Most research that utilizes ecosystems as subjects adopts an orchestrator perspective and focuses on large corporations. Meanwhile, studies that analyze the role of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have been relatively scarce. This study aims to analyze how SMEs, as participants in the...

Chapter 1. Innovation and Commercialisation in Small Firms -- Chapter 2. Conceptual Foundations of the Book -- Chapter 3. The Decision to Innovate -- Chapter 4. Screening Opportunities -- Chapter 5. The Business Model and Innovation Strategy -- Chapter 6. Managing Uncertainty -- Chapter 7....

The firm is the central actor for the effectuation of innovation and technological change. The large industrial laboratories of the previous century have given way to more organizationally and geographically diffuse sources of technology, placing even greater emphasis on the coordination skills...