Entrepreneurial behavior is widely considered to be influenced by the interaction between skills and motivation. And because entrepreneurial behavior is viewed as a causal determinant of firm performance, given the context in which the venture is embedded, factors determining entrepreneurial...

Employing data from a sample of 1,161 small firms, the paper draws broad comparisons between patterns of innovation expenditure and output, innovation networking, knowledge intensity and competition within Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS; N = 563) and manufacturing firms...

This work highlights and compares some of the more recent studies and information regarding SMEs in Poland and the UK. In particular it focuses on the SME relationship with innovation, which can be a key concept in addressing questions of competitive advantage and increasing economic output....