Innovación Tecnológica En Las Pequeñas Y Medianas Empresas Familiares
Technological Innovation in Smes Family
Author(s): Blanca Eidene Alvaro Pérez, Pablo Payro CamposSubject(s): Business Economy / Management, Energy and Environmental Studies, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: SMEs; Information Technology; family business; case study; innovation; change management
Summary/Abstract: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in México are generally family businesses that comprise over 90% of the universe of business organizations. According to official data, SMEs in Mexico generate 7 out of 10 jobs; however, only 30% of organizations that are created passed to the second generation of inheritors and 10% was consolidated up to the third generation. The objective of this study is to analyze the process of adoption of information technologies as a factor of innovation that assists the permanency and development of family business. A case of study was developed by applying qualitative methodology based on interviews in a family trading company. Results show the process of adoption of information technology and its influence on the company’s capacity to manage the change promoted by the environment dynamism.
Journal: Przedsiębiorczość i Zarządzanie
- Issue Year: 17/2016
- Issue No: 6.2
- Page Range: 179-188
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Spanish
