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Organizations are restructuring, re-engineering and rethinking how they do business in an effort to keep pace with changes in technology and other economic conditions in the world. The goal of technological change under study is the ability of SMEs to accept new innovative methods that will lead...
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from the SME sector, inter alia, through increasing innovation. An analysis of desk research strategies and regulations in …
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Education and Research (BMBF), examines the innovation activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in and closely … of their company. However, the data show a clear tendency to mixed strategies. Only a few regional SME have a clear … organizational innovation. While customers clearly are the most important drivers of innovation, regional SME are highly hampered in …
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success of regional innovation networks", which examines the innovation activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME … variables on the innovative performance of SME. Therefore our findings suggest that innovative firms rely on collaboration … ; Product innovation ; Quality leadership ; Regional dispersion ; SME ; Spatial distance …
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Innovation activities in high tech industries provide considerable challenges for technology and innovation management. In particular, firms frequently face significant technological challenges since these industries has a long history of radical innovations which are taking place through...
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The purpose of this study is to present a unique database on commercialized patents and to illustrate how it can be used to analyze the commercialization process of patents. The dataset is based on a survey of Swedish patents owned by inventors and small firms with a remarkably high response...
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Innovation processes consist of interactive learning mechanisms that combine different knowledge sources. Using a set of 72 exploratory interviews with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and regional innovation consultants, this paper analyzes the combination of STI (science-technology...
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This study examines the differences in strategies and activities pursued by a sample of more-successful and less-successful group of growing small-and medium-sized enterprises. Amongst other matters, it examines different functional strategies--the importance of management, human resource...
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Deutschland erlebt als Folge des temporären Corona-Lockdowns den größten Einbruch der wirtschaftlichen Aktivität in seiner Geschichte. Die Krise hat inzwischen auch den Arbeitsmarkt erreicht: Bereits im April gab es Kurzarbeitsanzeigen für über zehn Millionen Beschäftigte. Die mit einer...
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