This research aimed to study the relationship between innovation and variables that represent firm performance. Using a … comprehensive database that cross references innovation information gathered by PINTEC (Technological Innovation Research) of IBGE … evaluation of possible relationships between innovation and performance of Brazilian companies was performed. Factorial analysis …

different innovation outcomes, using a firm-level dataset collected in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) in China. It also … innovation sales and to create new knowledge qualified for patenting. In addition to own R&D activities, they rely on sourcing … knowledge from different sets of sources to support them to carry out the last three types of innovation outcomes. -- Innovation …

procurement, as a means to stimulate innovation.Design/methodology/approach: By applying a post … innovation projects. Findings: The literature provides ambiguous support for the general claim that SME's should be more … procurement of innovation policies. The case study findings suggest that few of the challenges innovating SME's are facing would …

innovation (ST&I) during the last decade. The literature review i) reasserts the association between ST&I and the economic and …