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Is innovation always beneficial? A meta-analysis of the relationship between innovation and performance in SMEs
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The performance implications of innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have attracted considerable interest among academics and practitioners. However, empirical research on the innovation-performance relationship in SMEs shows controversial results. This meta-analysis synthesizes empirical findings in order to obtain evidence whether and especially under which circumstances smaller, resource-scarce firms benefit from innovation. We find that innovation-performance relationship is context dependent. Factors such as the age of the firm, the type of innovation, and the cultural context affect the impact of innovation on firm performance to a large extent.
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- Authors
- Rosenbusch, N., Brinckmann, J., & Bausch, A.
- Venue
- Journal of Business Venturing
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-07
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 441-457
- ISSN
- 0883-9026 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2128753220
- Cited by
- 1,888
- References
- 14
- FWCI
- 12.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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