In search of the drivers of high growth in manufacturing SMEs

By Nicholas O'Regan, Abby Ghobadian, David Gallear. 2006

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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Innovation practice and its performance implications in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector: a resource‐based view (2010, background): “Large manufacturing organizations, however, often receive recognition for being innovative due to their ability to redesign their work processes continuously by taking advantage of advanced technology and such continuous improvement methods as total quality management and just-in-time (O’Regan et al”
Measuring innovation capability in exporting firms: the INNOVSCALE (2015, background): “Innovation is critical for the firms’ survival and long-term success (Evangelista et al., 1997; O'Regan et al., 2006; Yam et al., 2004).”
The strategic management of high-growth firms:a review and theoretical conceptualization (2017, background): “…literature emphasizes that high growth is more often reached by way of a single product strategy offered to one market in the entrepreneurial stage and successively emulated in new markets where opportunities are found (Littunen and Tohmo, 2003; O'Regan et al., 2006; Todd and Taylor, 1993).”
The digitalization and public crisis responses of small and medium enterprises: Implications from a COVID-19 survey (2020, background): “SMEs play a vital role in promoting technological innovation, improving employment, and maintaining social stability (O ’ Regan et al. 2006).”
Interrelationships between human capital, HRM and innovation in Belgian start-ups aiming at an innovation strategy (2010, background): “Innovative start-ups incite processes of creative destruction (Schumpeter 1934 ), keep established firms alert (OECD 1997 ), and are more likely to grow as compared with their non-innovative counterparts (O'Regan, Ghobadian and Gallear 2006 ).”
Myth-busting and entrepreneurship policy: the case of high growth firms (2017, background): “Yet the majority of recent work shows that HGFs are highly innovative, irrespective of their industrial sector (O’Regan et al. 2006; Segarra, and Teruel 2014).”