The Role of Productivity and Innovation Stimuli on Inclusive‎Growth Through Economic Empowerment:An SOR Perspective

  • Authors

    • Kishan Singh Rathore Amity Business School, Amity University Madhya Pradesh
    • Anil Singh Parihar CDOE-Management, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan
    • Pooja Jain CDOE-Management, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan
    • Pranshuman Parashar Amity Business School, Amity University Madhya Pradesh
    • Abhijeet Dawle SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), MPSTME, Shirpur Campus
    • Sanjay Shrivastava SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), MPSTME, Shirpur Campus
    https://doi.org/10.14419/4ysvqz77

    Received date: September 21, 2025

    Accepted date: December 10, 2025

    Published date: February 8, 2026

  • Economic Empowerment; Innovation Adoption; Inclusive Growth; Productivity Enhancement; PLS-SEM

  • Abstract

    This study examined the role of productivity enhancement (PE), innovation adoption (IA), and policy and institutional support (PIS) in ‎driving inclusive growth (IG) through the mediating effects of inclusive participation (IP) and economic empowerment (EE) within the ‎Madhya Pradesh manufacturing sector. The research addressed the need to understand how organizational stimuli translate into equitable ‎economic outcomes in rapidly evolving industrial ecosystems. Data were collected from 100 entrepreneurs representing auto, pharmaceutical, ‎and FMCG manufacturing firms using a seven- point Likert scale. PLS-SEM (Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling) ‎‎(PLS-SEM) was employed for reliability, validity, and hypothesis testing. Results revealed that PE and PIS had the strongest influence on ‎IP and EE, which in turn significantly predicted IG. The study contributes by empirically validating the SOR framework in a manufacturing ‎context and offering actionable insights for policymakers and managers to design strategies that foster both productivity and inclusivity‎.



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    Rathore , K. S. ., Parihar , A. S. ., Jain, P., Parashar , P. ., Dawle , A. ., & Shrivastava , S. . (2026). The Role of Productivity and Innovation Stimuli on Inclusive‎Growth Through Economic Empowerment:An SOR Perspective. International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies, 13(2), 8-16. https://doi.org/10.14419/4ysvqz77