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High performance work systems, technological innovations and firm performance in SME: evidences from Italy

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  • Edoardo Della Torre
  • Luca Solari

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The empirical evidence of the past 15 years has shown the existence of a positive relationship between the adoption of organisational innovations and a firm's economic results. However, only few studies focus on the actual adoption and the effectiveness of high performance work systems in small and medium-sized enterprises, and especially so in the case of Italy. Through analysis of an original sample of SMEs in the Milan area, this paper shows that organisational innovations have been introduced in a large part of firms, but in many cases the process of organisational change is not yet complete. Moreover, confirming a large part of the existing evidences, analysis of the relationships with business performance shows that SMEs which have achieved the largest productivity increases are those which have combined investments in the new organisation of work with advanced technologies and with the embeddedness in stable relational networks with other firms.

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  • Edoardo Della Torre & Luca Solari, 2011. "High performance work systems, technological innovations and firm performance in SME: evidences from Italy," International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(4), pages 375-391.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeven:v:3:y:2011:i:4:p:375-391
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    1. Ratnawati & Budi Eko Soetjipto & F. Danardana Murwani & Hari Wahyono, 2018. "The Role of SMEs’ Innovation and Learning Orientation in Mediating the Effect of CSR Programme on SMEs’ Performance and Competitive Advantage," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 19(3_suppl), pages 21-38, June.
    2. Beldina Owalla & Cristian Gherhes & Tim Vorley & Chay Brooks, 2022. "Mapping SME productivity research: a systematic review of empirical evidence and future research agenda," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(3), pages 1285-1307, March.
    3. Jae-Yeoup Kim & Jang-Ho Choi, 2022. "The Impact of Adaptation-Oriented HRM on Exploration: Mediating Effects of Self-Organization," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(23), pages 1-14, November.

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