Innovation success of non-R&amp;D-performers: substituting technology by management in SMEs

Rammer, Christian; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Spielkamp, Alfred

doi:10.1007/s11187-009-9185-7

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“…This result indicates the importance of marketing innovation in the retail sector and is consistent with Bhaskaran (2006) and Rammer et al (2009), who note that small and medium enterprises, especially those An empirical approach to marketing innovation in small and medium retailers: an application to the Spanish sector in low-and mid-tech industries, may be more willing to engage in marketing innovation, which can be less costly than technological innovation.…”

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An empirical approach to marketing innovation in small and medium retailers: an application to the Spanish sector

Medrano¹,

Pascual²

2016

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confidence: 84%

An empirical approach to marketing innovation in small and medium retailers: an application to the Spanish sector

Medrano¹,

Pascual²

2016

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“…Rammer, Czarnitzki and Spielkamp (2009) showed that 57% of small enterprises considered innovative use external sources of knowledge. Gassmann et al (2010) showed that small companies can adopt the open innovation model as a business model.…”

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Relationships and Partnerships in Small Companies: Strengthening the Business through External Agents

Silva

Dacorso

Costa

et al. 2016

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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This article aims to understand the relationships between small companies and external innovation agents and how they can help strengthening these organisations. A multiple case research method was adopted by the researchers and applied to small companies which presented innovative practices. The data collection included documents, records and interviews with managers/business owners. Such interviews were recorded and coded using the NVivo 10 software. The results showed relationships of trust, partnership and learning. The article contributes to the idea that small companies recognize the importance of external knowledge sources in their business and innovation strategies. Companies believe in these relationships in order to bring essential competencies to their business, and continuously renovate themselves through shared feedback. This in turn leads to the capture of financial and technological resources as well as market and competitive information that strengthens the business and allows it to overcome its limitations.

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“…If these considerations inform us about the mechanisms at place, they only focus on the second step of the innovation process, taking technical success as given. Other studies concerned with the latter have put forward the role of human resources management (Rammer et al 2009) and labour skills (Leiponen 2005) as complements to R&D to ensure innovation success. These findings provide empirical support to Cohen and Levinthal (1989) and Dosi et al (1995): by enhancing learning, R&D expenses develop competitive advantages (Zahra and George 2002) and have a cumulative effect on firm performance.…”

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“…Hall et al (2008) have the same approach: not excluding the firms with R&D equal to zero (zero R&D employees, in this case) and using a dummy variable equal to 1 when firms do not perform R&D. Cohen and Levinthal (1989) perform two separate analyses, respectively, for the whole sample and for the subsample of firms with positive R&D. Brouwer et al (1993), Leiponen (2005), Greenhalgh et al (2001), Rammer et al (2009), Stam andWennberg (2009), Hölzl (2009) and Hölzl and Friesenbichler (2010) keep the zero-R&D observations in the analysis. The other innovation studies cited in this section do not employ any variable corresponding solely to R&D.…”

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The medium-term effect of R&D on firm growth

2015

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This study analyses the effect of R&D expenditure on firm employment growth in the medium term, using six cross-sectional waves of an innovation survey conducted in the Netherlands in all sectors. The analysis is focused on firms having positive R&D expenditure and investigates whether higher investments in R&D (in proportion to firm turnover) translate into higher medium-term growth rates. Comparisons with growth on a shorter term are conducted by following the firm size evolution since the R&D investment for five consecutive years and allowing for firm exit. At all time terms, quantile regression techniques indicate that a higher R&D has a positive effect on high growers and allows a higher number of firms to be high growers. Still, once a firm invests in R&D, even if a higher investment makes the firm more likely to have a very good performance, it does not make it less likely to have a bad one.

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Innovation success of non-R&D-performers: substituting technology by management in SMEs

Abstract: Innovation success, R&D, Innovation management, SMEs, L25, L26, O31, O32, O38, O47,

Cited by 309 publications

References 62 publications

An empirical approach to marketing innovation in small and medium retailers: an application to the Spanish sector

An empirical approach to marketing innovation in small and medium retailers: an application to the Spanish sector

Relationships and Partnerships in Small Companies: Strengthening the Business through External Agents

The medium-term effect of R&D on firm growth

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