necessary to support the development of new collaboration forms among industry and education. Virtual research and development …Introduction: With the advent of the global economy and high-speed Internet, online collaboration is fast becoming the … norm in education and industry [1]. Information technology (IT) creates many new inter-relationships among businesses …

collaboration in SMEs. Specifying the foundation and importance of virtual teams, the relationship between virtual R & D team and …Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a critical role in … development (R & D) aspect deserves particular attention to promote and facilitate the operations of SMEs. Virtual R & D team …

literature review is to provide an outline on the structure and dynamics of R&D collaboration in SMEs. Specifying the rationale …Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are indeed the engines of global economic growth. Their continued growth is a … be a viable option to sustain and ease the operations of SMEs. However, literature shows there has not been a great deal …

We review the economic literature on the impacts of the several dimensions of education upon intergenerational … inequality persistency. It is firstly outlined that the critical increase in the population education level in all countries has … not come with lower inequality. The basic tools of education and intergenerational mobility modelling are subsequently …

This paper proposes a specific model of business intelligence in relation with SMEs practices, culture and competitive … intelligence practices in 20 French SMEs has identified seven necessary acceptance conditions of a business intelligence project as …

argument advanced is that a very active higher education policy and national research strategy has produced a supply of …

development of R&D projects, bringing together multinationals, universities, and particularly Small-Middle-Sized-Enterprises (SMEs …). Precisely, significant research suggests that in order to innovate SMEs need to cooperate and they are also vital for the … remains especially between the massive financial investments helping SMEs innovate and the expected results. Yet, this issue …

The paper is concerned with the process of SMEs' insertion into innovation projects within regional clusters. The … identified, and SMEs' capacity to participate to collaborative innovation projects. In this perspective, the article analyse the … of SMEs to participate to local innovation projects. These findings contribute to theory by developing a grounded model …

from 62 French biotech SMEs. It shows that star scientists engage in highly risky but also valuable firms. Less famous …