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Les facteurs stratégiques affectant l'innovation technologique dans les PME manufacturières
Author(s) -
Becheikh Nizar,
Landry Réjean,
Amara Nabil
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
canadian journal of administrative sciences / revue canadienne des sciences de l'administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1936-4490
pISSN - 0825-0383
DOI - 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2006.tb00608.x
Subject(s) - political science
Résumé Malgrk une riche littkrature sur l'innovation, les variables relikes am stratkgies de E'entreprise ont ete rarement examinkes comme dkterminants de l'innovation. Cet article ktudie l'impact de l'exercice du management stratkgique sur la propension & innover et le degrkde nouveautk des innovations dkveloppkes par les PME manufacturi2res. L a rksultats de l'ktude sont basks sur l'estimation de deux moddes kconomktriques utilisant des donnkes empiriques collectkes en 2005 aupr2s de 247 PME manufacturi2res de la rkgion du Bas‐Saint‐Laurent au Qukbec. Ils sugg2rent que les variables relikes aumanagement stratkgique sont des dkterminants importants de l'innovation. b u r impact dkpasse celui de certains dktemzinants classiques de l'innovation tels que la recherche et dkveloppement (R&D), la taille de l'entreprise, et 1 ' intensitk technologique de 1 'industrie. Abstract In spite of an extensive literature on innovation, the variables related to firm strategy have rarely been examined as determinants of their capacity to innovate. This arti‐ cle investigates the impact of strategic management on the propensity to innovate and the degree of novelty of innovations developed by SMEs in the manufacturing sectol: The results are based on an estimation of two econometric models using emprical data collected in 2005 from 247 SMEs located'in the Bas‐Saint‐Laurent region of Quebec. They suggest that strategic manage‐ ment variables are important determinants of innova‐ tion. Their impact exceeds that of some traditional deter‐ minants of innovation such as research and development (R&D), firm size, and the technological intensity of the industry.