of innovation and risk lead to prescriptions of appropriate strategies. Concurrently, this model was empirically tested …,Ó Òmaintain innovation,Ó Òlower the costs of developing and/or maintaining oneÕs venture,Ó Òdefend product/service as it is now …

We investigate the impacts of the U.S. publicly-funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program’s funding on …

The purpose of this special issue is to examine small businesses, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and show that … different advantages and drawbacks with innovation, but small businesses provide the most conducive environment for … entrepreneurship and innovation that are not necessarily sustained by the know-how and resources characteristic of large …

Investment in innovation in industrialized economies increasingly is taken over by large firms that operate their own R … do this for survival. But such routinized innovation has not replaced the individual independent innovator, the …

. This is because fast growing small firms create new markets and jobs. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program …

This paper explores the determinants of innovation in small businesses from a survey of more than 700 self … and two types of innovation – product and process innovation – were differentiated. …

innovation can thus constitute a tool supporting the implementation of CSR. In addition, sustainable development can generate new … innovation in the context of SMEs. Semi-structured interviews with leaders of seven SMEs in Wallonia (Belgium) have allowed us to … provide insight regarding the role of innovation in the process of defining social responsibility in the SME context. …

Innovation and sustainable development are major contemporary issues. Innovation represents an important tool for … that innovation activities can take. The objective of this contribution is to specify innovation and social responsibility … approach enables us to reflect on the role of innovation in responsible entrepreneurship by illustrating a scheme which brings …