The Nexus between Types of Innovation and Marketing Performance of SME in an Emerging Economy

• Main Authors: Samuel Afriyie, Jianguo Duo, Kingsley Appiah, Abdul-Aziz Ibn Musah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EconJournals 2018-11-01
• Series: International Review of Management and Marketing
• Online Access: https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/7042

<p align="center">Nowadays the practice in which businesses find themselves becomes unknown, innovation types have been seen as a critical element in an organizational growth of companies. This paper intends to cross -examine the interrelation between innovation types and SME marketing performance in a growing economy of Ghana. The research used quantitative methods, in which four research hypotheses were formulated and tested using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). In all, 437 respondents of SME composed data through a questionnaires survey sight in the cities of Kumasi and Accra respectively in Ghana. The study outcomes identified the usefulness of a strong and meaningful impact between the types of innovation namely Product, Process, Marketing and Organization and SME marketing performance of a developing economy. The paper explores to add to the limited knowledge of SME in the perspective of innovation types literature relationship to the marketing performance in a developing economy. Studies conducted, consistently endeavor to determine the connection between the types of innovation and the firm performance and neglecting the marketing performance viewpoint. Hence, this research offers a specialized focus on the types of innovation and its relationship via SME marketing performance in a developing economy. Furtherance, executing critical issues to business managers/owners when devising approaches to organizational firm performance.</p><p align="center"><strong><br /></strong></p>