialists in SKM and innovation. After doing content analysis, we found support for our initial expectation that SKM effects can be inferred whenever shifts in a firm's performance occur as a result of technological and/or organisational innovations. We further propose a model of relationships between SKM, innovation and performance, which will be assessed in a second phase using a quantitative approach.

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Section: Effects Of Skm In Performance -Directly and Via Innovationmentioning

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Strategic Knowledge Management, Innovation and Performance: A Qualitative Study of the Footwear Industry

Marques

Cardoso

2015

J Knowl Econ

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“…Afuah (1998) defined innovation as the "use of new technical and administrative knowledge to offer a new product or service to customers. Schumpeter (1934) sees innovation as the driving force for development Marques et al (2011) stated: "that encouraging firms to innovate will lead to a better economic performance of firms in terms of market and financial performance." This means that innovation could be what actually makes the difference between the firms' progress, implying that successful innovation activities by firms are expected to bring a successful innovative product that will result in to increase in the financial performance of a firm.…”

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The Effects of the Innovative Decisions on Firms’ Innovative Performance of Nigerian Industry

Umeoka

2022

JEFAS

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Firms have to keep innovating if they want to maintain competitive advantage; hence, this study investigates the innovation activities in Nigerian firms considering the role Nigeria plays in the African economy. Specifically, the objectives of this study are to (1) to determine the factors that affect firms’ innovative activities and (2) to evaluate the impact of the innovative decision on innovation performance or product of firms. 2014 Enterprise survey data conducted by the World Bank is used, and CDM-model is adopted as the method of analysis. The results showed that improved supporting activities by firms has a significant positive relationship with firms’ innovative performance, and giving employees time to develop new idea has a positive impact on innovation performance. Finally, the study recommends that firms should embark on the job training of staff because it will help them be more efficient by improving the working process.

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“…With the uncertainty and high volatility in global financial markets whether in developed or emerging markets, the use of financial derivatives contracts by banks has increased. Thus, the impact of globalisation on the banking system may be positive or negative, some authors believe that financial liberalisation innovations affect positively firm's performance (Marques et al, 2011), and reinforce financial sector development which in turn will enhance economic growth and increases competition which lead banks to diversify their activities, while others join issue with the negative effect of liberalisation by arguing that it induces risk-taking behaviour and many cause banking crises concluding that banks are much more likely to fail in liberalised regime than under financial repression (Bucur, 2012). However, commercial banks are working on innovative ways to achieve profits instead of the traditional methods, and hedging of many types of risks such as credit, liquidity, systemic and interest rates risks.…”

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Does the usage of financial derivatives decrease the systemic risks in the GCC banks An empirical study

Bendima

Benbouziane

Bendob

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IJMED

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In the financial markets, the financial institutions and banks use the financial derivatives for hedging against systemic risks, for speculation or/and arbitrage. This study aims to investigate mainly whether the use of financial derivatives makes banks reducing their systemic risks. Using the data of 19 commercial banks from GCC during the period from 2000 to 2013, the main results reveal that the use of financial derivatives decrease banks systemic risks, while the performance indexes effect is not obvious, it differs between a negative and a positive effect. However, banks use derivatives with the increase in off-balance sheet to hedge their risks. Finally, the rise of GDP does not give a safety feeling to managers of banks, so they tend to use derivatives to hedge, in addition, they use them also with the increase in inflation and unemployment rates for hedging purposes.

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Innovation and the performance of Portuguese businesses: a 'SURE' approach

Cited by 15 publications

References 25 publications

Strategic Knowledge Management, Innovation and Performance: A Qualitative Study of the Footwear Industry

Strategic Knowledge Management, Innovation and Performance: A Qualitative Study of the Footwear Industry

The Effects of the Innovative Decisions on Firms’ Innovative Performance of Nigerian Industry

Does the usage of financial derivatives decrease the systemic risks in the GCC banks An empirical study

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