Effect of Innovation Orientation of High-Tech SMEs “Small and Mid-Sized Enterprises in China” on Innovation Performance
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear authors,
The paper is highly interesting, but need to have improvements.
The questionnaires should appear in Apendix and be well explained how they are composed, based on LR? Why? Outcomes...
I have marked several along the paper.
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Author Response
Dear Editor and Reviewers
We are pleased to submit our revised manuscript entitled "Effect of Innovation Orientation of High-tech SMEs "Small and Mid-sized Enterprises in China" on Innovation Performance" to the Journal of Sustainability for publication. We want to thank the editor and reviewers for their careful review and valuable comments. Based on the valued comments from the reviewers and editor, we have prepared a revised manuscript, and the changes are marked in yellow color in the revised manuscript.
In the following, we have our responses to each reviewer's comments. Thank you in advance for your editorial assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Authors: Tongtong, Azmawani Abd Rahman
Reviewer #1:
Point 1. The questionnaires should appear in Appendix and be well explained how they are composed, based on LR? Why? Outcomes.
Response: Thank you for your suggestion. The questionnaire has been pasted in the Appendix; the components of the questionnaire have been described in the revised version, including specific items. The items of all variables are from mature scales. The reason is that this study adds intermediary variables to the previous research framework, which can verify the previous research on the one hand and ensure the reliability and validity of the measurement on the other hand. Therefore, the third chapter lists who developed the scale. At the same time, in order to ensure the reliability and validity of the items, a pilot test was carried out to verify the reliability validity of the items. Further details are available on page 8 and lines 337 to 366.
Point 2: Please rewrite the sentences:(abstract: Mass entrepreneurship and innovation refer to mass entrepreneurship and innovation from Premier Li Keqiang's speech at the Summer Davos Forum in September 2014.
Response: Your comment is greatly appreciated. We have updated the abstract and revised the sentence in response to your suggestion. “The policy of mass entrepreneurship and innovation refers to encouraging the broad masses of the people, including industry, agriculture, commerce, education, and soldiers, to participate in entrepreneurship, encouraging all Chinese people to participate in innovation, which Premier Li put forward at the 2014 Summer Davos Forum in Tianjin”. Hopefully, the updated abstract will be much better than the previous one.
Point 3. For province should mention the country.
Response: Thank you for your suggestion. China has been added to all provinces and regions involved.
Point 4. Please rewrite (Previous research has examined innovation orientation reflects the attitude of enterprises toward changes in things and new ideas, which is reflected in the openness and ideological tendency of enterprises to new technologies, new resources, and new management systems.)
Response: Your kind advice is much appreciated. The academic circles believe that the innovation orientation reflects the attitude of the market, the government, and enterprises towards changes in things and new ideas, as well as the open attitude of enterprises towards new technologies, new resources, and new management systems and the tendency to innovate. You can find more details in the manuscript on page 2 and on lines 46 to 72.
Point 5: Which type of performance. Please specify.
Response: Thank you for your kind advice. The newly submitted revised paper adds the definition of enterprise innovation performance and how to measure innovation performance are added. It is also marked in blue, and all the places related to performance in the text have been revised to innovation performance.
Point 6: Please correctly quote the researcher's name
Response: Thank you for your kind advice. References to the names of research scholars have been revised in manuscript.
Point 7: Please include references such as Teece (other missing papers) + Eisenhardt + Barney
Response: It is a pleasure to receive your kind advice. These references have been added to our reference section per your suggestion, and we hope this is a much better version of the manuscript than the previous one.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The research topic and literature allows it to be applied in emerging Latin American countries to further deepen and strengthen this research topic.
Author Response
Dear Editor and Reviewers
We are pleased to submit our revised manuscript entitled "Effect of Innovation Orientation of High-tech SMEs "Small and Mid-sized Enterprises in China" on Innovation Performance" to the Journal of Sustainability for publication. We want to thank the editor and reviewers for their careful review and valuable comments. Based on the valued comments from the reviewers and editor, we have prepared a revised manuscript, and the changes are marked in yellow color in the revised manuscript.
In the following, we have our responses to each reviewer's comments. Thank you in advance for your editorial assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Authors: Tongtong, Azmawani Abd Rahman
Reviewer #2:
Comments and Suggestions for Authors
The research topic and literature allow it to be applied in emerging Latin American countries to further deepen and strengthen this research topic.
Response: Your comments regarding this article are greatly appreciated. I am grateful for your kind suggestions on the direction of our future articles. Currently, we are conducting a series of studies on innovation performance. We will conduct further research in Latin American countries following the publication of this article. We hope that innovation-oriented research will benefit China's innovation performance and serve as a model for Latin American countries. Contribute to research on innovation orientation and performance.
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Reviewer 3 Report
Thank you very much for the opportunity to review the article. The subject of the paper is interesting, but the article requires improvement.
It is worth emphasizing the novelty of the research and the authors' contribution to economic theory and practice. What gap have the authors found in the analyzes so far?
The first hypothesis is obvious. Perhaps the authors will try to make a less obvious hypothesis.
