Battisti, Martina and Deakins, David and Roxas, Hernan
(2010)
Explaining the levels of innovation and R&D in New Zealand's small and medium-sized enterprises: too many small firms?
Small Enterprise Research, 17 (2).
pp. 177-192.
Abstract
This paper is concerned with explaining the levels of innovative activity in New Zealand's SMEs. It is arguable that New Zealand provides a special case where innovation and R&D levels are comparatively low in SMEs, yet, paradoxically, it is also a nation of high rates of entrepreneurial activity. This paper seeks to examine the factors that affect innovation levels in New Zealand SMEs from an analysis of panel data set of 1500 SMEs. We test research propositions based on existing theory and literature on innovation levels in SMEs and discuss our findings. Firm size is found to be significant, we argue that New Zealand has too few growth firms rather than too many small firms and we suggest that barriers to innovation, such as access to finance, remain an issue which should be a focus for government support.
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Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
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| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Item Status: |
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| Additional Information: |
Permanent restricted access to published version in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: |
Historic - Faculty of Business - School of Management and Marketing (1 Apr 2007 - 31 Dec 2010) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: |
Historic - Faculty of Business - School of Management and Marketing (1 Apr 2007 - 31 Dec 2010) |
| Date Deposited: |
25 Jul 2014 05:23 |
| Last Modified: |
10 Dec 2014 02:57 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
innovation; research and development (R&D); small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
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| Fields of Research (2008): |
15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150314 Small Business Management
14 Economics > 1402 Applied Economics > 140209 Industry Economics and Industrial Organisation
15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150307 Innovation and Technology Management |
| Fields of Research (2020): |
35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour > 350716 Small business organisation and management
38 ECONOMICS > 3801 Applied economics > 380109 Industry economics and industrial organisation
35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3599 Other commerce, management, tourism and services > 359999 Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): |
B Economic Development > 91 Economic Framework > 9104 Management and Productivity > 910406 Technological and Organisational Innovation |
| URI: |
http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/19178 |
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