professional experience and distinct human capital resources facilitating this step of innovation activity. …

Prior findings are inconclusive concerning the innovation activities of family SMEs when compared to non …-family counterparts. This study overcomes these shortcomings by analyzing specific determinants influencing the innovation output of … the innovation output continuously falls from generation to generation. …

The objective of this study is to assess the contribution of small and medium-sized enter-prises (SMEs) to innovation … in Germany. The paper reviews the empirical literature on SMEs' innovation activities and conceptualises indicators to … identify the key dimensions of innova-tion processes and outputs. The analysis of statistical data and surveys from various …

and development (R&D) - their innovation goals in the medium term. However, the shortage of skilled workers turns out to … be a hindering factor in the innovation process . By contrast, most ICT companies have not been sufficiently suc …-cessful at winning other firms to build R&D co-operations to overcome hurdles to innovation. …