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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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The strategies and competencies of small and medium-sized firms are explored here using the responses to the Survey of Growing Small and Medium Size Enterprises, conducted by Statistics Canada. The paper classifies small and medium-sized firms by innovator type and explores the complementary...
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In this article, we explore the Covid-19 crisis through the lens of innovation. We focus on the threat and opportunity drivers of innovation, and some of their product/service and process outcomes. We contribute to crisis innovation theory and practice by suggesting that there are two categories...
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The article identifies the fundamental problems of innovation as a factor in strengthening the economic security of an enterprise in the context of globalization and integration of the world's economic space. The factors that have a direct impact on innovation activity both in the country and in...
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Goal-oriented transformative change processes - that is, system-transforming processes that are guided by the ambition to resolve current or expected future societal challenges of various kinds - can only start once possible goals are considered by key stakeholders and the relevant actors are...
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In 2008, the financial crisis that originated in the United States had lasting effects on the world economy that continue to reverberate today: the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, the stagnation of economic growth in developing countries, and quantitative easing in advanced countries. These...
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constraints are particularly harmful for SME: 1. Firms must dedicate specific resources to innovate their business models (Helfat … and Winter 2011) but SME may arguably face strong constraints on devoted resources. 2. The capacity of innovating a … locally pivotal, a SME's influence may be too low to enable it to exert a significant influence on those rules, especially …
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The ability to commercialize innovations is central to firm survival and success and, despite research on parts of the process, it remains somewhat obscure. We explore the literature to build an integrative model of the antecedents, mediators, and moderators of commercialization. We identify...
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