Self-employment and innovation. Exploring the determinants of innovative behavior in small businesses

Romero, Isidoro; Martínez-Román, Juan A.

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2011.07.005

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“…Knowledge can be considered as key source of business growth as it is innovation basis (Hoffman, et al, 1998;Gulbranson & Audretsch, 2008;Romero & Roman, 2012). Stenmark (2001) and Liew (2007) stated that knowledge contains two adjuncts but not interchangeable concepts, they are data and information.…”

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An Examination and Critique of the Use of Knowledge Management in Achieving and Sustaining Competitive Advantage in Business

Xue¹

2017

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Today Knowledge Management and innovation have become factors for success. Organizations must compete in such complex and competitive environment in order to stay competitive. The organizations must know how to implement and distribute knowledge in the organizational process in order to achieve a sustainable competitive advantages. The organizations have invested heavily in building Knowledge Management Systems. Knowledge Management is essentially important especially in airline industry. In order to prove the previous statement, an airline industry -British Airways has been chosen to show how the industry has applied and used Knowledge Management in managing their business. British Airways has applied Knowledge Management in strategic planning, communication and customer experience.

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Section: Knowledge and Knowledge Managementmentioning

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An Examination and Critique of the Use of Knowledge Management in Achieving and Sustaining Competitive Advantage in Business

Xue¹

2017

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“…La literatura considera que la innovación es uno de los factores claves del éxito de la empresa a largo plazo (Simon, 2009;Kmieciak et al, 2012), y argumenta cómo las empresas con capacidad para innovar podrán responder a los cambios del entorno mejor y más rápidamente que las empresas no innovadoras (Romero y Martínez-Román, 2012).…”

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Revisión Y Adaptación Del Concepto “Innovación” Al Contexto Empresarial Español

Jaime

2015

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RESUMENLa innovación se ha convertido en una realidad innegable en el contexto de la gestión de la empresa, independientemente de su tamaño o actividad. En las últimas décadas, numerosas investigaciones han estudiado la capacidad innovadora de la empresa, sus consecuencias macroeconómicas y la relación que guarda la innovación con ciertos factores macros y micros. En este sentido, algunos trabajos han analizado la influencia de determinados factores en la capacidad innovadora de las empresas, prestando especial atención a la de gran tamaño y descuidando en ocasiones el análisis en el ámbito de las empresas de estructuras más reducidas que suelen tener otro tipo de recursos y capacidades, muy diferentes a los que representan a las más grandes. Precisamente este trabajo pretende contribuir a mejorar el conocimiento sobre la innovación empresarial en entidades organizativas de tamaño más limitado, que son las que más peso tienen en la mayoría de las economías emergentes y desarrolladas. Este trabajo pretende estudiar y evaluar la evolución que presenta el concepto "innovación", para redefinirlo y adaptarlo a las características intrínsecas de la microempresa española. Con ello, se pretende contribuir a mejorar el conocimiento sobre la innovación y sus formas en el contexto de las microempresas de España y sentar las bases conceptuales para futuras investigaciones en el ámbito de las pequeñas empresas. Palabras claves: Innovación, microempresa, recursos y capacidades, competitividad. JEL: L25, M20, O31. ABSTRACTInnovation has become an undeniable reality in the management of the firm, regardless of size or activity. In recent decades, numerous studies have examined the innovative capacity of the company, its macroeconomic consequences and the relationship of innovation with certain macro and micro factors. In this sense, some studies have analysed the influence of certain factors on the innovative capacity of enterprises, paying special attention to large business and sometimes neglecting the analysis in the area of smaller companies. Precisely this work tries to improve the knowledge about business innovation in organizational entities of more limited size, which are those that have more weight in most emerging and developed economies. This work aims to study and analyse the evolution of the concept "innovation" in order to redefine and adapt this concept to the intrinsic characteristics of the Spanish microenterprise. This study try to improve the understanding of innovation and its forms in the Spanish context, and lay the conceptual foundation for future research in the field of small businesses.

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“…Kaiser and Moller (2011) tried to find out whether self-employment was an unpleasant and unsuccessful experience, investigated the effects of selfemployment and working for wages on employment. In a study in Spain, 700 small business owners were surveyed on self-employment and innovation and different factors influencing innovation in small business were determined (Romero & Martínez-Román, 2012). Romero and Roman (2012) reported training as the most influential factor.…”

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An evaluation of small businesses in Iran

Samimi¹,

Yahyazadefar²,

Aghajani³

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10.5267/j.msl

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As one of the most important and fundamental issues, employment is an indicator of development and welfare in any country. Due to the rapid growth of population over the past decades in Iran, investigating unemployment and the obstacles hindering employment is of paramount importance. In this study, a questionnaire was used and a group of experts were interviewed in order to identify four groups of legal, economic, social as well as individual factors, which could improve or hinder the growth of small businesses and self-employment. In this paper, having determined the factors influencing the expansion or downsizing the small businesses, the entrepreneurs, agents supporting small businesses, and the members of employment groups in Mazandaran Province, Iran rated the four categories. Finally, the most important growth factors or challenges faced by small businesses from the three aforementioned perspectives were compared.

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Self-employment and innovation. Exploring the determinants of innovative behavior in small businesses

Cited by 140 publications

References 34 publications

An Examination and Critique of the Use of Knowledge Management in Achieving and Sustaining Competitive Advantage in Business

An Examination and Critique of the Use of Knowledge Management in Achieving and Sustaining Competitive Advantage in Business

Revisión Y Adaptación Del Concepto “Innovación” Al Contexto Empresarial Español

An evaluation of small businesses in Iran

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