R&amp;D in SMEs: a paradox?

McCann, Philip; Vivarelli, Marco; Voigt, Peter

doi:10.1007/s11187-009-9187-5

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“…The sectors where larger firms invest more in R&D outnumber the sectors where they invest less (Ortega-Argiles et al, 2009). Large firms drive R&D and innovation in highly concentrated sectors that have low rates of entry, higher appropriability, and more limited technological opportunities, while SMEs drive innovation in sectors with the opposite conditions (Ortega-Argiles et al, 2009: 5).…”

Section: Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Muppets and Gazelles: Political and Methodological Biases in Entrepreneurship Research

2013

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Section: Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Muppets and Gazelles: Political and Methodological Biases in Entrepreneurship Research

2013

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“…Nevertheless, they can get the best by working together in aggregation. In fact, SMEs seem to have some advantages compared to larger firms in promptly responding to new market opportunities (Lee et al, 2010;Ortega-Argilés et al, 2009;Narula, 1994). However, they mostly suffer from an insufficient amount of resources needed for the innovation process (Narula, 1994;Konsti-Laakso et al, 2012).…”

Section: Network Aggregationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Competitive Networking For SME: A Case Study Of Its Success In Italy

Garbelli

2016

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Small and Medium Enterprises have limited financial resources, which hampers development possibilities. For small and medium entities, the ambition toward a foreign-market driven income is on the increase. However, going international seems to be harder because of its peculiar financial restraint. This paper intends to give evidence to an empirical case of excellence, which is emerging as a prototype in the agri-food industry since its establishment: the Agribusiness Cluster Brixia (hereafter, ACB). The Agribusiness Cluster Brixia is a well-defined group of companies highly specialized in technology, the Cluster shares. This company integrates skills at every stage of the supply chain, from farm production to food distribution, storing, and processing. The aim of this paper is to test if it has really provided advantages for the partners, and how. These advantages can be in reducing some competitive costs for the partners involved, entering new markets, or by developing new and cooperative solutions to the customers needs.

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“…absorptive capacity) is usually proxied by the presence within firms with established R&D departments and qualified R&D personnel (Miotti and Sachwald, 2003;De Faria et al, 2010). However, because SME innovation is not captured by R&D measures (Santarelli and Sterlacchini, 1990;Ortega-Argilés, Vivarelli, and Voigt, 2009;Raymond and St-Pierre, 2010) -indeed, SMEs more often conduct informal R&D activities (Kleinknecht, Monfort, and Brouwer, 2002) -and because this applies in particular to SMEs in traditional manufacturing industry (GPrix, 2011), in this study we construct a more direct indicator of firms' absorptive capacity (see below, "model specification"). De Faria et al, 2010).…”

Section: Importance Of Cooperation For Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%