芬兰中小企业的创新:利益相关者参与和企业层面特征的影响

IF 2.3 Q3 BUSINESS
Hannu Littunen, T. Tohmo, Esa Storhammar
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目的:本文的目的是分析内部能力(资源)和外部信息源在实施产品、流程、营销和组织创新方面的重要性,旨在最大限度地提高企业的竞争优势,为利益相关者创造价值。此外,我们特别研究了公共组织、商业网络、公司规模和工业部门在不同类型的产品、流程、营销和组织创新中所起的作用。该研究以经合组织采用的创新类型(产品、过程、营销、组织)为基础。方法:本文基于芬兰389家中小企业的数据,并描述了一个模型的开发,用于测试提高中小企业创新能力的因素。采用逻辑回归模型作为方法。研究发现:研究结果表明,新产品、新工艺和营销创新的创造与各种外部信息来源有关,如展会、媒体和互联网。此外,企业专有技术等内部能力之间的关系增加了中小企业的营销和组织创新能力。我们的研究结果表明,产品创新的创造与制造业呈正相关。此外,我们发现新流程的创造和组织创新与企业规模有关,例如员工少于20人的企业(最小企业)集中在非创新者中,员工超过20人的企业集中在创新者中。对理论和实践的启示:我们研究的贡献在于分析不同类型的创新在多大程度上依赖于特定的信息来源。本研究也为实务及政策制定者提供建议。与我们的研究结果相反,公共支持组织在任何创新模式中都没有统计显著性。因此,公共支持组织应该建立更好的机制,寻找有强烈动机开发新产品和市场机会的中小企业。原创性和价值:本文通过研究可能的因素来解释中小企业实施产品、流程、营销和组织创新的可能性的增加,为文献提供了一个新的和热门的观点。我们的研究提供了关于不同利益相关者如何促进中小企业创新的全面信息。
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Innovation among SMEs in Finland: The impact of stakeholder engagement and firm-level characteristics
PURPOSE: The aim of the paper is to analyse the importance of both internal capabilities (resources) and external information sources in implementing product, process, marketing and organizational innovations aiming to maximize firm competitive advantage and create value for stakeholders. Furthermore, in particular, we examine the role of public organizations, business networks, firm size, and the industry sector, in the emergence of different types of product, process, marketing, and organizational innovations. The research was based on the typology of innovation (product, process, marketing, and organizational) adopted by the OECD. METHODOLOGY: The paper is based on data from 389 SMEs located in Finland and describes the development of a model for testing the factors that increase the innovativeness of SMEs. The logistic regression model is used as a methodology. Findings: The results show that the creation of novel products, processes and marketing innovation is connected to various external sources of information, such as fairs, the media and the internet. Moreover, the relationship between internal capabilities such as the firm’s know-how increases the marketing and organizational innovativeness of SMEs. Our results demonstrated that the creation of product innovation is positively connected to manufacturing. Furthermore, we find that the creation of novel processes and organizational innovation is related to firm size, such that firms with fewer than 20 employees (smallest firms) were concentrated among non-innovators and companies with more than 20 employees were concentrated among innovators. IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY AND PRACTICE: The contribution of our study is to analyse to what extent various types of innovation rely on specific information sources. This study also provides suggestions for practice and policymakers. Contrary to expectations regarding our findings, public support organizations were not statistically significant in any innovation model. Therefore, public support organizations should develop better mechanisms to find SMEs with strong motivations to develop new products and market opportunities. ORIGINALITY AND VALUE: This paper provides a new and topical viewpoint for the literature by examining the possible factors explaining the increase in SMEs’ likelihood of implementing product, process, marketing, and organizational innovations. Our study provides comprehensive information on how different stakeholders contribute to the emergence of SME innovation.
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