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>