COMPETING INTERNATIONALLY THROUGH MULTIPLE INNOVATIVE EFFORTS

被引:17
作者
LEFEBVRE, E [1 ]
LEFEBVRE, LA [1 ]
HARVEY, J [1 ]
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[1] UNIV QUEBEC,DEPT ADM SCI,MONTREAL H3C 3P8,QUEBEC,CANADA
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10.1111/j.1467-9310.1993.tb00825.x
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
Increasingly, small firms will be required to compete on international markets in order to grow and survive. This paper reports on a study of 86 small manufacturing firms operating in the metal sector. All firms had adopted one or more advanced manufacturing technology and were considered by the Canadian Association of Manufacturers as process innovative. The basic premise of this research was that in order to compete internationally, a small firm had to develop certain innovative capabilities. These capabilities were not only associated to traditional innovative efforts in R&D and process innovation, but also in supportive organizational capabilities in the form of strategic orientation, technological policy, and technological scanning. Results show that, for these small firms, process innovativeness remains an important competitive factor for international competition and that it is often linked to an aggressive strategic orientation coupled to a short term emphasis on efficiency.
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页码:227 / 237
页数:11
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