Marketing innovation and up-and-coming product and process innovation

Andrea Lučić, Marina Dabic () and John Finley

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2019, vol. 37, issue 3, 434-448

Abstract: This paper focuses on the influence of different marketing innovation types impacts on product and process innovation. Marketing innovation is investigated through the report of innovation in terms of capabilities of product/service design, promotion and marketing methods. The cross-national research sample consists of 380 entrepreneurs from Croatia, Poland and the UK. The empirical results indicate significant contribution of different types of marketing innovation to product and process innovation therefore pointing towards essential importance of marketing in the firms' innovation performance. Product and service design have been proven to have the most significant role in the successful product and process innovation, innovation in marketing methods contributes to radical product innovation whereas innovation in promotion to incremental process innovation.

Keywords: marketing innovation; product innovation; process innovation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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