In this paper we report a study into innovative capacity of UK SME firms. We argue that theability of a firm to develop successful innovations is a function of their innovative capacity.Wedeveloped the concept in this paper and suggest it is largely determined by four sets of factorsincluding...

Achieving productivity growth that is both sustained and sustainable is clearly aconcern of Governments across the world, yet what has 25-years of research inproduction and operations management taught us about productivity and to whatextent have these lessons been incorporated into mainstream...