Whether. the research is representative? On what basis were the enterprises selected for the study? The research pattern is not clear.
The research results should be supported by the analysis of the cause and effect relationships. Moreover, the research results should be linked with the analyzes of the results obtained so far.
The list lacks detailed recommendations for the economy, as well as future research directions.
Author Response
Dear Editor and Reviewers
We are pleased to submit our revised manuscript entitled "Effect of Innovation Orientation of High-tech SMEs "Small and Mid-sized Enterprises in China" on Innovation Performance" to the Journal of Sustainability for publication. We want to thank the editor and reviewers for their careful review and valuable comments. Based on the valued comments from the reviewers and editor, we have prepared a revised manuscript, and the changes are marked in yellow color in the revised manuscript.
In the following, we have our responses to each reviewer's comments. Thank you in advance for your editorial assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Authors: Tongtong, Azmawani Abd Rahman
Reviewer #3:
Point 1: It is worth emphasizing the novelty of the research and the authors' contribution to economic theory and practice. What gap have the authors found in the analyzes so far?
Response: Thank you for your kind advice. In the revised draft, we added the missing contents in this part: First, it talked about the current situation of China's rapid economic development since the introduction of the mass entrepreneurship and innovation policy. At the same time, it talked about a series of foam economies and false prosperity generated by the introduction of the mass entrepreneurship and innovation policy. Then, starting from a large number of documents, this paper analyses why the innovation orientation impacts innovation performance and how this impact process occurs. Moreover, it discusses that the innovation orientation in this paper is mainly the national entrepreneurship and innovation advocated by the government, which is equivalent to opening the innovation outlet for both the market and enterprises. However, some enterprises are booming under the same innovation environment, and some have disappeared in the tide of mass entrepreneurship and innovation? In S-C-P, the performance of an enterprise depends on the external environment. However, internal resources and capabilities make some enterprises gain more advantages and performance in the same external environment. Based on this, this paper designs research on the impact of innovation orientation on innovation performance under the intermediary of organizational flexibility. Specific details can be found in the blue part of the revised version. There is more detailed information on pages 3-5, and the lines 128 to 206 give further information
Point 2: The first hypothesis is obvious. Perhaps the authors will try to make a less obvious hypothesis.
Response: Thank you for your sharp observation. In this paper, innovation orientation refers explicitly to the policy of all people to participate in entrepreneurship and innovation. Sometimes, the direct impact of policy orientation on innovation performance is not particular. Even an organization's technology exists in the organizational system and habits of managing and coordinating tasks. These systems and habits are called organizational conventions. Innovation accumulation often leads to path dependence - research follows a specific technological trajectory. On the other hand, organizational knowledge such as past innovation models and practices will have a negative impact on future innovation decisions. Freeman also believes that the innovation process is random, accidental, and arbitrary. Because of the instability of innovation technology and the wrong estimation of future market and competition, innovation will fail. Therefore, we believe it is necessary to study the impact of innovation orientation on innovation performance as a hypothesis.
Point 3: Whether. Is the research representative? On what basis were the enterprises selected for the study? The research pattern is not clear.
Response: Thank you for your sharp observation. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the total economic output of top20 cities reached 16.16 trillion, with a national contribution ratio of 35.84%, an increase of 1.2 percentage points over the same period last year.
Among them, Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, has a GDP of 770.24 billion yuan in the first half of 2019, ranking the eighth in China, with an actual growth rate of 8.2%, leading the top 20 in China. 2 meanwhile, Chengdu has been the first in economic growth for five consecutive years (2016-2020). Before introducing the mass entrepreneurship and innovation policy, Chengdu ranked 38th among Chinese cities. It is reasonable to believe that Sichuan Province is the most representative sample of mass entrepreneurship and innovation.
The selected enterprises are based on the standards for scientific and technological enterprises set by China and meet the standards for small and medium-sized enterprises. The research pattern is based on S(Structure)-C(Conduct)-P(Performance. In S-C-P, the performance of an enterprise depends on the external environment. Mass entrepreneurship and innovation policy are equivalent to creating a similar external environment for enterprises. However, internal resources and capabilities make some enterprises gain more advantages and performance in the same external environment. The detailed description has been supplemented in the revised paper. Detailed information can be found on page 7 and lines 289 to 300.
Point 4: The research results should be supported by the analysis of the cause-and-effect relationships. Moreover, the research results should be linked with the analyzes of the results obtained so far.
Response: We agree with the reviewer. The results show that the four hypotheses are valid. At the same time, it is also supported by the theory. At the same time, in the study's discussion section at page 10 and lines 408 to 438. The four assumptions with the analysis of the results obtained so far. Page 11 to 12 and lines 453 to 517 provide more details.
Point 5: The list lacks detailed recommendations for the economy, as well as future research directions.
Response: We agree with the reviewer. Contributions from the research field and detailed suggestions for the economy have been added to the new manuscript and future research directions at page 12 and lines 518 to 548.
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear authors,
Thanks for having improved the paper.
Reviewer 3 Report
The paper may be published in present form.
