Innovation networks of high tech SMES: creation of knowledge but no creation of value
This paper analyses the effects of innovation networks on product and pro-cess innovation and sales growth of high technology SMEs. Innovation net-works are positively related to both product and process innovation, i.e. know-ledge creation. One exception is the negative effect of innovation networks with suppliers on product innovation. Older SMEs are more product innovative than young SMEs. The positive relation between firm size and (process) inno-vation, disappears when networks are introduced into the analyses. The general conclusion is that vertical innovation networks remove the effect... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2007 |
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Jena: Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics
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Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / D21 / D83 / D85 / L25 / O31 / O32 / innovation / innovation networks / high tech SMEs / firm growth / Klein- und Mittelunternehmen / Hochtechnologiesektor / Business Network / Forschungskooperation / Absatz / Niederlande |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27247304 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/25613 |