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Driving SME growth and learning effectiveness: The role of analyzer orientation, learning capability, and innovation

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This study, drawing on the Knowledge-Based View (KBV) and Contingency Theory, explores how analyzer strategic orientation, learning capability, technical innovation, administrative innovation, and SME growth and learning effectiveness are interrelated. Analyzing cross-sectional data from 407 founders, cofounders, and managers of trade and service SMEs in Vietnam’s Southeast Key Economic Region through PLS-SEM, the research demonstrates that analyzer orientation positively impacts both technical and administrative innovation, thereby bolstering SME growth and learning effectiveness. However, learning capability does not significantly impact technical innovation or growth and learning effectiveness. Instead, learning capability negatively affects administrative innovation. Notably, technical and administrative innovations act as mediators between analyzer orientation and SME growth and learning effectiveness. The study provides practical insights tailored for SMEs navigating dynamic market environments like Vietnam, enriching theoretical understanding of SME strategic management within the trade and service sector.

Source: Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development

DOI: 10.24294/jipd.v8i8.6908

Authors: Thu-Hang Le, Khuong Ngoc Mai, Phuong Ngoc-Duy Nguyen

Institutions: Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Language: English

Topic: Innovation and Knowledge Management

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City