Abstract
This study demonstrates that small businesses in the industry sectors that seek to promote innovation, must implement processes for sharing knowledge. Interestingly, these processes contribute mainly to product, marketing, and organizational innovation and less to process innovation.The empirical study was conducted in Israel with a sample of 202 businesses using face-to-face interviews. This research enriches the body of knowledge on managerial processes and on sharing knowledge processes for promoting innovation in this group of businesses, which has rarely been the focus of studies on innovation. The use of face-to-face interviews as a research approach facilitated obtaining knowledge that is generally not readily accessible. The paper contributes in a practical manner to assisting small businesses in the development and implementation of appropriate sharing knowledge processes for promoting innovation, and as a result, encourages overall economic growth.
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Organizational Intangibles and Tangible Value
KEYWORDS
Small, Business, Knowledge, Sharing, Innovation, Managerial, Process
