This paper assesses UK innovation policy impact on a large, population weighted, sample of both service and … manufacturing SMEs. By focussing on self-reported innovation the study achieves a wider coverage of the effects of SME innovation … support for innovation were more likely to innovate than unsupported comparable enterprises. Innovating enterprises are shown …

consider critical for success in the innovation process? From the perspective of the respondents, the entrepreneur is the most … important factor in the innovation process. Internal aspects dominate not only the list of success factors but also the top of … entrepreneurs do not consider external circumstances very important aspects of innovation success. They have a rather egocentric …

Various drivers of construction innovation are distinguished and classified in four distinctive categories …: environmental pressure, technological capability, knowledge exchange, and boundary spanning. Innovation drivers in these categories …. Empirical research in the Dutch construction industry illustrates that the innovation drivers are used by managers of the …

modeling. Next, innovation, entrepreneurship and knowledge are addressed, and interpreted as critical success conditions for …