The study examined the extent to which lack of access to external funding constitutes a barrier to innovation for small … funding as a barrier to innovation for any of the four types of innovation: product, process, marketing, or organizational …. However, for most of the innovations they promoted, the levels of innovation were relatively low, and which naturally entails …

This study addresses the types of innovation activity of SMEs (Small and medium-sized enterprises) in the European … types of innovation in SMEs and then investigate the relationship between the types of innovations and relevance of a given … found out that there are differences in the types of innovation activity of SMEs in the cross-country dimension. We have …

process innovation show a higher likelihood of using formal finance than non-innovators. However, formal finance usage of SMEs … perusing only product/service or process innovation is not any different from non-innovators. Furthermore, our pairwise …

This study examines the moderating effect of firm size on the relationship between innovation and firm performance of … impact of innovation in products and processes on firm performance is affected by financial capital. The method applied is … moderate and mediate the impact of innovation on firm performance, positively or negatively. The findings have implications for …

technology and sales as mediated by innovation activities. However, the index is insignificant for the second mediator, export … longevity. However, in the final model, both the level of innovation and export longevity positively and substantially affect …

The objective of this study is to assess the contribution of small and medium-sized enter-prises (SMEs) to innovation … in Germany. The paper reviews the empirical literature on SMEs' innovation activities and conceptualises indicators to … identify the key dimensions of innova-tion processes and outputs. The analysis of statistical data and surveys from various …