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dc.contributor.authorWang, Yong
dc.contributor.authorCostello, Pat
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-17T11:06:52Z
dc.date.available2015-06-17T11:06:52Z
dc.date.issued2009-03
dc.identifier.citationhttp://joe.sagepub.com/content/18/1/65.refs.htmlen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1056
dc.description.abstractThis article focuses on innovation in small businesses. Specifically, the objectives of the paper are twofold: a) to explore the impact of individual features, business resources, organisational culture, structure and market dynamism on firm-level innovation; b) to develop insights into innovation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The research procedure follows Yin’s (1994) case method approach. Two Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies, winners of various innovation awards in the West Midlands of the UK, participated in the case studies. Evidence from the studies shows that innovation intensity is dependent on the availability and sufficiency of financial and human resources. Furthermore, an organisational culture supporting new product development and an innovation-conducive structure/ mechanism influences the innovation outcomes. Evidence also reveals that firm level innovation will be influenced internally by senior executives’ experiences and externally by market dynamism.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCentre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Developmenten_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.subjectInnovationen_US
dc.subject.otherInvestigation
dc.subject.otherUK
dc.subject.otherSmall And Medium Enterprises
dc.subject.otherSMEs
dc.titleAn Investigation into Innovations in SMEs: Evidence from the West Midlands, UKen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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