 Success factors of SMEs: the case of IndonesiaMariyudi International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2019, vol. 19, issue 2, 204-231 Abstract: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are a business group which could survive when the economic crisis hit developing countries such as Indonesia. The purpose of the current study is to identify the enabling factors to innovativeness for SMEs in the emerging Indonesian market and to examine the relationship between innovativeness and business growth performance. Drawing upon the survey questionnaire data from 300 SMEs (with an acceptable response rate of 97.67%) in the Indonesian market, five research hypotheses are tested using a structural equation modelling technique. The results suggest that: first, the micro-environmental have a significant influence on firm's innovativeness and business growth performance, second, firm's innovativeness have a significant influence on firm's innovativeness, and finally, geographical clusters have a significant influence on firm's innovativeness and business growth performance. It is believed to be the first empirical research study examining SMEs' innovativeness and their business growth performance in the emerging Indonesian market. Keywords: micro-environmental; geographical clusters; innovativeness; business growth performance. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijbire:v:19:y:2019:i:2:p:204-231 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Business Innovation and Research from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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