The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that influence innovation activities in small manufacturing … firms as contained in the Community Innovation Surveys styled fifth national South African innovation survey, conducted … South African innovation survey. Prior South African studies on the determinants of innovations were based on the first and …

financing, lack of financial and managerial skills, lack of expertise, as well as economic factors such as poor sales and weak … agility to survive and succeed. Success is important for South African small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) given their … agility, business best practices and the performance of SMEs in South Africa. Method: A quantitative approach using the cross …