primary source of economic development, innovation and growth. The realisation that fast growing SMEs are major contributors … development of wealth, innovation, employment and national competitiveness. Additionally, whilst network arrangements are often … often occurs (Kinsella 1989), suggesting a particular importance for proximity in these processes. In terms of innovation …

. Corporate entrepreneurship consists of three parts: innovation, venturing, and renewal processes (Guth and Ginsberg, 1990 …). Innovation refers to the development of new products, venturing to the creation of new businesses, and renewal to redefining … all three aspects of CE, making it important to compare managerial and organizational antecedents of innovation, venturing …

, finance, strategic human resource management, R&D management and innovation, knowledge management, organisational values and … culture, and many more. To support innovation and R&D on a strategic level, both internally and on inter-firm collaborations …, requires a review of the total organisational strategy, culture and norms in an organisation. Innovation and R&D support should …

managementof organisations is therefore showing more interest in concepts such as organisationallearning and innovation. These … innovation concepts being vague. This study aimed to examine theconceptual ambiguity in order to arrive at a better understanding … investigate the concepts of organisational learning and innovation separately.To understand the concept of organisational learning …

Organizational innovation has been of central interest in recent years because of its importance for organizational … survival and competitive advantage. Researchers in the field have divided the innovation process into stages in an attempt to … understand the innovation process and the factors that affect it. However, empirical studies that examine the relationship …