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The Effect of Business Improvement Methods on Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Peripheral Regions

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  • Richard Harris
  • Rodney McAdam
  • Renee Reid

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Harris R., McAdam R. and Reid R. The effect of business improvement methods on innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises in peripheral regions, Regional Studies. This paper tests whether commonly used business improvement methods (BIM) foster or inhibit innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in peripheral regions. The findings show that adopting BIM diverts firms away from successful innovation (i.e., in terms of new products/services and new processes in the past three years), and instead is associated with undertaking innovation-related activities while remaining non-innovators. Indeed, reinforcing BIM (through greater ‘depth’ of use) may lead to further exclusion from successful innovation.

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  • Richard Harris & Rodney McAdam & Renee Reid, 2016. "The Effect of Business Improvement Methods on Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Peripheral Regions," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(12), pages 2040-2054, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:50:y:2016:i:12:p:2040-2054
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1083971
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    1. Jakob Eder, 2019. "Innovation in the Periphery: A Critical Survey and Research Agenda," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 42(2), pages 119-146, March.
    2. Beldina Owalla & Cristian Gherhes & Tim Vorley & Chay Brooks, 2022. "Mapping SME productivity research: a systematic review of empirical evidence and future research agenda," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(3), pages 1285-1307, March.

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