probability and intensity in small and medium firms (SMEs). The underlying hypothesis is that human capital and networks favour … ease of learning and promote absorptive capacity and knowledge, which in turn fosters innovation in SMEs in traditional … province in Southern Italy. A probit model is used to investigate the determinants of innovation while the intensity is …

(SMEs) which have taken a crucial place in all economies. Since R&D activities have high costs and public features, these … activities cannot be carried out by firm, especially SMEs' fiscal sources. Direct supports play a key-role in most countries. In … related literature, many researchers have stressed that direct public supports to -wards R&D activities are important for SMEs …

-called industrial districts) or specialising in the production of quality goods (the so called made in Italy). However, the growing … competitiveness. By developing a conceptual model we identify the sources of competitiveness of Italian SMEs. The model is tested … using a unique database which collects data, for the year 2004, over a sample of 2,600 SMEs. …

The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of innovative capabilities in Turkish SMEs, with a particular ….000 SMEs. Our results suggest that the new policies did not manage to address the whole issues that are preventing Turkish SMEs …

enterprises (SMEs). The specific objective of the study is better understanding of the application of collaborative technologies … in business, to find the effective factors to assist SMEs to remain competitive in the future. The paper stresses to find …?” The survey data shows SMEs are now technologically capable of performing the virtual collaborative team, but the …