Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology

Abstract A large number of studies have demonstrated the strong influence of and correlation between innovation and export activities as key factors of the firm’s competitiveness. However, these two activities have usually been considered independently of each other in terms of management...

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Autores principales:	Enjolras,Manon, Camargo,Mauricio, Schmitt,Christophe
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2020
Materias:	SMEs Innovation Export Synergies Multicriteria analysis Decision-Making AHP Flowsort
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-272420200003000172020-11-30Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making MethodologyEnjolras,ManonCamargo,MauricioSchmitt,Christophe SMEs Innovation Export Synergies Multicriteria analysis Decision-Making AHP Flowsort Abstract A large number of studies have demonstrated the strong influence of and correlation between innovation and export activities as key factors of the firm’s competitiveness. However, these two activities have usually been considered independently of each other in terms of management and support. This paper relies on the characterization of a conceptual innovation/export common space representing the synergistic effects between these two activities. A hybrid AHP/Flowsort MCDM-methodology is proposed in order to model this common space through the evaluation of a framework of joint practices related simultaneously to the innovation and export capabilities of SMEs. The relevance of this methodology is tested through the design of a decision-making tool applied to a French exporting and innovative SME. This case study opens up further research perspectives and points to areas for improvement in the evaluation of SMEs’ capabilities.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.15 n.3 20202020-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242020000300017es10.4067/S0718-27242020000300017
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topic	SMEs Innovation Export Synergies Multicriteria analysis Decision-Making AHP Flowsort
spellingShingle	SMEs Innovation Export Synergies Multicriteria analysis Decision-Making AHP Flowsort Enjolras,Manon Camargo,Mauricio Schmitt,Christophe Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology
description	Abstract A large number of studies have demonstrated the strong influence of and correlation between innovation and export activities as key factors of the firm’s competitiveness. However, these two activities have usually been considered independently of each other in terms of management and support. This paper relies on the characterization of a conceptual innovation/export common space representing the synergistic effects between these two activities. A hybrid AHP/Flowsort MCDM-methodology is proposed in order to model this common space through the evaluation of a framework of joint practices related simultaneously to the innovation and export capabilities of SMEs. The relevance of this methodology is tested through the design of a decision-making tool applied to a French exporting and innovative SME. This case study opens up further research perspectives and points to areas for improvement in the evaluation of SMEs’ capabilities.
author	Enjolras,Manon Camargo,Mauricio Schmitt,Christophe
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title	Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology
title_short	Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology
title_full	Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology
title_fullStr	Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology
title_sort	evaluating innovation and export capabilities of smes: toward a multi-criteria decision-making methodology
publisher	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
publishDate	2020
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Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology

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