innovation - are more common among young SMEs, while innovators - i.e. firms that do R&D and introduce new products, processes or … new to the market. To further explore why young SMEs are not more active in innovation, we explore their access to finance … classes across all sectors and all EU Member States, we identify different innovation profiles based on a firm's R …

insights about the association between innovation practices and the SMEs' performance and survival while underlining the … modeling results showed that the innovation practices adopted by SMEs to face the repercussions of COVID-19 had a positive … strengthen the positive impact of SMEs' innovation practices on business survival rather than its performance. The study has …