Abstract:<p>Access to foreign technology is important for small and medium sized companies. Most small and medium sized firms face with constraints resulting from financial, institutional and structural issues. In developing countries, most firms tend not to invest in Research and Development (R&D), resulting in lack of innovation. Besides, R&D is important to enter in international markets, in the determination of firm’s competition level, sustaining growth as well as to obtain a more advanced te… Show more
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