The role of exploitative and exploratory innovation in export performance: an analysis of plastics industry SMEs

Ribau, Cláudia P.; Moreira, António Carrizo; Raposo, Mário

doi:10.1504/ejim.2019.098149

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“…Thus, instead of coding whether an ambidexterity measure fits our definition, we ensured that both the exploration and the exploitation measure were in line with our definition. We also removed 33 studies that did not measure overall SME performance but instead constructs such as new product development performance (e.g., Mu, 2015) or export performance (e.g., Ribau, Moreira, & Raposo, 2019). We excluded four studies because they did not use distinct measures for exploration and exploitation, but rather a continuous measure.…”

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Too small to do it all? A meta-analysis on the relative relationships of exploration, exploitation, and ambidexterity with SME performance

Wenke

Zapkau

Schwens

2021

Journal of Business Research

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Too small to do it all? A meta-analysis on the relative relationships of exploration, exploitation, and ambidexterity with SME performance

Wenke

Zapkau

Schwens

2021

Journal of Business Research

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“…Innovation is expected to have a positive impact on internationalization because internationalization helps to spread the costs of innovation and improves competitive positioning overseas. This link has mainly been analyzed using export formulae (Basile, 2001; Ribau et al, 2019). With regard to the reverse path (i.e., from internationalization to innovation), comprehensive empirical evidence is lacking.…”

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“…As explorative and exploratory innovation play different roles in sustaining SMEs’ competitive advantages (Ribau et al, 2019), the two routes constitute alternative strategies for SMEs. However, as the effects of exploitation and exploration on performance differ based on the firm’s strategic orientation (Lin et al, 2013; Wei et al, 2014), we provide a broader view of their impact on the ultimate variable that explains firm sustainability—firm performance.…”

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Learning from foreign operation modes: The virtuous path for innovation

Villar

Barber

Ghauri

2020

BRQ Business Research Quarterly

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In this article, we analyze the impact of learning from internationalization on small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) performance along different development paths. Drawing on the exploitation versus exploration logic, we use an alternative view of foreign operation modes (the learning perspective) to provide insights into the impact of such learning on technological and organizational innovation as well as overall performance. Our results, which are derived from a sample of 132 SMEs active in traditional manufacturing industries, point to a path to superior performance that entails resource-augmenting operation modes and organizational innovation. JEL CLASSIFICATION: O31; F23; L25; M10; M16

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“…Traditionally, two theories coexist: "self-selection" and "learning-by-exporting". The theory of self-selection is based on a hypothesis according to which innovation allows companies to reach the international market more easily (Boso et al, 2013;Dai et al, 2019;Monreal-Pérez et al, 2012;Ribau et al, 2019;Roper and Love, 2002). It confers a competitive advantage upon the company, which allows it to acquire a higher general performance and to improve its resource optimization.…”

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Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology

Enjolras

Camargo

Schmitt

2020

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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A large number of studies have demonstrated the strong influence of and correlation between innovation and export activities as key factors of the firm's competitiveness. However, these two activities have usually been considered independently of each other in terms of management and support. This paper relies on the characterization of a conceptual innovation/export common space representing the synergistic effects between these two activities. A hybrid AHP/Flowsort MCDM-methodology is proposed in order to model this common space through the evaluation of a framework of joint practices related simultaneously to the innovation and export capabilities of SMEs. The relevance of this methodology is tested through the design of a decision-making tool applied to a French exporting and innovative SME. This case study opens up further research perspectives and points to areas for improvement in the evaluation of SMEs' capabilities.

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The role of exploitative and exploratory innovation in export performance: an analysis of plastics industry SMEs

Cited by 32 publications

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Too small to do it all? A meta-analysis on the relative relationships of exploration, exploitation, and ambidexterity with SME performance

Too small to do it all? A meta-analysis on the relative relationships of exploration, exploitation, and ambidexterity with SME performance

Learning from foreign operation modes: The virtuous path for innovation

Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology

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