obtained from Clari-vate Analytics database revealed that the significance of networking in international activities of small … firms are not explored sufficiently while networking and internationalization of SMEs separately are a much more popular …

Analysing the relationship between firms' openness to external knowledge and their innovation performance is nothing … focus of this paper. Using unique micro-level innovation data, it is shown, as the existing literature suggests, that firms …. However, innovative firms that exploit external knowledge do not necessarily enjoy greater innovation benefits than those that …

many techno organisational innovation and networking strategies, original recent survey data for manufacturing and services … and process/product output innovation. R&D is a main driver of innovation and productivity, even without networking. This … stimulating productivity and innovation. It can be a complementary factor in situations where cooperation and networking are …

Technological innovation is a key factor for achieving a better environmental performance of firms and the economy as a …/effluents associated to outputs. Environmental innovation may spur from exogenous driving forces, like policy intervention, and/or from … order to assess what forces are lying behind environmental innovation at the level of the firm, where innovative practices …

The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from … established African entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive sociocultural … exist trading diasporas which have a generally enhanced innovative capacity vis-à-vis local entrepreneurs, regardless of the …

Entrepreneurs are a rare species. Even in innovation-driven economies, only 1–2% of the work force starts a business in … any given year. Yet entrepreneurs, particularly innovative entrepreneurs, are vital to the competitiveness of the economy …. The gains of entrepreneurship are only realized, however, if the business environment is receptive to innovation. In …

The process of innovation is driven by two main factors: new inventions and institutions supporting the transformation …

where adverse selection problems between entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and incumbents are present. We show that as …' signaling-driven investment, despite the risk of buying a bad innovation. We nally show at what point the presence of active …

entrepreneurs with respect to commercialization as well as the rate of innovation. We find that stronger intellectual property … protection makes it more likely that entrepreneurs will commercialize by cooperating with incumbents rather than competing with … them. Consequently, we demonstrate that competition policy has a clearer role in promoting a higher rate of innovation in …