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and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are successful in innovation without research and development (R&D) efforts. In this … DUI-based innovation in less R&D-intensive SMEs. That is, companies operating largely under the DUI mode seem to benefit …
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classifications. The sample included a total of 920 companies from the Spanish automobile components industry (81% SMEs and 19% large …
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This study explores the characteristics and determinants of innovation of exceptionally innovative small and medium sized UK enterprises. The focus is placed on 'serial' innovators, defined as independent companies with a persistent unusually high frequency of innovations over time. The aim of...
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The logic of network embeddedness has been widely used in the technology entrepreneurship literature in recent years, yet itso perationalisation and use are neither well understood nor agreed upon. This paper reviews the logic of network embeddedness as it has been invoked and operationalised to...
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-sized companies (SMEs) as a driver of competitive position, with customer orientation and participation in international networks as … mediating variables. Research Design & Methods: The analysis involved structural equation modelling on a dataset of 281 SMEs … importance of KMO to SMEs and explaining its role as an antecedent of beneficial cooperation within international networks of …
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This paper examines the effect of innovation on performance of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Using panel … data from SMEs in Vietnam, we show that SMEs with innovation tend to perform better than SMEs without innovation. We …, an important type of innovation in SMEs. Overall, our results show the important role of innovation in enhancing firm …
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paper, we test the effect of innovation on export performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Peru that have … performance. We test the model using partial least squares structural equation modeling from 237 SMEs. The findings show that …
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Prior research has identified individual characteristics that distinguish business owners from non-business owners. We tested our contention that not every successful business owner can be characterized by such typical ldquo;entrepreneurialrdquo; characteristics. Multiple Analysis of Variance...
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The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Organizational Learning Capability, ISO 9001 Effectiveness and Financial Performance of Bosnian exporters. Based on literature review, a conceptual model was validated and the hypotheses were proposed. The measurement...
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This research aimed to study the relationship between innovation and variables that represent firm performance. Using a comprehensive database that cross references innovation information gathered by PINTEC (Technological Innovation Research) of IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and...
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