Barriers to Technology Innovation of Manufacturing SMEs in China-An Empirical Study Based on the Technique of RII

摘要：

On the basis of a sample of 188 Chinese SMEs,this paper attempts to:(i)explore the relative importance of main barriers to innovation for SMEs by using the technique of Relative Important Index(RII),and(ii)seek to highlight differences between foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs)and wholly Chinese-owned enterprises(WCOEs).The study finds that lack of technical personnel(RII =0.769) is the most important barriers to innovation for SMEs.Also,the study indicates differences are found between FIEs and WCOEs(the former emphasizing lack of financial capital,and the latter emphasizing lack of external innovation partners lack of marketing channel and lack of effective management system ).Overall,these findings indicate that many Chinese SMEs have difficulties in achieving successful innovation.So,policies should be made based on internal and external barriers to innovation for SMEs and aimed at improving innovative capability of SMEs.

关键词： SMEs Barriers Technology innovation Relative Important Index Empirical studies

作者: Xie Xuemei Zeng Saixing

作者单位: Antai School of Management,Shanghai Jiaotong University,PR China,200052

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008杭州技术管理研讨会(MOT 2008)

会议地点: 杭州

会议语种:英文

页码: 263-268

在线出版日期: 2008-04-21（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）