Cultivating creativity: strategies for enhancing innovative behavior in small and medium enterprises

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Published Dec 23, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13165/IE-24-18-2-09

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Gede Suparna
Udayana University, Faculty of Economics and Business, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0845-5885 Michał Kot
Czestochowa University of Technology
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5449-593X Zdzisława Dacko-Pikiewicz
Faculty of Applied Sciences, WSB University, 41-300 Dąbrowa Gornicza, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4542-5574 I Gede Riana
Udayana University, Faculty of Economics and Business, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8912-2252 I Gede Rihayana
Universitas Mahasaraswati, Department of Management, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9499-7734 I Made Risma M. Arsha
Universitas Hindu Indonesia, Department of Management, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3983-6062

Abstract

Purpose. Scholars have extensively researched SMEs. However, the mechanisms behind  their low innovative behavior have yet to be fully uncovered. Governments and other institutions have made various efforts to empower SME innovations. This study investigates factors that can enhance innovative behavior, including knowledge sharing and absorptive capacity.
Design/methodology/approach. This study employed a saturated sampling technique, focusing on export-oriented SMEs in the weaving and handicraft sectors. A total of 163  questionnaires were administered, generating 100 valid answers. SEM-PLS analysis was used with the assistance of Warp-PLS.7 software to test the research hypotheses.
Findings. The findings reveal that absorptive capacity and knowledge sharing significantly enhance innovative behavior. Specifically, potential absorptive capacity and realized absorptive capacity are critical. The study also finds that knowledge sharing mediates the effect of potential absorptive capacity on realized absorptive capacity, realized absorptive capacity mediates the influence of knowledge sharing on innovative behavior, and knowledge sharing mediates the influence of potential absorptive capacity on innovative behavior. This research reinforces the dynamic capabilities theory, highlighting that companies must complement internal capabilities by absorbing external knowledge.
Originality. This study provides new insights to SME practitioners, emphasizing that potential absorptive capacity should be a management focus and shared through a knowledge- sharing culture. It would lead to the realized as an absorptive capacity and thus drive innovative behavior.
Practical implications. SME management should strategically utilize potential absorptive capacity and collaborate with internal knowledge through knowledge-sharing activities. Potential absorptive capacity becomes a source that can be realized as an absorptive capacity to stimulate innovative behavior.

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Vol. 18 No. 2 (2024): Intellectual Economics
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