{"title":"Drivers of Innovation Practices in SMEs: A Literature Review","authors":"Prateek Modi, A. Rawani","doi":"10.4018/ijeei.2020010103","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Intermsofindustriesorbusiness,oneoftheveryimportantaspectsofanygrowingeconomyis SMEswhichareresponsiblefordrivinginnovationanddevelopmentindifferentareas.SMEsshould possessastrategywhichmanagesdecisionseffectively.Innovationisthekeytomakingsuchstrategies effectivetoachievetheultimategoals.Presently,therearesomanystudiesavailableintheliterature forbigindustries,butlessliteratureisavailablewhichcollectsdriversofinnovationpracticeinSMEs inonearticle.Hencethisarticleconcentratesondiscoveringsomeofthedrivingforcesofinnovation practiceinSMEsthroughpreviousstudies.Therearesomefactorswhichactasdriversforinnovation practiceinSMEs,thesedrivershelptheSMEstoachievetheirdesiredtarget.Abasicliteraturereview approachisembracedtoviablyidentifythosekeydrivers.Thisstudycontributestotheinnovation managementarticlesonSMEs.Somefutureresearchconstraintsarealsosuggestedinthearticle. KEywoRDS Drivers, Factors, Innovation, Innovation Practices, SMES","PeriodicalId":102199,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. E Entrepreneurship Innov.","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Int. J. E Entrepreneurship Innov.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijeei.2020010103","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}