Barriers in adopting technological innovation, organizational capacity, and business environment into Iraq SMEs: a preliminary study.
A successful Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) is highly depends on the performance of innovation business environment, technology adoption, and organizational capacity of a company. This study is aims to identify the barriers to influence the growth of SMEs in the aspect of product inno...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7734/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7734/1/P14306_40ec24243c363b762b6c2116fe5d97a0.pdf |
| Summary: | A successful Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) is highly depends
on the performance of innovation business environment, technology adoption, and
organizational capacity of a company. This study is aims to identify the barriers to
influence the growth of SMEs in the aspect of product innovation, and next, these
factors were used to evaluate its interconnection with business practices, technology
utilization, and capacity building in relation to growth SMEs’. Furthermore, the
insight views of innovative development in a fast-growing market (the macro�environmental viewpoint) are discussed, which give a bigger picture and
understanding of SME’s capability to innovate and grow. In this study the data was
gathered by using an online questionnaire which consisted of 41 questions. The
proposed questionnaire contains of five sections, (a- General information about the
company; b- Barriers to SMEs‘Growth; c- Support for SMEs‘; d- Motivation of
innovation/open innovation; e- Growth in comparison to competitors). SPSS software
was used to analyze the variables relationships. The obtained results indicate that both
innovation and open innovation have moderate and somehow strong positive
correlation relation with growth and innovativeness SMEs. For future research, more
similar cases in terms of innovativeness and growth process are needed to confirm
the research conclusions. |
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