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SME innovation, exporting and growth: A review of existing evidence

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  • James Love

    (Warwick University Business School)

  • Stephen Roper

    (Warwick University Business School)

Abstract

SMEs which have a track record of innovation are more likely to export, more likely to export successfully, and more likely to generate growth from exporting than non-innovating firms. What are the factors that enable such performance? This paper summarises and synthesises the evidence on SME innovation, exporting and growth, paying particular attention to internal and external (eco-system) enablers, and for the interplay between innovation and exporting in SME growth. We highlight those areas for which the evidence base is secure and where the evidence base remains limited, and develop policy suggestions and an agenda for further research.

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  • James Love & Stephen Roper, 2013. "SME innovation, exporting and growth: A review of existing evidence," White Papers 0005, Enterprise Research Centre.
    • Handle: RePEc:enr:wpaper:0005
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    Cited by:

    1. Areti Gkypali & Apostolos Rafailidis & Kostas Tsekouras, 2015. "Innovation and export performance: do young and mature innovative firms differ?," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 5(2), pages 397-415, December.
    2. Mang’unyi Eric & Govender Krishna K., 2019. "Exploring the Development Strategies of Rural Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises," Journal of Management and Business Administration. Central Europe, Sciendo, vol. 27(4), pages 95-123, December.
    3. Stephen Roper & Helen Xia, 2014. "Innovation, innovation strategy and survival," Research Papers 0017, Enterprise Research Centre.
    4. Stephen Roper & James H. Love, 2018. "Knowledge context, learning and innovation: an integrating framework," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(4), pages 339-364, April.
    5. Marina Van Geenhuizen, 2016. "Capability factors in changing patterns of international knowledge relationships among university spin-off firms in Northwest Europe," ERSA conference papers ersa16p405, European Regional Science Association.
    6. Marina Van Geenhuizen & Qing Ye & Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira, 2015. "University spin-off firms? internationalization: Importance of skills," ERSA conference papers ersa15p644, European Regional Science Association.

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    Keywords

    Innovation; Exporting; SME; business growth;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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