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Antecedents and consequences of small and medium-sized enterprise innovation
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/73950 Antecedents and consequences of small and medium-sized enterprise innovation Mamabolo, Anastacia ichelp@gibs.co.za Dlamini, Mbongeni UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2019. The purpose of this report is to investigate antecedents and consequences of innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). The research is anchored on the Resource-Based View of the firm (RBV) that asserts that organisations rely on a combination of unique, inimitable and rare resources and capabilities to deliver innovative solutions for superior business performance. Data for this study was collected via an online survey instrument from 86 representatives of SMEs that operate in South Africa. The responses were subjected to regression and correlation analyses in order to test the hypotheses that were developed based on an extensive literature review exercise. The results revealed that the role of innovation as the mediating factor in relationships of access to knowledge and access to finance with business growth could not be confirmed. It was found that both access to knowledge and access to finance have positive significant, direct correlation with SME business growth. The unanticipated findings of this study are in line with observations of previous research work on the role and effect of SME innovation that had yielded outcomes that were considered ambiguous and inconsistent. The value of this study is that it provides insights, from primarily micro-sized enterprises, on how SMEs grapple with the dilemma of either investing resources in innovation which promises long term sustainable returns or allocating these resources on value-add activities which offer immediate returns pt2020 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA 2020-04-06T09:59:55Z 2020-04-06T09:59:55Z 2020/04/01 2019 Mini Dissertation Dlamini, M 2019, Antecedents and consequences of small and medium-sized enterprise innovation, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73950> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73950 en © 2020 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
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| title | Antecedents and consequences of small and medium-sized enterprise innovation |
| title_full | Antecedents and consequences of small and medium-sized enterprise innovation |
| title_fullStr | Antecedents and consequences of small and medium-sized enterprise innovation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antecedents and consequences of small and medium-sized enterprise innovation |
| title_short | Antecedents and consequences of small and medium-sized enterprise innovation |
| title_sort | antecedents and consequences of small and medium sized enterprise innovation |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73950 |