Abstract

PINTO, António; HENRIQUES, Carla  and  MARTINHO, Ana Maria. The impact of innovation on corporate performance: The case of the Portuguese textile industry. Rev. Portuguesa e Brasileira de Gestão [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.2, pp.61-71. ISSN 1645-4464.

The main objective of this study is to analyse the contribution of innovation to corporate profitability. Innovation constitutes the key element to improving corporate performance, as it allows adding value to products, distinguishing them and granting access to new knowledge and markets. It allows processes to be improved and products/services to be differentiated from their competitors. Thus, it is a factor which fosters corporate profitability. To this study, data were collected from Community Innovation Survey 2008 (CIS) and Iberian Balance Sheet Analysis System (SABI). Data analysis resorted to techniques of univariate and multivariate analysis (factor analysis, linear regression, and logistic regression). This study suggests that innovative firms have a higher profitability. Another finding was that the greater the size of the company and the importance of foreign market in its turnover, the greater the propensity to innovate.

Keywords : Innovation; Competitiveness; Corporate Performance; Portuguese Textile Industry.

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