Innovation activities and their impact on product innovation results: evidence from a sectorial study

In the current competitive context, innovation has become a necessity, to the point that it seems that no company can survive without developing innovation processes. One of the great concerns of small and medium-sized companies is about the investment of resources in innovation activities and their...

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Chang muñoz, eduardo
Guarin Garcia, Andres Felipe
Charris Sevilla, Yuneidis
Gallego-Nicholls, José Fernando
Santos-Rojo, Cristina
Ortigosa-Blanch, Arturo
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2023
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Corporación Universidad de la Costa
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Product innovation
PLS-SEM
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Innovation activities
Competitive advantage
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dc.title.eng.fl_str_mv Innovation activities and their impact on product innovation results: evidence from a sectorial study
title Innovation activities and their impact on product innovation results: evidence from a sectorial study
spellingShingle Innovation activities and their impact on product innovation results: evidence from a sectorial study
Product innovation
PLS-SEM
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Innovation activities
Competitive advantage
title_short Innovation activities and their impact on product innovation results: evidence from a sectorial study
title_full Innovation activities and their impact on product innovation results: evidence from a sectorial study
title_fullStr Innovation activities and their impact on product innovation results: evidence from a sectorial study
title_full_unstemmed Innovation activities and their impact on product innovation results: evidence from a sectorial study
title_sort Innovation activities and their impact on product innovation results: evidence from a sectorial study
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Chang muñoz, eduardo
Guarin Garcia, Andres Felipe
Charris Sevilla, Yuneidis
Gallego-Nicholls, José Fernando
Santos-Rojo, Cristina
Ortigosa-Blanch, Arturo
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Chang muñoz, eduardo
Guarin Garcia, Andres Felipe
Charris Sevilla, Yuneidis
Gallego-Nicholls, José Fernando
Santos-Rojo, Cristina
Ortigosa-Blanch, Arturo
dc.subject.proposal.fra.fl_str_mv Product innovation
topic Product innovation
PLS-SEM
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Innovation activities
Competitive advantage
dc.subject.proposal.eng.fl_str_mv PLS-SEM
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Innovation activities
Competitive advantage
description In the current competitive context, innovation has become a necessity, to the point that it seems that no company can survive without developing innovation processes. One of the great concerns of small and medium-sized companies is about the investment of resources in innovation activities and their success. Therefore, this article analyzes the influence of different innovation activities performed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the Colombian Caribbean region on their product innovation outcomes and thereby provides a solid groundwork for the design of innovation strategies. To achieve this objective, a data collection instrument was first validated in 56 SMEs, followed by the application of a reflective measurement model with convergent validity analysis. The results of the model application revealed that investment in Research and Development (R&D) and innovation, knowledge transfer, technology adoption, and financial aspects explain to a greater extent the introduction of new products to the market.
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dc.identifier.citation.spa.fl_str_mv Chang-Muñoz, E.A.; Guarín-García, A.F.; Charris-Sevilla, Y.; Gallego-Nicholls, J.F.; Santos-Rojo, C.; Ortigosa-Blanch, A. Innovation Activities and Their Impact on Product Innovation Results: Evidence from a Sectorial Study. Sustainability 2023, 15, 6459. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086459
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spelling Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Chang muñoz, eduardoGuarin Garcia, Andres FelipeCharris Sevilla, Yuneidis Gallego-Nicholls, José FernandoSantos-Rojo, CristinaOrtigosa-Blanch, Arturo2023-06-01T22:21:58Z2023-06-01T22:21:58Z2023Chang-Muñoz, E.A.; Guarín-García, A.F.; Charris-Sevilla, Y.; Gallego-Nicholls, J.F.; Santos-Rojo, C.; Ortigosa-Blanch, A. Innovation Activities and Their Impact on Product Innovation Results: Evidence from a Sectorial Study. Sustainability 2023, 15, 6459. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086459https://hdl.handle.net/11323/1021710.3390/su150864592071-1050Corporación Universidad de la CostaREDICUC – Repositorio CUChttps://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/In the current competitive context, innovation has become a necessity, to the point that it seems that no company can survive without developing innovation processes. One of the great concerns of small and medium-sized companies is about the investment of resources in innovation activities and their success. Therefore, this article analyzes the influence of different innovation activities performed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the Colombian Caribbean region on their product innovation outcomes and thereby provides a solid groundwork for the design of innovation strategies. To achieve this objective, a data collection instrument was first validated in 56 SMEs, followed by the application of a reflective measurement model with convergent validity analysis. The results of the model application revealed that investment in Research and Development (R&D) and innovation, knowledge transfer, technology adoption, and financial aspects explain to a greater extent the introduction of new products to the market.15 páginasapplication/pdfengMDPI AGSwitzerlandhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/8/6459Innovation activities and their impact on product innovation results: evidence from a sectorial studyArtículo de revistahttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1Textinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ARTinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85Sustainability1. Bagheri, M.; Mitchelmore, S.; Bamiatzi, V.; Nikolopoulos, K. 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