Do R&D intensity and capacity utilisation matter for SMEs’ innovations within the CEE region? Testing moderating roles of different ownership structures.
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F24%3A00139343" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/24:00139343 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216275:25410/24:39922166
Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0296873" target="_blank" >https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0296873</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296873" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0296873</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Do R&D intensity and capacity utilisation matter for SMEs’ innovations within the CEE region? Testing moderating roles of different ownership structures.
Original language description
Existing innovation literature has assumed that the relationship between firms’ R&D intensity and innovation take place without the interplay of other organizational factors. However, the reality differs, and research to date has shown that other factors affecting firms’ innovation need to be considered. This is important especially in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries, which are highly dependent on both internal and external R&D and are associated with an inability to use R&D resources effectively. This study therefore responds to calls for further analysis, especially within the CEE region, and focuses on the role of two factors affecting SMEs’ innovativeness and their effects, which have been mixed so far. First, we investigate the effects of SMEs’ R&D intensity and capacity utilisation on product innovation. Second, we reveal the moderating role of SMEs’ different ownership structures (ownership concentration; private/public ownership; family/non-family ownership) in the relationship between R&D intensity and product innovation. We confirm that CEE SMEs’ ownership concentration and private ownership moderate the relationship between R&D intensity and product innovation. In contrast, we reject our hypothesis expecting that family ownership of SMEs can significantly moderate the relationship between R&D intensity and product innovation. Interestingly, we also show that the relationship between capacity utilisation and innovation is non-linear (inverted U-shaped). This study makes a significant contribution in the form of analysis within the CEE region, whose innovation systems are seen to be weak, and it is therefore necessary to bring new knowledge and recommendations to managers and public policymakers.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-03037S" target="_blank" >GA20-03037S: Towards a dynamic knowledge-based business model for open innovations</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PLOS ONE
ISSN
1932-6203
e-ISSN
1932-6203
Volume of the periodical
19
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
25
Pages from-to
1-25
UT code for WoS article
001143472200023
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85182287718