This paper examines recent contributions on innovation protection practices in small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with a specific focus on the role of intellectual property rights (IPRs). Several empirical findings and possible particularities on the appropriability of SME innovations are...

What appropriation strategies are chosen by innovative small firms? A cluster analysis of data from the German CIS was carried out to indentify four distinct modes of appropriability in the small enterprise sector. The results show that for many innovative small firms the key question is not...

Transition countries display generally low levels of public support for market economic principles during the 1990s-but more successful countries display more support than less successful countries. The attitude difference is not just the result of transition speed or success. Rather, the data...