TY - CHAP

T1 - A feedback model combining individual and organizational determinants of small business innovation

AU - Fischer, Sebastian

AU - Schumacher, Lutz

AU - Sturm, Norbert

AU - Weihe, Jochen

N1 - Conference code: 6

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - To cope with changes in society and in the economic system, innovation is an opportunity for small businesses to overcome their initial scarcity of resources. This paper seeks to theoretically explain the capability to innovate using three levels of analysis: (1) on the individual level, actions, action regulation and individual goal setting and their relevance within innovation processes are considered, (2) on the group level, the innovation process is modeled according to Farr (2002), and (3) on the organizational level, determinants and concepts, which link individual action and innovation processes, are discussed. In practice we think that especially facets of individual action and organizational feedback need to be considered carefully, to increase innovative potentials in small businesses and to encourage multilevel organizational learning. Then, small businesses create integrated knowledge of their own innovation processes as a foundation for systematically evaluating and optimizing innovation potentials.

AB - To cope with changes in society and in the economic system, innovation is an opportunity for small businesses to overcome their initial scarcity of resources. This paper seeks to theoretically explain the capability to innovate using three levels of analysis: (1) on the individual level, actions, action regulation and individual goal setting and their relevance within innovation processes are considered, (2) on the group level, the innovation process is modeled according to Farr (2002), and (3) on the organizational level, determinants and concepts, which link individual action and innovation processes, are discussed. In practice we think that especially facets of individual action and organizational feedback need to be considered carefully, to increase innovative potentials in small businesses and to encourage multilevel organizational learning. Then, small businesses create integrated knowledge of their own innovation processes as a foundation for systematically evaluating and optimizing innovation potentials.

KW - Management studies

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

SN - 978-3-643-11261-3

T3 - Entrepreneurship, professions, small business economics

SP - 3

EP - 21

BT - Die Dynamik tiefgreifenden Wandels in Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Unternehmen

A2 - Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, Sigrid

A2 - Martin, Albert

A2 - Merz, Joachim

A2 - Weisenfeld, Ursula

PB - LIT Verlag

T2 - 6. CREPS Conference of Center for Research in Entrepreneurship, Professions and Small Business Economics - CREPS 2009

Y2 - 26 November 2009 through 27 November 2009

ER -