Tomlinson, Philip R.; Fai, Felicia M. - In: International Journal of Production Economics 141 (2013) 1, pp. 316-326
Recent work on SMEs and networks has emphasised the importance of external co-operative ties in enhancing firms …’ innovative performance. These external ties provide resource constrained SMEs with access to a wider set of technological … innovation. We then apply these measures to a survey of UK manufacturing SMEs. Data is obtained for 371 SMEs, and we then assess …