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Do board composition and investor type influence innovativeness in SMEs?

verfasst von: Sven H. De Cleyn, Johan Braet

Erschienen in: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal | Ausgabe 3/2012

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Companies need to adapt and evolve if they wish to survive. Future success lies in the ability to develop innovative solutions for customer’s problems and needs. This study aims to explore the influence of corporate governance and ownership structure on (product) innovativeness in a sample of 49 small and medium sized firms (SMEs) in the Belgian manufacturing industries. The main findings of the study are twofold. Firstly, a significant positive relationship between innovativeness and the size of a firm’s board has been found. Secondly, business-to-consumer markets tend to be more innovative than business-to-business markets. No significant relationship was found between the investor type and a firm’s innovativeness.

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Titel: Do board composition and investor type influence innovativeness in SMEs?
verfasst von: Sven H. De Cleyn
Johan Braet
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2012
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal / Ausgabe 3/2012
Print ISSN: 1554-7191
Elektronische ISSN: 1555-1938
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-010-0168-6

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