To match the global demand and supply of innovation, businesses increasingly internationalise their innovation … activities while opening their innovation process by collaborating with external partners (e.g., suppliers, customers …, universities). This book examines what drives these global innovation networks across different industries, how they are related to …

value chains (GVCs) can bring stability to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and allow them to increase productivity … international organisations can facilitate SMEs’ gainful participation in global value chains through policies, practices and …

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 …Intellectual Property Rights can be instrumental for SMEs to protect and build on their innovations; position …

Innovation, skills, entrepreneurship and social cohesion are key drivers of growth, and essential goals of effective …