This study investigates the impact of internal and external research and development (R&D) on the innovation … performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India and Pakistan. Micro-level data was obtained for 3,492 Indian and … stronger for Indian SMEs. The negative relationship between firm size and innovation output implies that SMEs in both countries …

This study investigates the impact of internal and external research and development (R&D) on the innovation … performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India and Pakistan. Micro-level data was obtained for 3,492 Indian and … stronger for Indian SMEs. The negative relationship between firm size and innovation output implies that SMEs in both countries …

understanding of the measures, determinants, and impacts of new processes remains limited. Drawing on unique data from Pakistan, we … analyzed five different measures of process innovation output: cost reductions, defect rate reductions, reductions in … of process innovation and that smaller firms are more likely to introduce new processes and are better able to transform …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of internal and external R&D on SMEs innovation performance … SMEs. In comparison, only external R&D showed positive association to product and process innovation for Pakistani SMEs … research study for the first time has examined the Indian and Pakistani SMEs innovation activities. The implication of this …