This paper analyses the importance of human capital and organizational capital on the determination of SME's performance, by proposing and testing a conceptual model about Individual Entrepreneurship Capacity, and its impact both on non-economic and economic performance. This constitutes an...

This paper aims to identify the barriers to innovation that influence the innovation capability of Portuguese industrial firms. The literature review about innovation makes use of two references approaches: (i) the systemic; and (ii) the networks and inter-organizational relationships. The...

Nowadays of increasing functioning of network competitors, the Portuguese Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) of the Textile and Clothing Industry are facing new digital challenges. In order to strengthen their market power and reduce their dependence on foreign subcontractors, they need to...

The paper analyses the theoretical background regarding R&D and licensing strategies as determinants of firm growth, especially that of start-ups. Summarizing the set of studies relating firms’ R&D intensity to growth, we conclude these studies reveal three approaches that complement each...

The consumer by facing the future generates an expectation characterised by the utility of a product innovation introduced through trialable advertising, which at present length of time squeezes down the durable price. The willingness to replace the durable in the future, on the one hand,...