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Does innovation lead to performance? An empirical study of SMEs in Taiwan
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lin, Carol Yeh-Yun Chen, Mavis Yi-Ching |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | Purpose – This study attempts to probe within a multi‐dimensional perspective the nature and type of daily innovation practices of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) located in Taiwan. The relationship between innovation and organizational performance will also be explored.Design/methodology/approach – Data of interest were collected through a telephone survey. From the 2000 Directory of Manufacturing and Service Industries in Northern Part of Taiwan, companies with a total employee number less than 200 (the definition of an SME in Taiwan) were the population. Telephone calls to 877 firms were successfully completed with a response rate of 87 per cent.Findings – Eighty per cent of the surveyed companies conducted some sort of innovation, the two major types of innovations were technological and marketing innovations. Innovation has a weak link with company sales. Administrative innovations have surfaced to be the most crucial factor in explaining sales rather than technological innovations.Practic. |
| Starting Page | 115 |
| Ending Page | 132 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1108/01409170710722955 |
| Volume Number | 30 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/bitstream/140.119/70899/1/115132.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://projeuni.ir/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/854653645.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
