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Impediments to Innovations among Small Scale Firms in Agro-Food Processing Sector in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Anjalee, G.H.I.
dc.contributor.author Semasinghe, D.M.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-12-06T05:20:59Z
dc.date.available 2016-12-06T05:20:59Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Anjalee, G.H.I. and Semasinghe, D.M. 2016. Impediments to Innovations among Small Scale Firms in Agro-Food Processing Sector in Sri Lanka. 7th International Conference on Business & Information ICBI – 2016, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p 65. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2465-6399
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/15413
dc.description.abstract Innovation is widely recognized as a key factor in the competitiveness of nations and firms. However, innovation is a cost to any organization, especially to small scale firms due to the nature of operations. The aim of this study was to identify the impediments to innovation faced by the owners of small scale agro-food processing firms in Sri Lanka and in turn to investigate the most critical impediments faced by them. The data were collected from 120 small scale agro-food processing firms. The study was able to locate eight internal and five external factors that act as impediments to innovations. High cost of innovations and lack of qualified personals were identified as the most critical internal impediments while, insufficient government support was identified as the most critical external impediment to innovation. The results of the study recommend that, the policy makers should pay their attention on providing financial assistance to the small scale firms to come up with new innovations and also focus on developing skilled human resources that can be used by the small scale firms. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Agro-Food Processing Sector en_US
dc.subject Impediments en_US
dc.subject Innovativeness en_US
dc.subject Small Firms en_US
dc.title Impediments to Innovations among Small Scale Firms in Agro-Food Processing Sector in Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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