Investigating the Impact of Innovation on Internationalization and Business System Growth among Entrepreneurs

Subject Areas : علوم سیاسی

Hamidreza Jalaei ¹ (Ph.D. Candidate in PhD Student in International Entrepreneurship, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Iran)
علی خوزین ² (Assistant Professor of Financial Accounting, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Aliabad Katoul, Iran, [e-mail], 09123231461)
Ebrahim Abbasi ³ (Associate Professor of Business Administration, Finance tendency University of Al-Zahra, Iran)
Hossein Didehkhani ⁴ (Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Aliabad Katoul, Iran)

Received: 2023-08-04 Accepted : 2023-08-04 Published : 2022-10-01

Keywords: innovation, entrepreneurship, internationalization, services, Business growth,

Abstract :

With the advent of globalization, entrepreneurs are faced with new opportunities through access to new markets to offer products. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of innovation on internationalization and business growth among entrepreneurs. The method of this research is descriptive survey and applied in terms of purpose, which has been done with a mixed approach. The data of this research were collected through library studies and in the field method through the distribution of questionnaires. In the qualitative section, the opinions of 15 academic experts in the fields of entrepreneurship and business management, as well as the managers of the Industry, Mining and Trade Organization of Golestan Province, who were purposefully selected, were used. The statistical population includes senior managers of manufacturing companies in Golestan province. According to the Krejcie-Morgan table, 196 samples were selected by a simple random sampling method. In the quantitative part, the parameters of the research model are estimated by the structural equation modeling method. Findings showed that factors such as technology level, entrepreneurial human capital, and human capital of the society, potential competition, and economic performance are effective in creating innovation in manufacturing industries, and promoting the level of innovation leads to more internationalization and creating expectations. Growth is in entrepreneurs. Market accessibility, in turn, creates positive expectations for business growth, which leads to more competition and innovation, and ultimately contributes to a higher level of internationalization of the company's product.