Many industrialized economies have seen a relative increase of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) compared with large companies since the 1980s. To faster the rise of SMEs, many governments have established Innovation and Diffusion Institutes. This paper examines the role of the Japanese...

This paper examines the highly political nature of innovation appropriation processes. The central focus is on the role of networks, networking, and knowledge in these processes. The data presented is drawn from two case study companies, both of which were implementing Enterprise Resource...

This paper examines how companies in the UK's military aircraft industry have responded to the post-Cold War environment of reduced defence budgets. Given the substantial decline in levels of global defence spending since 1989, it is perhaps surprising that few companies have attempted to...