The Impact of Organizational Innovativeness on Product-oriented innovativeness in Agro-industrial micro and small businesses

Authors

  • Gustavo Dambiski Gomes de Carvalho Federal University of Technology - Parana.
  • João Luiz Kovaleski Federal University of Technology - Parana.
  • Hélio Gomes de Carvalho Federal University of Technology - Parana.
  • Rúbia Oliveira Corrêa Federal University of Sergipe.
  • Carla Cristiane Sokulski Federal University of Technology - Parana.
  • Jorge Luciano Gil Kolotelo Rennes School of Business

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/iji.v6i3.312

Keywords:

Innovation, Innovativeness, Brazilian micro and small businesses, SEBRAE, Agroindustry small businesses, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)

Abstract

By means of the Local Innovation Agents (LIA) Program, the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (SEBRAE) has conveyed innovation to Brazilian micro and small businesses (MSBs). Within this setting, this paper aims to analyze the impact of organizational innovativeness on product-oriented innovativeness in agroindustry small businesses. Regarding methodology, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was employed in order to validate constructs and to analyze causal effects. The sample comprises secondary data from 249 agroindustry MSBs that participated in the LIA program between 2012 and 2014. Regarding results, the final models fulfills all constructs validation criteria and structural analysis indicated that both loading factors and path coefficients were statistically significant, besides presenting predictive relevance and explained variance (R²) of 57,9%. In sum, the results show that organizational innovativeness impacts positively product-oriented innovativeness, corroborating other studies that show the importance of organizational innovations.

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Author Biographies

Gustavo Dambiski Gomes de Carvalho, Federal University of Technology - Parana.

PhD Candidate in Industrial Engineering at Federal University of Technology - Parana.

João Luiz Kovaleski, Federal University of Technology - Parana.

Prof. of the Postgraduate Program in Industrial Engineering.

Hélio Gomes de Carvalho, Federal University of Technology - Parana.

Professor of the Postgraduate Program of Public Administration.

Rúbia Oliveira Corrêa, Federal University of Sergipe.

Professor in the Department of Business Administration.

Carla Cristiane Sokulski, Federal University of Technology - Parana.

Substitute Professsor and PhD candidate in Industrial Engineering at Federal University of Technology - Parana.

Jorge Luciano Gil Kolotelo, Rennes School of Business

PhD candidate at Rennes School of Business/France.

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Published

31.08.2018

How to Cite

Carvalho, G. D. G. de, Kovaleski, J. L., Carvalho, H. G. de, Corrêa, R. O., Sokulski, C. C., & Kolotelo, J. L. G. (2018). The Impact of Organizational Innovativeness on Product-oriented innovativeness in Agro-industrial micro and small businesses. International Journal of Innovation, 6(3), 217–231. https://doi.org/10.5585/iji.v6i3.312

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Vol. 6 No. 3 (2018): September-December

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