economic development through innovation. The analysis includes the personal characteristics that make up an indigenous … contributes to economic development through the interplay of new firm creation, innovation and competition, questionnaires and … modifying existing innovations rather than pursuing genuine Schumpeterian innovation. This suggests that innovation is not a …

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 …

entrepreneurial culture of the subsidiary is not the unique cultural factor affecting local initiatives, as mentioned by several … researches on this subject. Two main contributions emerge from this study. First, the corporate culture (for the multinational … corporation), business culture and national culture are considered as barriers to local subsidiaries' initiatives. Second, these …