performance, including for enhancing SME productivity. It presents evidence on the use of data analytics in SMEs, discusses main … internal and external barriers to the use of data analytics by SMEs, and illustrates policy approaches to foster data …-driven decision-making in SMEs. …

In the present paper, various groups of innovating German SMEs are empirically identified according to their use (or …-oriented DUI group and the STI/DUI group. The corresponding findings confirm that SMEs innovate differently depending on the … learning modes among innovating SMEs relate to overall company performance. Our main observation is that each learning mode is …

Korean government has invested significant amount of resources through credit guarantee funds to promote SMEs survival …

This paper explores the effectiveness of a recently introduced innovation subsidy program targeted at SMEs in Croatia … at innovative SMEs might need to be evaluated differently than general subsidies. This is especially evident in the … evaluation of input additionality. The analysis indicates that SMEs which started with a higher R&D capability tend to increase R …

This paper examines the use of innovation protection mechanisms in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). By starting … from a knowledge-based view, the aim is to achive a better understanding of how the role perceived by innovating SMEs of … seems to be essential for many SMEs because of their informal mode of learning and innovation characterized by experience …

In the present paper, various groups of innovating German SMEs are empirically identified according to their use (or …-oriented DUI group and the STI/DUI group. The corresponding findings confirm that SMEs innovate differently depending on the … learning modes among innovating SMEs relate to overall company performance. Our main observation is that each learning mode is …

and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating … successful innovations, inhouse R&D activities may be a particular challenge for SMEs due to high risk exposure, high fixed costs …, high minimum investment and severe financial constraints. SMEs may thus opt for refraining from R&D and relying more on …