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JOURNAL OF MARKETING DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS

Relationships between Empowerment, Innovativeness, Internationalization and

Performance of Polish SMEs:Future Research Directions

Author(s): Anna Michna, Anna Meczynska, Roman Kmieciak, Renata Sekowska

Citation: Anna Michna, Anna Meczynska, Roman Kmieciak, Renata Sekowska, (2011) "Relationships between Empowerment, Innovativeness, Internationalization and Performance of Polish SMEs:Future Research Directions" Vol. 5, Iss. 5, pp. 46 - 63

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

This paper presents a framework for investigating the relationships between employee empowerment,

innovativeness, internationalization and firm performance. Based on current literature review, we claim

that complex investigation of SMEs simultaneously including all these issues has not been conducted.

Investigations of Polish SMEs have so far been few and fragmentary. In our opinion employee

empowerment, innovativeness and internationalization (the sources of competitive advantages) intertwine

and interconnect in a network of feedback relationships. Moreover, information technology (IT) can be

used to strengthen the relationships. As a result of critical literature review, we have built a conceptual

model and stated hypotheses.