Relationship between research & development, technology, entrepreneurial leadership, networking and innovation capability among tourism SME in Kelantan

This research focused on the determinant relationship between research and development (R&D), technology, entrepreneurial leadership and networking towards innovation capability among tourism SME in Kelantan. A quantitative research was conducted to achieve these research objectives. Simple random sampling is used and responses from 380 respondents are collected. To analyze all the data, descriptive analysis, reliability testing and Pearson correlation are used. This research found that Research and Development, entrepreneurial Leadership, technology and networking have positive correlation towards innovation capability. Tourism SMEs encouraged to innovate by fostering innovation capability of them, and establishing an innovation framework that was successfully researched.