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Innovation and business performance for Spanish SMEs: New evidence from a multi-dimensional approach. Expósito-García, Alfonso Sanchis-Llopis, Juan Alberto Pequeñas y medianas empresas - Gestión Creatividad en la empresa Econometría This article examines the impact of product, process and organisational innovations on two alternative dimensions of business performance: finance and operations. Two indicators capture financial performance: sales increase and production cost reduction. Operational firm performance is captured by two alternative indicators: productive capacity augmentation and quality improvement of product/service provided by the firm. Using a wide-ranging sample of Spanish small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), our findings highlight the significant impact of innovation upon both these dimensions of business performance, although they differ regarding the type of innovation and the performance indicator considered. Furthermore, our results indicate that the relationship between innovation choices in SMEs and business performance should be analysed from a multi-dimensional approach. These findings reveal significant implications for innovation policies and strategies for SMEs. 2024-02-26T07:54:36Z 2024-02-26T07:54:36Z 2024-02-26T07:54:36Z 2018-06-19 journal article 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 https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30641 https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242618782596 eng open access Sage