literature review is to provide an outline on the structure and dynamics of R&D collaboration in SMEs. Specifying the rationale …Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are indeed the engines of global economic growth. Their continued growth is a … be a viable option to sustain and ease the operations of SMEs. However, literature shows there has not been a great deal …

's have shown that collaboration is as a meta-capability for innovation. By a comprehensive reviewing of literature this …

enterprises (SMEs) seemingly successful R&D is a function of innovation processes and R&D networks. There is a perceived lack of … understanding regarding the importance of SMEs and their need to continuously enhance their technological capabilities for the … impact on value creation in SMEs have been studied. One very important trend to enable new knowledge creation and transfer in …

institutional factors which persisted with democracy. Amongst knowledge key areas, education, research and development (R&D) and … Government has drastically been diminishing support to education and R&D over the last years, as a consequence of the austerity …

significantly explained by R&D manpower and expenditure, highly educated students, and public education spending, while GDP is …&D subsidies and education rebate. …

firm’s environmental innovation performance. However, the literature suggests that R&D collaboration is not always … of R&D collaboration partners is im-portant for the environmental innovation performance. Firm-level data from 2,337 Ger …-man service and manufacturing firms are used in the regression analysis. The results suggest that R&D collaboration with suppliers …