This paper gives an empirical contribution to the debate on neworganisational forms, complementarities and their relation to a firm’s competitiveness by means of a study on the organisational evolution of Micro/Small Enterprises (MSEs), which represent more than 90% of European firms but are not yet well analysed from the organisational point of view.This paper, based on a survey on a sample of 147 Italian MSEs, investigates firstly the diffusion of a set of organisational and technological innovations.Secondly, the question is asked whether entrepreneurs invest in only one type of innovation or if there is a simultaneous adoption of coherent set of innovations. Finally, the relationship between the adoption of a system of innovations and the dynamic of firm’s performance measured by sales and product innovation is investigated.

Innovation, complementarities and performance in micro/small enterprises / Comacchio, A; Scapolan, Anna Chiara; Bonesso, S.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT. - ISSN 1368-275X. - STAMPA. - 7:1(2007), pp. 5-28. [10.1504/IJEIM.2007.012171]

Innovation, complementarities and performance in micro/small enterprises

SCAPOLAN, Anna Chiara;
2007

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This paper gives an empirical contribution to the debate on neworganisational forms, complementarities and their relation to a firm’s competitiveness by means of a study on the organisational evolution of Micro/Small Enterprises (MSEs), which represent more than 90% of European firms but are not yet well analysed from the organisational point of view.This paper, based on a survey on a sample of 147 Italian MSEs, investigates firstly the diffusion of a set of organisational and technological innovations.Secondly, the question is asked whether entrepreneurs invest in only one type of innovation or if there is a simultaneous adoption of coherent set of innovations. Finally, the relationship between the adoption of a system of innovations and the dynamic of firm’s performance measured by sales and product innovation is investigated.
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Innovation, complementarities and performance in micro/small enterprises / Comacchio, A; Scapolan, Anna Chiara; Bonesso, S.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT. - ISSN 1368-275X. - STAMPA. - 7:1(2007), pp. 5-28. [10.1504/IJEIM.2007.012171]
Comacchio, A; Scapolan, Anna Chiara; Bonesso, S.
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