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| Author: | Pullen, A. (et al.) |
| Title: | Successful patterns of internal SME characteristics leading to high overall innovation performance |
| Journal: | Creativity and innovation management
2009 : SEP, VOL. 18:3, p. 209-223 |
| Index terms: | new products product development innovation performance appraisal success small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) surveys Australia Europe USA |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) wrestle with the paradox of developing new products and technologies on the one hand and minimizing costs on the other. Compared to large firms, SMEs have many problems in their innovation process, influencing negatively on their overall innovation performance (hereafter as: inn-perf). Herein, successful patterns of internal SME characteristics leading to high overall inn-perf. are explored. In order to find patterns in the internal characteristics of SMEs with high overall inn-perf. cluster analyses were used. It is found that companies focusing on incremental innovation and achieving high overall inn-perf. share indeed a pattern in their internal organization. This paper contributes to the current body of knowledge by comparing high- and low-performing companies based on competence differences etc. |
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