Incentives and barriers for R&D-based SMEs to participate in European research programs: An empirical assessment for the Netherlands
As participation by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in European collaboration research programs is less than has been striven for, this study investigates the motives of R&D-based SMEs for (non)participation in these programs. Based on the resource-based view, we formulate a set of hypotheses about incentives and barriers that influence the likelihood of participation by SMEs. These hypotheses are empirically tested using a survey of 247 Dutch R&D-based SMEs. We find that European collaborative research programs attract the participation of rather limited numbers of especiall... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
Schlagwörter: | small and medium-sized enterprises / international cooperation / EU-Research Programs / incentives / barriers / innovation policy / Taverne |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27611179 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/381500 |