Résumés
Résumé
Alors que l’innovation est considérée comme un facteur important de la compétitivité des PME, peu de recherches s’intéressent aux conditions de son maintien dans ces entreprises. Cet article questionne le rôle des capacités dynamiques dans ce processus. Pour répondre à cette question, cette recherche étudie de manière originale et approfondie un cas d’échec d’une PME qui ne parvient pas à maintenir sa performance en innovation. Les résultats obtenus permettent d’expliquer le déclin de l’innovation de la PME par l’absence de certaines capacités dynamiques. Ils apportent un éclairage nouveau sur la relation entre capacités dynamiques et capacités d’innovation et soulignent l’influence des capacités dynamiques et de leurs micro-fondations sur la capacité d’innovation, tout en tenant compte des spécificités des PME.
Mots-clés:
- Capacités dynamiques,
- Capacité d’innovation,
- Micro-fondations,
- Cas d’échec,
- PME
Abstract
While innovation is considered a key driver of SMEs’ competitiveness, there is little research on how SMEs remain innovative. This article aims to fill this gap by considering the role of dynamic capabilities in this process. To answer this question, we use an original approach based on the in-depth study of a case of failure to maintain innovation performance in an SME. The results obtained help to explain the decline of the SME innovation by the absence of certain dynamic capabilities. They shed new light on the relationship between dynamic capabilities and innovation capacity and highlight the influence of dynamic capabilities and their micro-foundations on the innovation capacity, while taking into account the specificities of SMEs.
Keywords:
- Dynamic capabilities,
- Innovation capacity,
- Micro-foundations,
- Failure case,
- SME
Resumen
La innovación es un factor importante en la competitividad de las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PyME). Sin embargo, muy poca investigación explica cómo mantener la innovación en estas empresas. Esta investigación cuestiona el papel de las capacidades dinámicas en este proceso. Para responder a esta pregunta, se propone un estudio original del proceso de declive de la capacidad de innovación de una pyme para comprender las razones que podrían explicar esta disminución. Los resultados obtenidos sugieren explicar el declive de la innovación de las pymes por la ausencia de ciertas capacidades dinámicas. Arrojan nueva luz sobre la relación entre las capacidades dinámicas y la capacidad de innovación. Destacan la influencia de las capacidades dinámicas y de sus micro-fundaciones en la capacidad de innovación, teniendo en cuenta las especificidades de las PyME.
Palabras clave:
- Capacidad dinámicas,
- Capacidad de innovación,
- Micro-fundaciones,
- Caso de fracaso,
- PyME
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