performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We evaluate the effectiveness of regional, national and European funding … a significant positive effect on SMEs' export performance. For funding programs run by regional authorities, we find … similar though relatively smaller impacts on both innovation output and exporting. Bottom-up funding at the national level …

performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We evaluate the effectiveness of regional, national and European funding … a significant positive effect on SMEs' export performance. For funding programs run by regional authorities, we find … similar though relatively smaller impacts on both innovation output and exporting. Bottom-up funding at the national level …

is based on German CIS data and a supplemental telephone survey. Using a nearest-neighbour matching approach we find that …

is based on German CIS data and a supplemental telephone survey. Using a nearest-neighbour matching approach we find that …

innovations. Small-sized firms experience stronger productivity effects. Productivity gains grow with scale among SMEs, but large …

innovations. Small-sized firms experience stronger productivity effects. Productivity gains grow with scale among SMEs, but large …

and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating … successful innovations, inhouse R&D activities may be a particular challenge for SMEs due to high risk exposure, high fixed costs …, high minimum investment and severe financial constraints. SMEs may thus opt for refraining from R&D and relying more on …

Korean government has invested significant amount of resources through credit guarantee funds to promote SMEs survival …

Government R&D grants for SMEs have risen to three trillion Korean won a year, placing Korea second among OECD nations …

In the present paper, various groups of innovating German SMEs are empirically identified according to their use (or …-oriented DUI group and the STI/DUI group. The corresponding findings confirm that SMEs innovate differently depending on the … learning modes among innovating SMEs relate to overall company performance. Our main observation is that each learning mode is …