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Market Orientation, Innovativeness, Product Innovation, and Performance in Small Firms

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  • Frans J. H. M. Verhees
  • Matthew T. G. Meulenberg

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Most research on market orientation, innovation and performance is related to big enterprises and small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). In this study a model is developed to investigate the combined effect of market orientation and innovativeness on product innovation and company performance, for small firms. A specific feature of our research is that we use an objective measure for product innovation in contrast to the self‐reported measures commonly used in research on innovation. To test our model data from 152 rose growers were used. This study's results show that the owner's innovativeness permeates all variables in the model and has a positive influence on market orientation, innovation, and performance. An interesting research result is also that customer market intelligence influences product innovation positively or negatively, depending on whether the innovativeness of the owner in the new product domain is weak or strong.

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  • Frans J. H. M. Verhees & Matthew T. G. Meulenberg, 2004. "Market Orientation, Innovativeness, Product Innovation, and Performance in Small Firms," Journal of Small Business Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(2), pages 134-154, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:42:y:2004:i:2:p:134-154
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2004.00102.x
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