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Journal of African Business ISSN: 1522-8916 (Print) 1522-9076 (Online) Journal homepage: /loi/wjab20 The influence of innovation on the performance of small and medium enterprises in Zimbabwe Charles Makanyeza Gilbert Dzvuke To cite this article: Charles Makanyeza Gilbert Dzvuke (2015) The influence of innovation on the performance of small and medium enterprises in Zimbabwe, Journal of African Business, 16:1-2, 198-214, DOI: 10.10802015.1061406 To link to this article: /10.10802015.1061406 Published online: 25 Jul 2015. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 531 View Crossmark data Citing articles: 4 View citing articles Full Terms Conditions of access and use can be found at /action/journalInformation?journalCode=wjab20 JOURNAL OF AFRICAN BUSINESS, 2015 VOL. 16, NOS. 1–2, 198–214 /10.10802015.1061406 The influence of innovation on the performance of small and medium enterprises in Zimbabwe Charles Makanyeza a and Gilbert Dzvuke b aDepartment of Marketing, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe; bMinistry of Small and Medium Enterprises and Cooperative Development, Harare, Zimbabwe ABSTRACT KEYWORDS Based on a survey of 200 SMEs, this research investigated innova- Firm innovation; firm tion’s influence on the performance of small and medium enter- performance; innovation; prises (SMEs) in Harare, Zimbabwe. The study found that SMEs small and medium were somewhat innovative. The performance of SMEs was found enterprises; Zimbabwe to somewhat increase over the period SMEs were innovating. Innovation was found to positively predict the performance of SMEs. Organizational