The fruit flies of innovations: A taxonomy of innovative small firms

被引:202
作者
de Jong, JPJ
Marsili, O
机构
[1] Erasmus Univ, Rotterdam Sch Management, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
[2] EIM, Business & Policy Res, NL-2701 AA Zoetermeer, Netherlands
关键词
innovation; taxonomy; SMEs; business strategies; services;
D O I
10.1016/j.respol.2005.09.007
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
Taxonomies of patterns of innovation give a dominant role to large firms, and are often based on empirical studies that exclude micro firms. This paper proposes an empirical taxonomy of the innovative firms at the bottom of the size distribution, based on a new survey of 1234 small firms and micro firms in The Netherlands, in both manufacturing and services. These firms differ not only in their innovative activities, but also in their business practices and strategies, such as management attitude, planning and external orientation, that they use to achieve innovation. The taxonomy identifies four categories of small innovative firms: science-based, specialised suppliers, supplier-dominated and resource-intensive. It suggests a more diverse pattern of innovation of small firms than in Pavitt's [Pavitt, K., 1984. Sectoral patterns of technical change: towards a taxonomy and a theory. Research Policy 13 (6), 343-373] taxonomy, a pattern that is shared by both manufacturing and service firms. Finally, the research shows that taxonomies can be effectively used to map differences in the rates, sources and nature of innovation, with the differences in the business strategies of innovative firms. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:213 / 229
页数:17
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