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About the determinants of the degree of novelty in small businesses’ product innovations

verfasst von: Juan A. Martínez-Román, Isidoro Romero

Erschienen in: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal | Ausgabe 4/2013

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This paper explores the nature and determinants of product innovation in small businesses from a survey of more than 1,500 small firms in Spain. Two levels of factors affecting innovation are considered: (1) The personal characteristics of the entrepreneurs -their age, motivations, educational background and degree of interpersonal trust. (2) The characteristics of the organizations’ management—cooperation, risk taking, proactivity and specific innovation and growth policies. The paper shows that the factors explaining the firms’ decisions to introduce small incremental innovations -and the strength of these influences- are different, to a large extent, from those favoring substantial product innovations.

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Titel: About the determinants of the degree of novelty in small businesses’ product innovations
verfasst von: Juan A. Martínez-Román
Isidoro Romero
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2013
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal / Ausgabe 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1554-7191
Elektronische ISSN: 1555-1938
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-013-0269-0

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