Determinants of investing in innovative activities by agri-food and KIBS firms in rural areas: An exploratory analysis
Ver/ abrir
Use este enlace para citar
http://hdl.handle.net/2183/30818
A non ser que se indique outra cousa, a licenza do ítem descríbese como Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España
Coleccións
- II - Artigos [663]
Metadatos
Mostrar o rexistro completo do ítemTítulo
Determinants of investing in innovative activities by agri-food and KIBS firms in rural areas: An exploratory analysisData
2020Cita bibliográfica
Peón D, Martínez-Filgueira XM (2020). Determinants of investing in innovative activities by agri-food and KIBS firms in rural areas: An exploratory analysis. Journal of Small Business Management 58(6), 1155-86. DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12513
Resumo
Using a database on innovation activities by Spanish firms, we perform an exploratory analysis on a frequently overlooked area of research: innovation investment decisions by small firms in rural areas where socio-economic indicators are weak. We focus on two quite different sectors of interest there, agri-food and t-KIBS firms, to explore how the regional context influences the capacity and the nature of innovation. Following the TOE approach as a conceptual framework, we perform a multivariate statistical analysis based on MCA and PCA combined, to identify the most relevant factors among a list of 73 indicators in four broad domains, including innovation decisions as well as organisational, technological and environmental determinants. The exploratory results obtained suggest an open field of research. Thus, we observe a distinctive behaviour of marketing innovation by agri-food firms that is related to former ICT experience, while services innovation by t-KIBS would be related to the objective of entering new market niches. Some results confirm previous results for SMEs outside rural areas, such as financial constraints, lack of qualified personnel, and strong competition being relevant barriers to invest in R & D by t-KIBS firms. Contrariwise, we dispute the assertion that agri-food firms are primarily oriented towards product and process innovation: what comes together is product and organisational innovation.
Palabras chave
innovation
rural SMEs
agri-food
KIBS
rural SMEs
agri-food
KIBS
Versión do editor
Dereitos
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España