Global context
[In french]
The INNOV4SME program is a continuation of an interdisciplinary thesis carried out by the ERPI laboratory (Research Team on Innovative Processes) and the CEREFIGE laboratory (European Centre for Research in Financial Economics and Business Management) of the University of Lorraine. These initial exploratory studies have shown that innovation and export are traditionally considered separately both within scientific research and within business support institutions. However, linking innovation and export is a major lever to enable SMEs to develop internationally.
Research goal
The INNOV4SME project, which receives financial support from ICIT Lorraine Université d’Excellence (ANR’s Plan d’Investissements d’Avenir 2), aims to design a diagnostic tool capable of assessing the capacities that an SME must develop as a priority to simultaneously improve its innovation and export performance. We consider to distribute this tool in innovation and export support structures in the future.
To guarantee the operational quality of this tool, it is necessary that scientific research work is based on real cases of companies. Then, we are conducting a comparative study of wine SMEs in three wine-producing countries: France, Chile and Argentina. This comparative study will allow us to identify the synergies between innovation and export, as well as the impact of each country’s context on the innovation and export capability of SMEs in this particular sector. The long-term objective is to extend this study to different business sectors I order to analyze their convergences and divergences.
Academical partnerships
Industrial partnerships
Associated scientific production
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Muñoz C., Galvez D., Enjolras M., Camargo M., Alfaro M., (2022) Relationship between innovation and exports in enterprises: A support tool for synergistic improvement plans, Technological Forecasting & Social Change. Vol 177, 121489, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121489
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Enjolras M., Camargo M., Schmitt C., (2020) Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology, Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 15(3), 17-32. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242020000300017
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Enjolras M., Camargo M., Schmitt C., (2019) Are High-Tech Companies More Competitive Than Others? An Empirical Study of Innovative and Exporting French SMEs, Technology Innovation Management Review. 2019, vol. 9, p33-48
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Enjolras M., Camargo M., Boly V., Schmitt C., (2019) The Link between Innovation and Export: Evidences from small-sized firms practices, International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE), Sophia Antipolis, France, 17-19 Juin 2019
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Enjolras M., Camargo M., Schmitt C., (2016): “SMEs’ Innovation and Export Capabilities: Identification and Characterization of a Common Space Using Data Spatialization”, Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, Volume 11, n°2, p 56-69, Juin 2016. DOI: 10.4067/S0718-27242016000200006
Acknowledgements
This work was supported partly by the French PIA project “Lorraine Université d’Excellence” (Reference ANR-15-IDEX-04-LUE).
Contact
- Manon ENJOLRAS: manon.enjolras{at}univ-lorraine.fr
- Mauricio CAMARGO
Timming of the project: 01/09/2018 — 31/08/ 2020