The study of innovation in family firms is gaining more and more interest among researchers and academics. Although it is a relatively recent issue in the literature, there is not enough theoretical and empirical evidence of the existing relationship with other constructs, such as the case of business performance. Therefore, using a sample of 1,400 family small businesses from 20 Latin American countries and applying a structural equations modeling of second order, which allows to know in greater depth the relationship between innovation and business performance. The fundamental objective of this empirical study is to investigate the relationship between innovation and business performance in family small business in Latin America. The results indicate that the innovation has a significant positive effect on the business performance of Latin American family small business. Contribution/ Originality: This study is one of very few studies, which have investigated the analysis, and discussion of the relationship between innovation and business performance in Latin American family small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
En la última década, los autores han puesto énfasis en la importancia de las pequeñas y medianas empresas en la economía de los países, así como en el poco tiempo que estas siguen funcionando, situación que, obviamente, afecta a la economía mundial. Por la importancia de este tema, este artículo muestra un estudio sobre las características de las mejores pequeñas y medianas empresas en función de las actividades de logística que realizan. El objetivo de este trabajo fue conocer las características de las empresas que tienen un mejor nivel de sofisticación en las prácticas de logística, así como los costos logísticos más bajos. El estudio se realizó en Querétaro, México, con 99 empresas. Los resultados mostraron que las mejores empresas son las que tienen una fuente de capital extranjero y las que exportan.
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