The following article investigates the determinants that lead innovative SMEs to collaborate. Data from 36 European countries is analyzed using Panel Data with Fixed Effects, Panel Data with Random Effects, Pooled OLS, WLS and Dynamic Panel models. The analysis shows that the ability of...

Even though smalland mediumsized firms (SMEs) were believed not to proceed beyond exporting in their internationalization routes, we can observe new types of cooperation intensive entrepreneurial firms, so-called "micromultinational enterprises" (mMNEs), entering the global landscape. These...

We suggest and provide empirical evidence that the bargaining power of alliance partners stemming from their prominence in alliance networks influences the ex-ante allocation of value capturing rights in high-tech alliance contracts. Network prominence can enhance the availability of alternative...

Recent literature identifies linkages with large firms as some of the enablers of small and medium enterprise (SME) development and competitiveness. This study explores the types of linkages that SMEs located in Metro Manila have forged with large firms, including how these linkages started,...

Alliances establish a private channel of communication between allied firms in which managers can obtain useful information about future investment opportunities. I examine whether this feature of alliances hinders the market's ability to correctly assess the investment opportunities of firms in...

Empirically-documented associations between network position and organizational performance could be driven by unobserved resources. I study this issue theoretically, by developing an equilibrium model of inter-firm network formation. Specifically, I investigate how an organization's resource...

Do trading countries also collaborate in R&D? This is the question that, facing with a number of methodological problems, here it is dealt with. Studying and comparing the international trade network and the R&D collaboration network of European countries in the aerospace sector, social network...

This article presents the results of an analysis of the patent trading flows of small and large firms and the determinants of these firm’s patent sale and acquisition decisions. We also examine whether these transactions lead to an excessive concentration of patent rights. We show that small...

Following their larger counterparts, an increasing number of small firms outsource their IT tasks to lower cost offshore destinations. For small firms, however, offshore outsourcing is a difficult undertaking as it involves high transaction costs. Online marketplaces for IT services, which have...