Technology Orientation, Innovation and Business Performance: A Study of Dubai SMEs

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10.2991/itmr.2013.3.1.1How to use a DOI?

Keywords

technology orientation; innovation; business performance; small and medium-sized enterprises; United Arab Emirates.

Abstract

This study examines how technology orientation interacts with innovation to affect business performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in an emerging market, namely Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Survey data from 200 Dubai SMEs demonstrated, firstly, that technology orientation influenced innovation and did not have a significant and direct influence on business performance, and secondly, that innovation influenced business performance. Based on these findings, future research avenues are identified and managers of SMEs are advised to consider innovation as a mediating factor for technology orientation to achieve better business performance for their firms.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Yahya Al-Ansari
AU  - Marwan Altalib
AU  - Muna Sardoh
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013/04/01
TI  - Technology Orientation, Innovation and Business Performance: A Study of Dubai SMEs
JO  - The International Technology Management Review
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
SN  - 1835-5269
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/itmr.2013.3.1.1
DO  - 10.2991/itmr.2013.3.1.1
ID  - Al-Ansari2013
ER  -