RT Journal Article
T1 Innovation and business performance for Spanish SMEs: New evidence from a multi-dimensional approach.
A1 Expósito-García, Alfonso
A1 Sanchis-Llopis, Juan Alberto
K1 Pequeñas y medianas empresas - Gestión
K1 Creatividad en la empresa
K1 Econometría
AB This article examines the impact of product, process and organisational innovations on twoalternative dimensions of business performance: finance and operations. Two indicatorscapture financial performance: sales increase and production cost reduction. Operational firmperformance is captured by two alternative indicators: productive capacity augmentation andquality improvement of product/service provided by the firm. Using a wide-ranging sample ofSpanish small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), our findings highlight the significant impact ofinnovation upon both these dimensions of business performance, although they differ regarding thetype of innovation and the performance indicator considered. Furthermore, our results indicatethat the relationship between innovation choices in SMEs and business performance should beanalysed from a multi-dimensional approach. These findings reveal significant implications forinnovation policies and strategies for SMEs.
PB Sage
YR 2018
FD 2018-06-19
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30641
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30641
LA eng
NO Exposito, A., & Sanchis-Llopis, J. A. (2018). Innovation and business performance for Spanish SMEs: New evidence from a multi-dimensional approach. International Small Business Journal, 36(8), 911-931. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242618782596
NO Copyright de los autores.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026