Innovation practices in small technology-based companies during incubation and post-incubation periods

Oliveira, Pedro Henrique de; Terence, Ana Cláudia Fernandes

doi:10.1108/inmr-02-2018-007

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“…Small firms have greater flexibility and agility in decision-making as compared to large corporations, but their resources and skills are more limited, and they lack the organizational and marketing capacities of large companies. These features create challenges for innovation efforts (Oliveira and Terence, 2018).…”

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Implementation of technology innovation in MSMEs in India

Singh

2019

JSTPM

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Purpose In the present age of globalization, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are consistently causative to productivity growth and, consequently, competitiveness and aggregate economic growth by providing the training opportunities, basic services and are believed to be especially effective job creators and enjoy the reputation of being sources of income. But technological progressions have increased greatly, the competition impelled by the globalization of the world economies and even MSMEs are no more protected to the challenges that the globalization brings about. It is a remarkable, and in certain instances, a worrying situation because MSMEs play an important role in most economies, including in India, in that they comprise the largest business block and offer the bulk of employment. The purpose of this paper is to assess the status of problems faced by MSMEs and study the technology innovation implementation (TII) dimensions in the selected small firms in the Northern region in India. Design/methodology/approach The methodology used for this study is a combination of literature review, expert opinion, comparative case study and a flexible systems methodology, SWOT and situation-actor-process-learning-action-performance analysis. Longitudinal studies of technology innovation at the two small firms have been conducted, and the case analysis and synthesis have been developed based on important inputs and insights shared by key personnel in the select firms. Findings The study finds that two different firms have faced similar kind of challenges in this competitive environment. Also the findings suggest that an effective TII can contribute to enhance manufacturing performance in MSMEs in India. Originality/value The research presents a better understanding of the problems that are preventing the successful implementation of technology innovation in small firms. Further, the two cases provide valuable insights into TII dimensions in two firms and highlight the methodology to be adopted by the companies toward their manufacturing performance enhancement.

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Implementation of technology innovation in MSMEs in India

Singh

2019

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“…Several authors agree on the importance and contributions that business incubators convey to multiple business sectors and areas, corroborating that these organizations play a vital role in fostering sustainable economic growth of local, regional, and national economies and in social development [1][2][3][4]. Among their potential, their role in increasing entrepreneurship, technology advancements, competitiveness, innovation, generating wealth creation, and new job opportunities are highlighted [2,[5][6][7].…”

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Comfortable but Not Brilliant: Exploring the Incubation Experience of Founders of Technology-Based Startups

2022

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Business incubators have been highlighted as vital contributors and value-creation organizations to entrepreneurs during their venture developments by offering them multiple resources and specialized support. Notwithstanding, several authors call attention to the significant literature gap concerning research focusing on entrepreneurs’ daily lived incubation experiences to understand their perspectives on incubators. This study aims to explore which aspects are perceived as creating value or limiting the venture development of 16 founders of technology-based startups by interviewing them. Ultimately, it contributes valuable insights about incubation factors that enhance or hinder their overall incubation experience. It suggests that entrepreneurs consider intangible resources and social and relational aspects as the most enriching dimensions of their incubation experiences and concludes with the services they consider to be more important. Moreover, it also reveals negative aspects of the incubation experience, mostly related to the nonregular periodicity of mentoring sessions, training events provided by external entities, and issues while using services provided by external incubators’ partners. Several recommendations for enhancing the incubation experience, managerial implications, and opportunities for further research are discussed.

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“…For a company to be considered innovative, it must perform at least one innovative job successfully [16]. Technology is a related dimension of innovation [17,18].…”

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Startups and Consumer Purchase Behavior: Application of Support Vector Machine Algorithm

Ebrahimi

Salamzadeh

Soleimani

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BDCC

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This study evaluated the impact of startup technology innovations and customer relationship management (CRM) performance on customer participation, value co-creation, and consumer purchase behavior (CPB). This analytical study empirically tested the proposed hypotheses using structural equation modeling (SEM) and SmartPLS 3 techniques. Moreover, we used a support vector machine (SVM) algorithm to verify the model’s accuracy. SVM algorithm uses four different kernels to check the accuracy criterion, and we checked all of them. This research used the convenience sampling approach in gathering the data. We used the conventional bias test method. A total of 466 respondents were completed. Technological innovations of startups and CRM have a positive and significant effect on customer participation. Customer participation significantly affects the value of pleasure, economic value, and relationship value. Based on the importance-performance map analysis (IPMA) matrix results, “customer participation” with a score of 0.782 had the highest importance. If customers increase their participation performance by one unit during the COVID-19 epidemic, its overall CPB increases by 0.782. In addition, our results showed that the lowest performance is related to the technological innovations of startups, which indicates an excellent opportunity for development in this area. SVM results showed that polynomial kernel, to a high degree, is the best kernel that confirms the model’s accuracy.

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Innovation practices in small technology-based companies during incubation and post-incubation periods

Cited by 10 publications

References 25 publications

Implementation of technology innovation in MSMEs in India

Implementation of technology innovation in MSMEs in India

Comfortable but Not Brilliant: Exploring the Incubation Experience of Founders of Technology-Based Startups

Startups and Consumer Purchase Behavior: Application of Support Vector Machine Algorithm

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