d'innovation. On pretend souvent que les petites entreprises ont tendance a utiliser les installations de R et D … document, on compare les profils d'innovation des petites et des grandes entreprises, et on examine la variation de l … obstacles a l'innovation auxquels elles se heurtent. La tendance a innover et a utiliser les installations de R et D des …

focus the different roles that are played by large and small firms in the innovation process. Small firms, it is often … programs that are directed at this sector. This paper examines the differences in the innovation profiles of small and large … appropriate to reduce the impediments to innovation that they face. The paper finds a number of differences between large and …

innovation within the small firm population. Forty percent of small businesses report introducing new or improved products …, processes or organizational forms. Among these businesses, product innovation dominates over process or organizational change. A … majority of these establishments reveal an ongoing commitment to innovation programs by introducing innovations on a regular …

New firms are seen to play a key role in the innovation process, especially in certain key sectors of the economy. This …

examen de l'incidence de l'innovation au sein de la population des petites entreprises. Quarante pour cent des petites … produits, des procedes ou des formes d'organisation ameliorees. Parmi ces entreprises, l'innovation en produits domine par … rapport a l'innovation en procedes ou au changement organisationnel. Une majorite de ces etablissements laisse voir, en …