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Absorptive capacity and innovation: when is it better to cooperate?

Egbetokun, Abiodun; Savin, Ivan - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 24 (2014) 2, pp. 399-420

Cooperation can benefit and hurt firms at the same time. An important question then is: when is it better to cooperate? And, once the decision to cooperate is made, how can an appropriate partner be selected? In this paper we present a model of inter-firm cooperation driven by cognitive...

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The impact of knowledge management and strategy configuration coherence on SME performance

Bagnoli, Carlo; Vedovato, Marco - In: Journal of Management and Governance 18 (2014) 2, pp. 615-647

According to recent literature, effective knowledge management should be coherent and based on the firm’s strategy. Prior empirical research, in contrast, tries to evaluate the impact of knowledge management initiatives directly on performance but finds inconsistent results and not allows the...

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Facilitating innovation capability through performance measurement: A study of Finnish SMEs

Saunila, Minna; Ukko, Juhani - In: Management Research Review 36 (2013) 10, pp. 991-1010

Purpose - The study aims to clarify the issue of whether measurement has a positive effect on different aspects of innovation capability. The study contributes to the current understanding in two ways; first by presenting the important aspects of organisational innovation capability, and second...

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Effectiveness and efficiency of SME innovation policy

Foreman-Peck, James - In: Small Business Economics 41 (2013) 1, pp. 55-70

manufacturing SMEs. By focussing on self-reported innovation the study achieves a wider coverage of the effects of SME innovation …. Combining these two results and comparing the outlays on SME innovation policy with the estimated effects suggests that policy … was efficient as well as effective. There is evidence that SME tax credits were expensive compared with earlier support …

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Innovation in knowledge-intensive industries: The double-edged sword of coopetition

Bouncken, Ricarda B.; Kraus, Sascha - In: Journal of Business Research 66 (2013) 10, pp. 2060-2070

This study researches an important topic for knowledge-intensive SMEs that operate in clusters. Results from a sample of 830 SMEs as well as from qualitative validation interviews indicate that coopetition, the simultaneous pursuit of cooperation and competition, has a varying impact on...

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R&D, firm growth and the role of innovation persistence: an analysis of Finnish SMEs and large firms

Deschryvere, Matthias - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 4, pp. 767-785

R&D investment and growth in SMEs and large firms relate in a complex way. This paper analyses what role persistence of innovation output plays in shaping that relationship. We apply a vector auto-regression model to Finnish firm-level data and summarize the lead–lag relationship and complex...

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Access to finance for innovative SMEs since the financial crisis

Lee, Neil; Sameen, Hiba; Cowling, Marc - In: Research Policy 44 (2015) 2, pp. 370-380

SME employers. We find that innovative firms are more likely to be turned down for finance than other firms, and this …

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