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JOURNAL OF MARKETING DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS
Technological Capability Improvement as Result of the Entrepreneur’s
Search for Innovation in the SMEs in Colombia
Author(s): Yonni Angel Cuero Acosta, Noor Un Nabi, Utz Dornberger
Citation: Yonni Angel Cuero Acosta, Noor Un Nabi, Anastasia Pikas, (2012) "Technological Capability Improvement as Result of the Entrepreneur’s Search for Innovation in the SMEs in Colombia ," Journal of Marketing Development and Competitiveness, Vol. 6, Iss. 4, pp. 11 - 25
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
The improvement of technological capability (TC) is not only a firm-level issue; it is similarly important
to the catching-up process and improving national competitiveness. Previous works on TC have generally
not paid much attention to the improvement of TC in the micro and small and medium enterprises
(SMEs). This paper shows how the mediator role of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on the relationship
between networking capability (NC) and absorptive capacity (AC) of firms contributes significantly to the
improvement of TC in the micro and SMEs in Colombia.
