Raising research possibilities on fintechs from the sme’s innovation management and penrose firm growth theory approaches
International Journal of Development Research
Raising research possibilities on fintechs from the sme’s innovation management and penrose firm growth theory approaches
Received 10th October, 2021; Received in revised form 22nd November, 2021; Accepted 19th December, 2021; Published online 30th January, 2022
Copyright © 2022, Luís Filippe Serpe et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This article aims to build research questions and possible topics for future studies in FinTechs, using as basis the Innovation Management and Penrose’s Theory of Firm Growth. The methodology used was a literature review with documental analysis, in the form of essay, describing two theoretical axes, in order to find connection between the theories. The essay discusses the development of new theories and studies, focusing on the object and finding different views. The objectives were achieved, making possible to present research questions from the theories. The findings showed that there is an incipient connection between both theories, where few studies point to the possibility of explaining the behavior of small firms (FinTechs) using elements from both theories. This research is limited by the scope, to focus on an specific type of firm (FinTech), and by the difficulty in establish parameters for the selection of representative works in each field. The novelty in this paper is to propose the use of these theories as basis for a new approach in the study of FinTechs.
