This conceptual study explores the relationship between labor shortages in knowledge-intensive occupations, the … individual entrepreneurial choice, and strategic consequences for SMEs. Highly skilled individuals in knowledge-intense shortage …-employment, labor shortages for SMEs increase further. To overcome shortages of skilled labor, outsourcing of knowledge …

professional experience and distinct human capital resources facilitating this step of innovation activity. …

Prior findings are inconclusive concerning the innovation activities of family SMEs when compared to non …-family counterparts. This study overcomes these shortcomings by analyzing specific determinants influencing the innovation output of … the innovation output continuously falls from generation to generation. …

replaced by other activities within the innovation process. We find that for realizing product innovations RnD is the most … important factor. Thereby the role of RnD is higher the more radical an innovation is. In contrast, process and non …

-induced adjustments are permanent or are reversed as the pandemic subsides. The result: innovation activities increased significantly …