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This research aims to examine how the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) enhances supply chain agility (SCA) and business innovation. Moreover, we analyze the mediating role of SCA on the relationship between ICT integration and business innovation. A quantitative approach with causal-predictive research was performed, using a sample of 1,078 small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). Data was collected through a self-administered survey from a random sample of 1,078 Mexican SMEs. The results indicate that ICT integration significantly influences both SCA and innovation. Additionally, SCA not only demonstrates a significant influence on innovation but also plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between ICT integration and innovation in Mexican SMEs. These findings suggest that ICT integration can be a crucial strategy to overcome the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and stimulate SCA and business innovation. Therefore, this study provides critical information for decision-makers to promote the growth and efficiency of their firms in facing global challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) usage is a key strategy to stimulate innovation and firm performance. There is a gap in the literature in terms of the full understanding of the simultaneous relationship among ICT usage, entrepreneurial orientation and frugal innovation. For this reason, empirical research with quantitative approach and cross-sectional design was applied through Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), to analyse how ICT usage affect frugal innovation and entrepreneurial orientation of small- and medium-sized firms where mediating effects were assessed. Using a simple random sampling technique and a self-administered questionnaire to gather data from a sample of 200 business owners in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. The results indicate that ICT usage has a significant influence on both entrepreneurial orientation and frugal innovation. Moreover, entrepreneurial orientation plays a significant partial mediating role in the relationship between ICT usage and frugal innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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