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Audretsch, David B. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Globalization brings both good and bad job news. The bad news is that jobs will be outsourced from high-cost developed countries into lower-cost locations as soon as the associated economic activity becomes mechanized and predictable. The good news is that globalization creates opportunities...

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Study on the Open Innovation Practices in Romanian SMEs

Olaru, Marieta; Dinu, Vasile; Keppler, Timo; Mocan, Bogdan - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 17 (2015) Special No. 9, pp. 1129-1141

"Integrated system for innovation management in SMEs", code PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-1319, under way at the Business Administration … Romanian SMEs in adopting the open innovation principles. In order to reach this objective, the authors analysed the available … statistical data for the period 2002-2012 concerning the trend of the SMEs' weight in the total innovation businesses compared to …

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Do firms benefit from interactions with public research organisations beyond innovation? An analysis of small firms

Vega-Jurado, Jaider; García-Granero, Ana; … - In: European Research on Management and Business Economics … 27 (2021) 2, pp. 1-8

considering not only product innovation, but also exploratory (long-term) and exploitative (short-term) results. We administer a … them. Moreover, we observe that small firms report higher benefits in terms of product innovation and long-term results in …

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Management learning and the greening of SMEs: Moving beyond problem-solving

Millard, Debbie - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 25 (2011) 2, pp. 178-195

Win-win and eco-efficiency approaches to environmental management that focus on cost benefits from environmental improvement in business have been widely promoted in recent years. However they have been criticized because they are of limited appeal to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)...

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How efficient is the implementation of structural funds committed to enhancing ICT adoption in SMEs?

Henriques, Carla Oliveira; Viseu, Clara - In: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and … 8 (2022) 3, pp. 1-33

We evaluated the execution of the operational programs (OPs) committed to encouraging the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To achieve this goal, we employed a novel three-stage weighted Russel directional distance (WRDD)...

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A review of literature on open innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises

Hossain, Mokter - In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 5 (2015) 6, pp. 1-12

Studies on open innovation in small andmedium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have experienced a rapid growth over the last … current research on open innovation in SMEs to integrate empirical findings and to point out future research agenda. Findings … context of North America are scant. Open innovation improves the overall innovation performance of SMEs. However, relevant …

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Outsourcing of R&D and Innovation Activities in SMEs: Evidence from Slovenia

Hojnik, Barbara Bradac; Rebernik, Miroslav - In: Economic Review: Journal of Economics and Business 10 (2012) 2, pp. 3-11

This paper examines the outsourcing of research and development and of innovation activities in small and medium … crucial to manage them properly. As SMEs generally lack internal resources to perform R&D and innovation activities internally … outsourcing R&D and innovation activities in SMEs, based on a survey among Slovenian companies in the manufacturing and service …

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Obsessed maniacs and clairvoyant oracles: Empirically validated patterns of entrepreneurial behavior

Carayannis, Elias G.; Stewart, McDonald R. - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2 (2013), pp. 1-24

strategic knowledge arbitrage competences. From the pre-market perspectives of R&D and innovation management through successful …

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The relationship between innovation, knowledge, and performance in family and non-family firms: An analysis of SMEs

Price, David P.; Stoica, Michael; Boncella, Robert J. - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2 (2013), pp. 1-20

This study seeks to examine the relationship between innovation and knowledge in family versus non-family businesses … analysis, and innovation was found to be a significant factor in both family and non-family samples. However, knowledge in … family firms was also found to be significant with innovation. Implications for theory and practice are discussed that may …

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Innovation types at SMEs and external influencing factors

Walicka, Monika - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 10 (2014) 3, pp. 73-81

Stimulating innovation is one of the pressing policy challenges facing many countries in the world today. The paper … small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Poland were subjected to a survey. The data collected revealed the innovation … types of SMEs in Poland and external financial factors influencing innovation the most. The results show external factors …

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