Labor Force, 1990-2000 / Frédéric Delmar, Karin Hellerstedt and Karl Wennberg -- 5. Innovation and the characteristics of … : challenges to leadership / Mette Mønsted -- 9. Business angels investing at early stages : are they different? / Nils Månsson and …

contributions by established scholars. Challenging contributions revisit Marshall's view on the management of innovation …

It has long been recognized that R&D plays a key role in the global battle for technological leadership. However, due … Kafouros theoretically and empirically examines the impacts of innovation and scientific knowledge on the productivity … benefit from innovation, and indicate that whilst some companies can turn technological advances into a powerful competitive …

inter alia to management, human resources, marketing and financing. Advanced innovation capabilities related to R&D and … activity, competitive intensity and the science base all influence the nature of small-firm innovation … innovation is successful entrants -- 5. Analysis of new-firm survival -- 6. Innovation : the key to success in small and medium …

innovation and planning. The majority of all businesses throughout the world are small firms, which play a crucial role in the …

Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: innovation beyond national systems fragility: institutional bricolage …. 'reassembling the social', in entrepreneurial innovation and academic entrepreneurship studies: the 'amphibious scientists …Europe needs more innovative companies that grow quickly and end up big. This book examines SME growth, innovation and …

Introduction / Gerald I. Susman -- Exploring the reach. of innovation-related cooperation in small firms / Mark Freel … -- Innovation, productivity, and growth : an analysis of Irish data / James H. Love, Stephen Roper -- Innovation strategies and … conceptual framework to describe network effectiveness / Irene J. Petrick, Carleen Maitland -- Sourcing of innovation as …

research and teaching synergies in innovation and enterprise -- 9. Action research for enterprise research. -- 10. Case … -- 12. Issues in cross-national comparisons applied to building theory on informal innovation in SMEs -- 13. Marketing …