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Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues Open access
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Received: 2020-05-15  |  Accepted: 2020-10-13  |  Published: 2020-12-30

Title

Dimensions and their elements affecting the innovative activities of agricultural SMEs toward their sustainable development


Abstract

The vast majority of firms in each economy are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) including the family business. Their sustainable development depends on the ability to implement the innovative activities. Most research studies dedicated to innovation are focused mainly on technology-based SMEs. Our paper shows the importance of innovative activities in agricultural SMEs. The main aim of this paper is to identify the key elements covered by three main dimensions (technological, non-technological, and organizational) that have an impact on innovative activities of agricultural SMEs toward their sustainable development and to investigate the perception of these elements by agricultural SMEs. The approach of this study is quantitative, based on the data gathered from 192 Slovak agricultural SMEs. The results pointed on the importance of all dimensions and three main elements covered each dimension. The results of this paper may help SMEs, professionals, and policymakers to better understand the importance of innovative activities in agricultural SMEs.


Keywords

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), sustainable development, innovative activities, dimension, elements, policy


JEL classifications

O31 , L26 , C12


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/750


DOI


Pages

1142-1157


Funding

The contribution is the result of Vega project no. 1/0194/19 “Research on process-oriented management of financial management focusing on detection of tax evasion in terms of international business”.

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Authors

Korauš, Antonín
Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia https://www.akademiapz.sk
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Havierniková, Katarína
Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Trenčín, Slovakia https://tnuni.sk
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Gombár, Miroslav
University of Prešov, Prešov, Slovakia http://www.unipo.sk
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Černák, Filip
University of Prešov, Prešov, Slovakia http://www.unipo.sk
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Felcan, Miroslav
Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia https://www.akademiapz.sk
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

8


Number

2


Issue date

December 2020


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

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