The aim of this paper is to discuss the role of various socioeconomic actors in the diffusion of knowledge in localised economies of small and medium sized economics SMEs. The ability of industrial districts to diffuse knowledge quickly and effectively is frequently mentioned as their major...

Interest in successful small businesses continues to grow, but is influenced by the different ways in which small businesses are categorised and the difficulty of defining "success." There is a range of criteria associated with success in terms of individual owner characteristics, organisational...

The relationship between innovation and the patent system is examined. To investigate the ways in which small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make use of the patent system, two mail surveys were conducted in 1996. The sample included 687 manufacturing SMEs in the United Kingdom and 218 UK...

The paper is derived from a study carried out among the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), comprising of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Lao PDR , Myanmar and Cambodia [Macdonald, Turpin and Ancog (2006)]. The study focused on...