Narrative literature review: Innovation capabilities in the business sustainability of SMEs
Abstract
Despite the increase in the trend of research on innovation capacity in SMEs, no reviews of previous literature focused on business sustainability were found. Therefore, this study aimed to carry out a narrative analysis of the literature on the facilitators of innovation capabilities in SMEs and their mediators in business sustainability, through the narrative literature review of 81 documents through the Scopus databases. and WoS and a brief descriptive analysis of the scientific production through Scopus. The reviewed literature leads to the conclusion that SMEs that are receptive to external facilitators and fostered by internal facilitators generate innovation capacities and these through mediators contribute to business sustainability in the economic field; with export performance, marketing performance and business orientation, in the environmental field; with green innovation, technological innovation and business orientation and in the social field; with open innovation and entrepreneurial orientation, in order to create competitive advantages for the survival and growth of SMEs in the long term.
