The Effects of Intellectual Capital on Performance in Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

There are limited studies in the literature that investigate the relationship between intellectual capitaland SME Performance, and test the mediating effects of organizational innovation. This studyexamined 2,154 SMEs of various industries from 2009-2011 by using Business Longitudinal Database (BLD)...

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Main Authors: Khan, Y., Terziovski, Mile
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Format: Conference Paper
Published: ANZAM 2014
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Online Access:http://www.anzam.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf-manager/1694_ANZAM-2014-313.PDF
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6590
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description There are limited studies in the literature that investigate the relationship between intellectual capitaland SME Performance, and test the mediating effects of organizational innovation. This studyexamined 2,154 SMEs of various industries from 2009-2011 by using Business Longitudinal Database (BLD) from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).Our research findings show that human, structural, and relational capital has a positive and significant effect on SME performance when mediated by organizational innovation. The implication of our findings is that managers should simultaneously develop their human capital through training, improve their networking andcollaboration, and increase their investment in information technology in order to improve SMEperformance through innovation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-65902017-01-30T10:54:05Z The Effects of Intellectual Capital on Performance in Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Khan, Y. Terziovski, Mile - Organizational Innovation Firm Performance SMEs Intellectual Capital Australia There are limited studies in the literature that investigate the relationship between intellectual capitaland SME Performance, and test the mediating effects of organizational innovation. This studyexamined 2,154 SMEs of various industries from 2009-2011 by using Business Longitudinal Database (BLD) from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).Our research findings show that human, structural, and relational capital has a positive and significant effect on SME performance when mediated by organizational innovation. The implication of our findings is that managers should simultaneously develop their human capital through training, improve their networking andcollaboration, and increase their investment in information technology in order to improve SMEperformance through innovation. 2014 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6590 http://www.anzam.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf-manager/1694_ANZAM-2014-313.PDF ANZAM fulltext
spellingShingle Organizational Innovation
Firm Performance
SMEs
Intellectual Capital
Australia
Khan, Y.
Terziovski, Mile
The Effects of Intellectual Capital on Performance in Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
title The Effects of Intellectual Capital on Performance in Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
title_full The Effects of Intellectual Capital on Performance in Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
title_fullStr The Effects of Intellectual Capital on Performance in Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Intellectual Capital on Performance in Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
title_short The Effects of Intellectual Capital on Performance in Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
title_sort effects of intellectual capital on performance in australian small and medium enterprises (smes)
topic Organizational Innovation
Firm Performance
SMEs
Intellectual Capital
Australia
url http://www.anzam.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf-manager/1694_ANZAM-2014-313.PDF
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6590