The relationship between management and technological innovations and organizational performance and resilience in the context of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Hassan Wafai used a Research and Professional Development grant to examine the ability to upgrade within global value chains of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises.

I am proposing to use the fund toward a research dissemination activity (a peer-reviewed Conference). My proposed submission was accepted for presentation. I am in the process of finalizing the manuscript based on the recently collected Canadian data, the research aims at investigating the relationships between management innovation, technological innovation, and firm competitive performance, defined as the ability to upgrade within global value chains (GVCs) OR its resilience capabilities. The research will focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada. The research question is “how does the relationship between management innovation and technological innovation influence organizational performance and resilience?”.