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    The antecedents of innovativeness in manufacturing small and medium enterprises: a qualitative approach

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    Date
    2020-11-30
    Author
    Mkalama, B. W
    Ndemo, B.
    Maalu, J. K
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    Abstract
    The paper sought to establish the factors that influence firm innovativeness within manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nairobi County, Kenya. A descriptive instrumental multi case study design was adopted. The cases were purposively identified from manufacturing SME firms within Nairobi County. The paper identifiedfactors that influenced innovativeness in the case firms, which were then themed on the basis of previously identified constructs. This paper corroborated previous research that attributes entrepreneurial orientation as being a contributor to firm innovativeness in SMEs across many countries. Being an in-depth paper on the reviewed cases, the research added to the existing body of empirical literature thereby being knowledge extending. The paper recommended further qualitative studies for the construct of innovativeness within SMEs. It further recommended that active decision-making on the basis of internal and external circumstances as being very important for a firm to be innovative. The paper also discusses a raft of policy considerations that seek to address the diffusion of innovation across various SME segments.
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    http://uonjournals.uonbi.ac.ke/ojs/index.php/ajbuma/article/view/647/649
    http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/153606
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    Mkalama, B. W., Ndemo, B., & Maalu, J. K. (2020). The antecedents of innovativeness in manufacturing small and medium enterprises: a qualitative approach. 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 6(1)Journal of Business and Management, 6(1), 90-117.
    Publisher
    AJBUMA
    Subject
    Innovation, Small and Medium Enterprises, Manufacturing; Entrepreneurial Orientation; Open InnovationAFRICAN JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (AJBUMA)ISSN 2079-410XUniversityof NairobiSchool of Business
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