DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INNOVATIVE AND NON-INNOVATIVE MICROENTERPRISES: INTERNAL FACTORS

MANUEL PLATERO JAIME; SONIA BENITO HERNANDEZ; ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ DUARTE

doi:https://doi.org/10.6036/MN7160

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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INNOVATIVE AND NON-INNOVATIVE MICROENTERPRISES: INTERNAL FACTORS

JANUARY-DECEMBER 2014 - Volume: 2 - Pages: [14 p.]

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6036/MN7160

Authors:

MANUEL PLATERO JAIME - SONIA BENITO HERNANDEZ - ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ DUARTE

Disciplines:

Organization and management of enterprises (SISTEMAS DE GESTION )

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Received Date : 12 May 2014

Accepted Date : 12 November 2014

Key words:: microenterprise, innovation, comparative analysis, entrepreneur, age, education, gender, organizational factors
Article type:: ARTICULO DE INVESTIGACION / RESEARCH ARTICLE
Section:: RESEARCH ARTICLES

This exploratory study presents a comparison of innovative and non-innovative microenterprises. One sample is formed by companies involved in product innovation during the current economic crisis and the other is formed by companies not involved in product innovation during the same period. The comparison analyzes which internal factors, supported by the literature as the influential factors of small business innovation, are significant when explaining the main differences between innovative microenterprise and non-innovative ones. The results suggest that the factors related to the organization and activity of the company are the factors which explain the differences between these two types of firms, rather than those factors related to micro-entrepreneur's own profile.

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