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Innovation capabilities in tourism and food production SMEs in the Baltic Sea Region

Innovation capabilities in tourism and food production SMEs in the Baltic Sea Region Drawing on the resource-based view, this paper addresses two fundamental questions: what innovation capabilities are most important for the creation of innovations in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Innovation capabilities in tourism and food production SMEs what are the relations between different innovation capabilities? We propose a model for the analysis of innovation capabilities in small and medium enterprises. In the model, we distinguish between capacities, such as access to financial, physical, technological and human resources, and competencies, such as knowledge and skills, market and entrepreneurial orientation. The findings are based on surveys from 277 tourism and food production SMEs from five Baltic Sea Region countries. Keywords: SMEs; small and medium-sized enterprises; innovation; capabilities; capacities; competencies; resources; tourism; food production; Baltic Sea Region. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Baumane, I., Lind, P., Simonova, T., Timofejevs, A., Vedina, R. and Wróbel, P. (2011) `Innovation capabilities in tourism and food production SMEs in the Baltic Sea Region', Int. J. Knowledge Management Studies, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp.336­358. Biographical notes: Ilona Baumane received her PhD Degree at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Economics and Management. She works as a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies Inderscience Publishers

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Inderscience Publishers
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Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
Subject
COMPUTING JOURNALS; Information Systems and Technology; Knowledge Studies; MANAGEMENT JOURNALS; Policy and Organisational Management
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1743-8268
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1743-8276
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10.1504/IJKMS.2011.048442
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Drawing on the resource-based view, this paper addresses two fundamental questions: what innovation capabilities are most important for the creation of innovations in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Innovation capabilities in tourism and food production SMEs what are the relations between different innovation capabilities? We propose a model for the analysis of innovation capabilities in small and medium enterprises. In the model, we distinguish between capacities, such as access to financial, physical, technological and human resources, and competencies, such as knowledge and skills, market and entrepreneurial orientation. The findings are based on surveys from 277 tourism and food production SMEs from five Baltic Sea Region countries. Keywords: SMEs; small and medium-sized enterprises; innovation; capabilities; capacities; competencies; resources; tourism; food production; Baltic Sea Region. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Baumane, I., Lind, P., Simonova, T., Timofejevs, A., Vedina, R. and Wróbel, P. (2011) `Innovation capabilities in tourism and food production SMEs in the Baltic Sea Region', Int. J. Knowledge Management Studies, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp.336­358. Biographical notes: Ilona Baumane received her PhD Degree at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Economics and Management. She works as a

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Published: Jan 1, 2011

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