The relationship between external networks and innovator performance of SMEs in Colombia: An analysis of moderator role of industrial environment
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.estger.2013.09.008
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Publication Title
Estudios Gerenciales
Abstract
The results of researches that have analyzed the relationship between networks and innovator performance of organizations have been inconsistent. This paper helps to clarify this situation, analyzing the moderator role of environmental munificence on this relationship. In a sample of 4,133 Colombian SMEs and making use of a Zero-Inflated Poisson model, a positive relationship was found between networks and innovation, and a negative one between munificence and innovation. Contrarily to what was hoped, it was found that when munificence was higher, the relationship between networks and innovation was stronger. These findings highlight the strategic value of networks in the context of SMEs’ innovation process, and the idiosyncratic character of this process in a developing country like Colombia.
Volume
29
Issue
128
First Page
339
Last Page
349
ISSN
01235923
Recommended Citation
Sánchez, Iván Darío; Juliao Rossi, Jorge E. Luis; and Zuluaga Jiménez, Julio César, "The relationship between external networks and innovator performance of SMEs in Colombia: An analysis of moderator role of industrial environment" (2013). Scopus Unisalle. 546.
https://ciencia.lasalle.edu.co/scopus_unisalle/546
Identifier
SCOPUS_ID:84919335697