TY - JOUR
T1 - Disentangling the Impact of Different Innovation Types, Financial Constraints and Geographic Diversification on SMEs' Export Growth
AU - Bodlaj, Mateja
AU - Kadic-Maglajlic, Selma
AU - Vida, Irena
N1 - Published online:31 October 2018
PY - 2020/1
Y1 - 2020/1
N2 - Innovation and exporting both play a vital role in the sustained business performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Unfortunately, few studies have simultaneously examined the effects of technological and non-technological innovations on SMEs' export growth while considering SMEs' financial constraints, let alone explicated the effects of a firm's geographic diversification on the marketing innovations–export growth relationship. To address these limitations, the authors theoretically ground their research model in the resource-based and dynamic capabilities views, and empirically test it using survey data from SMEs operating in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The results indicate the SMEs' export growth depends not merely on successful technological innovations, but also on organizational innovations that, along with product innovations, foster SMEs' marketing innovations. Further, financial constraints amplify the positive effect of organizational innovations on product innovations. Finally, the authors show that exporting SMEs benefit more from marketing innovation when they diversify geographically.
AB - Innovation and exporting both play a vital role in the sustained business performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Unfortunately, few studies have simultaneously examined the effects of technological and non-technological innovations on SMEs' export growth while considering SMEs' financial constraints, let alone explicated the effects of a firm's geographic diversification on the marketing innovations–export growth relationship. To address these limitations, the authors theoretically ground their research model in the resource-based and dynamic capabilities views, and empirically test it using survey data from SMEs operating in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The results indicate the SMEs' export growth depends not merely on successful technological innovations, but also on organizational innovations that, along with product innovations, foster SMEs' marketing innovations. Further, financial constraints amplify the positive effect of organizational innovations on product innovations. Finally, the authors show that exporting SMEs benefit more from marketing innovation when they diversify geographically.
KW - Export growth
KW - Financial constraints
KW - Geographic diversification
KW - Innovation
KW - SMEs
KW - Export growth
KW - Financial constraints
KW - Geographic diversification
KW - Innovation
KW - SMEs
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.10.043
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.10.043
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85055751025
VL - 108
SP - 466
EP - 475
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
SN - 0148-2963
ER -