The influence of innovation activities and knowledge management on the competitiveness of manufacturing smes: an empirical study

• Autores: Luis Aguilera Enríquez, Héctor Cuevas Vargas, Jorge Antonio Rangel Magdaleno, Octavio Hernández Castorena
• Localización: Tópicos Selectos de Ingeniería: Gobierno de tecnología de Información / coord. por Pedro Solares, Elena Romero, 2014, ISBN 978-097-4857-10-7, págs. 83-98
• Idioma: español
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  • This research aims to show the influence of innovation activities and knowledge management on the competitiveness of manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs). For this, with a sample of 150 SMEs in the manufacturing sector in the state of Aguascalientes, Mexico, a multiple linear regression analysis was performed in order to evaluate the correlation among the variables used. The results obtained provide empirical evidence that innovation activities and knowledge management have a positive and significant impact on the competitiveness of the companies studied.