INNOVATION IN HIGH-TECHNOLOGY SMES: INSIGHTS FROM SINGAPORE

Shobha S. Das () and Haoying Zheng
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Shobha S. Das: Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Haoying Zheng: Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2008, vol. 05, issue 04, 475-494

Abstract: Researchers have examined innovation by small and medium enterprises (SMEs), identified factors that contribute to innovation, and concluded that SMEs tend to be innovative and innovation improves performance. Do these findings hold for high-technology SMEs that are located in a newly industrialized economy? Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm, and literature from entrepreneurship and innovation studies, we develop and test hypotheses using quantitative data collected from a survey. While the results of the study generally support prior research conclusions, there is a surprising finding: top management experience negatively moderates the effect of innovation on performance. Qualitative data from follow-up interviews with CEOs of SMEs helped us understand this finding.

Keywords: High technology; SMEs; innovation; Singapore (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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