Despite the growing interest in innovation and SMEs, there is still a lack of studies to understanding the necessary innovation activities and their intersection for high-level performance in women-led SMEs. Drawing on this research gap, this study poses the following research question: Does innovation activities affect female-SMEs performance? What paths of innovation activities are relevant to have performance in female-SMEs? In this study, we focus on the Innovative Italian SMEs ranging from 10 years (2013-2022) to explore the interdependence of multiple innovation activities of female-led SMEs vis-à-vis non female-led SMEs on financial performance outcome trough novel approach of fs-QCA (Pappas & Woodside, 2021; Ragin, 2008) that is well suited to exploring possible configuration of conditions on a focal outcomes and can reveal equivalent paths that result in the same outcome (Pappas & Woodside, 2021; Ragin, 2008).
SHAPING NEW PATHWAYS: INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE IN SMES
ANTENOZIO LUDOVICA
;DANIELA DI BERARDINO
2024-01-01
Abstract
Despite the growing interest in innovation and SMEs, there is still a lack of studies to understanding the necessary innovation activities and their intersection for high-level performance in women-led SMEs. Drawing on this research gap, this study poses the following research question: Does innovation activities affect female-SMEs performance? What paths of innovation activities are relevant to have performance in female-SMEs? In this study, we focus on the Innovative Italian SMEs ranging from 10 years (2013-2022) to explore the interdependence of multiple innovation activities of female-led SMEs vis-à-vis non female-led SMEs on financial performance outcome trough novel approach of fs-QCA (Pappas & Woodside, 2021; Ragin, 2008) that is well suited to exploring possible configuration of conditions on a focal outcomes and can reveal equivalent paths that result in the same outcome (Pappas & Woodside, 2021; Ragin, 2008).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
