Chapter 1. Innovation and Commercialisation in Small Firms -- Chapter 2. Conceptual Foundations of the Book -- Chapter … 3. The Decision to Innovate -- Chapter 4. Screening Opportunities -- Chapter 5. The Business Model and Innovation …This book focuses on the process of commercialisation and innovation management in small firms. Although …

innovation performance among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). A theoretical model was developed where transformational and … transactional leadership was posited as having direct influence on the types of innovation that the SMEs undertook. It was also … suggested that the types of innovation undertaken by the SMEs will mediate the relationship between leadership and their …

Small to medium enterprises (SME) are frequently associated with high levels of innovation. However, it is difficult … for such firms to fully assess the merits of a particular innovation. This study examined the risk-return profile of … future investment in innovation by SME with respect to anticipated ‘rent' or financial returns. A survey of highly innovative …

of risk in the adoption of their innovation, while also enhancing the customer's understanding of the innovation. However … development and management of strategic networks may be a useful enhancement to the process of innovation in small firms …