Lessons from innovation empirical studies in the manufacturing sector: A systematic review of the literature from 1993–2003

N Becheikh, R Landry, N Amara - Technovation, 2006 - Elsevier
What is innovation and what determines its development in manufacturing firms? The
literature on the topic has evolved exponentially during the last decades. However, the …

Entrepreneurship and small business research–a European perspective

RD Hisrich, M Drnovsek - Journal of small business and enterprise …, 2002 - emerald.com
Interest in the field of entrepreneurship has significantly increased among academics,
practitioners and government officials in the past decade both in the USA and in Europe …

Barriers to innovation among Spanish manufacturing SMEs

A Madrid‐Guijarro, D Garcia… - Journal of small …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Innovation is widely recognized as a key factor in the competitiveness of nations and firms.
Small firms that do not embrace innovation within their core business strategy run the risk of …

Human capital, social capital, and innovation: a multi-country study

M Dakhli, D De Clercq - Entrepreneurship & regional development, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The authors examine the effects of two forms of capital, ie human capital and social capital,
on innovation at the country level. We use secondary data from the World Development …

R&D as a determinant of innovation in manufacturing SMEs: An attempt at empirical clarification

L Raymond, J St-Pierre - Technovation, 2010 - Elsevier
Innovation has long been considered as the key factor for the survival, growth and
development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Other than firm size, the …

Do small innovating firms outperform non-innovators?

MS Freel - Small Business Economics, 2000 - Springer
The paper considers the relative performance [along a number of parameters] of a sample of
228 small manufacturing firms categorised by level of innovation. Whilst innovators appear …

Types of innovation and inter-firm co-operation

LD Propris - Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The paper presents the results of an empirical study that aims to investigate the impact of
interfirm co-operation over innovation on four different types of innovation: product, process …

Innovation and performance in Spanish manufacturing SMEs

H Van Auken, A Madrid-Guijarro… - International …, 2008 - inderscienceonline.com
Innovation facilitates how SMEs respond to market changes and maintain their competitive
advantage. This paper analyses the relationship between the degree of innovation …

Innovation novelty and (commercial) performance in the service sector: A Canadian firm-level analysis

P Therrien, D Doloreux, T Chamberlin - Technovation, 2011 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether innovation novelty has an impact on the
firms' performance in selected service industries. The principal interest in this paper lies in …

Regional innovation systems in the periphery: The case of the Beauce in Québec (Canada)

D Doloreux - International Journal of innovation management, 2003 - World Scientific
All too often, innovation research emphasizes core regions exemplifying successful
innovation systems or" learning regions" such as, Silicon Valley, Route 128, Emilia …