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An Integration of Research Findings of Effects of Firm Size and Market Competition on Product and Process Innovations
Author(s) -
Damanpour Fariborz
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00628.x
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , construct (python library) , market size , industrial organization , product (mathematics) , process (computing) , market competition , empirical research , business , product innovation , product market , marketing , economics , microeconomics , computer science , commerce , statistics , mathematics , ecology , geometry , biology , operating system , market economy , incentive , programming language
Product and process innovations have been studied as distinct phenomena whose introduction is influenced differently by firm and market conditions. This study reviews and quantitatively integrates the findings of the empirical studies of the associations of firm size and market competition with product and process innovations. The accumulation of research results and subgroup analyses of construct measurement do not provide evidence of substantial differences in the strength of the influence of size or competition on the two innovation types. Implications of the results for future research on innovation types as distinct or integrative phenomena are discussed.