E-business, organizational innovation and firm performance in manufacturing SMEs: an empirical study in Spain

This paper extends previous studies on the organizational impact of Internet technologies by analyzing factors affecting e-business use and its effect on organizational innovation in manufacturing Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs). In addition, the mediating effect of organizational innovatio...

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Published in:	Technological and economic development of economy Vol. 22; no. 6
Main Authors:	Pedro Soto-Acosta, Simona Popa, Daniel Palacios-Marqués
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 01-11-2016
Subjects:	e-business firm performance manufacturing organizational innovation SMEs TOE framework
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Summary:	This paper extends previous studies on the organizational impact of Internet technologies by analyzing factors affecting e-business use and its effect on organizational innovation in manufacturing Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs). In addition, the mediating effect of organizational innovation on the relationship between e-business and firm performance is analyzed. Grounded in the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) theory and the Knowledge-Based View (KBV), this paper develops an integrative research model which analyzes those relations using partial least squares (PLS) structural equation modeling on a dataset of 175 Spanish manufacturing SMEs. Results suggest that e-business use emerges from technological and internal organizational resources rather than from external pressure. In addition, results show that e-business use contributes positively to firm performance through organizational innovation. First published online: 21 Sep 2015
ISSN:	2029-4913 2029-4921
DOI:	10.3846/20294913.2015.1074126