Industry Differentiation in the Innovation-Exporting Business Models of SMEs

John Child; Linda Hsieh; Said Elbanna; Joanna Karmowska; Svetla Trifonova Marinova; Roze Narooz; Pushyarag  Puthusserry; Terence Tsai; Lulu Zhang

Industry Differentiation in the Innovation-Exporting Business Models of SMEs

John Child, Linda Hsieh, Said Elbanna, Joanna Karmowska, Svetla Trifonova Marinova, Roze Narooz, Pushyarag Puthusserry, Terence Tsai, Lulu Zhang

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Although there have been many studies of the relationship between innovation and exporting among SMEs, two significant gaps in understanding remain. These concern, first, the specific forms of innovation and exporting SMEs undertake and, second, the role of industry in differentiating between these. This paper addresses these two research gaps by investigating whether there is a systematic variation in the specifics of the innovation-exporting business models adopted by SMEs according to their industry membership. The sample of 180 firms includes an equal number of SMEs actively engaged in exporting and located in the clothing, software and biotechnology industries across six economies. The results indicate that SMEs in each industry follow distinctive business models with respect to innovation and exporting. It is concluded that industry is an institutionalized socio-technical system of considerable consequence for the internationalization behavior of its member firms.

Original language	English
Publication date	4 Jul 2015
Number of pages	43
Publication status	Published - 4 Jul 2015
Event	EGOS Colloquium - Athens, ALBA Graduate Business School, Athens, Greece Duration: 2 Jul 2015 → 4 Jul 2015 Conference number: 31

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Conference	EGOS Colloquium
Number	31
Location	Athens
Country/Territory	Greece
City	ALBA Graduate Business School, Athens
Period	02/07/2015 → 04/07/2015

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