innovation and network embeddedness and their impact on economic performance at the firm level. Identifying the main innovators … variance shows a significant relationship between innovation-network concurrency and the age, turnover and productivity. Global …-integration in small-world networks is significantly related with economic performance. Quality of innovation shows higher importance …

hierarchical levels. In many SMEs, however, such formal mechanisms are complemented or even replaced by informal social networks … among managers and employees. Despite the relevance of intraorganizational networks, past research on SMEs, however, was … focused mainly on the interorganizational level of analysis. To cover this gap, we map ego networks of senior managers in SMEs …

to analyze how trust affects firm-level innovation in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The second data set is … trust among people in regions on innovation using two distinct data sets. The first one contains firm-level data and is used … used to analyze the trust-innovation relationship within regions. It allows us to capture innovation in the form of patents …

technology SMEs. Innovation networks are positively related to both product and process innovation, i.e. knowledge creation. One … exception is the negative effect of innovation networks with suppliers on product innovation. Older SMEs are more product … innovative than young SMEs. The positive relation between firm size and (process) innovation, disappears when networks are …

. -- Innovationskooperation ; Wissenstransfer ; Kooperationspartner ; Transferkanal ; Innovation ; KMU …The research project "KompNet 2011 - Factors determining the success of regional innovation networks", funded by the … partners in innovation projects, nevertheless in-house development is the most important form of creating innovative products …

of 72 exploratory interviews with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and regional innovation consultants, this …-by-doing, -using and -interacting) modes of innovation. We show that SMEs integrate STI-based knowledge into DUI-routines through … effects on firms' combination of innovation modes. Our findings point out innovation drivers that facilitate SMEs' capacity to …

reduction of innovation obstacles within SMEs. The role of the variables in question has been studied among 118 managers of SMEs …Given the crucial importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the business world, it is important to … study the factors which enhance their effect, including networking behaviours and innovation. Many researches have focused …