Critical elements for product innovation at Portuguese innovative SMEs: an intellectual capital perspective

Costa, Ricardo V.; Jardón, Carlos M.; Dorrego, Pedro Figueroa

doi:10.1057/kmrp.2014.15

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“…The study revealed that dimensions of intellectual capital (human capital and customer capital) were found to affect innovative performance positively and significantly. However, it is contrary to that of some researchers (Costa, Dorrego and Fernandez-Jardon, 2013) who claimed that human capital does not have a significant and positive relationship with product innovation performance in Portuguese innovation SMEs. Moreover, the results also indicate that commitment to the product innovation process stands out as the only human capital factor that significantly affects product innovation performance.…”

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Impact of Human Capital on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in South West, Nigeria

Adeyemo¹,

Gbadeyan²,

Brimah³

2020

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This study examined the Impact of Human Capital on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in South West Nigeria. The specific objective assessed the effect of human capital practice on the innovativeness of SMEs in South West, Nigeria. Data were collected from the primary source using structured questionnaire. Stratified random sampling was employed to select a sample of three hundred and ninety-three (393) SMEs from a population of twenty three thousand two hundred and ninety (23,290) SMEs in the Nigerian South West states comprising Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti. The population was divided into small and medium enterprises after which selection from each stratum was done using simple random sampling. Analysis of the data was carried using linear regression to test the strength of relationship between the variables. Findings from the study revealed that human capital index (B=0.277, T = 13.306 and R2 = 0.323) was positive and significantly affect SMEs innovativeness. The study concluded that human capital has positive and significant impact on SMEs performance.

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Impact of Human Capital on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in South West, Nigeria

Adeyemo¹,

Gbadeyan²,

Brimah³

2020

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“…As discussed in the preceding sections, the extant literature has shown that a firm's IC plays a vital role in influencing its TI. Various components of IC have favorable impacts on the adoption and generation of innovation, thus, contributing to gaining a sustainable competitive advantage (Costa, Fernández-Jardon, & Figueroa Dorrego, 2014;Dost et al, 2016;Rhee et al, 2010). More specifically, HC positively and significantly affects product and process innovation (Engelman et al, 2017;Han & Li, 2015).…”

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Intellectual capital, entrepreneurial orientation, and technical innovation in small and medium‐sized enterprises

Al‐Jinini

Dahiyat

Bontis

2019

Knowl Process Manag

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The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the effects of intellectual capital (IC) on technical innovation (TI) and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Hypotheses were tested using a survey data set of 464 questionnaires collected from senior, middle, and functional managers, in addition to employees working in 63 SMEs operating in Jordan. The findings show that all IC dimensions have positive significant effects on both TI as well as EO. More specifically, human capital and relational capital emerged as having the strongest effects on TI, whereas relational capital and human competence had the strongest effects on EO. Interestingly, relational capital was the only IC dimension that had a particularly strong and positive significant effect on both EO and TI. Moreover, all EO dimensions had positive significant effects on TI. As for the mediating effect of EO, it was found to have quite a strong and partial mediating effect on the relationship between each IC dimension (relational, structural, human, and human competence) and TI. It was also noted that EO had a particularly strong partial mediating effect on the relationship between structural capital and TI, as well as human competence and TI. Given the unique context within which SMEs are established and developed, in terms of heavily investing in IC, as well as their supposedly entrepreneurial and innovative nature, this study provides an original contribution to the TI literature.

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“…Zhang, Qi, Wang, Pawar and Zhao (2015), from a survey conducted in Chinese and Indian industries, found out that direct impact of knowledge integration on innovation performance is significant only in India, and the effect of intellectual capital in innovation performance is significantly higher in China than in India. While Costa, Fernández and Dorrego (2014) argue that the elements of human capital and relational capital affect product innovation indirectly through its interaction with the structural capital.…”

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Redefining the Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Innovation: The Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

Cassol

Gonçalo

Ruas

2016

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between absorptive capacity, intellectual capital and innovation. The main purpose of this research is to demonstrate that absorptive capacity can leverage the relation between intellectual capital and innovation potential. The method was a single case study using exploratory and descriptive research strategies and applying both quantitative and qualitative techniques. The case study investigated was a Brazilian corporation that has been doing business in the paper and corrugated cardboard industry for 72 years. The paper describes a case analysis demonstrating that adoption of practices associated with absorptive capacity has potential to foster intellectual capital, which is particularly important for development of innovations. These practices include assimilation of new technologies; creating capacity to utilize existing internal knowledge held by employees; use of benchmarking; application of technical knowledge; and registration of patents. Triangulation of data provided evidence confirming that the relationship between absorptive capacity and intellectual capital is a driver of innovation in the firm investigated. Additionally, this relationship is better explained by the mediating role of absorptive capacity, which is capable of potentiating intellectual capital to foster innovation.

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Critical elements for product innovation at Portuguese innovative SMEs: an intellectual capital perspective

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Cited by 58 publications

References 74 publications

Impact of Human Capital on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in South West, Nigeria

Impact of Human Capital on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in South West, Nigeria

Intellectual capital, entrepreneurial orientation, and technical innovation in small and medium‐sized enterprises

Redefining the Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Innovation: The Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

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