Small Firm Innovation, Growth and Performance

By Mark Freel, P. Robson. 2004

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Managerial capabilities and paths to growth as determinants of high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises (2011, background): “Innovation demands increased financing, which usually requires appropriate human and technological resources (Freel and Robson, 2004).”
How Can External Relationships Enhance Innovation in SMEs? New Evidence for Europe* (2012, background): “Nevertheless, it is only possible to state the existence of statistical associations, or the lack of such (Freel and Robson 2004).”
Learning by exporting: Lessons from high-technology SMEs (2013, background): “We also allow for the firm’s skill base, as measured by the proportion of the workforce with degrees (Freel and Robson 2004), and for whether the firm has received any government assistance for its innovation activity.”
Innovation and business performance for Spanish SMEs: New evidence from a multi-dimensional approach (2018, background): “Email: aexposito@us.es example, Añón-Higón et al., 2015; Freel and Robson, 2004; Gunday et al., 2011; Hall, 2011; Hervas-Oliver et al., 2014; Love and Roper, 2015; Máñez et al., 2013, 2015; Nemlioglu and Mallick, 2017; Rochina-Barrachina et al., 2010; Van Auken et al., 2008; Zahra and George, 2002).”
Strategic entrepreneurship and small firm growth in Ghana (2014, methodology): “Although this result supports previous findings in relation to Ghana (Robson et al., 2009; Wolf, 1999), it contrasts with the positive association found by others (Calvo, 2006; Freel and Robson, 2004; Yang and Huang, 2005).”
Entrepreneurship and innovation in Ghana: enterprising Africa (2009, background): “Engagement with a broader range of business contacts and the associated access to better information sources could enhance the innovation activity of a firm ( Freel and Robson 2004 ).”
What are the factors that affect innovation in growing SMEs (2012, background): “(Branzei and Vertinsky, 2006; Calvo, 2006; Fabling and Grimes, 2007; Freel and Robson, 2004; Hölzl, 2009; Koellinger, 2008; Roper, 1997; Thornhill, 2006; Thornhill and Gellatly, 2005).”
Building Futures or Stealing Secrets? (2007, background): “In contrast, the lifestyle fi rm owner starts the business in order to achieve personal objectives and satisfy needs, rather than maximize profi t and growth (Freel and Robson, 2004).”
New Firm Growth: Exploring Processes and Paths (2006, neutral): “Many studies found a positive correlation between product innovation and small firm growth (see Storey, 1997a), while Freel and Robson (2004) found a negative relationship between product innovation and growth in sales.”
Determinants of Product Innovation in Small Firms (2006, background): “Past research has demonstrated that these kinds of product innovation have a differential impact on fi rm growth, e.g. Freel and Robson (2004) demonstrated a signifi cant impact of truly novel product innovations on growth while the signifi cance of non-novel products was lacking.”
Women‐owned small and medium enterprises in England: Analysis of factors influencing the growth process (2009, background): “…turnover and number of employees was considered to be the least problematic through a structured questionnaire (Rosa et al., 1996; Edelman et al. 2005), as these two aspects are recorded mostly for administrative and legal reasons (Barkham et al., 1996; Rosa et al., 1996; Freel and Robson, 2004).”
Innovation, productivity and growth in US business services: a firm-level analysis (2008, background): “This result, which has been noted elsewhere (Freel and Robson, 2004), they interpret as a disruption effect: the introduction of new products to a plant may disrupt production and reduce productivity in the short term.”
Does innovation lead to performance? An empirical study of SMEs in Taiwan (2007, background): “119 creative destruction effect of radical innovation may not be shown in a short term horizon and even release a negative impact on firm performance (for example, Freel and Robson, 2004).”
The Multiple Effects of Business Planning on New Venture Performance (2010, background): “The introduction of new products/services would also be expected to improve venture performance (see Freel and Robson, 2004).”
Innovation and Firm Growth: Is R&D Worth It? (2012, background): “…on growth (Geroski and Machin, 1992; Geroski and Toker, 1996; Yasuda, 2005) while others no significant impact (Almus and Nerlinger, 1999; Bottazzi et al., 2001; Lööf and Heshmati, 2006), and still others even a negative impact (Brouwer et al., 1993; Freel and Robson, 2004).”
Entrepreneurial leadership, capabilities and firm growth (2015, background): “Successful new product innovation is associated with organizational growth in both sales and employment (Freel and Robson, 2004) and also supports internationalization (e.g. Roper et al., 2008).”