The study of the determinants of innovation processes has received great attention in both the economics and the … technological innovation - namely, product and process innovations - focusing on Italian manufacturing small and medium sized firms … successful technological innovation. Overall, results suggest that technological innovation in manufacturing SMEs is mainly …

The aim of this study is to clarify what factors affect the innovation activity of small and medium-sized enterprises … differences in innovation activities. Many studies show remarkable differences between branches. Additionally, the resources of … firms give an unequal starting point for innovation activities. Our study observed that the differences between regions were …

articles is innovation. However, the question is whether innovation necessarily leads to growth. The aim of this research is to … investigate the relationship between high growth and innovation. Dataset for this research consists of 181 SMEs from Croatia … SME achieving growth and to identify factors that influence growth. It has been shown that the variable indicating …

role of innovation to create an environment where small and medium size companies (SMEs) are developed. The EREM may … environment, while the less developed have failed to do that. Further, the Open Innovation concept is brought into the discussion … connecting innovation to entrepreneurial environment conditions. A question which remains to be solves has to do to with the …

Italy has one of the lowest rates of entrepreneurial activity among innovation driven countries. Moreover, Italy is … empirical analysis, we consider the creation of new firms in Italy from 2001 to 2009 using the Movimprese database provided by …

'Innovation is the ability to take new ideas and translate them into commercial outcomes by using new processes …, products or services in a way that is better and faster than the competition' (Nedis & Byler, 2009). Innovation is considered … subject of policy intervention and regional development. The understanding of what innovation is has evolved in the past …