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 …

and development (R&D) - their innovation goals in the medium term. However, the shortage of skilled workers turns out to … be a hindering factor in the innovation process . By contrast, most ICT companies have not been sufficiently suc …-cessful at winning other firms to build R&D co-operations to overcome hurdles to innovation. …