ABSTRACT

Previous studies report mixed results about the effect of information technology (IT) on product innovation performance in SMEs. We propose that firms’ technological orientation can explain why some SME’s benefit from IT use in innovation processes whereas others do not. Three hypotheses are tested through a study of 246 small- and medium-sized Danish manufacturers. In contrast to previous studies of large firms, our study did not find a significant relationship between IT use in innovation processes and innovation performance. On the other hand, our results showed that this relationship was conditioned by technological orientation.

摘要

先前的研究报告了关于信息技术 (IT) 对中小企业产品创新绩效影响的混合结果。我们建议，公司的技术导向可以解释为什么一些中小企业从 IT 在创新过程中的使用中受益，而其他中小企业则没有。通过对 246 家丹麦中小型制造商的研究，对三个假设进行了检验。与之前对大公司的研究相比，我们的研究没有发现创新过程中的 IT 使用与创新绩效之间存在显着关系。另一方面，我们的结果表明这种关系受技术导向的制约。