Arbeitspapier
Small firm innovation performance and employee involvement
It is known that small firms rely mainly on the CEO's individual knowledge for developing innovations. Recent work suggests that this approach is inefficient since it underutilizes other employees' knowledge. We study to which extent using CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees' ideas enhances small firms' innovation performance. A Heckman selection model on 305 small firms shows that not only CEO's and managers', but also non-managerial employees' ideas contribute to innovation performance. However, contributions depend heavily on the individuals' area of expertise and on whether product or process innovation is desired. Our findings enrich the current view on the entrepreneurial team, but also warn against the implementation of one-size-fits-all employee involvement programs in small firms.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 12-013
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- Thema
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Employee involvement
upper echelon
non-managerial employees
innovation performance
small firms
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Andries, Petra
Czarnitzki, Dirk
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
- (wo)
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Mannheim
- (wann)
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2012
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Andries, Petra
- Czarnitzki, Dirk
- Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Entstanden
- 2012
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