Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the expectations that small business entrepreneurs hold in relation to the future returns from the commercialisation of innovations, and key organisational elements including inputs, knowledge, culture, strategy,...

Purpose – The paper aims to examine the management practices of owner‐managers of small businesses seeking to grow their firms. It seeks to better understand their strategic thinking in relation to internal and external environmental issues. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 204...

This paper examines the perceptions of small firms from eight OECD countries towards their national climate for innovation, and the perceived importance of outsiders in assisting them with innovation projects. A total of 505 firms were surveyed, each had an innovation they were seeking to...

This study examines the findings of a survey of small, high innovator firms and their assessment of the risks and benefits of forming strategic alliances with third party "complementors". The study found that the entrepreneurs of these small innovator firms were willing to form strategic...

Strategic Innovation in Small Firms is an investigation of the commercialization practices of small firms across a wide range of industries in nine OECD countries. The authors examine the perspective of these firms’ managers on their national innovation systems and on their firm’s innovation...

pt. I. Theoretical foundations -- pt. II. Organisational transformation -- pt. III. Best practice in co-operative governance -- pt. IV. The true value of membership -- pt. V. Participation in financial markets -- pt. VI. Innovation in co-operatives -- pt. VII. Drawing conclusions

Chapter 1: Entrepreneurship as a social and economic process -- Chapter 2: The Entrepreneur -- Chapter 3: The entrepreneurial process -- Chapter 4: Intrapreneurship -- Chapter 5: Innovation in small firms -- Chapter 6: Adoption and diffusion of innovation -- Chapter 7: Planning, business models...

Chapter 1: Entrepreneurship as a social and economic process -- Chapter 2: The Entrepreneur -- Chapter 3: The entrepreneurial process -- Chapter 4: Intrapreneurship -- Chapter 5: Innovation in small firms -- Chapter 6: Adoption and diffusion of innovation -- Chapter 7: Planning, business models...