Small firms are playing an ever-increasing role in innovation, driven by changes in technologies and markets. Some spin … advantages. This book explores how government policy can boost innovation by improving the environment for entrepreneurship and … entrepreneurship. In addition, country notes present statistics and policy data on SMEs, entrepreneurship and innovation for 40 …

instruments directed to SMEs. This is in part due the pace of technological innovation, which often exceeds the time it takes for … relations between SME intellectual asset management, innovation and competitiveness in different national and sectoral contexts …

enterprise scale-up, stimulating SME exports and global value chain participation, increasing SME innovation and innovative …, supporting innovation, building SME workforce skills and public procurement. It also examines the east-west divide in SME and …

have jumped from the state of start-ups to that of top international businesses, has pointed to innovation as a key factor … in the high growth of firms. These high-growth enterprises often drive job creation and innovation, so policy makers are … (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain …

and innovation, high-growth SMEs and women’s entrepreneurship. …