Effect of Learning Orientation on Firms Innovation and Performance: A Case Study of Small Firms in Tehran

Subject Areas : policy making

K. Tajeddini ¹ , A. R. Ma'toufi ² , A. A. Ahmadian ³

1 - Associate Professor in Management, Faculty Member of Lund University, Lund, Sweden, email: [e-mail]
2 - Management Department, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran, email: [e-mail]
3 - MA in Marketing Management, Export Guarantee Fund of Iran, Tehran, Iran, email

Received: 2016-01-04 Accepted : 2016-01-04 Published : 2015-01-01

Keywords: Innovation, performance, Learning Orientation, Small Firms,

Abstract :

Todays, the only thing that can be trusted all over the world is lack of confidence. All organizations need to innovate to comply with the wavy environment and the innovation by itself has a vital role in moving toward the comparative advantage and supreme performance. Although many researches have already investigated the effect of innovation on the performance, it seems that, in future, lack of applicable studies about the effect of pivotal learning on innovation in general and on the innovation of small firms in particular will be faced with. Having investigated 82 small firms in Tehran to fill the gap existing in the research literature of the country, the present study has represented that organizations commitment to learning; open-mindedness and shared vision have significantly positive effect on the innovation of small firms. The results obtained from the regression analysis have also indicated the presence of a significantly positive relationship between innovation and profitability, sale and ROI in small firms.