How beneficial are relational capital and technology orientation for innovation?Evidence from Mexican SMEs

Globally,small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs)are engines of economic growth and job creation.After the pandemic,innovation activities have become more critical than ever as a generator of competitiveness.Therefore,we need to better understand the factors that lead to innovation in SMEs.This study aims to analyze the role of relational capital and technology orientation in innovation to appreciate its final impact on firm performance.The main results reveal a strong positive effect of relational capital on innovation,but the effect is not so strong as firm performance.We also found a strong positive effect of relational capital on technology orientation.Finally,we offer some clues in the debate on technology as a source of innovation and how relational capital and technology orientation are related to a firm’s performance.The results reveal significant implications for innovation policies and relational capital strategies for SMEs.

Intellectual Capital in Knowledge Management Organizations

This paper templet is copyright by Global Conference on Business and Social Science organized by Global Academy of Training&Research(GATR)Enterprise.Intellectual capital and knowledge are the most important assets of most organizations to ensure that determined or intended strategies can be implemented.The resource-based view of the firm considers the firm as a bundle of tangible resources,intangible resources,and organisational capabilities.An effective IC refers to the critical issues of organisational adaptation,survival and competence in the face of discontinuous environmental change.KM is essential for retaining employees’knowledge within a firm by using appropriate technology and tools to capture and store the knowledge residing in the minds of its employees,so it can be easily shared and reused.There is a growing realisation of the importance of the development and understanding of theory for both Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management in relation to guide the successful development of Knowledge Management Organisations.This study is fundamental because it will provide the whole picture about the different levels of knowledge;individual,group and organizational,which express internal knowledge(formal and informal knowledge)and external knowledge such as customers and suppliers.The aim of this study is addressed some of the gaps in Intellectual Capital literature.It is necessary to investigate the interactions between IC components in Knowledge management organizations,which include human capital(HC),Organizational capital(OC),and Relational capital(RC).This is important in order to discover the extent to which these factors work together to achieve a network’s knowledge management in organization.