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The Influence Prism in SMEs: The Power of CEOs' Perceptions on Technology Policy and Its Organizational Impacts

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  • Louis A. Lefebvre

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, École Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1J7)

  • Robert Mason

    (Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106)

  • Élisabeth Lefebvre

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, École Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1J7)

Abstract

The research proposes a model, which relates the following variables: (a) the CEO's perceptions of the environment, (b) the strategic business orientation, scanning, and structural characteristics, (c) technology policy, (d) realized innovative efforts of the firm, and (e) measures of firm performance. The empirical data from small manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) that share a common economic and industrial environment show that CEOs' perceptions of external environment---and not objective measures---are key significant issues with respect to technology policy formulation and enactment in SMEs and its subsequent organizational impacts. In particular, perceived environmental hostility and dynamism are shown to have specific and differing moderating roles on the form and strength of the relationships between technology policy and its determinants and between technology policy and realized innovative efforts. Furthermore, a more aggressive technology policy leads to greater realized innovative efforts, which in turn are positively related to export performance and, to a lesser extent, to financial performance.

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  • Louis A. Lefebvre & Robert Mason & Élisabeth Lefebvre, 1997. "The Influence Prism in SMEs: The Power of CEOs' Perceptions on Technology Policy and Its Organizational Impacts," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 43(6), pages 856-878, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:43:y:1997:i:6:p:856-878
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.6.856
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