Researchers have examined innovation by small and medium enterprises (SMEs), identified factors that contribute to … innovation, and concluded that SMEs tend to be innovative and innovation improves performance. Do these findings hold for high … from entrepreneurship and innovation studies, we develop and test hypotheses using quantitative data collected from a …

This paper explores the effects of firm characteristics on the commercialization management and anticipated innovation …&D level, type of financing, innovation novelty and protection of intellectual properties play a significant role in the … management and sheds some light on the owner-managers' anticipated returns from innovation. …