Abstract:
This research aimed to study organizational characteristics and organizational supporters that affect the innovative development of small and medium enterprises. The sample group consisted of small and medium enterprise entrepreneurs. The independent variables were organizational characteristics based on McKinseys framework and organizational supporters. The dependent variable was accounting innovation development. Sizes of the organization were control variables. Data collected from questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (multiple linear regression).
The results showed that organizational characteristics; strategy, systems and staff, and organizational supporters which are technology, and governmental support affect the innovative development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) at the .05, .01 level of significance. According to small and medium enterprise entrepreneurs, management accounting innovation and financial innovation were very important to SMEs. To develop SMEs accounting innovation, entrepreneurs need to determine clear strategies, manage data systems to be exchanged in organizations, and set a motivation system for innovation development. Staff development plans should be created for knowing and understanding innovation. Apart from organization management, SMEs need to get government support and adapt technologies to accounting to increase the efficiency of accounting information.