10.6084/m9.figshare.3692040.v1
Richard Harris
Richard
Harris
Rodney McAdam
Rodney
McAdam
Renee Reid
Renee
Reid
The Effect of Business Improvement Methods on Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Peripheral Regions
Taylor & Francis Group
2016
Innovation
Business improvement methods
创新
商业增进方法
Méthodes d'amélioration opérationnelle
Methoden zur Geschäftsverbesserung
Innovación
Métodos de mejora empresarial
D24
L23
O12
O31
2016-08-19 10:51:04
Journal contribution
https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_Effect_of_Business_Improvement_Methods_on_Innovation_in_Small_and_Medium-Sized_Enterprises_in_Peripheral_Regions/3692040
<p>Harris R., McAdam R. and Reid R. The effect of business improvement methods on innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises in peripheral regions, <i>Regional Studies</i>. This paper tests whether commonly used business improvement methods (BIM) foster or inhibit innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in peripheral regions. The findings show that adopting BIM diverts firms away from successful innovation (i.e., in terms of new products/services and new processes in the past three years), and instead is associated with undertaking innovation-related activities while remaining non-innovators. Indeed, reinforcing BIM (through greater ‘depth’ of use) may lead to further exclusion from successful innovation.</p>