In der Langfristperspektive hat im Bereich der kleineren und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) die Innovationsdynamik nachgelassen. Dies gilt vor allem für solche Segmente der mittelständischen Wirtschaft, die typischerweise weniger stark auf eigene Forschung und Entwicklung setzen. Um entsprechende...

This contribution is concerned with the spread of new products in small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing sector. Based on an empirical study it is analyzed according to which factors planned product launches are either genuine market novelties or products that are new from the...

Financial theory creates a puzzle. Some authors argue that high-risk entrepreneurs choose debt contracts instead of equity contracts since risky but high returns are of relatively more value for a loan-financed firm. Conversely, authors who focus explicitly on start-up finance predict that...

In the present paper, various groups of innovating German SMEs are empirically identified according to their use (or non-use) of in-house R&D, their reliance on external sources of knowledge, and the degree of internal interactive learning that they employ.In order to account for non-R&D...