Modes of learning and profitability in Colombian and Mexican SMEs

Luis Enrique Valdez-Juárez, Omar Javier Solano-Rodríguez and Dominique Philippe Martin ()
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Luis Enrique Valdez-Juárez: ITSON - Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora
Omar Javier Solano-Rodríguez: Univalle - Universidad del Valle [Cali]
Dominique Philippe Martin: CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The aim of this study is to analyze the effects of different modes of learning on innovation and profitability in SMEs in two Latin American countries; Mexico and Colombia. The data were obtained using a sample of 250 companies in the industrial sector operating in both countries. Results show that an integrated mode of learning based on internal and external knowledge supported by technological infrastructure have positive and significant effects on the degree of innovation and the profitability in SMEs However this effect appears to be not significantly different from the traditional SMEs mode of learning based mainly on market orientation.

Keywords: Knowledge management; Information technology; Innovation Performance; SME (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-10
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Published in Journal of High Technology Management Research, 2018, 29 (2), pp.193-203. ⟨10.1016/j.hitech.2018.09.007⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.hitech.2018.09.007

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