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Exploiting Innovation in Dubai SMEs: The Effect of Strategic Orientation on Organizational Determinants

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  • Yahya Al-Ansaari

    (Sharjah Colleges, Higher Colleges of Technology, P. O. Box 7947, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

  • Simon Pervan

    (Swinburne Business School, Swinburne University, P. O. Box 218, Mail H23, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia)

  • Jun Xu

    (Southern Cross Business School, Southern Cross University, Locked Mail Bag 4, Coolangatta, QLD 4225, Australia)

Abstract

This study investigates the role of strategic orientations of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in an emerging market, namely Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It uses the business-level typology of Miles and Snow (prospector, analyzer, and defender) to examine the effect of strategic orientations on organizational determinants (organizational culture, technology orientation, alliance and cooperation, and market orientation) and their consequences in terms of innovation. Drawing upon data from 189 Dubai SMEs, the findings reveal that there are differences in the organizational determinants with prospector and defender orientations, with analyzer orientations falling in-between. Prospectors place more reliance than defenders on developing organizational culture, technology orientation, alliance and cooperation, and market orientation. Constant changes in the Dubai business and market environments seem to affect SMEs' strategic orientations and smaller SMEs are more likely to be analyzers than the SMEs employing over 100 staff. This study provides useful insights into the role of strategic orientations and organizational determinants of Dubai SMEs to accomplish successful innovation results.

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  • Yahya Al-Ansaari & Simon Pervan & Jun Xu, 2014. "Exploiting Innovation in Dubai SMEs: The Effect of Strategic Orientation on Organizational Determinants," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 11(06), pages 1-22.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:11:y:2014:i:06:n:s0219877014500394
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877014500394
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    1. Ulrich Lichtenthaler, 2020. "Building Blocks of Successful Digital Transformation: Complementing Technology and Market Issues," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 17(01), pages 1-14, February.
    2. Ulrich Lichtenthaler, 2016. "The Role of Unabsorbed Slack in Internal and Collaborative Innovation Processes — A Resource-Based Framework," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 13(03), pages 1-13, June.
    3. Vanessa Yanes-Estévez & Ana María García-Pérez & Juan Ramón Oreja-Rodríguez, 2018. "The Strategic Behaviour of SMEs," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(4), pages 1-21, October.

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